, 1874-03-01
The Number Of Unoccupied Stores
Has Been Ezaggerated.
Activity at Englewood, Cornell, and
South Chicago.
The New Town at the Northwest
ern Car Shops.
Tree Planting on the Forth Side
Prospects Of the Lake Shore
Drive.


t5sl parts Of tho city. There great many re#
d9acts prices ranging from So 600 10 $50 900 low
tie MARKET These &ro nearly ell within radirs Of
milo End half from the Court -House. But a. ther
ARE comparatively few pcrtons who ere able to In
and occ2y suc1 houses and there Is but little pros
teet Of advance in values OF this claHs Of property
md the tendency Of all rents Of dwellings at over
tay, 5000 per ycar ii to decline they ar
difficult TO Eeu. The came may be ta1d O
very considerable proportion OF the wlyimp,oyes
business property in ce1tan localities where pro2ert
ogncrs butt extensively after the fro in tie ho,,e
establishing new centres OF trade. Tho din.ren
speciales Of trade have, however, steadily Rayitaet
back TO the old localities in which they Ture
taed before The fire. The stores In tic new localities
to which 1t ~as hoped to draw business have Thus t
eome extent, been left unoccupcd Tho fact that tier:
good many such ,,noccupied stores in The city
q tie city -, trade. gha faes =, hoT-
s.s been greatly increased snca the re But the area
q the central boainess quarter he's been nearly
doubled The amount Of shop and store room in tha
business centre Is about double what II was tlreo
years ego, and the amount Of office is at least
qua.ruIIe what 1t then It is, therefore,
easy tha though there has been an increase ii
The aggregate volume Of city trade, requiring great
increase 81 store and o:ce room. the hitter hrs been
Increased beyond the immediate demand. The excess
Of sto-e and oil CO roo has however, been excggerat-
ID in recplla inaginaions. In this connection vo
F1at thu following letter. which shows this to be the
czEe:
oCE EEocccUPHD nu11pMos.
1oAe Edier NJ 1hS chteaao Tribune:
taare the stories true that tho papers Of some
ether citiea tel u that all Chicago rent"
th:t have been at pains to go through al the
business portion Of city to what the facts
THs TRIBUNE and other Of city papera haye
than pointed out mistakes made IN re-
building, such making all the stores from Is 10
20 Of more feet In width aud making no provision for
the hundreds OF small dealers who uut Is and 2ofoot
shois. Also tho putting srendd blocks Of stores aud
pkaraF,
Etocd before, ard where they quite out OF the Way
Of beth cur saopping and business public, but,l
en sdnst sfsss H. aay asts' ts an sy .sn
did h1ocia and thousands Of fine storesf
erected since The fire. Just us enp:y storeaany %
E,ay therefore already be rented, but counted nll
either sacent or marked " For Rent" At lesst two
h.sds Of these ha.s only been nshed and made
ons block, tho Hsrfiei Block finished since Deem
tho fro have been occurring stores mproy1sed from
dwellings mile or two from the business centEe,
DEL S 10 e' Tor e sr cd ef IT
Is shown by the fact that friend who pu1-
chased 80 fest Of ground this week. and is about to
bald hre e1n.1 stores it, informs that he has
already more than enough applications for I'll the
stozca soon as they be completed. think with
is1st % rts cent 1aoro room is occupied for business
purposes in the whole city, than Wills 20 occupied be-
foro the fire
Is regards Offices, 1t is we'll known that before tho
ire they confined to two or ree Streets and tho
immediate neighboEhood Of our public buildings. They
we're mostly Ii old-faEhioned two and three story
buildings tllat generally not more than half the
depth Of the lots they stood Now the office bCild
1s all ss ,as aaq iii ts b
the property and they nre found In every part Of
business quarter. In the most ontof tae-way neigh
other public buildings people fitted up large buildings
Tor Office purposes, that al tho present time the
three to four times what it was before tho fro Tho
basement and hrst-aoor Offices alone l2rgsiy otnun-
ber al the offices that could bs found here reo yea-s
tgo.
Under thcso circumstances It is gratifying to find
that nearly all first floor and basement offices
quite out Of the way or have been nished sncs the
usual renting day. In all central Office locations,
&c ad AFRO that all secondaoor Offices arc occupied
floor rooms thus showing tlat about twice many
Offices now rented occupied were rented
numerous rotices OF For Rent y pasted On their
upper Windows strangers may bs led into believing
that much CT bert property is nnoccup1ed, and
thus without any intention OF misrtrpeaentug city
sna5 convey false impressions to others. r..
SALE or SOUTH WATER STREET s1oREs
MesE1<. Ulrich Bond and A1r. C. Gardner recently
sold for lr. william Tourman his two stores, Nos. IS
sud 40 South Water street, for 200, subject to
e,1S Of iesg IN IN ps Psy
ct Oak and Jefferson arenuea, in HYDE par ut
An estimated value Ct $4,000.
sea aud Frantitn streets, with four-story brick /
building sold recently for s4s co., part Of the
sdc1x:luu being farn 1T Keuosha.
In III paris Of the
sourHEnS sUpCRns
there is considerable activity.
AessrH Eirich l. Bond recently eold Lots and 6, in
Block H. Egandale corner Of Chestnut md Greenwood
afenuca, for 81, 500, all cssh-
street sir, third in Englewood at $40 per foot
M1tson Hill sold fourteen lots at South Englewood,
forz blocks from the depot; consideration, so,334.
there IL good deal OF activity both III the sale Of
lots and in building number Of lots have been sold
TIE junction q sony dana I'D
new houses viii be built there this spring.
Aesers- Ellsworth Co., Of Rockford, IN this State,
That piece to Cornell aud have laid the foundations Of
large brick factory building 40 feet front by 100 feet
ninth street being two blocks south Of The watchfacto
r. The HcW factory will be completed and In operation
y the lst Of May. and will then employ orer 100 work
zen. a1essrs 4 I. Hale c., Of this city, have be-
,ous identified with the establishment and viii sell
he furniture in the city,
The extension Of tie line Of houses along the yarous
airoads from Englewood End from Hyde Park to
1onel, end thence EontheastEard to South Chicago,
Eoes Steadily ou and the progress in that direction thia
PREVIOUS Reason. Still another line Of improvement
hrough the district is sure to he started by the
: soon as 5 thsy es;abliah ~ thei1 nne from South
3e1esgo to Its junction with the Illinois Central ut
'.t5.hir street the Company should be nado to
Gls*ioners for the Iight-of-waJ through the South
:aore Park, theT will probably ADOPT line running
trough the centres Of ecs. rs aud 81, whfch would
'cse their line hall mile east OIL and nearly parallel
'ha the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne Chicago Road. :
n; whether the5 secure this line or tho one along
sofoad avenue the road will help to concentrate i'm
1osements IN the general line Of e1teun1ou from
isde Park md Epg!ewood to South Chicago. At t
ae Tresent rate Of improvements IN that direction
aefe can be scarcely any doubt that, within hve years.
~ Thoe district east Of Tho Pittsburgh Fort Wayne
afoad, from EngleEood to South Chicago, will 10 !
ON.
Il the e
WESTERN 6UHURDa
'ese Ii also great activity. little over year ago,
e s:'e Ct tho Northwestern Car-8hops wss an open
7ast!e without house. Now there 60 men en-
o5ed IN the 1zlroad round-bouse. h1acksInithshoP,
70 n.ch.Dc.hor. Surrounding these fifty houses /
re teen butt In the last year, and fifty more a1o
9ies contract to be built IN tbs next stxty days.
~. j. D. Harvey sod this week 70 1cEes on Chicago f
saue half way between Car-Shops and AustinTtlle il
1g IN the southwest x Of the southess: Of Sec- 2
.o*h ~. Range 13. The Of tia 20 aeres Just -
~ Chicago avenna from ths above has been offered
eco per acre fyr it. Il
1.H2yDA1r | il
Improving, and the rroprc.ora Of the T1ace tx
ne ,'e established an oasbus nne which bsgan run b
~ sess1eda: from the corner Of Slate and Washing
sieeA TO LaEndAle making Eercn trips per day. h.
;oa5usf Lee recently sold % 1ots Houston and =;
~ streets for So 600. Eleven OF these ~