, 1874-10-09
ccmo,c.;on Of the Tunnel Under the
City.
When tie Work Was Begun and
How Carried On.
Review Of the Building Operations for
The Year.


THRE3 YEARS AGO.
tt ta;cs long time to kill IN a.,nirerrary-
.snaci.:Iy raen it is one Of largo diIensloas.
Tlis il especially true Of our Chicago day-oct.
Our citizens, With nll :heir dash and hatred
& retrosrec.ion, cannot forget that terrlb'e
furnace-Dlaat, nor the Destruction which Kept
naca with its blood-red columns OF faiae. 1t Is
something to belong to city that can smile dis
d.iafu1ly at the burning Of Moscow ruehlisht
10 Ha1nbean consraeteA With GUT champion ds-
rar. Yes, though the blnze Of the k1enlin lit
Cd IN majestic beauty the Immortal features
# tho Cou1ueror aud Captive Of Europe,
nd though tho b11e OF Encicnt
Iora warmed the musical Nero. nearly
$4,000 Clicasoans scan draw themselves MP to
their full height" Ike indignant heroes in q
"hpe-lady novel, aid cxclaim: "Nc have seen
1900 COT. .oU0 so up in twelve hours-we have
seen With our eyes granacr devastation than
ta.t which tie eyes Of Napoleon or OF Nero
teheld" All Of which il historically true,
although the npLcroc citizen slightly given to
esnt nay bo tempted TO add: ''And still "e'le
not harpy." But the b'azo has Eubslded; the
lcI,t Of OR burning is now travelling among the
sla.s. epd has left this earth Forever, but
i.s memory will ever remain to Us
thing OF mingled terror and OF pride. Though
tie :vengips flames swept to endn1iug destruc-
= tiqa Of old the cities OF the Billie land that
snned sgrirti God. Chicago. which has not 80
snued, Las sprung to life arew.-her beauty
more rad:art ter audacity more buoyaut, her
tope more Dyurdlcss than before. Unlike the
Temple Of Solomon. ocr temples rear their
tpires aud dunes again. to salute the heaEens.
Church and dSellrs-p!scs, palace and cottase,-
depot Of industry ind mart Of commerce, all
haye arisen, aud. as Tic O-ientals would
remark, their shadows hare Increased. So
kIso hsa their substance. wlic:1 is far more con-
sGGng. Saaz.an:a il :le res, for the lever of
eatert sizc. snd Chicago owes her triumph to
this splendid alliance. It is hardly necessary to
rcltcrate tia: we tave fac geographical situn-
u3n; that Nc co.lm2ud tho lakes, aud grasp
hundreds Of rallroad llaes in o1r hands: that we
RTe tie greatest provision centre III the world
alt thia eTe1Sbady knows. and also that Chicago
Is what slo IL, in the first place because sue can
not heIp it. i1 the next because ler citizens
would no. I've IN ouc-ho1se, decayiug city, and
IN Tie ne5s Lecaiise said citizens iiShttuly claim
1o rt2rcsca; the pluck, b:a;n, AID potency Of
"Io1le America
Tho dwcller iu tile remote regions OF St. Louis
Or in the eny1oaa swa1ars Of onr Egyrt may
e>d:;m: ''Th's is Chicago brae!" but lie has,
sM'e be ears this, an uncomfortable sensation
Of un5chef i'll h:s own dis2a-a3cnent. for CHI
ego hls shown The world that +he caa hold fast
~ Tta aa hsag. 4 city that c.n point to the
lnest hotels on .ae globe. the most majestic
sees,-'hose Ct f.:!s escepted.-t.le most
E1sEfU:1g.nr 1n1 rtHk
Ills O u: o:h:r Coa:iuels, ed alt this three
!sas aiicF sic WIS b"e7t into duat,
sao11sea 10 grant process ct GRE
Mnsa9n, eal afford 10 stand on
tae nzzy ne:glss Of fame, r3d sing nightly
s'ns e' c7..lasF:. and he looked upon by the
s+'laos Lao tho ja3udjced as sUperD mud un-
ss,sl:!:1-l.a s;;:c::st. So te il. li:icaso would
tto'ely ht*p:d indeed II ste did rot recg:nze
~ 9"n Ecsis,-af:cC gathering up her eharrad
Ioaes eou Clothing THEN, 81 II wele with , Few
s .'a!:-tIaslo?2.sn- tue non.o!it!ess of frontier
ke41ec'Gre lnto tAo s:at3lT beauty Of scu,e
ssac calitai HAT has s;uos tie s. cc:ns of ages
1snea;n tie shadow OF the x.pcncines.
~ enough ct .al::' flourish Of the tcunlpets,
sa !eS!St5 =:lcl. Is t!,eie really t;l.r IL Chi
~ prosperity which lua:iics tbe sounding Of
@'' nsetel sad tie ringing Of the joy-bc1!a?
IKE f1lsc yEAE Af!EA pC4 D1sAsrEZ:
slsa &C. o1f aus.uehs t1orcu 1bfa-cs aa.utnlnG
t4ts olco more. colo:iaUe 6Nl cornice smiling
+. 4ae s.io grim tyuro oi the dcrrici, a3c !uok~
~ seoruiully down Cn the heaps OF building
ttsEa sts; b11cs. stone, iron and mortar, from
r.S, ;a ,hes themselves aad arisen. eEen as Adam
S!lA cave S22cu as ih3 rcu clay in the Gar
~ OF Ec:n from "h1ca hls form Lad
IL ao!oed- Una year from Oct. 8,
. :. oar 14eS Board OF 1rcdc building.
rnea.; oos;aIer Ct Commerce, WIS completed and
r. Iqsa ~ will great ce.e.Icav ty the piorldont OF
oas:a ard tue Mayo: ct the city. The work
80 s,;l pas5sd in that twelve E.en:hs Was the
~ Sser as 81 !5o visitors who throused here from
so4ea!tefe Of the country. and who asacd,
,fa-.s+lLas lacres:uloasly, Whether tho lire had
i4.sd the district around VI: magnificent
EF'9 Of trade. They co;:ld not conan.chend
T.. saseht ni OUT loss neither could they hope
IA eAcnd the mrac,c OF Dur resurrection.
- - Gu Lbs 9TH cf October, ISL. maov great
saya-esen III our fo.enos: strec:e-rerlained
= ailea up. aud there vas general un1iuish-
@3 about the uew city.
H,, A"otIEE -E.9 pAss1iD SWIFTLY 3T,-
f.s f.s,cous Je.r OF the pai1ic, c,--aa1 Oh tho 9Th OF
IT, :oIc, Chicago 1rspu2@.1 TO the ques-
~ tsoS Go YOU stand the financial p:es-
row.. VITA the heart:T a7oval, All right,
oaE aas aaa see rle! :" and ssralshtxay tle flung
-. - Tue doors Of ler 1nter-Sts:e Exposition.
IT. ttecsised her friends in tho best temp Eorary
1saaas that ever WAS constructed in ninety
~. ~. Meanwhile her rows Of busiueas-pa1accs
so,'.t tte;caer and th:cler,--in fact she had ac
tAaAsd nve-elShtl4s OF the constructive work
- ~ ~ ea:lre burnt district oi hundreds OF acres
'acs. t*o years.
~, EsIS TEE GLOOMY DAYS OF TIE i'AS1c
t.,a wv E1uch Affect the buoFaDcS- Her banks
oos Is satelJ, with few exceptions, ca those