, 1880-12-26
nue. boulevard. between Forty eighth and
EQrfY-uinth streets f.,r q s0a q =, ,oro

nue. boulevard. between Fort tS-eighth and
Forty-ninth streets, for 81, 500 an acre.
n THE SALES OF THE WEEK
were 49xloo feet, improved, on Cass. south of
Erie, Sl8,c00; 67S1sSl5, nnimprovcu, on
Pfalrle avenue, south Ut Eighteenth street,
S35,ooo; 55x1l42S$, oil Fifth avenue, northeast
corner OF Quincy, $4,000; a5A10). improved,
on Huron. east of Dearborn avenue, $500;
39xloO. on Indiana, west of North State,
$1,000; acres on Ashland avenue, northeast
corner Of George, 5000; o0ox150 on WASH
ington avenue. east of Fifty.siXth, 5000; 20
MO. on Market street, south Of Madison,
$4,000; ;;'229!i4x40, 29!i4x improved, on Peck court,
west of Wabash avenue, $4,000; 144xlD, OIL
Chicago avenue, west Of Rush, improved,
$3.50: 25x170. improved, ON West Washing
ton, west Of Ada, Sl3,500; 15-100 acres on
Thirty-ffth street, northwest corner Of Ash
land avenue. $4,000; 2ox1S0, OH Randolph
street, east Of Market, $500; l25x15o, on
Jefferson street, south OF Chestnut, $500;
25S171 on Michigan avenue, between TIlir-
teenth and Fourteenth, $5.G25; 35x111 on
Michigan avenue, near the above, S7,S75; 50x
$50 OH Oak avenue, west of Vinccnues, &c.
500; ees}zx1o41z. improved, on West Monroe,
east of Wood, $1,000; 3s4 North State. s1o,-
QUO; oo4xl6A15 on South Park avenue, north
east corner Of Thirty-ffth, s26,400.
The bill for the sale Of
TIE LAKE FRONT
property to the railroads is in Washington,
and has been reported to both the House and
Senate. There will probably he no objection
to the bill. 1t amounts to Quitclaim from
the United States to the property dedicated
to public use, SO far rs the Lake Park Is con-
cerned, and authorizes the City OF Chicago to
convey the same for railway passenger
depot, providing that nothing contained in
the bill shall deprive owners Of contiguous
lots of any Of their rights to compensation,
on account Of the change OF use, that they
previously had. If the railroads get the land
they will begin to build early in the spring.
BUT FEW BUILDING PERMITS
were issued last week. Among them were
those to the Peek estate, for restoring build
ing at Is aud II Wabash avenue, at a cost Of
S25, coo; c. ". Lasher, for six two-story
dwellings on the northeast corner Of Web
ster avenue and Scdgwick street; J. B.
Weeks, improvements ut the southwest cor
ner OF Taylor street and Western avenue, to
cost 5000; q. J. Storms, two two-story
dwellings corner Of Fulton and 1faplewood,
to cost $4,000; Roger Plant, dve-story store
near the corner of Fifth avenue and Monroe
street, to cost S25, 900.
Ar. Robert u. Fowler, Of Fowler Bros,
packers, will erect OIL his recent purchase Of
All lots near Forty-seventh street and Ash
land avenue, dwellings for the packing-houso
employees. These number 700.
By the close of winter 500 model dwellings
will be erected
At PULLMAN.
They will be rented to the Pullman employees
at $40 month.
Among other enterprises to be undertaken
in the spring is some extensive house-bufld-
ing
AT RAvESswooD,
on the Chicago s. Northwestern Railroad.
This place lies on the lake shore, few miles
north Of the city limits, and small houses
rent readily.
The steel works at
SOUTH CHICAGO
will probably be finished by February. The
Improvements going on in the harbor will
enable vessels OF the largest draught to ell
ter and unload. Adjoining the harbor is the
stock yard for the deposit Of ore. The blast
furnaces, four in number, are heated
by fourteen Whitwell's patent stoves.
The latter are nearly ready, and
are said to be the largest in America
The blast chimney is 1876 feet high by
twelve and one-half feet in diameter. Be
sides these buildings there are four casting
houses, each 124x59 feet, and another build
IN. Sexes feet for stock. The boiler-house,
o5ox9s feet, will contain seventy-two boilers,
each 35x4 feet The raj. mill lacks only the
roof of being finished, and, when completed,
| it will be the largest in the world. Other
enterprises are looking for sites in this yicfn-
| lty, and one of the calculations of the future
| is that the Rock Island elevators will be es-
| tablished here. Il will be necessary that
their receipts be made n regular delivery be-
fore they can placed outside tho city limits.
Following Is a summary Of the loan trans
| actions for the past six days: