Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-06-27

has not proceeded as rapidly as that OF the
tSouth Division." The efforts of the citi-
zens are directed principally to reconstruct
| ing the business portion, and after that has
been accomplished, the residences will be
rebuilt, and no doubt upon a much more
! magnificent scale than formerly.
| A MEMORIAL.
In the ride through the North Division
we passed by the old frame house which
| stood about the centre of the tornado of
fire that swept through the city, but left
! that building unscathed. Just before the
flames reached the lot on which this resi-
dence stands, they parted as though they
had struck some unyielding barrier to their
| progress, passed on both sides and reunited
Immediately north of the lot. There the
house stands with its green sWard, shrub
berry and trees, fresh and vigorous in their
growth, in the midst of the desolation which
The great confagration left in its track, and
there it will stand memorial of old Chi
cage. ..
HOTELS.
Chicago is sadly in need of good hotels.
Two very large ones are being built now,
but it win be a considerable time before
they will be ready for the public. Some
things are done here upon the grand scale,
and this is seen in the prOverbl western
characteristic-brag. For instance, there
was talk some time ago-and perhaps the
talk has not yet ceased-of erecting hotel
which should eclipse any thing Of the kind
on the continent. The plans were said to
have been laid, and the talk about contracts
commenced. The building, according to
rumOr, is to be constructed entirely of iron,
ten stories in height, and will cover four en-
tire blocks with grand arches over the in
tervening streets. There will be circular
railway around each block to the bazars
which will occupy the first story, and also
elevators at every corner. 1t is intended
that the rates will be from $40 to 81 per
Gay, according to the story, so that people
of limited means as well as those possess
ing wealth can be accommodated in ele-
CANT style.
THE BUSINESS OF CHICAGO.
1t is claimed that the business of Chicago
has suffered no diminution by the fire, and
that the trade of the past fall and spring
was as large, if not larger than that Of the
corresponding season of 1S70-71. The i'm
mense stocks of goods for the fall and
winter trade, which had just Cleverly set in
when the fire broke out, were all swept
away by the cOnfagration. But the bust
ness men Of Chicago were not discouraged
by their great calamity. a large proportion
Of the men who had aided in building up
the trade, commerce and manufactures Of
Chicago had lost none Of their faith in the
position, capabilities, natural and artificial
resources of the city of their adoption.
They willed that it should again live a
stronger, a better, and more vigorous life
than ever before. They waited not for the
fires to go out. Though the waterwOrks
were quiescent, yet they drew water
from the lake to cool the debris, that they
might remove it, and find the foundations
to re-ereCt their fallen stores and warehouses.
They Immediately assured their customers
and correspondents that all their orders
should be filled the same as though no visit
alton of great fire or any other unusual
calamity had occurred. 1t is stated that
stables, cOach-hOuses, Easements Of fine
dwellings, and even churches that had
escaped the devOuring element, were hasti
ty converted into warerOOms, stores and Of
fees. Hundreds of shanties, with neat, at
tractive fronts, arose as if by magic; and
within few short weeks after the fire all
these were filled with new stocks of goods,
orders were filed, and the sale and ship
ment Of goods went on as though nothing
remarkable had happened. Does the read
er wonder that with the pluck the business
men of Chicago have shown, their city is
rising from the ashes of its former self with
q rapidity that has no parallel in history?
SEwANEE.