, 1881-10-09


was burnt oyer Was chiefly covered by small
Yards , IS lined it the NORTH and South Branches,
H,ind ,s;ti an,,r meats 1eork etc and dis
t1Iieries and packing-houses then as now
eod eofFc6 causi6s III them to offend the smell most
5 a B5sgG29E e E?s snsny ESenG tSsn Pe
erfnl. ~.
coo++a1od thronpb, tha three divisions of
+ha "itC yora The n1;I,,ic schonls the nride of
Chicago: @ @ tho though not of he children who
i,aoo ,s;ti staamors nf a5i szes and Of tia
nseu WIN s1eacas " r ~ f1eo ,.,hich had
@ lnoS1 ~ +ha,n raj itsef
on;nianf .,'d reoe ionred r. 1xitI, confidence
u asuS ~ dra, 10y re fronr fa ronrh
t'n1aI ,.bin hmrrntre fnra mia heneatR its
surfona n4Sn f reorx ~ nrevio,1s 70 the ire
fha hraoE;nc ~ ~ evatar main across the
destitnta IT wnter t fnr few ays' but meas
,,ros hnd haan taian r. ranfler the recnrrnnce
~ s,,nh .att m;shons an i1nnossihiiitv immense
! ines vera Constantly in operation, fnyc--
thr~.:z: RI -ses ~s''.t
Ing the water :; Tie clls: iielr total
Thought Of 1t it had been. such calamity
would have been regarded as Simply
out OF the question. LOOKING forward, now
ever. to the requirements OF the not distant
Of supplemental punping-works, in order to
better supply the more remote portions of
fhe South and West Divisions.
r,,r. 1Scpt As1yf. 4cc,1,fm. m.Ar1ox oF WEALTH.
ana me greas returns OF business ne oIaa nad
gwen strong mpetns 70 1ne cree
'Tun M9t o,o stos'''atsaat .t xnn,,s.s
~ IT. ,ooti 49,, -, ~ LG;a.nj
to Tao he e aSsoslv
,'1: MnlcA WIS !ookeu upoa Us laouel " ~; ltS
Slnu: AT immense Stone ste4c!u1e d,sg nay
ausTii az ie soustt"esS cn1ntl ~ otiG a, a,u
,aaad ~, ~ ;+e " a,,,s,ors sa
cure. Other massive etliffces OF stone and
iron also adorned the South Division, and
were apparently capaole OF reSlstlng even
d And Hi' the confuson in immediateiy @ foilow
lie tSsreafter M H. it u vas inpossibie to S0 Ind out
at had been done in t9s dS9rtmsa @ sfst Of
sr"re " @ afteryyardS ' nhfaincd nsneariv voccnrate
M = ,,ae nes;iio ~ +haI, I .trnaJ
WIN tnose OF 1877 up 10 Inc nfst anniversary
OF the fire. For this reason, except in re-
gard to the movement OF produce, there are no
business for 1871 alone. and thereby approxi-
mate tie trade and commerce of Chicago
at The period when the city !. was
uy Ca."ss s ,,n's raee,..'' e'sd
LOT 4o4U. however, nave pecli pleSeIVeu, Mlu
tions the business of Chicago had risen at the
very threshold of the year which witnessed
fhe canning 1isoster.. THE grand total of the
receints for that wear represenfed A value Of
ssqo II Mn-~an an ANA rent decraasa IF sIS mn
m 1,.n,, 1ess;o a. ahnnt ~ "ant Tr.tSinsr
~ ostl ioo9' ~ anguL = ~ GeaI. isAi..s nis
mo account 1le olllelence III tile Rolu vtluo
OF paper IN the tWo years, tne results rep.
resented an actual increase IN. gold
values to the amount Of fully0 per cent in
the receipts of 1870 as compared with 1869.
The sales nv wholesale dealers amounted to
Sin, 5nn mi and tha nrinc;noi man,,factnres
ra,,r',cn,tnJ - ta+aI rraina ~ CSC cta iSn r,
M aep.esG.iteu :" 1o@"i '"au0 VI *oo'ofo' A0'' An
summing up
THE RECORD FOR THE YEAR,
TIE TRIBUNE said:
The year now closing has been one of great
trial to all persons engaged in legitimate bust
ness In this city Ever since tho close OF the
war war the eTcitemenn produced uny lnas
sna strugS aHH nrccz fendtn@ slowly awu