Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-08-16


IL would probably have occurred to IL
before this to call itself the Reform party,
and to have made itself such in fact a.
well as in name.
FROM CINCINNATI TO CHIcAGo-THEG GREAT
riRE-scoURGED CITY-ITs BURST DIS
TRICTs COVERED WITH PALACES.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7th-We left Ciucn-
natl on Wednesday morning Mt 6.45 m.
pid the Kankakce short rOuts, as il is
called, making we believe the shortest
run between the two cities. The through
trains run over the Indianapolis, Cincin-
natl " Lafayette Railroad to Lafayette,
aud thence by new road, completed
about a yqar ago, to Kankakee, and thence
ria ihc Illinois Central to this city. We
arrived at the fine Union depot in Indian
apolis at half-past II, and stopped there
twenty minutes for dinner. Here again
an excellent meal, plenty Of the best Of
everything, was served up 10 us for sew
.l,t live cents Surely the time has gOuo
10 lot common talk uhuIt the evcrlast-
ing pie - served mp for railway lunch Ia
this country Melody need cat pie now
unless lr wishes to and he is generally
gwen plenty OF good, wholesome food at
prices lower than he would have to pay
fog similar fare in hotel.
We Of course had no time to sec any
thing much Of indianapolis, but what
Little We did sec gave Ut the impression
that it j. u pleasant city. 1t claims
10000 Inhabitants. l have NO means at
hand here to enable me to compare this
with the figures OF the last census.
NV space and time forbid any attempt
at a full description of the days journey
1 a great part Of il lay through The prairies
! and the eye soon weaTies Oithe InOuOtUny
| Of their dead level. For a while, how.
ever, il was quite interesting to us TO see
vast plains over which We could look ioi
miles without seeing a single hill or kuOl
oar vision being only bounded by the
horizon.
Shortly before we reached Chicago
the scene suddenly changed, and there
was general exclamation Of surprise al
a -ulAen turn Of the road showed us thu
ruillcd green waters of Lake Michigan
stretching away to the eastward far al
our eyes could see. We ran along tn
lake shore into the city, passing man,
beautiful residences facing the lake, ant
Cne pretty little park, and il a few min
utes rushed through great archery il
the remaining front wall OF what wa
the Union Depot, and the conductor ani
brakeman thrust their heads into tn
car doors and shrieked Chicago, just a
though everybody on our belated trail
didn't know it, and with the spirit of tn
city upon them were standing with bag
gage in hand ready to rush for the door
the moment the train stopped.
j. and l struck at once for our hote
b iCgardless of the Establishments Of th
& hackmen. and through the few square
we had to walk after leaving the depot
, did not see trace or indication that ther
had ever been such thing as u fire
3 Chicago.
5 have been sparng Of adjectives
/ order that / might do Justice to this II
. built and rejuvonated city, and / spea
Z strictly within bounds when say that /
I this part OF the city, the great bushes
: portion, which less than TWO years ag
was one blackened mass of smoulderin
s ruins and smoking ashes, is now coverc
: with palaces, and is more uniformly maj
10 niiiceut than any portion OF New Yorl
e Philadelphia, Baltimore or Washington
Il Splendid blocks of buildings Of RICH
: carved and solid masonry, most OF the
b fire proof, have in the comparative
s brief period that has elapsed since u
fire, been erected on the sites of tho
e destroyed, and amongst them all you {
= not see any of the little old shauti
u which the laws delays, or the perniciol
d longevity OF avariciOus old cOdgers Owl
l. will neither sell nor build) leave here al
h. there to dishgure the hRndsomest blocl
It Of the older cities.
Is Most of the new buildings arc occupil
II as soon az fit and many of them soone
Z The hotel at which we are stopping, +
IT Instance, was built entirely since the fit
l. and VOL kmcn are still engaged here al
S. there in giving ii finishing touches. f
a instance 10 day h,twecn the time !
" breakiasted and dincd. the fancy flo
ID from the head of the stairway to the di
a ing room was completed.
n The city seems hotel mad. The one
10 are staying at "The Commercial " is o
st of the small ones, and yet ii aceomm
ID dates five hundred guests, just thr
Nc hundred more than the Clayton House
10 which we are 20 proud at home. 1t
T. taxed to its uttermOst too, and | hea
80 the clerks refuse to assign men rooms d
rs morning until he could see who we
ID away on the trains.
le But this as ! have said is small OF
I'd Right across the way the new Tremo
House is nearly completed, few squal
= away bh AlNAh FAltNA ANt new lutl
NJ Hotel more than twice as large rs this
m now open for guests, Il few squares fro
re- there again the splendid Palmer uoul
ut as large or larger than the Pacific and
III cost over two millions of dollars Is
G, preaching completion, aud there are al
v. within a isile of it at least half COZ
h very large hotels either built and occupi
Il, or nearly built. Whether they all c
is find business or not ii ls,mpossible 10 81
d for there will be Il great many more
III them than there were before the FIRE.
Ot 81. Louis thinks some of them will
nc short of guests, but 81. Louis is scare,
re Trustworthy either as witness
X prophet where Chicago is cOnccrni
I'd Should they be filled, however, the gr,
Mississippi city can find in the fact C
&c llrmatiOn of her Oft repeated ASSERT
al that a vast number Of those Chica
&c counts as Inhabitants, are u mere iloati
er population.
m THE PHOENIX CITY-ITs PARKS Al
" DRIVES - WATER WORKS -.BUsINI
ID HOUSES.
lc CHICAGO, August It'll feel thai