The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-29
1 -MnKrn LID rIIY.


Prosperity.
CHICAGO. Dee. ga year has made
/ TIE cnange M Chicleo. She IS city prlctl-
,nly owned by Ncw York. anI D .tou. owners
iu New York aud Boston rent out tie buildings
mere for anout 9 per cent on valu .tion. and Cal
cago pockets the per cent Evertnifg is
cheap here, because rents are very low. Five
thous ud magnificent buildings put up bv New
York ana Boston capital. y. are renting for
or per cent. Of their valuation. You can 20
into a magnificent restaurant, with t~ thousand
dollar mirrors. marble floors. and massive black
walnut furniture, aud buy splendid saddle
rock oyster stew for twenty-five cents. The
same stew at Dorlon'a. ia Fulton Market. Will
cost thirty. 1--we cents. The reason Cnlcago can
be 4 Doilln IL bee u.e D0ron has To pny for
oysters, and butter and a bie rent, too. while
the Chicago MN simply pays for oysters ana
butter and New York and Boston throw in
tue marble halls, toe thOu-and-dollar mirrors,
and the rent.
Property here has shrunk - per cent. rs In
New YORK. but still Chicago /, prosperous. Her
people are courageous. They DO not croah.
There Il manhood IA Chicagr. In fAct' II red
estate he e IA, Chicago should -nrinh th' o'N'r
atrink frwa to %. the chic - man would
feel j,.st ~ ricn, in fact richer, Tor then he'd
wri.e on New York and Boston and yet his
rent reduced down to less than nothing. In
act he'd make New YORK ana Boston pay him
i.r occupying tae gorgeous maroie temples
here. Thus would his revenue increase. chicago
.eluaot AFFORD to own herself lie would &c %
Lls.fo1l who would build house himself when
he o. n get New York or '.ton man o. buid
o. for MIN and rent it 60 hin for per cent.
lney tell an Incident here about mnrteag"d
property aud old Long J1nn Wentworth. WHO ..
considered one oi the real estate father, y
I'm Sl'raso l.. n,ortsaeed. Mr.. Wentworth Is "A
venerable. grand old man. ~ ute knows his
age senator Logan saws thai Llns JuHn fem
ont WITH Columbus at Plps. and came uNc- 10
America IN "A Cunard steamer aui bought mp
some corner lots In Chicago before The great
Italian navigator set ont IN his tour Of di-cov-
cry. However, regard tins an error, which
one o theilleturnlns Boards should corrcci.
TX Mayor HoNne here says that Tor the last
wear Long ohn Wentworth nus been known to
81 nd iur hours in front Of the piece OF ground
owned y the HoV rnnent' ana on winch Nr.
Mullrtt has tired, ~ the new i"st once 10
huilI "a Ynuug Ametican ruin 10 We with kenil-
worth CaUle. lie saws Mr. Wentworth has
stood N front Il the board fence surrounding
TINS uiece OF Government Land aud peeked-
actually peeked through knothule into ms
Posi- once rd for hours al a time. MIR. Went
worth's actions got To be very mysterious. Iney
~Inle civ. " nat does ne mean, they asked.
standing there. nour after hour looking
through the knotnoies ana cracks IN that Post
once fencet
Of tue linss saw Mr.. Mentwpr looking. as
usual. through nus tavorite knOthoie. You
know MI story would NOT tel "A lie Tor an I'VE
h,tchets in Virginia. We'll. after he mad watch
ed Mr Wentworth one daN forauouttn9. .,'nr
standing there in adnz1hng ram ani p,cl'ug
throu b a cr.cN, he went w to b uI and saw
mir. Wentworth, htg Nout Iarj0u, out
cant enuure tits su,pelise any lrhtt. Ten Nc
wnnt IN the name ui Grant add tne lteturnigg
Board are YOU looking an Nhti--
" Ou nothing Mr.. tory. not .ln- ult ---'
80 Nothing nat" lhat, q prt.lN way 60 talk.
Mr.. Wentworth, after standing hc, 300 the run
fnr three hours with your tNy- en- tnat Vrlrnt
Looking AZ nothing tut! LiNrN story. Nr.
Wentworth. No, SIR; there's "a mystery here
somewhere. Now tell .ne-iel me wat "a
see.
"Meu." sail Mr. Wentworth, "if You must
know the iru:n, Mr. story, the hulc-t trufu.
riuc Dit hcIe Go lu prove nay ewes. ~ dur- uy
Ola eyes good, and uas cone 'ru .uNd ever .,u'e
tu. llt, SEQ COME h.ic .nd l1ok thto .uiir lnurn
an4 sre % p-ce u Land ln Culcl-p tuI. atut
NOR sarod.'
II auy one doubts tins story. and am sorry
tos,, tnIt m nv ui-.aitel ucOrlc Zee go. a
| t. he ulwiNs que .lunlhg the rart ID tiN
stores. they e % come mere ir tui't-o tltiu-
~riNr. .ud see thc a. els lu tue ltu.c .nl me
huYtu.iV- and the land Wlthu 1883 M t-agt
Ola % that Lop- john NcntWuriu llNk eI 10.