, 1873-01-17
RIVER STREET,
TEne Old E1isfor7c Quarter OF
Chicago.
The Block-House---Tho Light
House.
Early Rebuilding After the Fire
Present Occupancy. r..


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River street extonds eaeterly parallel to the
river, from the foot Of Wabash avenue, and the
exposure Of ita bsness frontaee to the trayel on
Wabash avenue. South Water street md Mich
gan avenue at the Rush street bridge crossing,
has a1vays made it, d fayorite Quarter for heavy
lines of trade, thus brought zadineent to the
river docLs and tho great Lake Shore depot
grounds ut its eastern terminus. Rirer street
Is The old historic quarter OF Chlcsgo. It was .
travelled way and troddcn with IN Indian trail
! centuries ago. For many years it led to the
garrison and block-house OF Fort Dearborn, and
those latter were in existence in tho heart
Of growing Chicago long utter tho light
house had been removed from whero it stood
twenty years ago, near what is now the southern
approach to Rush street bridge. For some
time after tho yorkmeu had begun crossing at
Tim bond f..rv al pra;, .tro.t ., tbo;v ,7o-k j.;
~as.s.s.:- a.. T11:.s: go 49,. ~,
c'ast1ues'on ou tne Aulnoas eeo1t.n oepos' eo'~
one1 Graham, then commanding officer, hold tho
sacred precincts of the fort against trcspassers,
at tho point OF the baronot carried br q lau,e
o,d vatch,n.n All tbia 1,,a nnseod ,xav For
.1 "-.. sAa .,s
years river st1eet WIS qu1es 1esloenco sllees'
is remembered whence he went to Congress- =
rnodoat hr;c1r ds-a1l;n ,~1,;c1, 1onc bofora i1,o
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nto, e., naa gwen way & 10 p19iness n;es ,.uoo. .o
removing it's clineing features Of small build
;,oa and cba,n ran+a tha character end f,tnre
~ +ha strao+ cana ort atro~o1v Hold hv ia
q 'ne stteo' ' eatne wv hIioae' nelo ~ o4a
srond to the rebuilding era, and itp solid and
handsome st,1,ctnres wore tho first finished and
ocorn,ad To.d,v Il h.s all +la esnecta of nm
III .att1c, h,,s;,,oas ,or,rtnr rrforance n
on'-eo'.' oaatucss au"' So4 q Aeo1o.se ~
'somo OF the leading mercantile houses OF laver
p17rry = nnoors
ozo .+-aat a ~. ,,.o oons. eoraa ,ap AVN, NJ
10 uo" os.e nao 49, 4,o o:.,.," Is' 49,. ~.
fl belnB occuPleu ny Atcssra' i1sh!n q b5oo6s,
who hayo only boen in business for themselves
about ycar. and La7e occupied their present
ato-a o;nco +ba lat of sav,tambor. ,Thonch a
.a1... a.s =. n.s.r -. -,-o,.;ato-s -.
young nrm III every 7ehse, t.s ptops!o'oi7 afe
old in experience, eaeh Of them having spent
eight years with the old established crockery
houge of Burtoy d Tvrrpll. Messrs, Pitkiu j.
proo1r, .ra ;mnn-+ara and ioh,,ara of croclarv'
~: .-s,,a., .~s 'pao1.;.shs. --.ro
glassware, lanps, aud fixtures, IN various lines,
They arc daily, to be seen. hard at work
themselves, and the result Of their energy
.nd r,orsovaranca ;a a1raadv found in
~ ..> .1eo 5o;,n r.,ozo
the shipments tney. MAKE oans' 1nese
indicate very fair trade and worry good begin
ming. II the past may be trkon as any indica-
49, - +,o f,,tnra +be firm cennot fail tn take
.on ol tne ln1ate, sae 4tn sSnA. ia. ~
leading position among housea In their hne'
DowSER CO: Sc
Mesars. Downer i Co.. wholesale dealers in
ton, coffoo and snicea are 1ocated at Nos. IT and
~ n:..-ot $500 nt,:s 81 ~ o1deat ,r1,o,os11o
~ iA''ef s'fee. LUIS ~ 40 o,oes* "'4osea'.
firm OF tho klhd IN ehcaeo, na'lne opeseo
. coffee, ten, and apieo establishment on Mar
kct street as long ago as 1858, long before the
49, I.,,.., 49, eor,s+.r,o,od ~ 1rh.o rioo1-
4aAe tunnet WIS e1us1iuI.ea' ILL., "u:u ..o
Ron raTementa existed only In the f1turo enter
prise Of the city. In those days Chicago wns
scarco,v out OF its avaddlinr clothes. and IVES
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