, 1876-02-18

It 10 to bo noted that there Hre some Tarietcs
Of licenses wbiol have dled out, euch as those
dogs, wniio the record Of commissiouaroa dates
back only yoar, and is not included In tho
aboys table. Tho table Is mado to 70 back only
to the ycar following tho great fire, because tho
be compared together. Tho year Of tho fire
mould hardly afford much OF criterion, becAuBo
Of the bEeak.up In ovory brunch OF buslnesa con-
soquens Oh the calamity. For thoae REASONS the
comparison IL limited to four years.
From tho above table may 10 noted
~ sEyERAL CURIOUS TnIaGH.
II will DO seen. first, that there arc Just half ~
many aucttuueere' lconacs collected now ~ threo
years ago, and yet it is not intended to DO 81.
Legged that thoro fs any looaenoss In that partIou
Jar branch bccauao tho raising Of tue foe to 5000
has crowded out o largo number Of tile mock
auction class.
1he figures AZ to billiard rooms and bowling
alleys {both under tho former head) arc not con-
elusive Of anything, except that the humber or
rooms-uot necessarily tableH-haa fallen or
serT greatly, or olae the collection has boon worry
lax.
couragin2 one. because 1t proves, II anything,
that there nre less Of these shopd than two years
ago, which no one will holi1ye whom It Ia con-
aiderc thas the city, its Inhabitants and Its con-
sumption. havo oil increased hardly lada thau 20
per cent III tho time named. It is folly 70 eAy
that shors are lesa places Of business now than
two years. ago, aud yet 1t ia aeon that tho roy
euuo has fallen of when 1t should havo bsen i1-
creased. ...
THE DOUBLE TEAMS
Of tho City OF Chicago acem to lava periahod
OF tho earth In threo years, for It III Hoon that
whereas there woro 2,sa1 paying tax In 1872,
there arc now only eio,--a reduction Of
2.235. il 1t la to bo believed that
festly an incorrect aupposition. II is we'll known
That tn the year firBt named there wero large
number OF country teams employed in The CITY
in hsuling dirt and debris, ~ we'll as building
f.ot that very faW or none Il snoso .ro here thIs
year. it 10 still foolish to suppose that GAG toams
cover all that should bo taxed In Chicago. 1t is
to b0 noted Also that just a. aoon as the prosont
licenses tor tn.ms dropped otr about ons-hsIf.
Then again they dropped OF = half OF tho TO-
mander tho ns1t year. Tho truth is tlAt this
branch Of tho ]lconsa busineea has boen phamc-
fully neglected, and any compotent Judge will
teams IL ever asked for license.
Drays have also undergone a steady falling
oil, until there Ia hardly more than half A. much
reyonuc collected from them now "a three years
doubt that the dray branch Of tho buainess has
been sadly neglected In collection, Aul that
about ~ many drayn arc doing bueineas In tho
city to-day without liceneoa ~ there arc With
them.
No fair comment can be mndo On exhibitions,
bocanso the ltceuaos Ra given 90 tho boohs can-
not be reckoned eaAlly, tnasmuch - nome are
given Tor ono night and others for one year.
THE ExFREssMEH
n1nistrAtton, and It Ia our1ons to note iu th0tr
caHe, ~ in others, what failing on was por-
mltsad a. soon ~ tho Head ExptosBnaa took
hold OF tho City Government. Il Is not to
30 aupposed BY any sane man that tho bu4inesb
has fallen Oh nearly 800 mon In two years.. II
Inns mosa probably Increased half tllak number.
ln ganclng oreE tho psgs devoted to gunpox.