, 1881-10-23
Contracts Eeing Made for The constrne.
}lea Of the Belt koad with i
t!!ange Of koate.
The Pioneer Of The Wo'f-Lake Region
Tells What He Knows About
fl. Sheffield.
Moderate Activity in Sales,
Building, and the Loan
Market.
Work on the Michigan and Other
Boulevards, and the Cable
Railroad on State. &.

C1I1CAGC. .'
.rrr&py Ea,{f:IsS uC TIL: NEW sCTFIsB+
v1,. lpnd company that has been Incorporated
IN take charge. of tho DEVELOPMENT vi EAST tnt~
r.,s, has issued bo,.tls to tho amount OF Soo'-
n, snd has sold them I'LL ar par i'll London, Mt
priv;te subscription. Surveys arr no" pe'ils
,uade ot the whole reginn to DC ucsclopeo a'1u
RIM ntas Of wha. is done are abot4t perfect
cp, Lines ut docks ure to be constructed AROUND
fhe edges OF the inner lakes. TO 1ro' ide all the
facilities needed for shipping and storage.
LINES or 1:AlLWAIs
will run fruNl point on inc SOUTHWEST coehcr +
or the tract to alt parts of IL Ihese lthes OF /
railway when completed will cover East lineage
like the ribs Of Il fan Or the spohes OK u Aoateee
Of il wheel. |
The syndicate that has inc ehse!p''so AZ '"''o
have directed tho |
IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION OF TIE 1:I:lT
road. An important change has peeu dcc'aea |
IN in rc:.,.rI TO it. Four tracks will le ia'a' us
NC have already stated, but they Will not 10 IT,
rcthcr all the way The four trucks VIII pc 'a'a
side by side from Lake View TO the >" "s'otsa
crossing. There they separate Two VIII tt'Fn
TO- the cust, passing tho north Of Lake Calt-
wet and eoiuc ia south Chicago. From south
t.hitavo these tracks will 20 to East Ch'caso'
nin,. the lake shore. The other tfachs
will run from the Wabash crossing oo"h
To Hue Island avenue, and thehce cast
~ East Chicago. This bifurcated route i Il
.~,~nr Improvement OIL the Que previously
adopted as it gives tue Chlcaso 1set l'l''e 'ts"
rond Company ACCESS the ::r.at ana Sfo"Ins
hns;ncss of south Chicago Negotiations 1oe
the right Of way are fur alon1> and contrac's
tho construction CT the 1sett tfoad arc 10"
being made here aud IN Ne" Aofk.
49,. suEFFiELD.
The following interesting letter from Henry
NJ. smith, the pioneer Of the development "
the Wolf Lake region. is very opporlone' aoa
will viyc many of readers their 'arst 'oca ol
The true character OF the sesou' a4o e1e Ae"17o''
why it has so long lain idle:
7n III, Editor af The Chicago 7t7ouHt~
WORCESTER. Mass, Oct l..-Ntnin 2 1e"
Weeks past your Columns na.u =, i,.cnn,t.
1. fresh topic III the Icw sl'Aptrs or -ntc'Su; tc
lanas i'll lndhssu lying n9ns re .ed i,, " ann,,t
fuurtec,1 miles trnm ChicaEp This trnct tIo.
its Iocn11on has long seemed TO he ueSt'hSn "
snare fhe growth OF y<Ag city Ny spec':tl is!tel
1..t II, The DISCUSSION might naturally ar'sc trth
>~rt1c 1,rg hnve uccu na:Hic TO bcar III tne euet
ttId project which occupied my time so'ne sea''
Wv long residence in Chicago gave me- a: years
n.o the isnpression OF that Northere lnuaana ,
.-s,9;o,, <xnich tluubtlcss exists today III 1nAhs
1ninds and was derived i'll the same manner
TRIM tccasionai trssi,sit across the TERRITORY o
e e 9i }nr.: ce nave pc:n 1rce-thc Michigan S''sh-
..ru The Fort Wayne, and the Baltimore - INV
-wuose tracks lie almost parallel 1or ,aIs 20 ~ ,hc
M'ue w. " ,.a ,,1n Thr rouIc peia BY the two
1rsr ns eurlicsi quilt showed to tho fr1'eeF Oily
1-x1,rov1sISl; SUCCESSION OF SAND HILLS
ana proad sovhs and tracts osernoweu - w., w.,
srssnns win thin patches .,t timber anu nht
.snarse shows OF human dwelling or ocenpAslsJt~
ftnrn 1t,e traveller eastward -l'oilhd "t,hae!eu,
49,. ~ sttT may wander, why between tue Suitc
t;t,@ ~, tho west u11d Michigan CITY, dlsthlGe
f sixty miles, there Is not Town Or eN en ~, ~;
lugc hc may think himself :seis 70 ..ru,,n.
~. iu,crye.lil;, region :. hope!eSi} WHSLE s.l
uniunabit:.ble rea5ua. This was ny o"n HIST
4ni vii rcmcmhcr Col George " Clarke. as
doubtIcss many ITO who recall tnc oio alStn1 'i:a
House and its co'e1es and e., i.r,.e man
49,, .,ru,u.:arce ot gray hair. the hlue coas
and bright buttons of the old rce'ne any ,s,,ln I'm
Wild -h..Ided cane and bundle oi papcss WIFI.
