, 1873-09-25

arrontsa 70 ccnriyo wasa nua oana to carry out the
p,scounAa1Ho REMARKS.
Fascinating M this t'1nn wns from itn hronllh
nt1t general cnmprnhonalvcfseHa. It did mt meet
with tho approval nf TnE InuaE "a Mt ,G9a !est 70
far M aty performance OF tho fsif'u Ill l6f2 WIS
CONCERNED. It said:
Tin rroccsso, h1sncaa, cvnn ahonlll 1t ever hc ~
pro,riate, IL os "f pla'o iow There il no ronm :nr
which ara 10 relu Tho vacant place: snn aslssr-
tscfnrnt or rebuilt cntcuYo, sh csiolration H. pls-
ohirnEo Ii not prepared to tnv,to Inn l.una oas IT
toissunls Of stra1gera who might 10 attracted here,
fp 40 ssna Sn5' of'e Of te Rret ' e:rneo wen oh
capo. *hall hnye becn rebuilt, and i1cr strc'ta
freed from Tho tescku and stone ul lrirkH 9l ot|rr
nlnterialB; when avery lot Btn 10 rrocc!cd and 'ho
wflule burnt district covered with 'iahiFalons MI
warchoupea then mn fnv;sason to tue world to rome
croi at, appropriate ineiltnt of soio o'f'ur holiday
hut not of in anniversary Of the fire. Tho sarons stun
eesnroR oe n"ot i1 tut tut asersary r sou tr.s m
outrage upon The community ant an insult to rop1af
MAYOR s1ED1rr's v1Ewn.
Committeo Of Seventy, and wlils Mr.. lIcnng
was still III good standing In tho NoEa''llcnn,
party, 1t was customary when any ono propo"eA
corlcd tlio city, 10 start off nt once, and ns tho
opinion Of the Mayor regarding ii, altl his con-
cluaions were worry generally taken ~ 'i1lnl 30
tile question of holding commemorative 1'tl!eo
in October was submitted to him far his lnl;-
mont, aud llo pronounced himsof o1npAatcally
against it; firstly. since tho city WA too pour;
secondly, because 1t waR not rcn'y, n,ll thirdly,
outHislcrs were pretty generally aware o. thc:9
ss a S ha hs'pees co,ca 81 o ozo WIS ws
strained to the utmost TO hurry up the gtorea
wl.cl, thoy wore erecliug, nnd they could no.
trn asi.le from that necospary labor to bow
their tr,,nl1lets and invite the wnrld to come ahd
Ran n
could hardly bo obtained. It was dlct'lt enough
to rot what was needed for otlor purposes. aild
the city could not therefore afford to give din.
nor-party 30 soon. Tho streets were 80 til:d
with rt,!hirll ns to bn almost impnsshhlc. Tie
Sidewalks wore not reconstructed, aud while lue
amount OF rebuilding done was aomell'ilNs
wonderful. yet tho KLow would have l"cn i"r
1oer next ys Sae TheFe a s f"o Hng br D
ion still had close resemblance to .o.ort'
| Then, too, there were no hoteln tn Which 70
! shelter tho multitlttes. III 1873, ttioro. wond
| bo I'll abundance. but in 1ai2, there would Do
stick to their work THAT year; build np AID clear
! away, and then. IN 1879, whon tho stroats wcro
clean, hotels IN abundance, tho work of fecon-
ars9 faty If fonn So in nd ro
| lieyet1 them to como aud aao tho good work they
had helped forward.
Tnu matter Of fact yiow of tie case met viii,
general favor, md those emotional people VINO
even II it woro merely little procesR!o!', lat to
satisfy thon,Boves with the remoyal Of the board
Of Traao to its now building. which was tho only
great celebration Of the tlny,, No moro atrnngcrs
| tllan uBl,al camo to the city, as there WINS no
special reason to complain Of the insuicioncy OIL
| tho streets.
EARLY MOVEMENTS IN 1879.
| No stepB had bnen tnkon towards holding thlh
| Jubilee Of 1879, aud the matter wisely ended IN
talk. 4 city filed with insecure, Pnd occaaion-
ay falling dcrricks, WIS certainly not the proper
place to which to invite rorHons ~ whom one TOOK
any particular Interest, Oetohor, November,
and December went by, aad nothing was aad ~
to whnt should be dono IN 1878. ht1}. while
nothing waB aaid several gentlemen had heon
earnostEy thinking over the matter, and n feD-
ruary Of tins yoar, the subject was brought BE-.
foro tho public agaiil, not as commemorative
jubilee, but AZ MI Exposition.
THE wooLEN sIASuFAoTunERs.
The primo 1oser iii the .nattor WIS Goorgo S-
Bowen, one Of the corp0ratora I'll the plRn az tho
deeply Interested III the matter, from biz siruni:
conviction Of the groat adya1stngeh whicl, world
result to Chicago. ~ JanWnsy OF 18Gs. the
Woolen Ma,ufactnrers' Association OF tho Sorth'
Trou,ont House. aud MIR. Bowen was chosen iti
first rrosiirut anil hns since remained ono o1
; its most active members. Not q manufacturer
himself, he was an aracnt friend of home IN
duHtry at,d American manufactures, and Lcnct
hib special xent in the matter.
rle adviHability OF holding MI Exposition q
,, Chicago that Rpri''g was favor1olY conshiorcu
anil tile Association adjourned tn Fehrunry
August It was formally orcned OH the 1nor1tl"f
of tho i'll. Of August, in Mr. Scni.ltnns hsl!t(
t | ing, OIL snudolph street, opposite Denrbori
Park, and vas really 4 great success M i'o Ut
, tendance WIS exceliont, aid fully ] 6M' lotA y
J goods wore exhibited, besides which Crou.n:ss
and staiTordB looms and other machines "efe II
, Tho following yenr the Exposition WAS held i.
! Ink, n,sr1