, 1881-05-05
The Removal OF the Board Of
Trade from Its Pres.
ent Site.
Reasons Why It Should Go South OF,
La Sale Street. =

-t~>~"[ ~ ts<N0UH ~ LAV AQuDgu committee
STREETS at1d Alleys, South Division. and mar
free intofchango OF opinion. In tho ,co,,rso OF
which q prominent North sllo poiItiotap, i'm
baed With motives ttomagngfcul, Il not sinister.
iefcoIy opposed tho rtan, ns 1t would dcpr1yo
tao cltizons OF afl opportunity to contemplate
tno estnottn bcnuffcS OF the 1aook Island rnsso,,-
Ger Uepot. the Committee Unanimously resolved
to recommend tho passage OF tho or1tInonnc.
Tho Question hoforo tho Council una the pub
10 an Important monetary QUO. For nrar,v
tlttcoh years the three blocks Of land botwoon
Jackson and Van 1iuren streets and Ciark Street
anu Pacific avenue havn beon uniformly vacant,
and un crcaore to tho public. Tho.o nro onlv
four buildings worthy Of tho name in the ,m-
mediate s!clnftr Of tho property in question.
mud those .are the 1took Island pcpot, 0rund
iaHtg i'In1A Af!Stto IT, ;e Hoe and he Hovcrntnens
tho earaetcr Ut tho xa oocnpa.icy a!et of sfs s3s
@ u. u e repe. Bc s.sg.or s1
taxgathgrsT: Gs @ E Eaao avenue, uner il siansy ~
este.se s S md mnIoo; aGs's ~ sis H. sa
shnnlca which ars tha bonas Of I she s mose dos ns
steect. In Tho i,n,nnliate vicinity and for sey%ra
nlncks sottt0. u It heterogeneous mNYs ar saloons
,asr naMnsnons' "fenoes." and dons Of tttor viIo.
Tho moment. that tho Council yacatas ,ha
soutnefn ot'd of La Smile street will commence
AN ERA or ARCHITECTURAL. AND MORAL,
~ the n0|khborh0od. The Dpnr1l of Trndc md
th1 Trney holrs will 1t once lugin operations OF
the ~ MsrSotion ot falatial buildings tias viii add
yaasht wSs, 'hSy progas t. n Tns u tho
70 for sGtfy otI1ea hHyn isray n pans IN
severn! millions more Fhasa Su3nas W aSdht %i to e.
1a Ss say t 81 S ,9ny mqaof9
;dS S[ ih,ss W ta g aea sSR s tho @
ra'Ius q a1g Ian q fcot ths n Pr bpropssty Within
a' to t,ya Waa iit.1,2 s,aGKa2 strecta sum equal
Tint tbn rntn nf :" t1,n ~ ~ 4oi!&fs. Assuming
dollar, hero ID On tncrrns ~ tnrr. f1n1s ,n H. o4 tae
eeas ss On ao nf, ~, Of IM tho city which for over
tani,on t.te t,,o ~ xs ean s.thor le used q Rhtoa-
ill., or It can be e1ntrIs % o'eT IT, mo ee Feners
ri Gunsot seHsfa or ohore ahS eqS5 pnn1a fnna f
s,s....'.
TIEI'n II STILL ANOTHER PHASE -
vation of tho soath end OF L. sugIip; saIia atroot
vii! ut oca command tho - ,abor o Of ofe'us M
ur1ny OF bricEmakors ssnmnmnsonr M ="
pllstofofs. brfcklayers, ironwokUrs, oarpol,.
aIhn,r pta1nato!s, t..,ae, foofofg, decorators, and
OF m in1ur.os7.ha ,.. o9s,aes ar t inc services
Tba an;n,1nt ~ 1s nost or tcamsters and h9Fsos
!tsos feli = +, ,0 n.'r weah 9f to city, xl mako
t. a G s' g sad dh5sa s1e e
MN " vSSr,mGpt; i, ; fran sle mapfaotories Of
n,tcnto,i stse,t ~ 'aS fSatA ucAtetn ~ Lno nnTrt-
tr""ns ,.,.! s.suatS OF our City. Flonty ut work
ni.r,s Eoa snr Wages, and Snol wages "a another
nr,ir1o.t uF r, tao M .nercasct consumption Of I'LL
"Ass4es VI 'oo" a11a cl0tn1ng.
= BONE OF THE ptlJEcTpRs
10 tho echotno say that In tho courso OF q few
s,.au. yGss Saa property Will be hooded for oOtn
nt,.Sn!a. 1uv.Haaa pnnrposes aud viii bU built up
I,ynow. nr;,tat,:. InIs 10 true. but It thu
thhpDfE thhnpp !nins1ves no ftsstcr during tho noxt
calve tho DetiuIitf No Hno bona,so " thorn % !. nn
S's,a SSofeHn to 10 derived t possible TINT cneup
H31ng 3!,aN mny DO erected horo and thoee, nduMx
ttr, The empty lot. bnt i wi! have no parsoptiblo
eioot on tue architectural lKltncas OF tho punr-
tef. ~ nnd II Gun nchiose no moral reformation In
''s = Sa1HHrs.ctor. 1Hda s,
lnlSeh tha TWO blocks which 1t Is uuw sought
70 ufiat0 helonKe 10 tho Rock lslnnd lsailrHa,l'
GoinIMny. Ai,tl constituted ono block OF land1 Tho
managers Of tho rad thetl beloved that the Upe-
!1'! inx up 9G La sallo stroet 70 Yan Dlreo would
EYE e adItona! s bIalness facilities and opan up.
eagerly scze4 upon fur oou,pprriat purposes,
Tho Con,Mttee 0n Streets. and Alleys. to whUm