Gt. ;,iways carric,1 Genr5c e. Drew nr!tls.a.S
1,;,lteu him To ne as the man WY "" " :
nearly an the 1,o;tneIn par ~ ar ..'.v;.. as tn,
Iatc Chu,1es L. Wilson a'io o.ict t,,. r,.,i.n
ti,k-uunters use4l 10 couae IN 11n'u % atn,t ,tn
i.a,r,,s nnd wild rice. AT that limo acs'b or
sytn tiarAe's hrother-in-aw- WIS sh:. tl, y.
fresht agent ct QUO n1 ,'9o,c su rc,nglt House
c:oups, and hnd 4 passlug acquaintance VIII
hun. ...,.,o with Mr. FORSYTH
= caule later
ny RELATIONS TO THE TRACT
in dis,u ss;.,n, which Eave- inc two Scrx pa1ss
years The time Is n.nr ut hanh wAen tl.H t ." "f
Eyt1~$
ln..'.ts,1ttt, will pass away. Ny relations .e
shr Eorsvth tract were those OF stektuis 10 p'
in rl'icrn, capital inr n" ,,rS, Tpcr,
x,s ,,s, syndicate attempting the same .o','S ,
WHOM 'dis}nsscss.si. d's ny "tu ','rs ind
tin,t convenient blanket tern lof T,li::s , "uo
u,-htu,cs w;ts then III u-t:- can femc1noS' @1 1t
x,,Iid- bc stcculaiurs in that tnarttr WY ,t', n
certainly spelled uut tue htat sst' s,,, o,.or fft
tin ui iyluy Mr.. T. F. Allen believed !na. ~ ~ ~,
numerous large operations IN proG,csss, Gs,i.. t.. and
-tu,a rhs was :tttaullE the most 1c;A~iose t.ass
nr.,,u;sitlf- and wnt:1 failure and rcfefst.s
rarnt. hlui the plan for Sheffield went VIII o'i'
THE NAME SHEFF1E1.D
was given 10 the pTotM,seh TOWN. oy ep ~ ,.1
ss,.rras Sr,nf. who ctnle into the EFc1cc
fhrwrh ME. and was warmly 1nteresteu ~ ~ ,t
~ The time. wheu, whit: be was III lssls.i', ~
failure Of Texas Ptcllic ana .,ttrI.,;.tty Tor tur
rFntr attention, to the lndtsttut m;itter. ~ ~
E1uon: his purposes hts hns,sr I,,intd the Sc
thai would have Ill l19'1e Au4's
iii whu have watched the same facts IT. u, ~ -,
s,,a no tt.1 hr,.nk1n. rn tho shore, carry ~
aand s:ealy southwark, Tnns INC sana 9ht. u,..
extending souln"ard us.a ~ ,';ar. ,r..re built ou
sTn,1I Mi IN behind them nad form s:lnoyS ~,
around and below the ena "a, o. ,ne u,e .rt unne
End RI Yno lake The south Ch1caso R9i;s Ritt ~, !,
already very large accrctions to no ',,i,'u
these currents. Win tn; tr1oI.. fae region
Sn9,nern Indiana was 'ncd with unast,ns ~, =.
rInrvhs f}ltS,s shore currents sHnt4Ius " r;I, l.
mira, o,lticts on the lake Wolf Nlte!. ~ ~
aeep channel Is the outlet Of lrTs ,.nnf a,t d II
sSsfnr Of sot,lo .,0 4,00 acras iyne ; tHa -; -
el,se Iy the Forsyth tract. Mnen ~ W ~ "srs
is o,,en ind kept open many nundEeus ~ ~ w.,
hecn,nc nermancusly dry but the shofe e'1t a.,
rents nuke u heavy bar across me ',1c 1..'n ~
which grows very RAPIDLY during me .a.G " tN
cnd ,vi1tsr tacs and the whole draiuase " ~ ~
region IS thus held back, anu not aos 1AeS -
for ,, , -,,nr
o,>o,,tr,- , s,nall cnanpel across the Top Of y
1,sr 1,s,.d 10 show us every sprlnR lA.l s ~ -
Ike kuew it, level, and risnny ,I .r,cc
would in hours cur away ,ne r's1,, .S. to II
~. hnr and rive deep channel cntfAsset ~ y,
VIII ttiyer Until closed by frcsh accutau'aup a.,
NV AorfI,crn indiana has teen hGps ss v"e y
deaelopnent, ,nerefose i simply cee" a,' kct
1,. s,,x NATURAL outlet Of drainage OPEN; ~,
Mg tna condition and hutoings OF tne saSt ~ ~ =,
tn's a, tne = 1nroaIc 1t has t'ccn held. ana -
a. h ilnc,=c tracts ny p~ncfz fnce,'iation. wnH IN
saaa'i e, rsn, II Inaccessible and lbs nns ,r ~
tnrc5 Iy anorner rsas"!l: eto1"nhIt ,hnt s1r,,n,
1ha vcrst;ncr and pcrulisites o tuns tan f,i,,,,i
rse. 1pe Ia,une, Gnc eortsS co,nanon na a map 9,
'iii -" sccn to be II river Of deep oaloo. ,h