Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-07-28
CHICAGO.
dn English frcdiction.
Prom Ire London Toleoyapu.

9. rom re L"n"oE telegraph:
Pp his return 20 England fron, TIE
:iF end only visit 70 the United States,
" Iate Ri,.hard t'otden gyowe,l TO s,is,
f-'IE ihst .ie ro..sie..sea l.;;,,,-.---,sss.-<ii
rPs;a FOR crossing the Atlantic BY haV-
il ;at: "a opportunity afforded hin, of
:44;s4 Sc Niagara anl Chicago. The quar-
4 3fn ceatury which has almost passed
be9 tEr. Cobclan travelled in The great
fnntlic-~ana was, moreover, 50 de-
k;ate2 with it as 30 declare that, ii
Fventy years Younger. he mouid essab-
|ass himself there Cor good and nll--
haes' .s,rougb1 ? pro'igions chicago IN
ifo inoss maryelo,is city 'Eat IS q he
tourel III fho United ;5tatc-. The rop-
Inlo!ipu ias grove laose thar l:o-iold,
tha Hit5 iias spread iaG and wide "eeT
,h. siscnmiacent r,ai.9e: the sr'atesr
ST]sT'sSsbn for ccrea!s, I'mE'er atd live
sb;ct IL the world stretches ..loag tno
bsnh. os tl,e bif,,reatiog C-Fieaeo liYe,;
tie manufacturers wl,ieil Asyn lately
stt;:ig up within Tue ccudn-s OF The
. g yong giansessei she Wcs5 #re aston
.isaig in nnnbe., in variety, and in en-
ien,i.c; ard, finally, rho record t'i the
.trpe done By Chicago reads al
moi Ike ope ot Rshelsis stu
oo,loaa esaggera+iolls. Crtil the time
l:el a1rive when the capabilities Of pro
.6.iltiJE shall begin to ce0se il the vast
as:icpltural regior from which Chicago
lied, or until tie grain, The cattle, the
~ ep. tho hogs and the poultry raised
tlsrciu oln required ior nome consfunp-
Ia. the commercial capital III sbe
E tate OF il inois viii continue 10 sscw
III wealth and population, until, as iG ai-
.eady predicted by its most ssuguine
: nd far-sighted inhabitants, it becomes
,,sc largest aud most popnlous city in
ha Cn:on.
Chicago is already the Mecca 20 which
Ire managers Of ali the great trunk lines
|: If xelway running to- the Eastern ports
:; 8; Montreal, Portland, Boston, New
1ofk. Philadelphia and Baltimore extend
4heir vision. "To reach that pasi cml-
bjoriun, : ays Mr. John Harold, in his
sble pamphlet upon Farmin.: and
RAILROAD Interests in North America"
into which ara gathered the products
Of States having IN ares oi snIre $780,
.0O0. 0GG acre. OF Tho mcst eznbersnt
t.a..lds in the world. is The aiza Of all reil-
way kings. No difteulties-whe;hes'
geographical, pnysic,I or dnancial--ars
allowed 10 stand in The why Of their tap
ping that gv4at reservoir Of traffic, upon
sbich tha proGtahle development I"
their iron roads IS solasgaly dependent. F"
THE oficia! statistics of the Srade and
commerce o1 Chicago for 'hc ycsr just
Sloaoi afoE3 ampie Justification for tho
b,icris d railway Taansgers to "mska
with rll&: a1nszing c5rter.
2-{S-e..1ol- .l,c :-l-1ll>GGta # -grai!;. re-
ceiced thata .n.oa.ieG 30 more Jhan i60,-
000. 000 basnals, sgains: 10000, go re-
ceived IN 1874. s,ia cnlz- 81. 600, 900 IN
1879. A time viii come, prob
ably wilma The lifetime of many who nge
alroaav !. c*jaience, 0'?ea Chicago IL
The oiegcs: rity m ,;ie American conti-
aent. rms anticipation j: hased upon
the ineoDsroyertibls fac. c.lst nowhere
else l.. ii,a world alt III! tlo "ial,lrs IT.
flis2snsarla FOR Ike susten5ation of Gn
cnormous head or ponp!ation at tho
cl,ear+<t possible ;a;es 10 he foand in
auch unparalleled mad overwhelming
abundance.