, 1873-06-09

wns hold by Mesurs. q. O. Thayer l. Co.. and'
touoh Il VIA not .,,ff}oiont,v .1vort,eod Il vor
aas.sta,.. s,.as,.ss,, 10y ,a..t =. .,,,,, ,' ""e
49, .,'at,, ~, seitn..'hoa "a evon -. M,9
boulevard, md othor kvenuoB, voro bold.
Tho prices 1anged from e14.60 to s22 nor
foot, which is considered fair prico. with tho
exception Of tho boulevard front property.
foot, aoid for from s18 to q22 por foot, torma
yoara With intoront at pcr cont. N '''N '"'
os I'll yent3g on on al naa's % as ss a51125
ssmo ae te torms. 49, 'f' *''' ~ S1A p'R A'o%' ''
A fov lots on Moad avenue 25x180 foot aold
for s14.50 per foot.
CHEAT 1s1novEMnNrs ON THE SOUTH rAnKs AND
ANY ono who has driven around tho South
Parks and bou1cyarls during tho last tlroo
vcokB will bo ngrooably surprised In the change
mads made IN tho appearanco of everything along tRo
route during tint time: At tho entrance to tho
waya. which . month mo wore narrow ind
rough, have boen wldenod aud lnalo smooth.
Io whole nort a. a9res @ q thG ' sr * hsa noon
tbs I northorn % end Of tic park md viii soon r.
ford pleasant strolls for pedestrians who got off
tho dummy train at Tifty-ilrHt street. About 80
aoroa Of greanswarl have been mato, partly by
seeding and partly by aodding, in tho grounds
IN n continuation Of tie Grand boulevard through
tho park, but Immediately Oh entering tue park
changes ita namo and character, md. inBtond Of
tho arroY.1ike etraightncBs of tho boulevard,
hecon1ea a winding road. tho general colrBo Of
which ia toward tile aouthoast. This will DO tho
FIRST good driving road through tho south EhrH.
As yet It is In good driving condition for only
about half-a-mile from the entrance to tho
missloners TO o1tend it aB rapidly as possible
| down tho eastern stde Of tho park, and through
the midway Plaisanoo". (which Fronoh
| namo, by tho. BY. our Western
as roadily 81 thoy did the word bouloyareD ana
thance aoroaa the South Shore rark to t9e qcach
| about hnlf-h-mile south OF the Hydo fafK AoIel.
| Dy Sept. /. the commissioners nopo TO naYs
tho whole Of this route. and alHo haii,amtlo III q
tho South ehoro Drive completed, so thas Il WI
afford good passage 1or t1e calIlaHes u Plea6ue
Ine Gleasobs ihP1psonons, - ,rt III 10
an soneI pht1s Phn r.n -"'o'' "'AA
beon IL wv i9uaou n, ,o,,rrr,,,
Wsnon. ~ ms nara wy b,t :" onin tamnorary , v
ss pn ELL aao' so ~, w fc,,i Hnra tho
ohs % I'LL po.set ooo pno o' the tro drivownvs hoa
shas a.;slad ~ ~, svt1, aroon9warI
neen peaotu4uy nnshea ap .1it. "tnu 9sdnroa T.,
through mon aEe waog u; whs nuhs
sone pihcss ";en neas ~ y, W h1non, Inra +han
osnor sn9"a pg~ t~aaa ~ Es1n n,an heon sat
no 1ots 3.Jon z,,aoo ar'3 90"
distributed 81 the way from Thirty; street to
IN - asIees N nnoF mISH s;d,vau aooo - ~
Gredlt 70 me taato Of nr. L.. H.; " sta"aS on saS
Iafk Oommlssion, on "hom n ans 1aeA oo'oisoa
Tie opening OF
| oAKwoop norhEyAnn a,,,
to connect the qrnnd +, boulevard with "pre1el :,
boulevard Is probably tho greatest lmprayemens m
sse Ills apfns Tss eo s fse
md han one good carriaSeroad its entire 9 Length:
With tho opening Of this connecting Anl!, the
bouleVards and PARK anord continuous af1vo OF
noarly six miles from Ihirty-hfth street down
bouleyard, and west on 0akwood boulevard t. to
Grand boulevard again. over tho Wiole ols'
tanco the roads ate smooth, ana On either sloe
the hand Of art has snsoothed the rough coat q
nature Just enough to mako 1t pleasing to look
| Bou1n cu1oAoo.
Much has boon said about South Chicago and
its Importance as objective point, toward which
consolidate to make tho 1slc front a continuols
line OF improvements from tho mouth Of Chicago
notwithstanding all that has been said, "
hasaly think that our own citizens s4 full!
as 'hs soon a't tae iea' 'Ap poren Of h
increasing transportation busiuess thu
is here transferred from railroads to vessels Of
the lakes, and vico yersa. Manufacturers AFRO
, however, beginning to Boe tho importance o
this fact, and within tho last Six months no los
than four large manufacturing establishment
have boon located there. The woolen mills o
Measrs Sinclair d Co. will bo probably tho larg
est in tho Wost, and now employs 125 opera
tivas. The establishment Of d factory Of woolcl
machinery aud tools BY Mossrs. Kent, Baldwin
: & Co. will probably employ fifty operatives
) | The match factory and planning mill O
: Messrs. A. J. Griggs j Go. will emplo.
probably fifty moro. Tho Illinois Steam ForC,
Works, whose buildings are now being erected
will employ perhaps a hundred men. Tho Chi
cago Iron and Steel Company aro also about tt
Greet works. Messrs. NedfolQ d. Sargent ar
cEeotinG building for the manufacture OF griSt
mill machinery. Bcsdoe these ne hear of afarg
carwhool ,nani1factur,nc comnany l,ayine bonrR
nronn1 for works ia Ro arectod Els s,11>l1Iser
1fho extensive lumber enterpriso Of Messrs. Par
dee, Cook d B!anchArd, who expect to tow rats Q
logs across Lake Michigan, from tho Great 6aubl
River, Of Michigan, and saw them up into lu1nbe