, 1872-10-09

back again It evident thst these other
chants vho bad pined 60 long and 30 hope1essly IN
other cities for fHE Of the crumbs thAt fell fru the
table Of commercial superiority thought thst CHI
easo Dtves in torment 1t last, and tbs. now was
down upon us forsyermose- They sent whole legion
OF dEunners MI over the Vest, and particularly
eled fer chIe:go houses in the past nu: Il VIA ..
40 avail The people of ths West had confidence IN
ths enterprise aad energy TINT hsd well supplied
their previous to the calamity, and they fricd
molly the rescue. Apart frc their charitshlo co-
t1inuons fer the relief OF the sufferers very many
pay their debts before they due, aud followed
the money with crders for more goods to bo dllsd
when possible. fsw were attracted to c,ter pcnta
could not do SO veil as in this city, and their na1t
ders were sent tere II reality tho merchants at St.
our disastec halt mitch those Of New York the
bu1k Of the larger orders being cent directly to tho
eonpaIson vii 1so Shows gin d IS PER cent O
the transactions Of the East year of which prohshly
about 10 per cent should be csdiscd to ths prosperous
Part Of ISL and the remainder to the year after tha
The suspension of business was very brief. Many
Of our leading wholesale dealers had secured other
not obliged to wait in they could send orders to New
aunng. Previous to the fre they had large lines Of
goods scattered al along the r7tllosds BE-
IN tass fne 's yss4 s {sundsys eseeptea3 tey re7s g
receiving these goods IN neverceaa1ng stream th9t
dns parallel, except in the 1ncessant pu1nbazd
nent Of the sun by Htt1s planets, which some godd
people havo supposed to be necessary to keep thu
solar temperature The long lines Of goods that
e1, rots when the fell down In alright, that
MIXED the COW, that kicked over the lamp, that
pded the hey, that set fire to ths stable that the
origin Of al our woes-al these goods kept arriving
Guilty where to find plaeea to put them; and BY the
time these ahipuens wsre housed others were on the
way. There no difficulty at al In getting orders
filed at the East, when one could foreseo the
extent cf the disaster. Cheering words carno thick
and fast over the wires and through the matls the
burden Of most Of them being the equivalent Of tho
following: "O Order whnt you want, pay when you
can, wnnt your custom STILL It this outside
confidence In Chicago that enabled merchants to
start sgatn readtly, that trade WAS established al
mos. quickly as the magical building Of Aladdins
Pn!Ace.
OF cou1se, the recomneneenent Was, in many
cases, In relatively small way Even those who SEE
cured the pa1atA mansions just outsddo tho burned
district for busness purposes found them far from
being comrno6ious as tho stores from which they
h.d been surn1narily ey1cted by tyrnnt far mora
Ine1cless than any Irish landlord But the many
constructed, in the naghborhood Of the disastar.
Most Of these shaties have fulfilled their rniaaun,
and their occupants moved into buildings much moro
conuaodtons than before the fire while nny Of thpsa
who invaded the residence portion Of the city
nrainin2 in thoae quarters How the city has spread
out, and Whist directions the different branches OF
business have taken, is told in anothar column.
The following hra1 notes will euable the reader to
see, in general, the progress nade in each Of the
prominent departments Of wholesale tade since the
date of the afo: