The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-04
A NEW CHICAGO.

The Carbon City Annoxes Five on nler
Second Among American Cities in Point
of Population. Having Now Over 1,1oO.-
900 Inhabitants-In Area She Leads the
World. Covering Over ia Square Mile.
Of Territory.
CHICAGO, July saturday was a great
day for Chicago. In the first place the new
city directory came out and showed that
there were over 9OO, 000 people inside the
old limits, and III the next place all of Chi.
cago's suburbs annexed themselves to her
with her voice and consent Hyde Park
with IN area of 4S square miles and its
population of y, coo gave a majority of 2 OK
in favor OF annexation; Lake, with ~
square miles OF territory and $500 in
habitants, gave majority of 5U4; Lake
View, with IA square miles aud $1,000 ron.
ulation, gave u majority OF 5O4; Jefferson
with 81 square miles and 10000 popula.
ton, gavo So majority, and part Of
Cicero, having an area of 22j
square miles and population of
l,'Oo, gave $50 majority. This makes the
total area within tho limits of Chicago
l1t.75 square miles, which is 45 more
than Philadelphia and 133 . more than
New York The added population gives tho
Garden City over l, 10O, 90 inhabitants. The
great cities of the world rank TO-DAY a. fol-
lows: London, 100000; Paris, 1900 600.
New York, 1,5oo,0oo; Berlin, 1900, OoO; Chi
cago 200, CO.,
In the city there was practically no op-
position to annexation, and when the yota
was counted up every one was surprised tn
ind that l., COO votes had been cast. No
ticket-peddlers were to be seen, and the
scenes at the polls were without excite.
ment The vote for annexation was IA, 78e.
against, GS'; majority in favor of annexa-
ton, ii, COS.
The number of little towns which were
gobbled up Saturday is prodisio Among
them are Oakland, lakewood, Kenwood.
Cleverville, Hyde Park Center, Egandale.
Pullman Kensington South Chicago Cole
hour, Hegewisch, Park Manor, Riverdale.
Cummings, Englewood, Auburn Park.
Argyle, Edgewater, Ravenswood, Irving
Park Moreland, Central Park and the
Union Stock Yards.
In annexing Hyde Park tho city adopts
the biggest village in the world in extent
and population, and gains, among other
things, Lake Calumet and harbor and fifty
miles of navigable river; water works pay
100000 profit annually; a tunnel one mile
long; vast manufacturing interests, in
Guiding the Pullman works, and the ILL.,
nois Steel Companys plant-the largest in
the world; an excellent system of severed
and improved streets in the north end OF
Hyde Park. There is bonded debt of
49,, COO and school debts of $25O,OCN
Chicago is now bounded by Lake Micht-
gan and the State OF Indiana on the east.
One Hundred and Thirt -eigth street on the
south, Fiftieth street on the west, and the
town lines OF Maine, Niles and Evanston
on the north. Inside her limits she has
two large navigablc lakes, Lake Calumet
and Lake Hyde, and divides with the
State of Indiana part of another-Wolf lake.
She has, besides Chicago river, two greater
streams in the Little and Grand Calumet
rivers She has at South Chicago one of
the finest harbors in the world, whittier
will drift in short time her great coal and
lumber industries, and which within the
limits will become a grand industri IL GEN.
ter
The annexation will be completed as
soon as the election commi ssioners declare
the result Of the election next week. The
Jurisdiction of Chicago will extend over
the annexed territory as soon as the vote is
declared The suburban policemen and
hremen Will also as a result of that decla-
ration become part and parcel of the city
police ami fire department. School teach
ers elected during the last week will also
be.placed on the city pay rolls Other
suburban employees who are useful and
capable will be retained in the service of
the enlarged City.
Chicago under the new order Of things
will have thirty-four wards, ten in addition
to the present number distributed as fol-
flows: Hyde Park, ); Lake, 3; Lake View,
.; Jefferson, l; Cicero, l. The wards will
doubtless be apport;oned without delay so
that the new territory may be adequately
represented
All OF the great cities of the world owe
their present high rank to annexation.
London's original limits contain only 100, 600
people to-day. New York, Philadelphia and
Boston have gobbled up their suburbs sys-
tematical!y.
The following table shows the present
areas approximately of the cities named,
several of them, notably Philadelphia, hav-
ing benefited by the annexation OF suburbs: