, 1872-10-09
Real Estate and Insurance
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Amusement Record--.The New
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THE FIRE,

Tx FlsAEs
At last the revolving seasons ha1e thought
around tho anniye1aa1y Of that day. more me1z-
ozsble than al others in the history OF Chicago.
The date Of its first settlement, and the time
when it vas organized as city, viii be alike
ohs;cu1ed. It's new era begins with the 9th OF
Oct obar, 1877, and the years Of its prosperity
VIII be numbered from the hour when it WIS be-
1eye that it vas ruined that its site VAS to Ie-
xaeln desolate and It's trade and commerce to be
parce. lied out among the neighboring coa1nual-
tiea. At the close OF this first twelve~month OF
its ne history, and On this memorial day,
nothing lis wiser, nothing more Instructive, end,
in some respects, nothing is p1eassnter thzn to
look bao K upon the great disaster and the pro-
E7ess vh ich has been x1ade since then Suffer-
ings brs7 ely endured, and perils ga1ant.y NET
n1e far m, ue agreeable in the Retrospect than at
the mo,ne1 It they were encountered. The grlets
pf the pa. 1t become the pI1da OF TIE Present
Nov, too. it is possible to taka q better and
hroadsr Wis Eof the c6uf1asration Of last October
and OF itsr eEalta thao Was possible tr months
after il 1apr ex,ed. The smoke rolled 1way from
the ruined ci ty lung before It ceased to bEzad the
eyes ct men. al YES exaggerahou FOR tine,
md all men flad prophecies to make, vtl'n
lime has eho III viii not be fulhlletl But
noH, Hheo <he minds Of men have
cooled and Ths E:Rll the facts have been Obtained
that prohsby q, er 1in be, it is possible to Tive
ut precise and einitB conclusions concerning
the frs and what If did. There vas necessarily
much runsnce WI Eeza cnt this subject lest No
sember snd Doce1 aber- t1 ere ia no reason Why
any should be wi TEA noH:
But pfile there ,5z much to be said Of the fire
which destroyed, tt,ero Is 19uch more to be said
Of that energy rsaich has restored. The old
city belongs to Il " past. We get only Eisionag
elimpses Of it tn a,ueh xnlling clouds Of smoke
Il livns only in photographs The new one,
(which has risen EEe an e1t.alstion to 1eplace 1t,
Is the une in VII: nh we shorM take the greatest
pride. The 9th r1as the slow growth OF years
Tbs p1aseut is HE result ct the concentrated
labor Of singl sgear. Last October there Was
q melancholy fastsure in pointing to ruins
end to miles Of hozselesa streets- THIS October
We have facl ize;;sr pleasure in pointing to
superb edfees szr to long lines Of dwellings,
A this dlstg rs Of lime, too there is no ressoa
Tcr kaning into .ary Of the e1rnrs which vere so
pretalaut ye II ago. After such O disaster,
soci}ty de1nsn. lez eczpeEoat, anditis very aptto
fall hpon tka, arung indi7idunl 1t is not eatis-
fed h7itn the e erdi.:t That there is nobody to
blame, and thk fsu. It's of 1ong-estahliahed sgs-
teu,s and the: .nist. kes for which every citizen
Eas Indirectly: respc nsiHe, are 1ld At tbs doors
uf Kew men. It is also possible nov to con-
txzst the good resoh 1tions which were made with
the 1aae pro- nesa made in carrying than ont,
u: see hs ~ mne has been done to preserve
ths,AEty iron repe tition Of the calamity which
5efeltit
Bu4 4s1ong with +ln erroneous Judgments Of
thst tine, ! ct us 70 reat the history Of the good
condnt Of the it's ems Of Chicago after the fire,
the pace md O. de,: which we're preserved, not
By sddie1g, but by their natural reverence ana
respect for 1slV. While the widest f1lmors flied
the ait, aud ~Hhih xn were ready to believe suy-
thing, they reten e;l unahated, their respect Tor
parson and property. Ihe poeee
foroe being insufficient, they sup
alamenteil it, and they pas'sed through
9tzyine: season !sncceeding the fire without
,bs md riota, . nd. with more peace aiad quiet
sa they had liz q during the week preceding it.
rev met digsst ~ with unshaken courposure,
d smiled it do, n. and st1cTe, not in win, to
.op7 The world hat Chicago could be as great in
ldHring IS it u been In dong.
II we'll to II wlgw ihe changes In OUT mInicl-
j Go1srurner t which indirectly E-ew out OF
a fire. and to r1nint out how abuses which had
irinatad frou tthe efforts OF p2rtisans to re-
in nnrser. znf (which, under ordinary circun-
o,.ca, 1ron1, r,aye remained untouched dor
A.. .I,esrr,as ,,aa st the public demand for
rrg77.y and ere efficient City Government.
10 eo1,v of N z-1, Of the legislation Of the past
As plainly ser Ely tee hsl1s " aue nI.l. Tas.o,
ut6ber. The tasjor@a.3s qaes1on as' na" eo'11
Ill d1e Lesson br&crgo t1en
Tha fire hiss el5o caus 30 1n'pottan' e11 -, -
=. 1,,,e;ness nca:sons .of the city. While the
<,,-,,.rtery &C tcst for tl1e possession OF public
t-,i,a;ncs res artedn NO thing, yet trade, con-
pelled 70 Bban don tnc 8 7us tno p!..s1 49,
occupied, aor !ght aeeors1 no''Ens - .ua1e ~
unused eectio: as. Ne17rnL 1s e1a1aans ~ 10 o4a
Iecat;on. thou gh ar expand ed one, much Jet rs-
-,,;1a in certs in poaaE7 On the West and South
azdaa which VIII c9nti ms to be subordinate
ee2tces
vsasnoents huss. rrowc g ut cd tha fire, which
4sSialation has partly eu ed, tut which ware s1a
asrious enough to dese17 re- passing MENTION
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