Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
STEERING SOUTH.
Observations In and Out of the Cars by the
Topical Talker-The Chicago Man Al
WAYS to the Front.

ways to the Front.
lFRoM sTAyF CORRESPONDENT;
Hot SPRINGS, ARK. March l0-Even when
one ia fleeing from the awful mixture of
weather that Plttsburp has of late enioyed it is
a piouant pleasure to hear the old homes horn
exalted within the gates of the stranger. We
were almost within the city limits of Chicago.
which but for the accidental interposition of
Indiana and Ohio would doubtless before long
touch ALLEGHENY countv when the Chicago
mar-vou NAV he sure of finding him nm everv
train bound for the Windy City-bepan to
sing. not soto poce in the least. the praises of
his birthplace. 1t was not unpleasant or un
profitable to hear this Chicagoan's laudatory
canticle, for it was couched in good language.
and adorned with illustrations that were
uniuus as well as rich. One ASSERTION of
his remember was followed by a palpaDle
silence' ana YET IL was merely TO the ehect tnat
py the tlme tnat tne Exposltlon was opened
there would be more lofty buildings, and espe-
cially more over ten stories or more In height
III lineage than IN al tne citles OF america
pus lose'ner. mat occasioneo a emmy
entr acte oi siience' Due very orlei stay In
Cnicaso convinceu me lorty-eignt hours iaeer
tnat alter all the Ghlcogan was not exaggerat-
ing great aeal.
NOT only are there now very large numDer
OF once buildings OF extraordinary helgnt IN
Cnlcago, dozen OF which nave been erected IN
tne last two years, and not one less tnan ~
anu several over ~ stories nlgh, the Auol-
torium Hotel and several similar unique
structures Dut even more are IN process ol CON COM
strnctlon' or are planned Tor compietion before
the Exposition begins. The day reached chi
cago the papers contained description OF YET
another sky-scraping office building, which,
when nn1shed, VIII have "a stories! so the
NO
assertion.
A SICK man is poor haud at pra1slng any
thing or anybody, and for the honor of Pitts
burg 1t reJoiced me greatly when feliow-trav-
eler, whose lace is 1amlilar TO thousands Oh
fittsourgers. said, when the Chicagoan was at
last out OF breath: chicago Is nne city, no
doubt, but
Pittsburg Is the Greatest City
in the United States. and have travelled from
Tacoma to New Orleans and from Boston to the
Golden Gate and lived in almost every city of
the first. second or third class In the country.
It's money that talks. and Pittsburg is
the place for money. The workingmen of
Pittsburg would be the rich men of most other
cities; they live better than Won can realize un-
less Won have lived with them. zone with them
to marker. eaten their dinners- worn their
clothes and enjoyed the comfort of til cir homes.
mansions for millionaire occupants, nor monu-
ments nor even IN superb churches that the
greatness OF city consists. 1t is in the we'll
being OF her citizens, and l contend that in
Plttsburg the greatest good to the greatest
number has been attained by many means
natural and OF mans making, and that for this
reason Pittsburg is the greatest city in the
country, perhaps in the worldr'
Wherever two or more Chicaroans are oath.
ered toeetber real estate ia certain in thes.
daxs to hob m N eTc;t,na ,onio Ma,a .n.SS nn1
uays TO pop up as an e3citinS topic. Male ana
female after their kind seem to have caught
the speculative fever since Chicago got the
Fair. By the way. the phrase since we got the
Fair, nromises To he ysrv nonnIar for > lone
CO. ~ Fop - h
while to come In Chicago. 1t is on everyone's
lips there just now. as "since the fire" used to
be- and as 'ssince the postofice was completedn
NAV some day be in PittsbuYe.
r. ,h ,.a, I;1, ,,;
'no Douuo SnioAins oar 'no I', o'ner
uay very pretty eiri Oh say ~ Cnlcago
summers, occupied one corner. She was talk
ing to rosy-faced youth immersed in clouds
20.
s s.uo ~. pe.oo' 80 80 , ~ o' VIC. s -
ulsagreeu Will most Oh her remarks anu stated
doing in clear and caustic style it seemed prob
able that thew were brother and sister.
Ro,,.,.. .,d Re., Est.t.
Still THAR conversation soupded odd Even
a brother and sister whose combined aoas
hardly oyerstepnea 40 might be ernected 70
t.lt of some,hinp mora romant,c IN real as-
t.,e Rnt that was tbeir tonic for an bour a.
least The train was passing through the last
of Chicapo's suburbs, where there was far mora
prairie than populatiou in sight. and section
81 the conversation T rive hare "a a samn1a
..yo,, go hnn Iots o1t tbera for 6ftv dpiI. 81. ,,
;i ~ 'an ;t3yo to snroe ia,a, - V.as .,
s esiu ~ nc; pnat pUs eUnan, oIaan Ia ~
snow, M S' ,Gn tna5 ious years nence Will Dc seilhg
a' .n ure S' nunu %. tf - sh. ,,,;o, s.;...
"a IS opan;n, We gun, f,on nno oh.aI ~ t
quio y. % 49,, I'm IN, Vno ,n. eneeH Lno
iuto ~ tSu uponaly 1io'iooi' 1ou ioee lnouoy on
tnose .oS Sn LOIS suleI ,orr,. .,,o .os bale,
mile Sack last fai and has refused donbs hsl the
n,iio ; la 10 10, id, A10 euoe" uou'io 'ne
pi.TH ..Wan IN HnII o.. a,aI .h;, nor, ,;,,. .
Ell, ~ pst you anysnlng you IKE tnat
1asv Iaoe aoss Mon seH ioa nre nuauleu peiore
Oes yUu you sh ne n Degan WIN 1gt mocK b
lng Iau.n, pus Snv I,,i uu sa!u YIN Dusi-
ness,nhe a snSp. rnn'n o9s 'ou ui@n'onu pm W
aialhonu Iins, I'm. s,,
Anu Ine Det was naue anu Iecorueu Ny tuo
dSir IA cnanenger IN I'll. siny h,enoranuuD pooh;
business faculty ~ OF the. the Chicago Gag girl She
a new charm about our Chicago sister.
He Waited, and Wealth. Gam.
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roisun1s arc Dois maue :I,l, ~ on.esso IeAi %,
tale anu ios' .o1, se.S qIroAiy ~ sne ups anu
Go"ns inc,uenoai ~ sno IApooom n a.r. Soom.
Oni0aso on, o~u naA ,aio W me- o epeeu-
lators ID iana are not al men OF large capital,
by any means. clerk in my office made s.. 900
last year by skiIlful investment in company
With other small oanitalists. But tha mosr re.
marKable case of this sort I ran across last
week I had connie of lots in Hyde Park to
sell. and my agent wrote asking me to come
ovar to his ofice on Monday as he had fonnd
nnrcbaser for INV property. went and fonnd