New-York tribune., 1886-04-04
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WET OUTLOOh FOR CHICAGO

WET OUILOOh FOR CHICAGO.
Chicago shows signs of alarm because Lake
Michigan is rising at the rate OF four inches
wear. But she should rather take courage and
be lieht of heart. In o generation or two she
nav become the Venice or America. mat Is
coal worth striving tor. St. Louis can never
hone 10 compete with her in that AMBITION anu
/ if she will be content with the reputation OF
bcinc the most completely watersoaked COM
munity on the American continent Except On
cinnat at the time of the spring floods, or Port
land in the rigor of Prohibition law, and give
nm her fntile efforts to rival New-York in the
attributes of great metropolis, reDose and
peace of mind may yet descend upon her much
ncrturlcd spirit. When the gondola takes the
place of the cable car and the waves dash
against the front doors Of the Palmer House
and the Grand Pacific, then Chicago VIII
/ become truly picturesque and tourists VIII come
! from the furthcst isles of the East, from ormus
and from Ind, to gaze upon her deserted ran
woy stations and TO shed the tear OF pity ana
regret over her mortgage covered ruins. 1ler
Bridpe of Sighs over which now daily thou
sands of complaining porkcrs are hurried TO
their doom viii then be lonely and silent. No
longer will the curious stranger be invited 10
witness the amazing cclerity with which
registering and exuberant quadrnped is con-
vertcd into shortribs and sausages while the
air is still vocal with the protestatons that have
been pouring from his astOnished snOut In
that day the visitor to the lake-swept city VIII
wander i'm bewilderment through Abandoned
palaces where now the emptied glass rings
barmonously on the polished bar and gaze with
admiration at the gorgeous halls which in
these day re ecno to m,tImurs OF cooper the
ace for a hundred" Call tie turn for twenty"
and like mysterious sounds. Then the poker
deck will be banished, the roulette-wheel
broken and the faro-dcacr, smooth and sleek,
will be cutting the cards where rolls the oregon
and sweep the broad expanses of Puget Sound.
Such fate will make Chicago more famous
in history and song than the massacre of count
less hordes of unoiiending swine or the
destruction of iDnumerablc droves oI leXan
steers. What a blessed ard beneilcent
change it Will be from the turmoil and uproar
of the grain pitn Cf to-day to the bro0dlng
calm of the city Of the future. Every true Chi-
cdgoan, Jealous of the glory OF his town, should
Sigh for such transformation. 10 be over
whelmcd by such a flood of unstimulaung iiuid
might appal the proud Kcntuckan or the
naughty Governors of North and South Caro-
lima. But the people of Chicago Will find con-
ISOLATION for the havoc wrought i'll the distillcr-
les of Illinois by the saturation Of their city
with unqualified and unfortiied cold water.
They will exult without measure in antlclpa-
ton Of the dcathlcss ren0wn that Will cncom-
pass the name of Chicago through al the ages.
Even if the lake should continue to arise until
the place is completely hidden from view by a
waste of waters, Americans outside OF Illinois
will still find comfort in the thought that after
all Chicago has only joined that glorious COM
pany in which Sodom and GomOrrah are already
enrolled. Though the waters of the Dead Sea
hide forever from the eyes of men the Cities OF
the Plain they will never be forgotten. SO may
it be with Chicago.