New-York tribune., 1872-10-10

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have not visited 1t sidco the fire imagine t large SEQ
t,os ~ ,bc burn, district have resumed their pristine
appeafanee I sgod that ~ entirely rebuilt All honor
10 Chicago Nr what has been done, wnIen Is uuy nr
and In vumber; I'm places whole blocks seem To be going
M nj once, and looking down long stroets WheIe ts pu
esces from the eye seems no eXaggoption 10 sup
pose that with few more weeks OF sHch WORK ~ we % To @
portion of rebnit TO burnt vacant lots would prooaDy
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PROGRESS OF THE NEW CHICAGO.
As tbs topography OF this city may not be familiar 10
all readers few words OF explanation will not perhaps
10 amiss. All Chicago like old Gau Is divided inlo
three parts rough conception Of the plan OF 'he c
may be obtained by imagining large capita ie'ler III
rather tall for its breadth The right perpendlcuar Is
space to the right the line The e't perpen
deular and the short middle Hpe 5 mo t o niv ioto
the lake. but than year ago had ITS current re-
versed that the lake enpes inIO mo IT. ns a mnnr
parts OF the perpendicular Is NOrth sue; tne HnS
space below the middle ne IA South Bdei all TO the iet
of the letter III is West sde which is limited only by s
extension upon level prairie Tue great nlo & eh
M NrS SIDE ana the most valuable portion OF South
sde including all the business streets; tho map pup
lished IN THE TRIBUNE OF oct 49, gave the outlines oI
the burnt distrct with remarkable accuracy Inc re-
building going on Is almost exclusively IN So9tn m
sde and for purposes or business Each strue,e has
special reference 10 the class OF business 1or wlch Is
to De used ana win ,oareeV anS o1eepons % tr, and
either front brick prousely trimmed WIN stone
no evidence that the work is done slighungly steam
does in days the work that human hands could scarcely
in S1G aSa % a STs eqas renes IN s pS
ing blacklist OF smoke from blumnous coal are con
tnuay dragging along vessels from the lake INTO the
river and countless locomotives are pulling heavy
regn: trains into the CITY, bringing the pndlag m mate
shape aud the building arises ns IRON inc street,
swings alOft, and places in position.
THE PERILs or PEDEsTRIANIsM.
Meanwhile the streets where tho rebuilding Is going
on are in the extraordinary confusion. At host tho
high sidewalks OF Chicago and the deep mud between
them always made pedestrlanism here unpopular. so
that the ladies from lack OF practice do not walk with
tho Same grace as In Eastern cities but now, prom
enade is simply impossible. Elch owner or Duldlhg
that is going up, as condition precedent has taken
possession OF al the sidewalk and half the roadway III
front OF IT, piled up the latter space with brick sand
mebarrels, stone, and lumber and dug out the side
except completed bOcksand there are not many OF
these In the burnt disrct-the pedestrian picks MS way
for few steps ON one sidewalk descends two three
feet from it into the roadway lodges ABOUT Detweeh
horses and wheels, and scramol up another
high curb for temporary safety. SOmetm he may find
that two growing buildings opposite eaci other nave
mOnopoized the whole street. forming cude-sac ike
Boston court" out of which tie only path Is that Oy
which he has entered. This Of course can only happen
in crOss-street; the avenues, which prlnclpaly run
parallel with the lake shore, wide enough 10 leave
passage for streecas and other vehicles III te oener
Of the roadway OF course. pedestrians arc raie ior
their dangers are greater than their inconyenl
ences, and vehicles arc numerous ana crowdeu so VI
the small omnbuses carrying additional pasSeneer5 on
the roof and being drawn by three horses aDreast ut
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fills the air finds its 10 sensitive cOrneas anu Is Oet
one degree less aggravatng than tue yng cinuels On
railway train The renewed streets OF oourso Doa nte
likeness TO their former Selves the famiuar LANDMARKS
are gone street names are not put UP anyWhero the
passenger is whired along In slmOOin, hoplhg' II
stranger that driver will not forget to set INN dOwn
when he reaches his destination FROM morning 'lii
night the stroke Of the carpenters hammer the zap OF
the stonemasons chisel tne sharp ring or the rOwel
breaking Orck alternates with the crack OF the ete
drivers whip, the rumble OF the streetcaT anu '1o
diabolica steam Whistles which superdbound But at
sunset perhaps the tinted glores OF the west geahl
and Ht VET roOied SO that one SIDE Of an
| seem as If illuminated for a festival
CONDITION OF NORTH SIDE.
