, 1874-07-20
eer It shall 10 mado attractive, beautiful, and

ivo oltcs ln tho world It ts, tl ,nauy roapcctH-
Wc may AZ Wcll rocngnizo and look tho truth
tvo, nay, ~ somo respects, ono OF lilo most ro-
pulsive. What Arc ita advantages 2.
tfrst-1t onjoya tho oomfort-nay, tho lux.
nry-of All unlimited supply Of tho pursst aud
'u ~"G % the ~ sofe Il rpko nob
gan, 1t nsa in this ali elamanb Of hoAtty hoalth,
and enjoyment not surpassed, IL aqua!od.
Ihtrd-0ur parks: public grounds, and drives
sro aaarcoly oqualod by those Of any CITY OF It's
ago. aud they arc capable Of being made As at
tractiys aud more ao-sa thny hava the grand faR-
tura OF tho Lake-than those Of London, Paris,
fourh--0uz Tree Library will, in short
time, Il mon Of cu'tnro and taste aro not driven
out Of tho city by tho n,lisancos which arc tolor
ated, make OhioAgo great literary oentro. But
all those advantages, and others which have
not space to ennmornte, ara more thnn neutral-
izcd by tho intolorablo nuiBancos which sur-
round us.
enulnerate some Of them.
Ftrst-Dau air. We ought to have tho pnroat
a!r OF any city 10 tho world, aud know Of none
rhors i il 70 vile and Offensive: II tho wind
blows from the south, wo have Dridgeport and
Its surroundings. Il from the wost and north
west, we hayo tho North Branch, with it's uators
black and putrid with filth. Papor-mills, glue
faotoriss, slaughtor..housas, dlsti11erIes, and
tered about the city, 20 that nearly oyory rind
that blows, un!oBs It comos dreotly or tha lake,
Is loaded with naunoating and dseaso-pronloting
amol1s.
establishments as the roiiing.mills and
fonderod portions Of tho city unIa-
habtablo 70 oil who can exercise tho
privilege Of choice. There arc sections in
for tho smoke. The result In, tho air Ia pois-
encd you cannot any longer grow ovorgreons In
tho city. Fifteen years ago syerBEoeua grow lux
priantly al eyer eyer tho atty, and especially o. tho
moubar tho magnificent arbor vitn hodgos aud
plnos, aud Norway al,rncos Of DR.. EgAn and
others. You cannot tlnd any suoli in the city
to-day. What must DO tho etfeot on human life,
Of constantly breathing all atmosphere in which
tEeo will sickon aud die in two years?
Ihirl-The tug nuisance, wanton and utterly
unnecessary. Although 1t may not destroy life,
Jot 1t certainly murdota sleep and peace. There
eooms to be . rivalry among tho hundreds OF
tugs and l,ropellerA which run through the very
hoart Of tue city, to zee whiuh shall mako tho
loudoas and most hldeona noises.
Eourth-The extreme peril from fro has
driven, and ia driving, many OF our bost citizons
ont Of tho city. It IL idle to SLUT our eyes to tie
equal In extent to that which destroyed the
North Side and tho busneas-portion Of the
South Side in 1871. No Fire-Departmont can
make any resistence to fire llke TINT. A dry
buildings Which e1tend for miles On on tbs ~ Woat
Side, o,--and you will have fire which will mako
honleloas greater number OF families than tho
great lte Tho samo danger oxists oyer less
e1tant Ok aroa west Of Wells streot, aud be-
so. With such liability to suol fearful fires, no
mans homo fs safe in any part Of tho city.
Thoae are truths, which aro realized by think
ing men, and tho results arc patent. THO
nuseances to- which have rotarrad, and tho
danger from fro, havo driven many Of our citi-
zons to sock homcs abroad, mud prevented very
many othorH from rebuilding since the areat
Fire. ] will mention few instaucos a,noug
many. Our older citizens will re1nombor the flno
Dickey A1r. Fu1num, and Mr. lily, on tho South
6ido. Oa the North Side were the magnificent
residences Of ". 3. Oglon, H. II. Mageo. Mrs.
Newberry, Judge sklnner, sturgcas, Ducking.
ham. Mccormick, and nany othesa. somo Of
are living III hre-proof hotels like the Palmer
HOUSE, aud many layo sought homes at Elmhurst,
at Genera Lake, 1t EsanRtnn, aud at all the aur-
rounding villages. Many Of thom ars waiting
the nuiAances ! hayo named, aud In regard to
the dangers from ilros, aud thoy will return
hnd rebuild their ll0nleR, or ahaudon then III
the city authorities shall set.
therefore nay that this is d critical time III
the history Of Chtoago, and lis future will de-
pend largely On tha action which shall now bo
Ind. II nothing is duno to romely aud prevent
tho evls havo nluhtionoi, we shall ioao many
OF our baaat citlzeus, aud Chicago will become
more and moro . place OF business meroIy,
g. placo to mako money III, hut those
who have it or shall acquire it will 20 elsewhere
to o1pood It elsewhere to find homos whore
pure alt can 6e braathea where health cal be
en1oyod where they can 60 to slcop without
Ing. could name tozcn OF our Old citizeus
on tho North Side, who hayo not yot rebuilt their
homes. who are awaiting tho action Of tho author
ltloa. trust tho LESSONS Of the 1ato fro will
not be lost Yours, &C., Isaac N. ARNOLD.
To The Editor af ne Chicago 1tibune:
BlRs 1u vloW Of tile fact TINT the uo1t "big
fro which no all expect may come to-day, TO-
tnurrow, OF any day, bofora VIC arc ready for 1t,
it sooms to mo important to bond all our ener-
glas to seauro at once those preparations for our
dreaded euemy which We can soclre now.
multitude Of plans and suggestions have
been laid before the public by the press, the
underwriters. and tho Speakers at the publuo
meetings. On ono thing all agreo; that
Is, we must have no more frame
buildings, barns, or sheds, bniIt insdo tho
city linita. Any plan to onlarge "tho fro
limits must full Of otrecr as can be eaaily demon-
stratel by looking, at the district between Six
teenth street (where tho limits " wero made
IN our present ordinance on tho subject) and
Iwenty-socoud atEeot; q solid masB OF frams
buildings has been built between those streets in
tho past two years, which now affords good food
for fire from ths plauing-milH and lumber dis
trict to lool on and roach the bala,co Of tha city,
We want no "limits but tho city limits.
But in getting total aud entre Htopnage Of
those dangerous neighbots frame buildings, wo
need aomething more than tue provision that
distinct provision 10 tue ordinance (wlcl, should
DO called building -law) that no person should
bo, permitted TO erect any kind Of building,
Drlek' Stone iron or oolcrete, without first do