, 1879-08-03

I to tue owners of the property
The Common Council have received petition:
against elevated railroads on Milwaukee, avenus
and Blue lsl.nd avenue. ...
/ The CITY Engineer reports that the Sangamo1
street viaduct will cost about $4,000, while
there are only So, 600 in the Treasury available
for the purpose.
The Common Council have repealed the or1li-
| nance under which an assessment had beer
made for the curbing and paving of Robcy street
! from Madison to Harrison street, and have di-
| rected that the Comptroller refund tic moner
collected. except the costs in the matter already
| incurred. Similarly the assessment for opening
White street has been apnullcd.
| The strcct-rairoad companies are said to be
! again at work to get authority from the City
| Council to pave between the car-tracks with
| cobbiestones This time all of the companies
| have united to secure the consent OF the Coun-
BLUE ISLAND BOULEVARD.
tn the Editor Of The Tribune
CHICAGO, Aug, 2,-Will You permit me to ask
through your columns that .digniied and we'll
paid body OF Of oflcia's-tne , -; South Park Conmis-
pirate the money they wrung from the taxpay-
ers along Blue Island boulevard-1 use that
name for the want Of bettcr-for the benefit OF
neop1e Pc, VINO M I'VE miles @ away; A year Or tive ago
the Hon: John Wentworth and few others
made row about this matter, and the honora-
hln Commissioners iyed m Handsomely small
sact;on north nf tha ro;lvn r.rross;nr pnt aro
vi "nose plVpertl HGs iurlAer s9utl'
20 pe 1gnoseu 10 1he eha e. INC cnap{er: !: More
over, enough has been paid IN taxes by the own
and Fifty.lfth street to put the boulevard in
splendid condition. / have myself paid betwccn
ST 500 and So, 600. anu the few trees planted and
All th,t has Reen done in front of nv nronertv
hns a 1,n+ 49, SIM Na,r ;e th;e honotr+3 ~
u.s ~ eos. 49, 49," 49,: - euo 9on.3s: Sie
t!ot nc tle Co5n'Jsl?ners looouiS US lor t.lG oenc
OjHfTSs IL
the taxes should nave soma ilttIc snow Tor their
money! There is but one assessment more to
pay, ana "hen the no1loraole omnlss1oncrs
70 az fnrthar ,rnr1 m the Rire ,s1end @ hnnin.
vard + tnr one do nnt moan n NV nv nnrt
asscssncnt till + hare dona Whit ~ can IN
;n5nca 10 nrnnortH'owners o,onr R,ua fsionG
RnnIs1ond ~ Is:n1 hv nhic 1,antinar na'",,u ~,
ntrnrr,s. tna arnonJrg ~ F tha ,n"nar tneu ~.
bare ,'aid as vol ~ .hc 1ost assassmant ~
1Ia+n pth;s ;r,,or,on+ thnronrnG.sa ~ i,et;aa
,e 5he eood p o1 tns e1,y oeta' Mll @ you please
ton to ,his s,,bicrt With snnare ot1- 1-fash;onad
hon,sp um ~ laIa "en oqua1''
nT.s s:ts.1s.:~u
1he lnteFestlns GH quest1on, zen Wll INC pres
en- area o. enlcaS9 ~ DC occup!ens Is answered
as follows By the Chicago hea'~Esfafe Circular:
The city census taEen in 1871, just before the
art an =, @ se u ,,9 wv
and the same annual increase would have given us
more than the required 6.5, 600 in 1850; bur the
hre m that IN one night made 9o, o0o people home
Less drove many thousands away, ana, VITA the
pane borrowing SO RI soon aIlerwaros, erea1!r re-
as,ee f arn ,hat ~ o " ". sh, IL
or aoopt a9 ~ ano' u no @ gfeaI
rate u increase above figured out for the following
decade Is to say, % per cent; o Ihis @ would
s1Te US N 1s9o population OF over soo 9oo souls
ana at tns rate OF increase "n!ch We THINK Is talr
10 caieniate nooh our en5l!e GlIy area may 2e ex-
pec.eo 70 of i4y IN lsy OF losa anat Is
70 say IN thirteen OF fourteen years from the pres
enI time
Ihe record OF new
BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK
fon 49, snat ~; ,,a,,th, - 49,
exceeds TINT Of any former six months as far
oaek as III s,4 5e a s5tmatea e. cost o1 1hss
While for the same sam perioa in iS6s LIS buildings
we're erected. but their estimated cost was s17,-
)05, ,Tl6,-S5. 250. coo more than in 1879. The |
,ffae1 ~ ~ the a,,;o ~ 7e3a ha+ raas Soo ,I
ns 49, ", tr az 12rb a. e e. ,iG
~ nSs cost St!,-os'soo. Ing oeAe ieal go ouiu-
n9s-only iorty-se7en less-!nVolVeo IN outlay !
u Sl0,uo4,l1l. Inc intervening years TO TINS
rear OF grace present a general 6tcadiness. al-
hough there vas something OF q collapse from |
S1G with its total of 500 structures aud cost Of |
'l0,5t4.2o2, to 1911, WITH gu buildings ana an
expenditure of $3,2145 sos.
SATURDAYS TRANSFERS.
r,,a ra,,o~.,,,-x ,..t.,,...... ..o-. e,
! ~ to!lo"lbS instruments "efe n4co 1or rec-
'lo oaIutua., aus' =.
CITY PROPERTY.
az, cor OF Bismarck st, VT,
s:bd1iO2 1t, Gated July ~ tGerman Ma
tonal bank 20 Henfy Lcopo!d) ....9 l,750 !
5nn nrten :, ~ & doo W. u ~ yenerson y, J.,
I:'ASo y -, aatco 'u's 20 s'atnes ot's to mn |
m ~, 49,. 80 - Ust iI.; -. ooo
st - inf;x31s 5s1o ~ = 5otod nn,i.7oe ;ni, ~
tJamcs otis TO E. ). Lauel el......... e03 =
Test Polk st. IS # OF Irving place, nf,
o2x1o1 it. dated July 30 German M
t1ona ia. Bank to Il. L: Barner)-....-. ], $40 =
es1 1n a"e1ttn 81, - H. Of LinSoln co St;
~ onh ~ 70 o. a1!er, ndro aalea 5nne ~ A
eaton vt n ~ = cor a. Linco1n 80 ~ 100 A'ooo :
xloo It, dated June Is William ioe6
to Edward &. Roeers} 1oon i
100 fl dated lima % f1v;1linr, ~ e..