, 1880-01-21
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Dhicago's Growth and Importance
Interesting paper by
Mr.. Bross.
A Complete History Of tllo Grant nc.
ccption Presented 10 tho
Society.

AfnoIa III LIE chaf.
Tc ses,etasy airy fsn onS .as list o. o. fas9 ea1ons sa
.eeee y iu o"s.a.S ac1 o. s ~ ,'si ,,ams
lnR, anu lae t!onorS feeeived u solc VI hnhhhs.
Mr - M Me'aoS a a on srn nen 9' III, rccrntnp
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10 Ten. tfant. lnesenteu the SURELY
,r %' al III t r.t te'pds ss,o ot in9 Gotso ta as
,nrot1,nr u,,h oiI nm corrcsnori,e,cc
m&cs1ef WY" ,u,,,,o m, mn vo''.sen.e' .sa",a,.o.
ha,lres worn }y the different ORGANIZATIONS
snklnm ,,ort e,c oiincafiv nrra,,eci n,,,1 hnm,l.
mn nnn'x pns no,u IN two la1rc a'h"s @ % FIN
nsw;papers q t. to , 'ventf" 1i % "noom. m ,nN were
was rendered tho Committee for the acceptn-
DIG contribution. ',. Nj, ., ,..uo.,,,.o, A.
William Hross, who read tho fol1wlng paper:
CHICAGO AND r,lr sou,,cEs ov mn FAST AND
FUTURE GROWTH; u..,
Changing INC IAlK!1aKe o. ~, Wonstcr sligat!y 10
sait nc p3!ptsn VI !atS ' aflcIe' snl S!'ter ~
w. rncn s !. & app r st, III, nu r,,as,, fs's f,,r
The paat y nt leaft s1Sc n,aa Of 1 ths o overy
~ ,,n, ~ h NJ, ~ nn ~ t;n,.'
' IN i!ow M Tu. @ aS @ - IL ~ ~, IN 1.,c
III 7r,,r ~ fhn vt.,,t mn; ria chrucir nf tto
col,try in which nrc the sources Of her pst urti
future growth: llcr ste , was = not sciseIstl ly
ft, ei'nneIs H. 1" nF co,,,,neTte i,a existtn.. unG
which Tic capricinus changes Of the currents Of
canco. Insteui OF hcInR merely on ono
Of those channels iinbis 70 t1 diverted
BY political reynistons and cvcr-chansing
ycreo in fnc,ts 1T Ghiraxo, Tier commanding
connercai m position at tho hen,l Of sho Er,.tt
fhr hrnyn Old French cxhinrcrs f0uId II. Nnt1rc.
It Is Icievcd, Or, 70 speak 1nors royercnly. iis
Ills xrrAt city, not Til next StMy fnrty-thrrc
Ycnrs old, at,tl hcee her future VIII not lie sub
Itroycd tnn'iy of tho cities Of pnst ages. Let Ms
truce somo of tho lines OF her tralfc, especially
those from tho Westward, and note the chnr-
actor Of tho country from which anl through
In what follows reliance, ia had mainly. on
personal observation, md hence trust ahnIl
Be eae Ss aS e ensn s # ie sSs {
Sen myself have seen through. the eyes Of
.therS who n The :, ,,,sgTeEeato e, had explored
On tho o:s A 81 Mny ,t st srtcafor trip to
tho Northwest, and: af!er visiting Wipnipes, tic
tans. on the sots of june This % tawn Is 1t % tic
head of stcambont nnyIE1,ton On tho Missouri
10 Tho Southwest, md, nfter visiting nenvcf,
d.enlytc, md Silver C!Itr, spent Frf,'ay, Sept.
s vsSs New " sSs hns n% sS II
whose sides. one to Fort Benton, In tlircct linz
md not us travelled IA IISU tnitts 0x aud that
Ia Lns Vcu,,s IL lOt) nrl the lJAHe iiIip Ykrtinu
nlp1,g tho cnstprr fr0s- hills md ut snrne pp,nis
over tho Ik,cky Mountains, Ia bD0 miles,
What ts tbe Character Of l1o country contained
within this yust Triangle md whit ire its rclA-
uons to the prosperity and the growth Of CHI
oago7
FIRST, As 10 1TH ExTENT.
In 1e55, nftpr carefully studying tho nm. I In.
oafno cOnrinrCsi ti,erU Wrrt Mfulii iiEjSN p,eHrn
miles of trrfit0ry brtwrcn Luke hiichfunn n,,,I
thO Tocky Mulntil{n8 wht,sc tr1ttIc wnIli sl,rriy
foInn tn jShIcnuc i VI stNtr1 tM,fora fhr f,nnrc,-
finn of Ierunfns from fho lending Inke rIficx ia
nrn,nnto Tia hullitfnp ri I'm iiI1r,n 4 Iintnrfn
Hhin-Cnnnl. hold In Tnrontc On tin 1;iti1 81 stp
fr,nher. iW,. Thn estjtnn,n hua never hnrn IIls-
n,trI ani II aurG,s vrrv nemrIy with Tho fiuutTs
~ fhn iintmf atntes na,,a IT,, is. s.,ro ,ef r,,t,
fncfa' dskct5 nv frirni prof ETihert IN t.ro1; ~
inn thn nrnhie;n. md ~ takin~ IN WIscMssr,
u no cat % a,onp ~ ,ba hnsntar m 1,"; pn,,
n mini snv iii miics ,srst ~ kari I!.ntnn' n,
I1,tf thnnca ssu,th n Tns ycons TnGimt,t
tnstcpI If trinnT1o \, trnt,cz,rm or trrn.r,iiaf
uunntrfrfcnl f,r,Irc. Trof coiibcrt fn,in init fa
nrcn Is undoubtedly tho figures first t,,,slu. As
no one, either III assrono!nioil or suhiunHly
cnlcilations las eyer questioned tho Professors
ACCURACY, lnls nAttor may 10 considered rs set
Aed.
Now m1rk tho magnificent results. As the
6uitc OF 0hto contains Il ltttic less thnn l0,O0o
square milcB, hGre IL spIco enough to form
.,., sEvEHTEEx STATES