, 1873-03-31

for tho now roa1, md tho Bito In Ms
flsoly to 10 twenty mifoa from Chicago
a. ton. Tho proprietora Of tho "portn
OF South Chicago would donbtlosa like TO haye
tile shops at or llcar tl,oir prospective city, and
thoy may offer te railroad company strong in
| ducon,cnts, but tho location Of tho shops Ii OH
! tircly rnHottlod yot There la, l,owovor, great
dnal Of activity In la:,tlp nnywhoro iii tho trlan~
gular tllatriot which has
sourIr CHICAGO AND WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
for tie northeastern and southwestern points OF
Its baBo and itn northorn apex at the South
Park.
This triangular district, about Bovon miles long
and about eeven lnilos wide at it's baso, from
Washington Heights to South Chicago Ia
hotng intersoctod by mora railroads, whose
suburban trains run from dopots located
Utmost III the contro Of business In tho city, than
any other suburban quarter Of similar nron about
the city. It ls being dotted nll over with stu
tions that will ench bo tho nucleus Of u suburban
J town, nna eventually tho growth Of theso will
bring them 50 ncar to oach other that, in tho
conrae Of few yenra, suburban roatln bordored
| with continuous lineB Of houaes, will oxteud In
oyory direction.
HYDE pAnE.
dor Ind CAUCUS at tho Town Hall on Thursday
evening last, to nominate Board Of Education,
and, to the surprise Of every one, the hall was
crarnmed full Of people. Tho remark WAS gon-
oral, Whore 10 they nil como from7 And yef, Oh
scanning tho individual facos. eaoh ono yns rec
! ognizod as neighbor: Where llouRcB aro hid
den away among tho trccu thoy mako no
such show as il arrayod on ntraight, .nakod
streots, md It il no uncommon thing to fnd
now houBo already furnished md occupied
bofore YOU had Hoen tho foundation laid,
1n small district lately arranged for water
district, to be devoted to pipe-layng" even sho
| houses, by actual comnt. Largo as tho hurfaco
Of Hyde Park is, tho bui1dor'a hammer cnn bo
heard rGaonnalng ovorrywhoro and tho first Of
way hitlor. just about ills limo corpou or
traction. ~. 0ofnoll has donated Block .10o
valued at go, ooo, for largo tool factory which
As an inducomont to add cupola, ho Is to do
nato fagatntr, and Elliott @. Anthony, Esq, ia
to donate tho coors. Nothing is complete 1low-
a.daya without olther Il 1nansard or q oupo'a.
Tho sky lines aro the most prominent lines in
architecture and Tho people Of Chicago and
Hyde Park arc to bo kept continually looking
Mr.. Cornell has traded for nearly \ whole
block at South Park Station, housos and ali, and
tho people are to move down to Cornell a1 aoon
Us their houses nre ready.
Ho Inns nluo tskon Friend Holladny right from
nnlor the lroppings Of tho stone sanctuary at
Hylo Park, aud iB to transfer him in some Tny
to Cornell.
Tho past week has boon oquinoctinl week. not
only with old Prob" et Washington, but With
roal estato matters In Hyde Park. when tho
ridge and slough prairie clearing, 1t In all tho
| Bamo. So tho Inducements to 60 ont and show
| OF lots LAS beon small, and, MS a consequence,
transactions aro fow. All tho dealers report
! would Bell M aero near Forty-third street, bo-
tween Evans and Langley avonuco, at $4,000, on
! Saturday.
Another has just refused $3.50 per front foot
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| transactions are On hand i'll that locality.
- Another reports nix houees Of largo size for
Esa@naalo, @ four OF which are to 10 on one block
young merchants Of Chicago.
Another had just cold Il lot on Madison ave.
nno; near Forty-nintA strcet ut s55 por foot.
There aro great many inquiries after loca-
tions, with prospect OF steady incroase in
Along tho South Shore no special efforts aro
being u1ado Of present to mako selos. Tho pro-
| posed railroad from tho Ilinois Ccntral track
cast Oh seyonty-flrst street to Railroad ayenuo,
md thence south to South Chicago, would
| largely increase values IS BOON as 1t was known
that it would be built,
A., Afr Westfa aays 10 has $4,000 to tnvSst t9
this yoar, III aomo shape Or othor. And tho
owners OF property can oil afrord to wait, IL In
TO TIE WESTWARD
Of tho city tEe great incrosse Of railroad faci-
! tion west and northwest Of Contral Park ia
making oron o moro compact limo Of I'M
| proycmcnta all tho way out to Harlcm and
| Haywood. The district about four miles square
next west Of Central Park, and as far weat as
| Auatin, had for several years been neglected by
spectators until tho location df the now North
| weetorn shops almost in tho centro Of 1t has
glvoni 1T start. Tho building Of these worls,
and the large, population certain to be drawn
there BY It, will soon grow so as TO f up the gap
bctwaen the city ind Austin, and will probably
| mako tho most compact line Of suburban ozten-
eion iu connecton with tho city. h1nywood,
Harlem, Oak Park, nidgeland, Austin, and tho
Northwestern ehopa-whch, by tho Way, ought
to hare moro distinctive na1no-wi9l all be ILL.,
cludod in district nix mileH long from east to
"cst, and about n mile and a half .widc from
north to south. It ia altogether, probable that
within tireo years this district will have popu-
lution Of &C, QUO to 600 people clustered along
tho railroad. and coming to their business III tho
city eyery day by tho suburban trains, that bring
them to tho Wells street depot.
THE RIVERSIDE IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
Tho Riverside Improvement Company ig, wo
| understand, to be absorbed in the Chieago {;
Great Western n Iand Company, which ie :, M I'd,
gompany,--llato Chicago & Lasallo RAILROAD
Company. Strong parties, well known among
railrond men, have lately become iaon-
a with tbd tbG ia latter raa cGnny 5 n[S,x npdss Ter
built to Lasallo within year.. The presout out
standing indebtedness of tho Riverside Company
is, wo are informed, to DO naalo oxcbangeahlo
into tile 6tock OF either the new Land Company
| or tho atock of the Chicago Great Western
| Railroad Company.
THE ENLARGEMENT OF LINCOLN rAnK.
| The lands to be taken for the enlargement Of
! Lincoln Park aro:
WITHIN TIE CITY GIsIlTs.
| Acres.
Block H. belonging TO the foster cst:u. II
Block II belonging to tho Nswberry estato...... II
i.
! FarWol tract........ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 7
| IN TOWN OF LAk1s VIEW,
s. W. 4 Sec. 49, 40, II, being WeEt Of rnd adioiu-
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