Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-22
PITTSBURG PREFERRED.
An Englishman's FIattering Comparison of
the Gas City and the Town of Stock
yards-Where Chicago Is Somewhat Be
hind the Times,

An Englishman's FIattering Comparison of
the Gas City and the Town of Stock
yards-Where Chicago Is Somewhat Be-
hind the Times.
An English gentleman who has visited the
| principal cities of the Old World and is at
| present on a tour through this country held
| an interesting conversation with a DISPATCH
| reporter at the Union depot yesterday. He
| had just returned from Chicago. and ex-
| pressed himself as rather disappointed with
the big city on Lake Michigan.
Chicago, - he said, Impressed me princi-
| pally with the idea of a great, overgrown
village, and this feeling remained upper
| most, notwithstanding their ls-story blocks
| and their general striving after metropoli-
tan grandeur. To an English eye, accus-
toned to well regulated business methods,
Pittsburg seems to be much more
| business-like city than the home of
the Worlds Fair To be sure, there is any
| amount of rush and hustle in Chicago, but it
| only tends to make one doubt the durability
| faith in the steady, upward progress of
| Pittsburg, in the long run, than
in the mushroom-lilze growth Of
| the Windy City. Combined with
| good municipal government there is nothing
| to prevent this city,by its favorable location
| and the energetic push of its business men,
every other direction in the near future.
spects, you are away ahead Your
electric cars and electric lighting
system are as much ahead of Chicago's
system New York is ahead of Philadel-
phia. Your police force and the men of your
fire department appear to know great deal
more about their business than the CORE
spending departments in Chicago. Were it
not for hls uniform the average Chicago
policeman would be extremely difficult to
who assassinates peaceable citizens in
broad daylight right under the nose
of the public officers. During my stay in
Chicago / saw the fire department turn out
TO a big fire. Anything more like funeral
procession l haven't seen in long time. In
Pittsburg the various engine and truck CON-
panies at least, can compare favorably with
their fellows in New York itself.
"As regards the shipping trade of Chicago
and OF this port, when one considers the
difference in the class of merchandise
handled, believe this city can hold its own.
Your public parks are much better cared
for than the majority of those in Chicago.
and you have long ere this got over the stage
of the wooden sidewalk, which still dis
figures some of the principal streets in the
City of Stockyards
Among the many amusing things which
saw in Chicago, nothing appeared to me
more ridiculous than the self-satisfied air
with which the Chicagoan apes the Partisan
modes. 1t atflicts everyone, from the Coun-
Gilman to the candy yender. Now, can i'm
agine no people on the earth more unsuited
to the easy grace of the Partisan styles than
the Inhabitants of Chicago. Being essen
there the most incongruous results arising
from the efforts of this class of people in at |
tempting to initiate their more cultured |
brethren.
omy mind, however. culture and Chi |
cago are diametrically opposed. could not |
imagine 1900 Chicagoans rushing to park |
to attend such concerts as you are now hav- |
ing in this city. A hand organ having as its |
repertoire Annie Rooney" and Down |
Went McGinty," would prove much super |
ior attraction, while if a genuine pig-stick- |
ing or prize fight could be thrown in, the |
most brilliant operas of the day would have |
but a poor show in comparison. |
II had often read of the Chicago girls feet |
and charitably supposed the story arose |
from the Jealousy OF her neighbors, but alas, |
the truth of the paragraphists was but too |
evident.
"On the whole, although went to Chicago |
with a most favorable idea of that city, 1 |
must say was tremendously disappointed, |
while ON the other hand arrived in Pitts |
burg on the lookout for city of smoke and |
SCOT and was most delightfully."- surprised. |
OF the two cities had much rather reside |
here, and only regret that l cannot |
prolong my stay further. have |
now Travelled over the greater por-
tion of this continent and believe |
that in no other place can man make a |
better living or stand a better chance of |
success than in this city. The class of CON-
petition which exists in Chicago leads one |
to suppose that the motto of that city is |
Root, hog, or die,' and in view of its staple |
industry, what could be more appropriated" |