, 1880-07-18
Chicago the Great Base of OPP
erations for Summer
Tourists,
And the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railway as IN Outlet.
A Few Lovely Resorts in Wis
consin Described.
.Waukesha and Oconomowoc, and the
Region Round About.
Thu pel!s Of the Wisconsin River, and How
to Get There.

to Get There.
sn>riol Correspondence Of The Chicago Tribune.
GcoSoNowoC, July 1G.-Chicago contains
q populatic,l Of over half a million people
II is the fourth largest city OIL the North
American Continent, and, counting New
York and Brooklyn one aggregation OF
population, Chicago is now the third i'll size
according to the census just taken. What it
is to-day is only the half unfultiled promise
Of what it is to be. The prodigious gain
made during the last decade strikes the pub
lie like brilliant prophecy OF the gigantic
strides the city is certain yet to make III
wealth, influence, and population. Chi
caeo is to be the nigh1iest inland city of the
world, and the uueen OF the greatest chain Of
lakes on earth. The most visionary man
among her citizens cannot outline her future
progress or set the bounds other commercial
prosperity THUS far her people lave been
mostly engrosseI i'll rnoney-,litking, iii buy
ing and selling, and in rebuilding after the
most disastrous contlagratlon Of modern
times, III manufacturing, in transportation,
In opening new avenues OF traffic,
and in the exchange Ut commodities and
products Thus lar Chicago has been almost
wholly absorbed III the work Of laying the
foundation Of ller greatness, while she has
neglected to some extent the csthetic, the
purely ornamental, and that part Of her life
that is related to the ideal and the pleasurable.
Her pleasures have been connected with
money-getting and nloney.-saying until
sordidness has taken the place Of many
sidedness, and the desire for gain has almost
rooted out Of the soil the desire for rest and
the appreciation Of rational enjoyment. But
with
TIE ERA OF THE NEW CENSUS,
marking her ina gllilicent proportions at 500,-
lOQ, Chicago is to turn over new leaf. She
will not stop i'll the great race after material
prosperity, nor allow any ambitious neigh
Dor, new or old, to outstrip her; but she
will begin TO realize that people do not live
BY bread alone, that there is more in heaven
and On earth, especially on the latter,
than is dreamed Of by the philosophers
who meet daily on 'Ckanse or as
se1l,ble at the Stock ards: in short,
that men, women, and children must
have rest and recreation either at home
or abroad. American life, and especially
Western American life, needs embellisil-
1nent and rounding out BY Il little more
leisure, amusement, and the benefit that
comes of travel. We justly loast OF possess
ing the gralldest country i'll the world. Of lis
less resources i'll I'LL that yields gain ami
pleasure, and yet thousands Ut men and
women annually flock II Europe before they
have ever stood under the spray of Niagara
or lo"ked upon the indessribable beauties Of
the Yosemite Valley. Thousands of tired
people GU TO the seashore every year fur a
change and for rest when they could easily
lind both nearer tiolile, and ut One-tcuth Of
the outlay. Thousands of other silly people
60 because it is the fashion to visit places
reason that they yield a measure Of enjoy
ment equal to the time, trouble, and expense
that is involved i'll re:.clling Long Branch,
Saratoga, or Newport We OF the magnificent !
and eyer-developing West must appreciate
and teach Others to appreciate. the generous
gifts that Nature has so l:.vislly besthwed
upon this rich inheritance of ours. II we |
cannot visit the farfamcd lakes OF Switzer-
land, or sail up and down the Rhine, let lis !
not neglect the beautiful sheets Of water |
M and Minnesota, and not forget that the Upper
Mississippi and the Yellowstone afford the
summer tourist much of the pleasure that ,
CONES from tramp in foreign lands.
CHICAGO AS 4 SUMMER RESORT.
Many people smile whenever they read an
Article 1I on Chicago as a summer resort, or
near a,aa spoken ,1' Of seriously as place where
, |
th3 dog star rages and the sun blazcs through
1he summer solstice. They think of it as tie
EIeatesl wheat market III the world, or as
end eae pace mat butchers more head Of cattle
.. ai1u noes than any other town in the uni
verse or as the city that has outstripped
s. ~! lts contemporaries III the race for fame
anu glof5;, or as the place containing the best
noNis u me civilized world, or as supporting |
s,'a noae tlaces OF amusement than can bc found
1"as !. ~ from The seaboard; but when told that
cf1 u -,
ct June until the sun crosses Tie line in Sep
ffeaoeI, mere IS an incredulons smile ON their
!tutes ttea'utes which says: II don't see it.'' But
t5e e la p!ool OF the pudding is in the eating, and
caga tae ptasufe VI a summer residence III CHI
While the Intelligent reader suns W up tie
evm.oits 1aat are to be derived from the uI-
sapfd surpassed climate which a contiguous resi-
tba nSce c 70 Lake Michigan affords, let us treat
VIC great city merely as
THE BASE OF OPERATIONS
NJ. NJ ulose Who determine to make the sum-
aa larger class ,sho slip out Of the city occa-
aifi..s Hif1Ins ior weeks enjoyment, anI still are
,'t! w;hiA me quick call Of the telegraph, and
can..1a "tanln few hours ride of home By the
III hb;t'elllent al. railroad. For the purposes of
s. ssampie, that leads out of Chicago and pe1l-
si,ads:s Lar INTO the picturesque wilds and
n",!s.sl nI,us groves OF Wisconsin, Minnesota, and
i1s 1SAoss, va, anu some Of the noted resorts along
an,. Sioa!se i!s are briefly mentioned. Suppose
da;a.s:!n businessman or oyerworkcd ofIice-clerk
hse. h;s aales u1hes TO take a weeks vacation from
jfa aus a, 70 enjoy tie freshness of country
can 6nu a. l1e beauty Of natural scenery, how
himsaogi ag 10 II BETTER than to buy ticket for
rna r.-u1'e4t and family over
ea1cAGo, MILWAUKEE ST. PAUL RAIL-
=, ~. WAY
sntia;aa tia;aaneapolis? Before he starts we can | :
and dsalak ~ tor him how much he will enjoy
Sft.a tmaere he will 60 to do it. {
s,naos; three hours run over a road as |
mantt ta as Steel rails and tirst-class COUP
tinesss ean make the trip, through one Of tile
tonr;..a .agr!cultural regions Of the West, the
tarr,. Arrives III Milwaukee, where he should
I,I ~ as long as lie chooses. 1t is the princi-
|ah;.a,y OF Wisconsin, containing 1l5U00 i'll
ohats, handsomely situated, and, taken al |
IN fha IS one OF the most beautiful towns
barneC @ C1ll1e1 States 1t has one of the finest !
saro ls q On Lake Michigan, and next to Chi /.
be ifss;.Ae Ae largest primary wheat market i'll :, :,
)eer oted States 1t is famous for its lager ,
,t,a,,+V?l Which it manufactures immense | ]
,rie tis 1or export,-fNr its crealsl-colored =
esid,.uael ue large number Of its elegant private 9
Is ;nEnit, and the thrift and enterprise of 1
onra,,;oahts- nr;olahts- It has all the accessories and =
nldaelaces of the most preten;ious cities, y
gaies'ts aally newspapers tirst-cIass hotels,
live VOTES, o public. buildings, beautiful II