, 1877-12-11
THE FIRE LIMITS,


CHICAGO, Dec. 10.-There seems to hs dr.
tcr.nlre.l eiTort on the part Of some real-cstste
owners to 10 scduse tho fire limits a. to allow
the erection Of wooden buildings IN = part Of
tho city which Is now larEu'y composed Of ya-
cant lands. 1t II said that every excitement t,as
tts utus.days' wontict, and Il then forgotten,
but it does seen. strange that the terrible vistla.
tion We mud six yeara ago In tho slmost total
destruction of our city would 10 soon DO oalfter-
atcd from the minds Of our citiEenf, and that
shcre cuuia be found some men l.cru who wn,tli
for inuttaent entertain the thought oi Eeturn.
ise .o .he dangerous s; pan OF BUILDING ,,,s wooden
ss'';sss as ps,Ss kaosn OF :. :a' assEne asE % IT,
tumn our Winds. which sometimes amount
alInost to gale, ars usually from the suuti,-
west, aud during thls sessou q spark onIy Is
wanted, that in faw moments will kinalo \
hlazu among such structures ~ viii endauger
the Whole uty. brick ean nuw ba laid III the
wall at frs,ni $3.50 to 81 per Thousand, and thu
suiAll difference bctwccu brleK atd ttanIe vii! l,
more than compensated for in favor af tho
former n the coursu Vi 3 few yeurs in tho tatf'
ferenca tn cost OF INSURANCE, repairing, painting,
etc. Chteuxt. tto4s not usually turn back attcr
tnklpg al advances step tn the right direction,
and It is well known 10 Rft OF our cttlxrns that
our former sssat dre. originated ta s, tns,
grcat calamity eltclts4 ths Sympathy vi
the en.iru civilized wurid, while our
second misfortune held us llp IL cTittrislu+ And
HOW Tor III to deliberately relH'ut our folly would
hrlng down upan our heads Lie just rDnAenna.
t1un Of MI rxht-uliNdtd pcuplc. In ytew OF
these farts, ! ct,nsldvr It tbs duty VI ereyy
citizen who haa the lrue interest 1T Chicago at
Heart to lit their ha,lls IN ppn<'a,ttoh to this
scIlsme to eu.lauXer our, reputation asa city.
Ihu statement alsIu by sanie property -owHtEs
that lu,d will hot heil lu that locality for TWO
thirds ita former value gives It no aeyft what
ever. Where tn Chicago, Or any other e.ty for
that ,atter. ean youget The fortarr rasur for real
estate! The matu rausc ol his tepresslonl lcs bark
of ali that, IN Iuy hu.nblc oplniun. The mis-
management VI our finances has solMethtng 10
du with It, and II thu people hat Roslo of tho
spirit that u tuated uur 'ttaldcs !" in the tinles
that tried nlcE's soul, tnste1l u sitting Idly
down " til tbs halter about their netks they
would senGi up petitions to our Representative
In Congress lsom VII parts vi ths country,
courhei tu languaxe not to ba mistaken, not
requesting merely, but demanding, III indihnllQ
postponelneat OF the Ecsu!nptton, Jo1'u aud TUG
renunrtllat1un 0l silver 3u spte Ut
the opposition ot thoso from whom w
had 4 right to expect better thugs,
making It = leKxf-teuder for sM debta, not fur
the people sloUe, but tha houLlul1els ~ we'll.
Millions Of treasuEu aud hundreds VI thousands
nf lives we're Loaf III llbcFauux 00. .0D VI slYye4
In the South, 1u4 now lO,Ou0uU OF Intelligent
beings proposr to 4it quietly down willis the
6hylocks lEst huporerlxh aud theu doom them
tO worse slavery than ever tho cotutsd rncc
wera subjected IL. Well, Il We a1s - travc1l-
eplritel u 70 Ioll our arms while lhs ah2>klca
ale being forged, VIZ undoubtedly deserYo to