, 1873-02-23

Progress Of Work on the Great
New Hotels.
The Newspapers Getting Back on the
South Side---Tho Evening POSTS
New Ol1lce.

building enterprises, and great deal Of outside
work has been done by parties anxious to avail
themselves of readiness for tenants early III the
| spring. From present appearances, few
! weeks' work in clearing up streets, sidewalks,
and approaches, will give our business centre
an aspect no one looked for as possible to be
achieved within five years from the period OF the
| fire. The new city stands to-day ready to resume
its relations to trade In fixed and established
| centres, even before the fire Of October, 1871,
ia extinguished, for it is still smoulderng in the
ruins Of the Murry Nelson Elevator, on tho river
at Adams street. Good progress has been made
in the work of hotel completion, feature Of our
reconstruction our residents and visitors are
alike interested in. The freacoerB are at work
in the Grand Pacific, and the Lighter "details Of
finish are reached. The lessees will begin to
put In carpets and furniture within thirty days.
A novel feature Of hotel protection against fire
has been developed in the Pacific, which is
likely to be widely adopted The vast; Tanks
Iii the roof, instead Of being ;open,
are closed by strong cylinders OF plate iron,
and, on occasion, can carry the full pressure Of
the great pumping engine below. By this means
the house can be flooded by its OVID machinery,
thus realizing actually the Holly principle. The
go in this week. Very numerous applications
are being already made tor board at the Pacific,
and rumors have been literally at1oat tending to
fix the character OF the house, but no rates have
that the new era Of hotel-boaFding has
the Pacific have decided to wait until the
rooms in readiness, carly In April
on his great hotel, Which will be- finished within
the year. The Clifton House, pushed through
out tho winter, is now in an advanced condition,
and viii be ready in . few months. Messrs
Hale Brothers are working night and day on tho
furniture OF the new Sherman. Nothing new has
transpired Us to the fremont. It seems certain
that the rumors that it is to be taken by John B.
Drake. much as that is to be desired BY his old.
friends. wholly unauthorized by that gentle,
man. On March Is, Philip oonIey filings out
European plan; eighty rooms, on South
Clark street, near Lake street, the
site OF Mr. Conley' st: Charles since 1914 1t&
built, and is furnishing it throughout, in admir-
able style. Tho new restaurant hotel Of Messrs.
Wentworth L Woo1wo9th, on Clark and Madison
streets, is up to the first story, and will be Iapd-
" pushed to be open IN May. Before midsum-
from abroad On liberal scale.
The general building aspect for the season. as
may be imagined, opens somewhat Light
az to stores and business premises, al-
al!ed with work under contract, much
of which has been already announced,
The larger share of the activity Of the season
will be given to residences, and Of tho better
class OF these tho North Side will receive tho
dargeEt share.
!, THE NEWSPAPER OFFICES.
} Within few weeks tho journal will be our
tneighbor in its beautiful new building On Dear~
born street. The Times and Stats zeitung
Buildings are equally advanced. The removal OF |
the oco of the Eceiainq Post took place yester-
day afternoon and evening and on Monday tho |
paper will be issued from the new and roomy |
Quarters which have been fitted up expressly for
its reception at Nos. 86 and So Dearborn street.