Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-12

IDlQ DaDerS lOF tllt NENs NOHileahN NJ"
he is kept so busy folding coupons that his
health is impaired.
HOW THEY FIGURE FOR THE FUTURE.
Chicagoans have a way of figuring out an
increase Of population that viii distance
New York in the Eext decade. Chicago in
creased from 1870 70 1885, 67 per cent; from
1850 to 1890, 1IS per cent. This ratio of in
crease for the next decade, they say, will
,-iye Chicago population in 1900 of 2,400,-
0al or l25. 600 more than the combined
POPULATION of the four big cities bounding
Nsw York Harbor. This is manifestly un-
lair. New York has increased its pGpula-
ton over 100000 in ten years without anv
extension of its corporate limits, whereas
Chicago has gone so extensively into the
annexation" business that there is some
prospect OF Cairo becoming suburb of
Chicago ere many years. Figures, while
they do not lie, are often fear
Fgllv misleading Chicago is grow
inc fast enough without eXaggeraticn
An attempt is being made-it is probably
only a pincher-tO compel the railroads
l.ere 10 elevate their track. The railroads
have !. POO miles Of tracks IN the city, and
Ihe cost of removal would be S29S, 1913, $50
Il would cost the Northwestern Railroad
alone S6S. 600, 600, according to Attorney
Goudv, and this is 1900, 600 more than
7he capital stock of the railroad. The prop
crrv Of the company is S157 ZOO, 900, its debt
Is SlI2, 600 000, equity $4,000, ,0oG, and
Brother G5oudv asks triumphantlv how
can vou spend S65 zoe, 600 on that showing
Ttis broadly truthful to say that the past
wear syas the largest speculative year in the
history of the city. And its history is
flirk with incident. 1t is gravely told how
Hu assortment OF old booze toundries"
called ''brewerieS. were put on the eve of
suudrv British capitalists for So, 900, 900,
and how when the British optic got
enlarged the same property was offered to
original holders for ST. 600. COO! Opposition
ircweries knocked the dividends. Hence
she hcnceness. In the meat and grain bust
less neither Liverpool nor London nor New
York are IN it" Armour and Mitchell,
Bgsm and CUddys can say much after the
fashion Of one Alex Selkirk:
We are monarchs of all we survey;
Oar right there is none to dispute,
Eromthe Lake Front all around to the sea,
We can corner the grain and the
brute"
WHERE VOTES ARE BOUND TO COUNT.
The Hguld here has opened a voting
booth to show the wicked FOUNDERS how to
vote a correct Australian ballot. voted
with the rest, and could not help observing
now difficult it was to get the scheme
through the gray cerebral matter of the
average Chicago skull. But of what avail
is an honest ballot without an honest count,
and how is that assured? 1t was
Tweed vino remarked, Il do not care
who does the voting so long
Is I do the counting, and William had a
very long head in such matters. With hon
esI voting and "Rounders" counting, the
problem Of ballot reform is still unsolved.
The necessity for some change is apparent
when ] state that one OF the most prom1-
uent citizens there informed me that a GER
rain Democratic ward gave 1,300 majority
Tor Cregier, and it could have been made
zoo more if it was known that it was
needed. Such is commercial politics in
cities with History buildings. all of which
reminds ne o. the Auditorium here. 1t is
% stories high. and is the larges7 building
in the world erected by individual capital,
and cost -. 100000. 1t can seat 5000 and
is built OF granite and Bedford stone 1t
cook l. 600. 600 brick, and the fioors contain
10000 600 pieces of Italian marble, while
The ONYX sub-base is something to barely
mention and not attempt to describe II
has p miles of water and gas pipe and $50
miles Of electric wire and cable, 13 eleva-
tors. 10000 electric lights, and the height
Of the tower balcony is 260 feet Standing
on the tOpmOst point l could see over
the lake into Michigan and the big Rock
Island cars looked likA tov chickens OF the
surface below. On descending l met his
Honor Mayor WaShburne, on the ground
floor, luncEing with his business partner
Hemp" has demonstrated his popularity
10y his election as a Republican Mayor in
Democratic city. The Democrats who
would not take "Our Carter" (Harrison)
have, like Mary, probably chosen the bet
ter part. Mayor Washburne is believer
in Chicago. [ said: ''Niavor-Other cities
have lake or water fronts and railroads and
such facilities but they do not grow like
Chicago. How do you account for it?''
FIRST said he, ''the bustling energy of
our citizens. And the other fact, that
no matter how we differ on politics or any
thing else when it comes to a question of
helping Chicago, we all stand together"
NOT A HARD LUCK STORY.
On the train from Chicago to Ogden had
the pleasure Of meeting a Scotchman named
Joseph Clark, from Irvington, one of the
growing suburbs of Chicago. / casually re-
marked that five-davs' railroad trip was
rather long. what would Won think of
uve-nonths' "trip over this same route" he |
said. I expressed preference for the |
shorter end Of 1t, when he proceeded to re- !
ate some incidents of how he came to strike F,
ZIG luck. He was one Of u Forty-niners |
N no caught the gold fever early He pur-
chased 81 pair Of draught horses for 500 and |
rT'C0u ior tie same price. and with these he |
started toward that famous land whose foam |
is amber and whose sands are gold. Here
12d there. from the ear window as the train |
slipped along. he pointed out the old trails. |
Here They were nearly poisoned with alkai !
water Here near Fl. Laramie they camped |
with some Indians who feasted on roast |
Gag. Here near Council Bluffs they buried |
twu Of their party. Where Omaha City |
row stands with its 10000 population, the |
foot prints Of white man had not yet been
seen As he gazed on The old trails and |
recalled the old memories and trials his |
eyes were filed with the mist of unshed |
tears There was no fuel then but Buffalo |
chips No meat but the game of the |
wilderness. His horses were stolen few |
times by the Indians. but recaptured after |
hard chase. Finally the party reached |
their destination. Mr.. Clark had no par |
rirular programme except to get all the |
bullion within reach. He sold his horses |
for 81, 200 and his wagon for $50, and with |
tins Sl.050 pr0fis he entered into sort of |
partnership with three of his party to carry |
llcrchandse with pack mules to the mining |
camps at Spanish Flat After five years he |
made q fair F'stake" and he turned |
lis eyes again toward Chicago With the |
proceeds of the Spanish flat venture he pur-
chased farm Of 1G0 acres outside the city |
OF Chicago. It is now in the built-up part |
oI the city, and 100000 has been refused |
for it. Such sre lifr's chances in the great !
West Ny next stop will be at Cheyenne |
City, Wvor,jn- which once had the repu- |
tati0n Of being The richest city of its size in |
America. / understand that its glory has |
departed, its flocks and herds are now scat |