The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-08-06
4 SHORT" ROMANCE.

Chicago Correspondence of the Courier
Journal:
The continued lively business i'll real
estate, notwithstanding Chicago notorl-
ou,ly bad reputation for humbuggery
in general, and her recuperatlve power
of which it is convincing proof, are III
my mind the most wonderful things abou,
this city, most distinctive of all West
ern cities in its strongly-markcd charac-
teristcs.
While in st. Paul in Il, asked of
the full blooded, tull-braincd, yet crratic
senator Donnelly, 40 what do you as
cribe the peculiar life and go aneadative-
Less of ST. PAUL.
"Sl. Paul has the brains and caution
Of the East, and the boundleSs gener.
osity and hospitality of the South, and
the push and vigor OF II healthy West
ern product Of their union
spread that application all over
Chicago and her suburbs, andp it down
with the commerce foEced upon her
and you have the whole story.
believe it would be safe to say
that there is not such another real es-
tate markc, in the world; that is, such
a place for exchange, barter, decker,
buving and selling, leasing, subdividlng,
mGrts sging---in fact picking 1t up and
looking il over and over, taking COM
mission. a ''rise," or h slice of 1t, and
dropping il for your ncighborS use.
There is a constant demand for proper
" from the center of the city, away out.
twenty, even fifty miles. The hre, and
subsequent fire ordinance, the prohibit
ing of the erection of wooden buildings
within the city limits, gave SPECIAL
impetus to suburban speculation, add
the name Of our suburbs Is now legion.
This mania tor suburban houses has been
recently greatly increased by the sue
rc,sful bull movements of landlords
in keeping up intolcrable high rents.
Besides, the rebuilders of Chicago made
a GRAVE MISTAKE.
in making no provision for anything
Ju. business within radius OF two
miles from the court house. n com
putatlon o. the from four 10 SIX and seven
story business places within this place
would be startling. These elegant struct.
urcs are beautiful to look upon, and
fine to blOviutc over, but they do not pan
ont rs WAS expected, save in the most
choice locations. If the owners OF some
of these deserted palaces had built them
We will say, three or four stories high,
arranged the first floor for shops and
trudc rooms, the second for Offices and
the third and fourth in suites Of from
three 10 six rooms, with water closets
and other couveuiences, that might have
easily been arranged when the build
In.s were in process of construction,
every suit would have kept constantly
rented bv respectable families, too, who
would have been greatly accommodated
in every way, while fine income would
have been realized upon the investment.
4, it's, however, the distance sala-
ricd man is obliged TO live from the
business portion of the city, III ord"r to
live upon his pittancc at all, compeiS
the expense to himself and family OF at
least $50 annually for street car fare
alone, and is productive Of every con-
ceiyublc am oyauce. Thus, clerks, me
rhanir, and II large class oi business men
If small means have discovered that the
same expenditure viii carry them out
into the country II few miles, where the
speculation, legitimate or Legitimate
..rects them with little patch OF God 5
,rcen earth. dainty cottage or more
prctentious Gothic aud by instruments
of from $50 to $50 per month poor
devil" who would otherwise always re-
main impecunious ut the END of few
years finds himself the possesSor OF a
handsome little property, and at the
same time has lived in his own house.
With tbi, immense real estate trade
established. it is not strange that ChicaS"
has hordes of sharks,
REGULAR "TlGG MoNTAGuEs,
some Of whose infamous practices are aS
follows: Tigg Montague has rea. eS-
ta,e office Furnished III Oriental style.
Hi, agent or pal advertiseS for iurni-
ture, horses, Western lands, or any other
barter. in exchange for suburban io'S'
Inquirers are shown some nlcc-looAihS
piece Of land IN an attractive locality, as
T. Ms property, and the pal negon'
ates trade 7. NJ. takes the properly
offered in exchange, which is immedi-
ately disposed of, and gives deed OF
swamp lots ten or twenty miles away.
These sales usually being made TO lgno-
rant and unsophisticated parties, who
can not leave their employment to in
vestigute the matter, they take the word
of the prominent real estate dealer, and
are accordingly srtistically done for.
T. Ms little dodge, if the affair gets into
courts, is that he was ignorant of the fact
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