, 1881-05-29

PASSING on cars is es;fmutct but that low csti-
mates huye bteu nude, falling hclow the true
number per car during those hours is put: down
al forty. although every one would be ,nct1ncl 70
Judge, by seeing their crowded condition. tnut
the average should be above that NUMBER: INC
number of persons OH ms, which includes. OF
course, drivers and chance passengers, IS nlso
substantially; accurate.
the bridges. go,ur north and wcst-thtt Is, going
home-between the hours OF and l. Ihe mum
ber Ro.ng south and cast is comparatlseiy ~
considerable, and is therefore not included. It
will amount III round numbers, perhaps, TO
1000.
THIS MAKES ovEE G6.0o0 PEOPLE
and about 4.5oo teams travelling over tho bridges
and through the tunnels between and :
O'Clock. Three-Hfths Of this number cross ~
tween haltrst and hnfpast ,sa e INC eeom no,f nf
1he tirst glance, that the comfort and
convenience of this vast army of toilers. mainly
working men and women, is OF more Importance
which t,lar pass III or out during That time.
These workers. who make the city whit 1t y,
have their rights, which ought to be considered t
quite as much MS those Of few vessels aud tnelr
crews that wltlt to pass in or out
THE ENACT MEASURE OF DELAY
is a difficult thing to get at varying, OF course,
day by day. One OF tho worst instances was at
ho5rs 5 twenty ] Vessels passed occupying in doing
SO tifty minutes. The bridge was turned ten
times. The longest delay ssas eight and one :,
be found with the bridgetender, who did his
work with xreut rApidity. But It represented
total delay Of fifty minutes FOR the larSe
number OF passengers going over thAt Drhtge. LII
addition to the dclhys incident To bridget TURN
ing, which will average from thirty to tlity
minutes during the tw" hours are the psss1o.!l.
ties Of Il lam, which, rs unfortunate Chicagoans
know, are not infre1uen1. a Jam Il = . CLOCK ~
au insignificant affair. causing comparatively
little inconvenience; eTt vessels nmGG r;; oeG
have delayed $500 people for an hour. Io c,
measure tho value OF tho time lost by 66;''u)
earicd home people Is ny fs is o1o IT.
which the vcSscl-owncrs are subjected by rcisnn
of the slight delay IN the movement OF their
The above table, in addition to its bearing on
tbo bridge question, contains some other 1n-
formation of vllIuc. IT is the hrsa time tna1 any
approx imation hu5 been mnde ol the nufnoee OIL
people who -
SPEND THE DAY IN THE BUSINESS QUARTER
OF THE CITY.
>-ohodv Ind nu itieu ttnt over onc-tenth OF the
entire population OF Chicago could " it. iouMu
rght IN the eity ;y;S,. net bove should be added
srr to rn n.,nuer to tho persons living on
tho South Side who are ,t e1np1oSga p13strct ." That
nrnnasl ns%Ss Us ii fho:e o,ns into
ion from the South Siae. IT, 1e,s - s",th Of WIN
eyer. .r'r' ~, t.r! state and Wabtsh avenue be-
1ween ind :, which would make tna totH! ;t. "s
tyrn,rot1nn in the Ce1ITht PtHt " 49, -
+ o'clock about 74,nJJ people, irrespective "
those tiutniciled there ,uh,+
COSTLY AND USELESS HUMBCGs
FIR rrafit: purposes tho tunnels are- Out OF u
rard t.faI Of j.U10 only 1.3J1 went 1nrouEm e.
e1ha,n Ont Of IL total 0f 3,s&o teams nn's ~o
nnn1 through them. 1t is evident tnat Tue peo.
Ia will nnt use the tunnels, and thut tneIe ~ ~
rouson thercfore-1one basct on pup!ic wi vi
vcniencc at lcas1-why they should nos ne a,,io VII,
izc4i for some other purpose It fno 49,, ca3le t}is,
s..hcme nroycs success I'll the South s!ae. tne !.
oIher roads will be eager to ADOPT ~, ::
Then these tunnels will come INTO :t tlay
a. furnishing both the Norm 4nu t;e:r
Side COMPANIES convenient means ~ te.an ta e
acrt,ss the river and tho South brancn at,u u "
freeing themselves OF the intoiGlHu'CJ J;,3;',,,1
,.nnicncc Of bridge deiuys. There Is no @
" 1'a ,rnx. of their use by the cable system: pre-
idai -! ,h"t rho results Of the trial on tue ooutn
side this winter show tut tho cl11nate - NV Wv
much for it.
CROSSING THE BRIDGE on FOOT
doci,1edv In excess of those who go In @ cnrs
~ .o,5Si though those cars may
SFo"oSs Sc So great is tho number. c.zo,,to toH
c;no 1nrth and west that it would DC .nsoiu.eas
R,nnGssI It>Ic to put cnr5 enough ~ - ~,
an'c rhcn1 II an effort were maae ~" ~ ~ Ipr' ~
~ Ranaolpb street horse~cars elousu - wnnt1
VI III 10 ,,enn]p crossing that br1d9e y "ousE
a,.o a. Continuous stream OF cars stfetcutt't :"
Iha ,rnv from the eastern emu u Lug ~ tr,,crinr
s,n;nt far west OF the bridge ana any @ ,c1, H.
hr;d.-, travel would throw things lnto susG
to]erablo confusion thai II wou.u Itea,f ~
for tf1e Company to extricate ltsen-