Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-04-30
Chicago Correspondence Of the Coua1rp.
CHICAGO.
~ Remarkable Grswth ana Future
Prospects.
CHICAGO, April 2Sth, 1874.

Be great IN virtue, s tKou n II name
Within thy walls may HlDpine1 abide; 81
nay Plenty sms, ana ccncor ora b y Confessed sas
With sweet contSQt y every home guest;
ssf R 81 az sss o Sys NM G sss
Richard Golden II Is said, once re-.
marked that no man ought to die
without visiting America to see
Niagara and Chicago. LIDO not assume
that seeing either would add to our
enjoyment cover there, z but they are
certainly fruitful sources Of gratifica-
Zion while here. Chicago can be
labeled. properly, the wonder of the
present age. 1t is unlike any other
city. The child Of misfortune, It is
also the favored pet Of prosperity.
Built In . malarial swamp, II 10 one Of
the dryest and healthiest cities In the
world. No other city has such !
wonderful record. In thirty-six years
it population has increased from
Alto to q. least $50 600, in round num-
bers. Swallowed up and almost OBJ
liberated IN the great confagration Of
October, II, il was predicted that the
city would not be rebuilt In ten years,
but scarcely two years and half have
elapsed since that terrible event, and
yet to-day we find Chicago shining
with redoubled splendor and eclipsing
her palmiest days. Where stood wood
and brick before the Dire now are rear.
ed stately commercial palaces or mar
BILE and stone. King Soloman was
several hundred years building bis
famous temple-a Chicago man would
put up one equally large In six weeks
on borrowed capital, and what il still
more remarkable, would secure the
loan on the value Of the lot on which
LIT Wa To- DO built.
Chicago isno longer merely . mer.
camille city II has already assumed
the character Of great manufacturing
metropolis. We have long read OF it,
immensc traficin grain, beef and pork
of the wonderful amount and exten,
of the transaction az "a whola..l.
houses, but few OF 10 have hitherto
learned much OF IT. industrial interests
| Manufactures ars real producers Of
I|value they, like the sstillers OF tn,
soils ada to the aotuai wealth Of III.
country. This bein~ true. ve are al
Interested In the growing industria,
interests Of Chicago, ana IN knowina
how far these INTEREST," have progress.
ed, in What branch thsy psincipally
j .o,,.s.t 80 .s...,.,a- az. $500
rs 80 49, .o.'
80. 800. ). =. IA. ~. ~ ~ u.nu. u
49, !. ~ :, ~. ~, s.'p' ~ = 'ne
sk.ss 100. IS n non - WIN - inscs''
'A - s0I, s NUM-
~ ln'.uue. .Oli'ns in,ls' m.cnns
s~Ops' lo snsn .nu snlp-Ouna,ns'
s.s-.S,~ 80 - u -. 49,. q. 80.
n..f' ~ - - '-an'a..0 :.
$780, &c.,. ..p 1870, ~. r1.n uo.u...,.
| .nsvr,o.h $1,000. s
90 .-S~. $3.50. 80. ~. eapv'. .
~, ns..s 1870 nv. o. ,r ~
.,c,. $500. ~. 81, ......s :.
-. -h .., - .s. 49,. =. 1870. .'. :. Z.
80. ~. ~ ~. -. 49,, -s...,es q
,nss.r .sv .., .a ~. - s.o 800 snop
IN. ~, $3.50.
a. -. !. Sas.... 49,: ~
1s7a ~. eso - % 80 a -. ~,
v.,n. u n,,s.,s.,c.. =. ~ -. 80. - 49,
-. 800 sts7 ~ 80 ~ rr.r.ss. 49,
H. = 49, as.s = s.-sasy On Ias IN
crease several companies have bees
organized during the present year, and
are already doing : large business.
The manufacture Of school, church and
household furniture, are perhaps the
only Dl.ncnes .n.s are overdone. We
ieA' consiucl SMco -
s y. s CENTER. Y. Y.
.nele are 1920 ml, s. u :. 1870, - . e
ne .ne uni'sa = Wnicn io'A1s csnsel
~ lineage Inc svef.ee nunDeE q
sr1ns sn.. affive escn a.y = - Ds,Sl
ziV N ana 'ne same NUMBER os.. IN,
.m."n' =. 0spl'.i irs.s'e1 :. -
.o ooo IS. ce aOa = Cnlcase = eve
e-U.oo0'ooO' ~. 49, =. -. 49, ~ 10y es1n'
inks slC = WYE 4 = vc 70 80