Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-05
.r. Isrss AVE- CHICAGO.

- urobssbial alownsss Of 81: Louis is
suroneas. Ths Mound City y slowly ous
surely eFowiuG. aod her men OF snsirs
predict . greater growth immediaseiy
upou the completion OF railroad conneo
ton WITH the CITY Of Mexico. Ioey
couut more upon Mexican trade tnan 90
thew upon the cultivation OF the Renef.
ous coil Of the great. spareely settled
6tate Of Missouri; and while they CON
fees that bright. pushiuR Kansas City
viii probably become formidable rivai,
nv uevertheless insist that u. Louis,
vith her older business connections, WIN
drav the most Of the new trade with
Nexieo 70 herself. Kansas City, on the
oe1,er hand, with her railroads reaching
ont from ali points sf the compass, con
6dsutly expscts 70 get the lions share
Of Nexico's trade, and Chicago Is bop
ING that she may get more snan d.
Louis. -.
-. Louis doss not, however, look
soleiv 10 Nexioo for her future advance
msnf. Speaking Of the march OF the
armiss Of immigration past Chicago and
mr. into the far NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ns,o0 which Chioa9o bases her hope Of
snormous trade IN the future-St. LOUIS
brniuess man predict that thousands OF
~ ~ settlers viii yet find the north
vinds too esvere, and will seek the
v.rmer Latitude OF Missouri, Arkansas
ma Texsa. vhere lands may b acquired
an = fayoFsbis terms a. IN the solder
Northvea: and IL il believed that
sverv railroad opened sooshvard
viIl enlarge 81. Louis.
But s.. Louis has within her own
limits means Of helping herseif that
= greater than al these. Her heavens
- hung With black. In winter, when
thsusends of firesides require warmth
e the hearth, . pail Of smoke shuts out
.nnIi0hf and makes the brightest days
gloomy: and in summer there ID little
nsIief. Tor there are still hundreds OF
fsotories belohing volumes Of smoke.
~ ~ this are added clouds Of dust
Srnm the streets. The city can nd her
~ al thie curse Of smoke. She 10 try.
~ 70 remedy the dust evil. In this she
- undertaken IN herculeau task. ner
stresls are wide, and wess OF lcntn
streot thsre II hardly dwelling that 70
not surrounded by greensward. IDS
makes 8 beaatifuI city, but mot densely
populated city that oAn pay sach taxes
= e4oue payemspts and frequent sweep
inQs impose. Hsf streets have been
mScadsmizsd and plastered over with
aeUhalt again and again. only with the
resule ef making the mud deeper IN
NM weather and the clouds of dust
NOR donse ia time Of drought; and at
IenQth Il has besn determined that
- city shall Be paved with
1870. e whateves cost. The work
~ been voll begun on the riparian
s1rseta With oubes Of syeuite granite
sbout 8 foot square. and Il 10 the inten-
tiou gradually 70 carry this pavement
frem The levee westward to the CITY linn
~. The whole twelve miles Of water
front may mot BE- thus edectually paved
for . quarter Of q century TO come, but
the pr0Qross that has been made within
The paet year indicates the proper paw
inc Of tbs business p ,rt Of the city a.
far westward - Twenty-third street
within the next i've years. To Danish
s,noks will require nsryier legislation
,o e ss ss Ds ~naae ss' I. viii require
Iecirlation under which smske CON-
sumption shall b enforced. The sub
ieot has been aRitated, and u has been
pointed out that th0usands OF men Who
live In other cities would live in 81:
Louis bot fog her intoierable smoke, and
some public spirited merchants have
sxperimented until they have brought
about perfect combustion, even Of the
bituminOus coal that Ii used here al
most exclusively.
i y the testimony of those who have
used anthracite coal, and whose chin
neys have mot given O6ense, that hard
cal q e12 ton II cheaper, all things
oousideTud, than soft coal at $50. But
thsrs \ gigantic soft coal interest in
81. Louia. It owns the vast coal mines
Of pouthorn Illinois, and Il will insist
that ~. Louis shall consume that btu
miuous coal even II all her table linen
y covered with lrmpblaok by Il. But
the bituminous coal interest may YET
eoucede tbs necessity for perfect CON-
boetiou. and may favor an ordinance by
ths City Coanoil requiring every house
holder end every owner 0f factory ia
ooaouu,o hts smoke. Chicago has
bsiGhtoe akiea. She burns anthracite
coal, and, besides. she ID not in the
4inGissippt valley, but on the shore ef a
great lake, whose winds blow her smoke
away. HE has little dust. for almost
every square yard OF her twelve miles Of
LAKE frost = paved with cedar blocks.
6he y moro c0mpactly built than st,
Louis, and therefore better able to pay
foe street paving and sweeping.
Both eities are provided with park
sooU Tor The population they may have
hve centuries hence. ChicaQo's pride
= Lincoln Park. ON her northern limit,
extending two miles along the shore Of
the IAks. Hhs hassxpsndsd large sums
o0 . syseem Of boulevaYds on her out
skirts, III q leysl - . ballroom floor,
end eAAded and resembling the Mail Ia
Nev Yoek's Central PAyk. The parks
b - Loais aro hills and dnles, iesa
eus1ly than thcse II Chicago, but natur.
ally more beautiful. The most elabor.
-, TOwoe Grove Park, ON the south.
vesoesn limit Of tbs city. In some re-.
opoees resembles Brooklyn's Prospect
taSt. II y = d frOutispiece 20 the
earning Missouri Botanical 6ardens
iasely shs pride Of u. Louis. These
GeU01dn are popularity known q
enAws 0asdsa. They ere actually
oAnys esnstery. and In them
= alssady srse1sa Shave mausoleum
u . moos4 heiek houss near the gran
- 90 luslls Mr.. Henry Bhav, ~
tired e. Lonin merchank Who has los
poaBoo hi o0th year. For many YEAR
- - hne uaaae botany his chic
Plea1!ss ord year b. ysar b he's addst
- ~ 1egl1e1i1usal ereasurss speoimeul
~ vh5dA NJ aGeole have ransacksd ~
world unfil & = aid that In his eardss
vuo ny - ovogy plant and nower Tbs
QsouA The erOnndn are hande0moly
ND ct ana paved. and The hos ho0sel
aso ox1DoGivo. Mr.. Shaw nust hav,
epene Uoeo than . million dollars On
- feaee. He says that Il ooals hin
veeQo = yeaf - maintAiu H. In con
sUisooas plass ~ has srseesd Arc
peooe mnooezn wheseln arepostfaits and
s1nendloas q dis1inguishsd bo&anista on
vAesUfA, No doahk - city u &. Loui
VII - ~ seatue Of Henry Shav--fo
Ahas bog1saahsd The garden 10 III
g Leuis. Il ned hardly b. said, take
. oeep tntszege In every measure 70 I'm
pcove - 1Gfntssippi river. 10 Jan,
tane, vAon ~ ries Of tho river wal
ggonooe tAnn & Ind beon for many year
hoe1EA Al - rioh boe1Om lands for
haadBod milss up and down the lsf,
bank q - rtyee mere overfoved. and
eropa yueoA mil1foos Of dollars wpge ds
sesoyo4 4 0illion spsntin strengthen
I'M eykee md II addinQ 20 thsir high
vo0ld hAyo avogtea TIN disaster, no
coly Ms yoa1, bit for many yearu 4
euno. 4 0ovesnmsnt pier fAy out Il
Lnko Mkohf1nn ue0tooo1 Chi0aoose air,