Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-10-05
MssrcIlaneons.

lloW CHICAGO HAS BEEN REBUILT
The Chicago Tribune, Sept. s, says We
know DINO words which will convey to
persons esiding outside of Chicago an idea
Of what has been done in the way of re-
buildin$he city, than to say that. begin.
ming on april 10, 1872, and ending Decem-
Der l, 1s2, excluding Sundays, counting
200 woIlng days, aud each day of eight
hours, tire will be completed one brick.
stone, ORION building, % feet front, and
from too stories high, for each hour of
that time. In other words, the buildings
of that siz and character completed, and
that will completed by December l, will
average oe for each 90 minutes of 200
days of liurs each.
This esthate, which will fall below the
actual fact does not include the many
stone, bricl iron, and wooden buildings
built outsid of the burnt district, and
which aionequal the ordinary new build
ings put up iChicago annually. There is
no prcccdentN the worlds history of such
a growth; noprecedent for such energy
and bravery a people who within the
year has seen 200, 200, 900 of their proper
ty destroyed y fire. The statement will
sound extraordinary that, for seven months
i'll lS12-beginrng the first day the frost
was out of the gound, there was built and
completed in the burnt district of Chicago
a brick, stone, ~ iOn warehouse every
hour of each working day in that time. =
This general expansion of our trade has
been attended win an increase of all
branches of maniacture ; new shops,
fouuderies and all llils of Establishments
for skilled labor hav multiplied, giving the
character of busy Ives to many districts
which, before the ip, were uuOccupcd
prairie. A result o this increase in trade
is shown in the rc!as of the new build
ings, although theris some backwardncss
in moving back orthc part Of merchants
who made new andchcaper locations i'm
mcdiately after thoire. Though the num-
Der Of buildings adpted to business pur-
poses will be grea lyMcreased, this increase
will soon be taken up Merchants who,
before the fire, fond rnm in single store
of - feet front aVl t1uc stories high, now,
| as general thing, demand for their in
| creased businessa hilding of 30 feet front
and as high as itcai be safely built. There
are now no "ba0"or side streets in the
burned district. Every street is thorough
fare, and every G5,k is a business quarter.
! This vast laboIlas not becu without an
| increase in the nsiness of all the great
! transportation cdlpanies tributary to the
| city. Nor has althis been accomplished
without a corresphdng increase Of popu-
lation. In June SO, The federal census
gave us populion OF 390,2 and Il
year later the dlroory census gave us 334, =
| 270. When it ispmembered all that has
| been done in Chpgo since January last,
and the increase every branch of indus
/ try, it will not sunrise any person to know
that our populatic to-day is at least 400,-
600 part Of wha, however, is probably
transient.
Outside the bmt district there have
been erected dwlings for this increased
/ population, tugetlr with the local stores
and warehouses 1uired for the increased
retail trade. Th whole city has put on
activity, and gOyhere one will, he will
/ meet the surprisig evidences of that ill.,
/ creased trade, manufactures and popula-
tlon, and rise in .sll estate. whf1h are in
anoltabie evideno of the prosperity of
To the north of Ccago, extending along
the lake shore. are succession of villages
rapidly hlllng up; tuhe south, extending
TO the parks, the safe rapid settlement is
progressing while byond the old western
border of the city, within the last six
months, population has settled which
equals that of the cit. twenty years ago.
Inns VIII give to non-rsidents n faint idea
oil Chicago one year ailr the great fire.