, 1873-02-28
j, THE GROWTH OF CHIC
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49, +; >,5s: ,saaj @I e
Tue r Aspect in .he; ;Enfir'ons::- q.
Of PopnlatiQp.
What One May Discover IN Morning
Rides.

. Rides.
Very many even Of those most interested il
the growth Of this city rely for their main fdct
upon the figures Of the directory, and rarely aa;
:the opportunity to look upon the aspects OF tina
marvellous growth that is the modest boast. o.
/ our citizens: There ars hundreds of bushes:
men who never il the course OF the year got as
far away from their stores and Offices Is the city
limits and tetnin Of the street lines OF: convey
ance., Even these. however, should Teach: sur
misses on the subject by tbs: now familiar ob-
i 1ects; Of new and constant Increasing omnibus
lines to all points Of the compass. Two years
ago, it waaa struggle to maintaip, n,,sinSle line
on Wabash avenue. - fey .epaaevehicl5s left
the business centre at long intervals for romota
pbtnta sonfhw est:and snorthTest, but these wore
looked upon az The ventures Of ambitious own
ers of outlying property. Now, at busy hours OF
the day, one is astonished to see the we'll dlled
oianibasca rolf into sfato, street from fhs three
divisions Of the city; and the: wonder grows
where all these patrons come from. Tie average
business man viii be repaid BY. an hour or two
spared from his Office to answer the question.
Perllaps be- remembers how easy It used to be-
to ride to tho near confines OF residences on the
! west, northwest, and southwest, and look out
upon the open prairie Let him try this now,
and he viii find the fact OF distance will call for
time as well as astonishmeut. We found one Of
these surprised parties yesterday on Lake street,
at Western avenue. :He found himael, as we
did, entirely within the residence and business
circle, though three miles west Of the like. All
around and beyond are solid, comfortable; and
elegant homes, business blocks in stone and
brick, carrying every symbol OF q: prosperous
1eighborhqoq trade. The wide strip Of territory
: added to theWest Division by tho Park bill has.
een4'marvelous1y transformed And something
mora has=haen:don than to crente subdivisions
simply for map aud abstract-nakera. Thera are
more 1esidehts, and better tokenR Of improve
1nent Of every kind, beyond Ne stern, avenue to-
dsy, than there we're below Twenty y-seeond street
few years ago. Everywhere are the appearances
and ghborhoodst that have secured fhe elements
and surroundings Of environs worthy Of Chicago. /
Fhcso extend uorthward and 'thereaway vest
ward until one ia vastly astonlshed at, what has
been done u the vicinity Of Irving Park and in; /
Chicago. Southwest it is the eame and more
10 when. oue notes thosugges6ons 'of the near
and wonderful future Of the great manufacture
ing region Of the South Branch, with its great |
outlay in vast manufacturing establishments:
upon tho industries Of which arc already medi- |
tated denand for fotir- thousand Operatives,
calling for domestic and supporting population.
o. twenty thousand souls .-r-
not pointing to 1and values, present or prc-~
Bpectiyes We.nIs a{mply giving tie presentment |
made to the eye Of the citizen who shall push |
his morning or evening drive westward on Maai-
son Of hake street nnt he reaches the limits Of
OF south and discover the resf; Not 10 WORD in
this OF what is to be done, only what has been.
done, In the few years that have made Ash
Lang avenue l4e almeat eentra! street between
his drive south hward along the "lake shore, pre-
pared to go until he reaches open prairie, he will
llsye second astonishmeut,at discovering how
the once scattered stations 81 the illinois Central
be outraged in soul t. the third morning did not
.ake him in that direction: n,he stopped to look
1t vide gaps in the fine residence quarter be-
,tzeot, he would atleast DISCOVER that fhe whole
,ea been set apart, ruled, like boys copybook,
With the copy:set for a close and notably hand
ome ares of city homes nearer to tha heart Of
than they can be brought in any other
Erection.
West Of North Clark street he would find
'early aa many buildings in number as the whole !;
'orth Side contained before The IRE, the new:
ne OF building carried so far north that Di-
It Is this, and precisely }thia kind: 1t; looking
bout town that our business msn and capital
'ts need.- Centred IN their own @AHairs, ca
ined by their cares, few Of them know anything
the actual growth Of Chicago, aud might even
earn much from TEE TRIBUNE carriers and !
ncle sams postal boys in gray blousea. 1t
III be q healthy study for not q few among Us =
ho have been standing apen-bound at the mar /
olloua growth OF .onr business centre. They 8
are at this city Of tall; magnificent blocks,
Tilt at the rate Of one business structure in eoe7y
'ur Of The tace7ty four during the season of con-
ruct1on, 'and wonder who lib to; support all
lese: Our adVieeis, to take to Chicago streets,
10 best riding thoroughfares as whole in the 9
orld, and go out aud see: There are men to-day J
ere, old residents, who look at these rebuilt
reefs; ii the heart Of tue city, and are uneasy
cause they still think Of Twenty y-seeond street,
aleted: street, and Chicago avenue as E
burban, beoaues they saw them thus only . few {
aaona ago, and haye. No knowledge Of them T
nee. We hope these gentlemen viii not think =
taking their summer trips abroad before they =
low little more Of the growth Of Chicago as r
actually enthusiastically, md we hxEe, taken Il
tie time and epaco to show them how to set r:r
ont IT. ~.., s.,, -. :. :,.:,i.; So. Ei,,