, 1873-06-12
PALMER AVENUE.

PALMER AVENUE.
40 tho Editor e} The Chicago Tribune;
S1n: From tho standpoint Of common oitzen-
ship, desire to call attention to mattor Of
justice which has beon long neglected, but Which
should be neglected no longer.
I alluao to an old suggestion, that tho nauae Of
State stroet should be forever orasad, and tho
name Of Palmer avenue substituted in its place.
State street. as o nArno for ono Of our greatest
thoroughfares, shou1dceaBe to havo an existence,
| for tho roason that tt Is name common to al-
| most every city and town In tho country. Chi
cago ia an original city, and Hhou1d be original in
small matters as woll as great.
Lctua not initiate Boston, or Now York. or
London, or Paris. Nothing Ia more contompt-
ible than such imitation. There Is not man
on State street who would not DO glad to SEQ
this name o1terminatod. palmer avenue would
| not only be q much finer name in sound, but
would, moreover, bo Il graceful compliment and
oct Of Justice towards the gentleman who has
stakod his all in making It what it now il, and
| what It Is to be.
Evory dia!ntorcstod citizon must see tho on1-
| mont proprloty Of such action. Let few
ctizer,a draw up q pr opor petition to tho Com
mon Council, md entertain no doubt that suoh
o change would bo sanctioned by that body.
| Tho onttro city would say Anon.
new arehiteeturo H. 'dsa rs Soioro 5 tho o 1 1t
| large exponse, erected buildings for commercial
purposes, In which tho idea Of beauty was em-
bodied. BY 80 doing he stimulated othors. We
wore MI proud in looking at tho old Field d
was built by q nuoceasful Chicago merchant. No
| ono grudged him his wealth. He expended it
where he had nado 1t. He expended his wealth
! .tliko PRINCE" aa they say, but noblcr and
| fhnr1 IN na prrtnA
There il no estimating tho good which ho has
done. The new Chicago, or tho ideas upon which
Of tho magnificent buildings which Pot
ter Palmer had erected aB tho foreruuners
| Of tho future. He sowed the seeds from which
tho present palaces Of tgade havo arison;. How
strange it seoms that, IL u city so practical as
lecture should have taken such doop root
The soryices Of Mr. Palmer ahould bo uniyor-
saly, appreciated Losing millions by the fire, no
las hen5d a him y utter nnn word % Of eopaR
He is oftontimes deaapisod. It has boon said,
and with great deal. OF truth, that " twenty
flrst-o1aaa funerals would prove Of inestmable
benefit to Chicago. There arc millionairee in
| they aro going to do, but do nothing. Tho only
| things thoy over do with yigor is to oppoac all
public improvements and to tight all taxes. Such
men aro curso to any community. and We have
I
there Is . wide contrast between these and man
Of the stamp Of hr. Palmer. O.,
MIR. Palmer is workman. From7 o'clock in
tho morning until In tho evening, you will find
suporintending everything that Is dope. 30 has
consulted many architects, mud has personally
inspected tho greateBt hotela Oh tho European
Continent; but, after. ,all, hs is himself
the arehiteet sa,4 @ Of his owl building
less. Lot the street be called by his name. It
ought to, and most sincerely hope 1t will bo
dono.
Eyon on THO score Of Interest,", evory one
fitted. Tho nnme, known now throughout the
county, would ndd to tho consequence OF the
street. and would tend to add to tho value Of itH
What q monument Mr.. Palmer is now build
ingl There will bo no hotol-building on the
face of the earth to compare with 1t In con-
venionce, security, durability, and substantial
elegance and rehnod tasto. Il viii bo OF Its
kind, Zone of tho wonders Of tho worlQ.'
All citizens of Judgment concede this, unless
they chance to bo the owners or koopora Of other
buildings Of q similar nature. II cannot be OF.
pccted that one hotel proprietor will go into es-
taBios over another mans hotel. We must not
ask too much Of human nature.
The Pacific is grand affair; the now fremont
Ia model OF beauty and proportion tho Hher-
man is IN elogaut STRUCTURE, unostontatioua III
within. These hotols nro IN honor to Tho City,
and will, beyond question, ba generously aus:
tained by the public, as they will we'll dcsorvo tt
be.
How astonishing aro tho iruita Of the grea
hre! The old structures stood In tho way, and
,, they wore consumed in order that Carbon City
might riHe upon their rusna. Value8, 80 far from
being destroyed, hayo actually boon enohancol
. ThoAe who lacked conldouco before nro now full
Of faith. Everything has an upward tendency
The world realizes that d city which could s<
soon recover from tho most extensive oonilagra
! dnstruotibe.
, An enormous physical power has been shown
: Il romuns to be soon whether Chicago possesaef
, those groat moral and intellectual forcos with
out Which no city Gnu be truly great. however
numerous ta population or beautiful i.s palapos
How moan Is dust, unleas animated by tlio shin
ing spirit or the inner electric tlsoH Rospoct
. fully yours, j. EsA1As WAnuEa.