The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-07-30

! met. lie speaks Latin, Greek, German
and English with cqnal ease and grace.
Chicago has historic associations pos
sesSed byno other city in the Union, and
which, perhaps, no city cares to possess.
In course of time, after the debt of the
city has been paid, 4 monument might
| be reared I'm comnemOration ofthe great
! fire. similar 70 that in London, that com
| iag generations might learn the extent
| Of destruction, and the eXertiOns TO which
their fathers Were subjected in three
times building great city,
There Is very little 10 see in Chicago.
It i rs nearly unlike any other city, in
Europe or America, as it can possibly he.
| It is built on the western shore of Lake
! Michigan In extent the city is some
twelve miles north and south, by six
miles east and west, divided by the canal
and river n few hours in the street-ears,
and the external part Of Chicago has
nothing left TO be seen.
There are some good buildings there,
the best part Of the city being within the
| limits OF DearbOrne street, the river and
canal This embraces part'Of Clark,
| Madison and State streets. These con
tain some of as fine buildings as any city
| in any country. But then that is the
best part of the city, and even there are
ound some little, Yretchcd placcs-re-
minding me of the old Scotch song, be-
ginning
My mithcr mcnt my auld hrcctS,
An o but lhcy were daddy"
To those who have keen sense of haT-
mnny. the rose and the night shade do
not look 80 well together-the rose los
es part of its beauty, ,and..the night shade
becomes TOO familiar. Better keep the
two apart if they are TO be kept, and
though We may regret the fact. it vOuld
seem that both are necessary.
But Chicago, more than any other
city have seen, has the appearance of
business. The buildings have kind Of
business air about them. The men you
meet on the streets have n kind of bus
mess anxiety about their manner and
appearance, and even The ladies yOu see
on the fashionable streets have that in
their dress which betol1ens business.
There i none of the extravaganza of
the Iadicsof New York, London or Paris,
ana If the business men of Chicago fail.
it is not through the costly dress OF the
ladies
Chicago IS a city OF grand hotels.
think they are the most eXtravaGant of
any have seen. The Grand Pacific and
the Palmer hOUse ire something amaz-
ing, besides a great number Of others
which have n prineely appearance
The parks OF Chicago also are very
we'll worthy Of a visit; especially Lin
coin Park and the Lake. What pleas
inc variety that gives to the city to walk
along Ihe shore. when in the quiet on
the one hand, and the continual b,istle
on the other. 1t pleasing 10 watch the
Fishermen and the boats. would have
iislied too, had my rod and Mr. Miller
been there.
What pleased me more than any other
place in Chicago was my visit TO the
Lakeside Publishing and Printing estab-
IishInent. This is one of the finest bnild-
ings in the city. 1t is on Clark street,
opposite the new Custom House. 1t was
originally bHilt by the Lakeside Publish
ing and Printing Company. designed as
the great publishing emporium of the
West. and 50 carefully has this plan been
carried out that all branches of this bus
mess are done here, from the single
manuscript to the beautifully illustrated
and elegantly-bound volume The arch
ite.t OF this building was MIR. Cass Chap
man, 10 whom Chicago is much indebt-
ed for some of the other fine buildings. |
There are three Atlas Companies here |
-Messrs. Higgins, Warner & Beers, ,Bas-
kin, Foster Il Co. :and \. T. Andreas.
who is the largest publisher Of the three. |
He is now at work on an atlas of Iowa,
which will be the most complete atlas
ever published Of any State. An idea
may be formed OF the magnitude oI the
work, when We consider that ninety tons
OF nns paper, thiTty-tRo tons of card
board, for cards, and the Labor OF several
hundred men and women are employed
III its preparation. Over twenty-five
nd .a. I. -olI l.x-St
and TO carry them from Chicago 10 Iowa
VII REQUIRE good sized freight train.
There are sorae fiteon or sixteen large
steam printing presses in the Lakeside
Publishing and Printing Company. At
present everything l. under tbe manage
ment of Mr. r. r. Donnelly, n gu.et,
harna working man. Here the Lake
side Directory WIS Pablished in two
weeks. This required the lGbCfs OF one
hundred and fifty men. They print, al
50. such hooks as Pickerten's detective
stories. Then there IS the Lakesid5 Ii
brary, WHICH aims at the production of
cheap editions OF nO=els, sneh as jules
Verne, Wilkie Collins, Charles iAeade !
ere. for ten cents.
i J. Cox s 60. haze aD extensive es-
here, devoted to book bind
ing. an entire floor of not less than r.
. SQUARE feet Of space, where every
l.nd OF t.indiEg Is done But the most
department. is Che CHICAGO
Lithcsraphing Company, said to be the
argest, save one, i'll the country The
Charles Shofer and Edward
are both practical litho-
yraplIerS, and not only do they snperin-
end, but they work in good earnest
This department occupies about one