, 1881-10-09

+ Among the reputable rcal-cstate agencies
OF Chicago none have 4 more eilviable famo
| than that OF ". D. Kerfoot Il Co., No. 90
| Washington street. Established in 1862, like Il
beacon light founded on an mpregnable rock,
| it has with5tood all crises that have inter
| ycncd since its foundation. Even the marvel
Gus fire Of 1s71, that nearly swept our city
from the face Of the earth, leaving its site all
unintelligibe mass Of ruins, had not the pow
| er to terminate its existence, but, like the
Traditional Phoenix, it arose in the midst Of
the ashes, teegraphed the next day to neig,~
tborillg cities for maps Of Chicago. aid was
thus the first house to afford Information to
iIlquirers and to bring order out of chaos.
Nor did its thoughtful enterprise stop here,
but set about at once to help the house
less to homes and business places; and it
also has the honor OF building the first house
| in the burned district. Later, when *'Black
Friuay" sent its deso!atlns wave DER the
length and breadth Of the land. whereby so
many stanch houses fell, the agency OF W.
u. kerfoot IL Co. was among the few that
passed through that tr,'itls ordeal un5cathe:i.
and today it not only i1as all this financial
stability, which makes It a monument Of Iu-
tegrity, pluck, and fars:ghtedness. but it has
also, with all its augmented business, the
freshness of enterprise Incident to new
aspirants for public patronage anu con-
tidence: -lAs might be expected Of a house
Of twenty years. experience, directed
by men elninent]y fitted for the business,
its mechanism Of management is unique anu
perfect. Aside from the department for
the purchase and sale Of real estate there
are a rental (Which deals exclusively IN nom
resident property}, a surveying, and legal
departments. Every new subdivision, rs
soon rs recorded, is entered on their atlas
maps, SO that the firm is at all times ready to
| give reliable information and locate property
| in Chicago and Cook County Another part
OF their method is to reidcr monthly state
nents to c!ients and to acquaint them with
matters relating to their Interests. Perhaps
tile best index to the character and reputa-
tion of this notable real-estate agency is, that
1T Is the largest taXpaylng agency IN CHI
cage; is strictly IL conlmissiOn-house-ll
| Spcculatlve-aaaA has, Incredible as It may
seem, never lost an agency confiled to its
care since its establishment. That. affirm
like this should prosper is by no. means
wonderful, nor that its clients become more
numerous day by day. =:
Chicago and Calumet Canal d Dock Co.
The enterprise inaugurated upon the Or
ganization Of the Chicago and Calumet Canal
Il Dock Company was the most stupendous
and comprehensive to be found in the annals
of this famous city for daring and accom-
plished enterprises. The company was or
ganized in 1850 for the purpose of
'e9R Of tie caiunet M Kves. a. With NJ ooai Ills
interest in view. the company purchased
1iellts, among them 1,50o feet Of docks, i
| large hotel, a number of houses, several
miles Of graded streets, and laid sidewalks to
an equal extent. This property is now known
time also inanguratcd the Improvement Of
the Calumet harbor, which the United States
| Government IS now pushing to- complexion,
III 1876, in consequence of the panic and
subsequent financial depression, operations
vera 1E,fiGai tn hp S1tEuanCfpf a
| jected improvements. Now, under the new
] regime, which is comprised Of the new ac~
Quisltlon to the company's membership of 4.
| 3. Meeker, President; 4. S. Downs, Secre-
| Board Of Directors, c. T.. Cummings, Presi-
dent Of the New York, Chicago s, st. Louis
Railway; the Hon; John Bailey, Of Boston;
| G. r Blan4ehard, Vice-presiaent Erie Rail-
Of Chicago fresh life and yjsor are infused
| into its veins. and the work is going along
grandly. Four miles of docks 400 feet deep,
! with Intervening tslips 11o feet wide, are III
| and general movement along the
dollars of tie indebtedness in the shape Of
bonds 'E u,a is being rapidly retired-the new
up the old bonds: so that the company is
now on q decidedly firm and sure footing,
| aud BY Nov. will be- out Of debt and owners
4 tss o 2f P5bope5y yalsd Led at to
at South Chicago for the month Of Septem-
| ber. 1881, we're double those Of the entire
year OF lss0, which is another evidence Of
Among the important worksaiocated at
South Chicago are the Calumet Iron & Steel
Company's works; the North Chicago Steel
company, which has spent over s., ,60o, 900 on
their establishment, which will have ca
employing 5000 men; and a large forse-'
works, running night and day. and emDl7y-