This South side where perhaps there Is an aver
age of 20 or buildings 10 square, though several
squares have nOue very few. But North Side desc
lation still regns square miles. There are some
new buildings erected and going up oven there, but
your correspondent is mistaken If they average to
square. Except that, perhaps tney nave some len'
pdrary onestory buildings there blocks after blocks
vacant The limestone cilrbs are sun remaining, al
shadetrees yet line sidewalks all the way out to the
Cemetery aud there tue flame burned on only the upper
having been newly pollarded Both IN sonta ana North
ruins and there still standing some curious Inonu
ments OF the destruction, such rs brick lovers WIN
open and empty safes them. and queer gargoyles at
the points arches where the limestone has scaled on
IT it mad been mask, ana left iormess Jumps ih
place OF carvings. But the large buildings IN south
SIDE generally had deep cellars into when the burnt
materials fell leaving little above the surface. In
North Side the buildings were smaller ana more $50
lated; their debris the surface usually constituting
pile OF broken and powdered bricks aud gray mortar
the latter hue predOminatng, and tho whole nlEht OF
tue ruin being but few inches, wme around ~ are
growing in rank vitality the Wild mnsnrd' tne rag
weed, and the stramonium few posts Win tle tops
burned off and here and there tin roof rolled up In an
irregular mass complete inc S fna S2a r mat so little
was left in the majority of even the site of
large buildings. and, though partially capable Of e1
| PLANTATION, IL is yet some what u mystery
MOVED AND ABOUT 10 MOVE.
But the effect of tho fire upon the habits and life OF the
people of Chicago is after all, the greatest marvel
Always ready in old times to move their residences on
the ghtest provocatOD, even II the house Itself had to
be transported they now look upon moving as duty
The entire business community consists OF N nority
who have moved into new buildings aud majority VINO
expect TO move within limited period Ia e1eh once and
great number West Sde sign is displayed stat
ing where the building erecting 10 wich the CON
Germ will remove. The gospel which seems 10 have been
preached here is move into thy new place OF business
men meet, the sanitation Is not How are your but
:" When do you mover AS for those who have moved
they have scarcely waited for the plasterug to Dry
Clerks are writing counting gold and currency
arc displayed in brokers' windows. dry goods are ex-
hted behind vast sheets OF plate glass, Wine yet tDe
maet and the stone chisel are trimming inc WINDOW
caps front entrances are approached ny impOvSo1
laid And not only are these new places OF business
wanting accessibility both as to streets .nd entrances
but after 10 D. they KIT well be IN soue Other
country and stages cease TO run tIOuSh these
streets d aS Se Then it's Il one wishes to 90 from West
Side tO the unburnt district OF south Side or wee versa
maj the grayest OF the Chicago OF to-day
become apparent. To newspaper man. Accustomed 70
20 through all parts OF city at all sorts OF unseenly
hours TINS condition of affairs seems simply lntOtraD"
QUESTIONS ARE NEAR AT HAND.
There are many problems among the consequences of
the fire that seem difficult Of solution, and yet tho
answer TO them must be made. Facing the fke 10
North Side there was long Of paatial residences
Some blocks OF these burned. Their place VIII b.
taken by commercial buildings and hotels. Bot what s
10 become OF those that leiti Opposite them uere
has been put up long OF Onesory shaneo, cutting
on the view OF lake from all but the upper windows
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by all OF wholesale people, who make sales OF
| "ssps ibops, and s.ops; Of ginger, gin,
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