, 1881-04-24


some symptoms Of making Il break for
Lake street. This would drive THE hardware,
iron; and similar branches OF business over
to Wabash.
BUILDING.
Building is still backward. Capitalists arc
holding otf, knowing that it would be i1lpos-
sible to go ahead with contracts on account
Of the light supply Of brick. New brick will
not get to market before May 20. The t'ootlS
have put back the work ut lcast-;l week.
Stone Quarries arc full of water, SO that for
some time nothing can be done bur get out
the light stone on the Top Of the q,larrics.
Mr. Z. +. Thomas, architect, has closed
contracts during the past week for the follow
ing buildings: Stores Is feet frollton llaisted
street, near Taylor tI5 feet deep, giving four
stores. with double dwellings above, for
james Todd, OF Louisville, KY, to cost S29,-
coo; stores 81 feet front oil Elm street, near
CIark. by 50 feet deep. tire: stories ana 1!Ss-
mrnt, with flats On each lluor, pressed brick
AMI cut Stotle, tD cost Sl, ,UJJ: stares LOT ftet
front on North Clark street. ut the northeast
corner ot Elm, by u feet deep, four stories
and basement, giving line stores with dwell
ings above. to cost aO, ,0o; sinres 30 feet front
with flats IN each floor. pressed brick and
cut stone, to cost .$ll,0o0. Mr.. Thomas is
putting tho finishing touches on the Irwin
Building, ut the corner Of Wabash and liar~
rison streets. The principal story is In real
oak and will cost $G.OUD.
The new building ordinances in the re-
ylSetl cGde will help the Building Dr1'arl-
nient greatly in its eiltlcavnrs to prevent the
erection Of sheds for dwelling purposes with
in the citv limits. Under the old ordinances
Il shed that was intended for dwelling. So
long as it came under the regulation size.
Under the new orlinnnces the, department
is allowed to refuse shed permits where the
parties propose to live in them VI put them
up rs additions TO dwellings already erected.
This section will BIZ strictly enforced is fir
as lies in the power of the Building Inspect
0r's force. Another good thing in the build
lug ordinance provisions i the following ~
tect, or contractor having charge at y build
ing who shall permit any building to br con-
structed i'll violation Of the ordinance shall be
liable to tile penalties imposed by Scc. LAO,
which provides x Mpena!ty ct nat lcss than SO
nor ulore than 500 fur each otfcnse.*
During the week bnlhfng~pertnits have
been issued to August jacobson, for 4 one
story brick cottage, 2oS32 feet, Seymour and
1Iirsch streets, TO cost $1,000; same party.
for one-story cottage, corner OF Dania ave-
nue. alld Thompson street, to cost 81, 200: to E.
j. Lehman. to erect one-story store addi-
ton. ll0xS4 feet. in the rear Of 100 to 200
Dearborn street, to Gust $1,000; tn J. T.
Davis; erect tlree-story store and dwell
cost $1,000; John Byrtle, for three-story
sture and dwelling, 2lx100 feet, 215 North
Wells street, to cost $1,000: S. q. Oiin,
two-story and basement barn, :2S50 feet, Chi
caso avenue, near Wesson street. to cost
3s feet, 2eo seigwick street, to cost
Sl.2N; D.. Sauer. three-story and base
lnent cwelIing. 27x7o feet La Sale
street. near Chicago avenue, to cost $4,000;
to William Hudson, tor i onc-story cot
rage, y BY e feet. Sophia anu During streets,
to cost Sl.03D; Conrad Seipu, for Il tiye-story
and basement bricl: store. 20 by 10 feet. Ms.
2;>s and 24o Randolph street, to cost $1,000;
John knoSe. tWo-ssory dwelling II 6y ~
feet, No: lG9 Knmsey street. to cost $500;
Charles Roth, tor a two-stOrr attic and baSe-
lnent dwelling, aGx4G feet. lG71 and 1863 Lin
coln avenue to Gust SGU01; to Peter Silnu,,
fur 4 tllree-story and cellar dwelling. 21x6s
teet, 491 Dearborn avenue. to cost $4,000.
teruay for IN additional story and ntansard
roof on tile building l!9 and 2Ol Madison
street. the Improvement to cost So 00j. Il per-
nit was granted to Alvin Hubert for three
thrcc-story and basement stores and dwell
ings,' Is by = feet, Lake, near Lincoln street,
to cost S1S0OO.
The trnelnent-llouse system In New York
is rapidly extending among the people Of
comfortable means. In former years only
the poor lived in layers, but now French flats
t*4E W ll4C otlllet
kilnl Of life.
The first apartment house was bni1t in
1860. but not until 1875, six years ago. did
these dwellings begin to be erected III large
numbers. In 1878 us sllany rs ! Il were put
llp. while at the end Of lSso there were 1,.:i,++
such establish,nentsin New ork City. In lSSO
the number Of these establishments erected
was 5lG. II they continue to be put up at
that rate during the next ten years, New
York will hay1. ut the end Of thattille nearly
5000 Of them. But they are likely to be
built even more rapidly, for the demand for
the!n has not been really active until
within five years, and the people have
only lately become wonted to them. Twice
us many Of them were erected i'll 1850 as in
1879. There are 4 few French fiat houses in
Chicago. 1t Is the elevator, or lift, that has
made the apartment-house Il possible home
for people ton luxurious to climb long flights
of stairs. 1t is to be hoped that the tleyelup-
,ncnt of rapid transit will work against tic
elevation, and counteract any tendency to
turning large part OF our population, into
this foreign style of living. 1t is impossible
that i population living in s:.rttine-
boxes should have either the phys
zeal or moral yigor Of people WHO
have door-yartts OF their own. For eN-
ceptional eases OF old pcnple without chill
drtn, bachelors. and tr.nsitory tenants. /
French flats are admirable, but as a general
proposition Chicago, wants no tenement
houses for rich or poor.