, 1874-02-21

intensely democratic. and free to everybody bn
the "nigger." They had the cannon and cHarcoa ~
stove, which was kept chock full OF suInhnr
coal: w tho side were row OF benches. ro
Positofy Tor OLD shoes and slippers, and row o.
PEE e on #alsh 4' 70 bang the coats Of the wear,
travellers. The floors were all painted with thf
black Of the precious soll, brought ia from ths
street; and go, withal, We might gay wero na;nt.
ed the chairs and benches. Around these can,
uon-stoEes were usually found, in early eprinr
h group OF youthful loafers, feet elevated to
hne e. "lth their chests, cquirting tobacco-ju
upon the floors, Or upon definite marks
| upon tho rusty Stoves and discnnraino
| upon the wonderful topics Of the times Of IT,
coach coach, being stuck fast in tho mud opposite
on the part Of Randolph street which had beer
marked = botsomless>" us u warning to the driy-
ers OF teams; and OF such number Of pernons
being eo'"S@'
"sLEwEp"
(sloughed) on tue prairie. This being s|ewed aid
not mean that they had been "cor,ed. " OF iuto.-
lcated. but simply that they had got stuck fast
IN the mud, somewhere beyond redemption. Aid
theso lntarestlng young men we're prairie, OF
mud pilots; and their vocation was to
SOLICIT jobs from the farmers from the country.
OF trarele{s going Wost, Of plotting them oyer
| the wet prairie to the sand-ridse, and pointing
| them the way to a safe landing on hard ground.
That was one OF the ways in which the enter
pr1s!ng youth Of carly Chicago easnod hyeli-
hood.
| THE FIRST MADE ROAD
ont OF Chicago was the so~called Archer Road
being, at this end, the Archer avenue OF this
time. This road WAS mada in 1886. for the pur-
pose OF facilitating the work upon the ca1al, and
| commencing at the road running Bouth, which
is now State street, followed the sstno limo it
aow does, southwest to Canalpo1t, or Bridgeport,
! than parallel With the Canal to the Summit
! Level. This road was Of great service tc tho
| Canal, and WAS named ARCHER Road." from
Atch cf o1,}o To,,n
| nissioners who projected it. This was the only
| worked roadway out OF Chicago for many years.
But it only served for small portion OF tho
t business coming into the city, then rapidly be-
grants wore chicago's first patrons. Pro-
visions wero imported from the East.
But, as the State bogan to bo settled
in the northern portion. there seemed to be q
necessity for better wagon-roads to the west
| and northwest. And there was great complaint
made by the farmers just beginning in those
directions.
There was at that time boarding ut the Ohio
House printer recently from Michigan, but
few Years before from Massachusetts, working
in the american Office {thc Wing newspaper,
published By stewa1t, by the name OF
CARVER BUrTERF1ELD.
This person is Deserving Of special mention
among the early journey Of CHI
place in some reminsconce Of the West. He
heard the farmers who stopped at tho
Ohio House lament the great difficulty they had
to encounter with the mud in getting into the
eity. Butte1deld was believer in enterprise.
He supposed ali tha: would bs required to nuke
good road over the vet prairie was to turnpike
it, build up high road above the water, NTH
deep sido CUTTERS; and that the traffic would
IL time pack it into 3 hard, durable road.
Without consultation with any one he wrote
american, calling meeting Of people from tho
country aud citizens Of the town, interested in
having good roads in and out Of the city, to
assemble at the Court House at a
to it. But the request was rea-
sonnble and timely 4 very respectable meet
ing assembled. The result was the second turn
pike road out OF the city
TIE NORTHWESTERN TURNPIKE
tit became afterward the Northwestern Plank
Road,--now, in city limits, Milwaukee, avenue,),
tho then northwestern thoroughfare that made
point for good road at Sutherlaud's Tavern.
1T The Sand Ridge {now Chester Dickinson's) and
leading also to tho moro popular stand further
north on the ridge, known BE Wentworth's.
where now tho Northwestern Railroad crosses
the plank-Road, and where the good David L.
Robarts, keeper Of Temperance houses in
Chi Gheag9 5ut hA1ns ,he RGnEe sss out
one Of tho earliest Of Our suburban towns. But !
terfeld very likely did not attend the public
meeting, he Was not 4 n1au for chow, but better
for work but ho it wns who set that ball in
@otnont ~ LEY afo 9sfy 10" pots'As WIZ e'e1
Alu" W,,. tnas 49,. 10 u4d s. a u1u :. - .4 h.
~ tAaSo - 90 - -sau, ~ 1.'s1 "e!u o15 1850 ..u
1oAas ~ 5ue spfins ano u net LILIES US nuu "outu .i
uaus Gu. GU VI ~ enie ~ ~ .es ~
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nei ioae 10y usee III heat,
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hss, uasu ..t 'no a,a.h9a 1o1 nsa he .ss
-or,.s5 Th;,eaa hsh;tah,a ~ IN +o,,,d.f;o-,
for weR the
'of a'' eAs ssa-r,s H.1s ~ e1n ns.,~,or
..;,,, ;,;t;o4ed " T1 n1no,S. 1aae ,,5 .,b;ch
mnen VAL mns d;nit., ~ a, 1a1 rn'i;,'r u ~
'nbbv-TnrE s Al Snrinsdald vss mads LEGAL n the the
nrs;g,ga conaa1;ssfon zh;ch auIho1zad the
ta.;a Dlat ~ land fnr a-sneaa nnronsas sn5
..hct haoat nnra ernmh1nr 6non p] hnst;1itv ] and
eh.r-1as - nsrso1a; intarest tand snecn|ation
charges ot pefsoua, latereet a1u specu1"tton ~
no ravo1n+;oni7ed tho anrronn3jn9s of Chicago
and rnade many sitaR for towns ,Fiare peeee once
delighted to paddle and the muskrat to burrow