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From those figures It will DO soon tint, whi1o
st. Louis, by dlnt Of reckoning ovor several
times each Of her donfors who have several busi-
noBRes, slightly excels Chicago In tho number OF
her savings banks, ehoomakers, foundrios, whole
graphors, tin and copper workers. white load
makora, upholstorors, and nndortalSerB, Chicago
overwhelmingly o1cols st. Louis in every ono Of
Q hundred and thirty other branches Of business.
sos aaans bop Pen GG9 sg eoos
houses, Chicago shows $50; and in wholesale dry
goods houses Ohicago has 20 firms to bnlanco
her 70 y, ana,ono Of Chicago,s fTms would olent t
aoter Of consumers-C Chicago has 1,107, st. Louis
GIL; in flour aud food, Chicago 1877, st.. .Iouis72;
in retail hardware. Chicago 13o, St. Louis 81 in
hotels, Chicago 1o5, st. Louis =; in roal estate
Chicago $50, st. Louis 104; and so on through
tho list.
It appenrs by the Directories that there aro %
railroad companies located in st. Louis, and 81
road facilities of the tWo citios Is at loast three
to ono in favor Of Chicago,--a ratio which is
moro than sustained by tho lateHt statistics on
tho subject Of railroads. Taking poor'a Manual
count iii Of the great trunk railways to tho soa-
board Qn which Chicago has tho advantage Of
hor "riyal at loast three to ono), NO find
there nro 8,4e9 niloa Of railroad converging ut
CuICAhUt SlIl4 H. j41 lulGH-lDbb Lsuu o0G-EulIu-
eonyerging OF St. Louis: This footing gives Ct.
Louis tho benefit of ono-tnird tho mile
age Of tho Illinois Central and Chica-
50 e. Alton Roads, and leaves to Iowa,
Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado their own
local roads, except such as arc operated directly
by Chicago or St. Louis corporations. This
makes no account OF tho thousands Of milos of
railroad already under contrnct into Chicago, nB
tho Chicago j. Northern Pacific Air Line (l50
miles), tho Chicago, Omaha J. St. Joseph {248
mileB1, tho Chicago 4, PaducAh (2C0 mies1. tho
Chicago, Hamilton d Woatern .(coal road, tho
Chicago g. Wisconsin Midland, etc., etc. We
find By tho samo authority that the nRmo of Chi
cago appears in tho title Of 10 railroads. aud ST.
Louis III that Of L..
Tho records OF tho Post Office Department ut
Washington show TINT there wero collected and
delivered in Chicago and st. Louis during tho
month of Juno, 1878, letters to the following
number
,.,..,., chtseya. 9,s St. Lonis; e sa;
Delivered. ......,............1 ,277,2B7 8o4aa1
Tho aggregate dnily newspaper circulation Of
Chicago is about 08,000; TINT Of st. Louis,
49,000.
In reference to the delay which has occurred
in the issue Of this book, Mr.. Edwards says TINT
The canvass began on tic 1st Of May, With a
larger force Than was eyor beforo employed, but
that the marked growth of tho city, tho confusion
and frequent change Of localities arising from
tho fire, aud the desire which tho author folt to
mako the canvass exceptionally thorough, Will
probably bo regarded aB satisfactory reasolis for
tho oxtra timo consumed.
The remainder Of tho preface is devoted to d
very animated dofense of hlr. Edwards against
the charges made by the st. Louis papers, and
he is nblo to show from their own columns that
up to 4 recent poriod he WAS held in high favor
in their city, aud became obnoxious there only
because his Chicago conBus report ehowed tint
tho latter city was, in population, far ahead Of
the rival one on tho MissBEpp.