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has reached. Of the eighteen wards constftut
ing the city, nine are located in this town. Th
population considerably exceeds that Of botl
the North and South Divisions The schoo
census OF Oct !, 1875, gives the following
| total population of the three divisions Of tht
| city:
South Division. .lDl, S1t
North Dfy,sion.. 6O, .5l
ro.cth.r ..............ls ISL, 7s7
! 1r.s+ n,v;sion ,o21, 50l
] Among the statistics compiled By Charles G.
Chase, School Agent, in connection with the
said census, ills stated that the increase OF pop
| ulation IN twcnty-two-years and ten months
prior to Oct. l, 1876, has peen as follows:
Whole city. -. ......... -. $50. o. per cent
North Division, 3a9 R per cent
Vest Divieion. n.~..-.:- -.-''...t w per eea'
The Town Of West Chicago embraces 4 much
! larger territory than both the South and the
North Town combined, and may be approx
| imately stated as follows:
North Chicago. square miles
South Chicago. 9 sHuate Ml!cs
West Chicago. 20 square miles
OF thirteen police stations In the city six arc
located in West Chicago, four In South Chi
cago, and three in North Chicago; and Of the
$50 patrolmen employed in the Police Depart
ment, 2l0 are distributed over the West Diyis-
ion.
OTHER STATISTICS.
From the fifteenth annual report of the Board
of Public Works for the fiscal year ending Dec.
81, 1915, it appears that the entire expenditure
for sewerage, from the commencement Of the
work In 1855 up to the present time, was as fol-
lows:
North Division. 981 ass. g
South Division s;s &c - -
" est Division. ,o4o- 3oo. ID
Also that the proportion Of streets pared
with wooden-block pavement Was as follows:
Miles.
North Division ....-......--..-.......----.. 20
South Division. .--....----...+-...'.---. u
West Division. A
Besides this there are fourteen miles of I'M
proved streets in the West Diviyision either
cindcrcd. gravcled, or macadamizcd.
The following railroads enter the West Diyis-
ion: Chicago 81 Pacific, Chicago, Milwaukee s.
st. Paul, Chicago 4 northwestern, Chicago.
Chicago, Chicago, Alton & St. Louis, Chicago,
Burlington g. Quincy, Pittsburg, Cincinnati g.
St. Louis. All but three OF these have their
terminus on the West Side.
The lumber district Is located almost en-
tirely in West Chicago. Bcsides the immense
number Of yards fronting the west bank Of the
South Branch Of the Chicago River and the
north bank Of the west fork OF the South
Branch, there arc thirteen slips, varying from
one quarter to one-half mile in length. connect
cd with the west fork Of the South Branch, all
employed in this kind Of business.
The number of manufactures Of agricultural
implements, foundries, machine-shops, planning
mills, furniture manufactures, and industrial
Of every KIND located in West
inent amoug these are AIcCormiek's reaper fac
tory, Wards rolling-mill, Peter Schuttlers
wagon factory, Crane Brothers Manufacturing
Company, Furst d Bradley Manufacturing
Company, and many other OF the leading
houses In every branch OF industry.
rARKs AND BoULEvARDs.
Vest Chicago has a system OF continuous
boulevards mud parks a boulevard $50 feet
in width to be connected with Lincoln Park in
the North Division commences at the west bank
OF the North Branch Of the Chicago River, run
ming west one and half miles, thence south |
seyen miles through Humboldt Park, Central |
Park, and Douglas Park, containing tn ali |
tboulcvazds and parks 1G5 acres Of land. From !
1ct to be located, running south and east to
Western avenue and Thirty-ninth street, where |
bridge over the river is to connect it with the
boulcvards and parks OF the South Division. |
au aggregate cost OF about s., ,0C0, one-han
Of which was paid for by special assessment
upon the lands benefited, aud the other ialf BY
The Town Of West Chicago BY the issue Of a
series OF per cent bonds payable in 1S9D.
These bonds constitute the whole indebtedness
Of the Town OF West Chicago. Of the original |
issue Of s567, 200 OF these bonds issued ii de-
nomination Of $1,000, twenty-seYen have al
ready been purchased and Cancelled by the
Town Board. They were issued in 1870, and are
now in demand at and above par.
The Chicago West Division Railway Company
owns and operates ten different lines in the
West Division, containing forty-fye miles Of !
single track, and employing 21S cars and 1853
horses Their daily round-trips number $3.50,
and the number Of miles run daily is $3.50. The
Company own thirteen stables {inost of them
brick1, and ten car-houses and ono brick car
repair snd building shop. The total number Of |
miles run in 1876 was 3,200,OO0.
PROPERTY IN THE THREE DIVISIONS.
The cqua1iZed valuation By the State Board Of |
Equalization for the year 1876, OF real estate in
Chicago, is as follows:
South Chicago Go, 34D 710
West Chicago --..-.---.... 4S, 574, 9Jl
North Chicago ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IT, DAT, 10
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
South Division ..................- CO, oo2, s44
West Division Observation-Disclosures. 1,47D, :1i1
North Division. 3, ,054, 324
South ntvis1on. .................- 1,004, GIT
" est Division ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l. 443, :s96
North Division. Observation-Disclosures. 70, OBS
Total valuation 3lGS 0:,S 178