, 1875-10-09
OCTOBER 8.
Fourth Anniversary Of
Chicago's Great
Fire.
Review Of the City's Progress
During the Last Year,
How Il Is Best Shown by the Im-
mense Amount Of Build
ing Doue.
Nearly Eighteen Million Dol.
lars Put Into Brick
and Stone.
Over 1900 Buildings Erected
During the Year.
Excellent Results or the Extension OF
The Fire Limits.
It Has Been Proven thai Poor People
Can Build Brick Houses.
Over 1900 Buildings Erected
During the Year.
Excellent Results or The Extension OF
The Fire Limits.
It Has Been Proven thai Poor People
Can Build Brick Houses.


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lHE Tn1nCSE, aud need not be repeated. We
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abstract Of thom publiahed below, but ono
hermit was issued. eyeu though lA1f-e-tozon
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10 thas ID some instances ou' 1'os'o Pstto''
WAS tasuou Tor q BLOCK o1 olgat OF tea huaoefs'
or for fiyo.Htory atono trout of 200 feet.
TIN actnaI nu,nber of housoa reo.osontc1 by the
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tnese' put d bu'ai uunoes were pe' up HHn'a &ho
original burnt district-enougb however, to
FILL TIE 1AFB IN TIE BUslNEss ouAnTEE
On Madlaon. Handolph. and Washington slreets
ons m Woh.vh ovonno wit, .,1end;d a,,no
fronts. III tho d11ttict barheu over
by the lire OF July. 1973 also no"
almost wholly rebuilt, number Of
nnc rl,ueturca Including many lrstclass four
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ana n'o a'o'f osono ''o''n' .D''"h ko''o IT" 49,
tho transformation IN tn!s dlssfc1' ooScstoea ~
detAil last July. has been oven more marked
than in tho original burnt District, frame alan-
ties having in tho Freaser portion of ts been aup
atono.lront structures. But The rebuilding OF
low,ng will shou, MAS but a smAll part Of tic
building operstiona OF last year.
MOST OF THE uousEa ERECTED
wore upou lots previously upoecuplcd which
was notably the caHe In tue West DIVISION. which
cscapod both Grca. and where noarly one-hRlf
tho Wholo NUMBER Ut buildsugk put up O. COM
1nen;ed during tho year no ioeated Ihe large
| t.ts Of tho South sui North Divisions. IA we'll
as tue extension Of tho busltess dstrict III both.
| will 10 noted at Klauce.
| ANOTHER AND MOST 01AT1ET1t1 FEATURE
| OF the YeasH building operations is that OF the
| whole humber OF houses built aud commenced
not eiuEle one IL 4 frame Htructule All arc OF
btDlo brick, Ct iron. ur OF tho thFee materials
| combined. marked Improvement III tho styie
| Of building, with regard to reducing tho hazard
Of ]oss by lire without sacrificing anything tn OK
ternaI appearance, ia 10 be no Cd In tnAuy Of tho
| new business houses. mo1o especially in lhoee
Oh Wabash ayauuo. IN tue construction OF Which
| thu old tlte-tsap WOODEN cornicss arc diapensod
| with, aud instead, they are but combinations OF
tue nam walls, aud built Of brick aud stone.
without my woodwork Rlatever about thon'.
! All bulldog during ahs year has been conducted
under tho operation OF
| TIE NEW ltRE-onplSAsCE.
! by which tho te.lim.ts are unus coextensive
With those Of tho city. And tho erection OF franc
| 4 re,iow Of tho building operations tor tho
twe!votnontA shows how uutouuded wan
the c!atuor against tho ordiusnce la
certain quarterB, on tho fronna thai
tf tho erection OF fru-traps wore prohibited
no boluos would be built fot tho labotiue claasss
--noye Ut least, 1t coat which would place tho
| rent within their means. The experiment has
been tried, aud. "a glance At the exhibit will
SHOW. csu no longer be regarded as IN expert
n,eut tiuco Aot1o hundreds Ut BmBlt brick dwell
ings, somo Of then oven but oue-atory stsuo.
ffur comfort and eleAillinesa aud tho setluc. lou
III tho amount al fuel rtg4reu for heating puE.
ppAes during the fall aud wlntor. aud the Xreatus
durability, are taken into accouut. tAalo eau hs
| htllo doubt but thu, in the end tue BRICK houBed
must prove cheaper than the frame, ayon for tue