, 1881-11-13

Another prof ectcd belt line. known as inc
Chicago hallway & Transfer Company, but
which. for sake Of ,:brevity, and sort Of
trademark to dis tineuish it from its projected
hut not built predecessors. has been dubbed i'll
railroau circles as 3'Belf- Line No. g. is in tho
field. The incnrpor,tors are Victor D. Gownn,
Charles Roberts. Francis \. Riddle. richard
Gregg of Chicago, and s. l.. 1nslce ri Egin.
According to cx-Ssatc Senator fiddle. one Of
tho incorporators the company has been orgaia-
lzed with u dctin,t purpose In view, and hts
sufficient money to carry out that purpose. Tie
company proposes to ruin road for the transfer
Of passengers and freight from Non,rose,
around through jefferson, through the centre OF
Cicero teither cast west of AustiH}. to Lyons,
Worth, and Calumet to the west line OF Hyde
Park. and thence TO South Chicago. According
to alr- Riddle, IL hns connection with tho
Western Indiana BELT Line The ct,utrncts for
the right vi way huye already been made. hilu,
according to Mr. Riddle, the matter will be rap
idly pushed
IMPORTANT DOWNTOWN MOVE.
The leading transaction in rentals during the
past week the perfection 0f arrangements
by Carson. Firie, Scott s. Co.. for opening alarge
retail store OH the South Side-a quarter nf the
city in which they hive had none since the tire
Of ISL. After that contlagrat1on they opened II
store on West Madison street. and have ever
since retained it as their principal retal estab-
lishment, their Wholesale headquarters only be-
ing this side Of the river. For some time they
have been contemplating returning to tile South
Side, aud, as Is known. had secured th9 building
now occupied by Marshall Field s. Co., but were
induced by the tempting bonus of SlOooo0 to
give 1t up to its present und former occupants
Since then they have been looking around for n
satisfactory place in the centre Ut the city. and
have at last secured one iu what is known
rs the Pike building. on the southwest
nf Mnur1G y
few years ngo 1t would have been
considered absurd to move SO far south from tho
then business centre, but tho steady progress Of
the retail dry goods trade down State street ln~
dica1es that Carson. Fire, Scott Co.'S new cs-
1ablishrncnt will, before many months be III the
centre of the retail business section Instead OF
toward Its southern extremity
This building. which until some twu years ago
belonged to Mr.. Eugene S. Pike, formerly of
Cincinnati, but for some years buck lnrge
prupcrty'-owner in this city, is now owned by
MIR. Ayers Of Lowell, Mass, and hus been occu-
pied for some time, On the ground floor, by Mat
sun, the jcwcicr. ln-thc upper stories several
artists. PHYSICIANS. nud Others have found quar-
years le,lsc OF the wholc building, ami will take
possession May J, paving an annual annual
n'n m AUD q ] s:corns 10 10 one a"oSer
ii It is understood that mt tlrsr only thc ground.
store al1d thai the fourth and ifth floors Will be
res,tct out us Offices unti! such time as the
growth of the s:ore business demands addl-
tional rs'ou,- IT. urder TO tit up tue lower floors
Ioc the purposes Ut store, it will be necessary
to tear out a!1 the partitions aud make other
important changes. The leases Or the present
tetiatlts will Hl expire May !. lsSe, with the cN-
ccption Of ctnpp u Co.. which runs unti May
!. isSi and which the dry-s.ouds firm will prob
o Ine !san's aross te !hsa 9"r c
yet. The rent seems rather high. bur is simply