, 1876-02-27

CHEAP SUBURBAN TRAINS.
Those interested in suburban properly are
pushing energesicaliy the various schemes for
cheap transportation. and with encouraging
prospects Ut success. The Rock Island Road are
building ligh: cars for 5-cent train to be run
between Chicaso aud Blue Island morning and
evening" and the Chicago. Burlington s. Quincy
Railroad are proposing to run 10~cent train to
and from DoWne1's Grove.
THE LANDLORD AND TENANT
The Landlord and IenaM entered last week
upon i1s second year. 1t has hitherto confined
itself to rents. but nov proposes to extend its
scope and ELL the void in Chicago journal
ism which has long suffered for the
want of an intelligent and trustworthy
reai-esta,e weekly. Tbs Landlord and 7end1t
recorded transfers OF real estate, with the names
Of grautors aud grantees, and list of building
permits; and vii also publish 3 weekly summa-
r. OF the condition Of the-Teat estate market 1t
te1ests Of the dity, that the landlord and Ten
dnf, or some other publication, will be able to
enter and hold this important place in the jour-
nalism Of this city, NOW practically vacant.
large patronage awaits th 9 Publishers who will
produce . special periodical representative OF
rea1-estate interests here that will command the
confidence of dealers at hnme and investors
abroad. The real-estate interest OF Chicago is
TOO extensive sud important to bo without spe-
cial organ, edited with enterprise and ab,lity and
the waI,t Of srch onn ia nnv widely felt.
rnrAR1E sArF or Hr7J yonF nx4I. rsT.rF
The sale Of the large lot at the Batterr, cog
nect1ns broadway and Greenwich street, brings
the name Of Vanderbilt acaiu before the public.
in private oyuerehfp. Itw.s once The ..Atlant,c
Garden" Since then it has been used for diff
fcrept purposes. until il bacame mor:ra pad. and
last week reached tue hammer when it was
nurrhase (the cost Of which MAS s2On OfC) tie
vwner rreyeuts its occcpancy by the eieyated
railroad. now the best thorouchfAra ont Of town
next to tue Vanderbilt liues. The Hippodrone ne
is also the properly OF William a, Vanderbilt,
who purchaaed Il for railway nurnoses--Er-
chance.
THE TRUTH AHour PARIS FLATS.
The recognized authority in Europe upon this
kind OF habltation ls II. Cesar Daily, the we'll
known author Of books upon this and cognato
subjects. he divides Paris houses into three
heads, according TO classes OF the population
Fi1s-The aristocracy, who live in private
houses (hotes). Second-Ihe bourgeolsle or
middle class. who OCCUPY houses in fats (mai.
sons !oyerl Ih11d-Ihe working class. who
inhabit houses from which the two classes above
said thas the house is the ''familT vestment,"
SO, may venture to add, the WORKOUT clothes
of the few descend to cover the many.
Various fallacles are rife concerning Partisan
d"e'4lpes anu Peoplo frequently talk ABOUT the
ten-stor,ed houses OF PARIS None OF more than
five storiea above the ground floor and q roof
have been built there SINCE the year 1874. 1t is
popularly supposed that in Paris nob1emen oc-
cupV the first and second floors OF house, gen.
tlemen the third and fourth, tradasmen the fifth,
aud wo1kingmen the attic! But Paris houses
are inhabited bV people OF nearly equal position
in society. or, at least, they are so arranged by
means OF separate skaircases that the meauer
tenants do not encounter their happier netghbora
except in the open court or at the carriage en-
trance. It has been said that the roof to which
the elder Mansard gave his name Was invented
to eysde the IaNe regulating the height of build
NOS IN paris hnt t,e m,nssrda or c5,rb yoof Rad
6s " tsr,;a. ~. 1sn oas. tafa.o 49,, e.,aI
oeeu IN 1astnou ioE i1e sea17 noAots anS 7ucn
aWs were made. From l1oi to the present day
the legal height OF par'a house has depended
nnou the width OF the street in which it Eas
nrr;t The 1rchifock
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nf:,.s hESIs I'D IN p1SsEh. ZEE Ill.,.
lesl1able tenements are concerned, the number |