The Lamar register., 1891-12-05
SEEN IN CHICAGO.
rhe Sky Scrapers, Worlds FAR ZIG
AIetter from Our Special
Correspondent
CmcAGc, November 80 iSsl.

The weather has been very stormy hers'
md the last two or three days IL has osen
,uits severe. The steamships and saiing
resseis have come in covered with ice anu
,leet and several sailors report narrow
escapes from being cspsized and droWnea-
It is not generally known that steamships
md sailing vessels cross the Ausnuc
ocean, sail through the lakes and deliver
heir cargoes At the port Of Chicago or
,ther cities situated along their shores
This is a fact nevertheless, and 1t looks
Iuite strange TO see the steamships ana
,ailipE vessels SO far inland. or course
he larger class Of ocean vessels are mol
,een here, but only those that are devoted
o carrying freight
The avenues are lined with sleighs this
afternoon and the horses. with their aecks
Irched and the steam coming from ther
iostrGs, seem 70 enjoy themselves as nueh
IS their drivers. While your correspondent
las not had an opportunity 10 enjoy tne
lun himself, it is something OF pleasure
o see others enjoy themselves, The best
lleighiug is on the avenues that arc paved
With asphalt, there being a perfect glaze
II snow and ice.
Everything is fair Worlds Fair e1-
sept the weather aud Jaat IS quite cloudy
and murky. and your correspondent has
lot had a good view Of old Sol since he left
Colorado. The people living IN your State
10 not appreciate the Ane climate, sun
shiny days and pure air until they have
had an opportunity TO spend few weeks
IN some Of the Eastern cities or towns
Quite a large number Of the middle class
and the business men live in Chscago's
suburban towns, which are located all the
way from six to ten miles outside the city,
The B. * NJ people and most OF the other
railroads sell Communication tickets 10 these
owns, that give residents a rate Of from
three 10 ten cents ride The trains run
from fifteen 70 thirty minutes apart dur
ng the morning and evening, and IL IS
even then hard TO get seats, although each
train consi.ts Of from eight 70 ten large
coaches. To an oulookeT that has been
there himself il is quite amusing 10 see the
suburbanites rush down to the depot With
their arms filed with difcreut bundles for
the loved ones at home, and get there lust
in time 10 catch on the rear platform Of his
train, or perchance inform him that his
train has Just pulled out. and offer him the
consolation that there will be another one
in forty minutes. or c0lr Sc, your best
way is to wait in the damp corridors Of
the depot and perhaps swear In = mild way
about the butcher that kept you waiting
up town for your package Of meat,
and finally resolve that you viii
start couple Of minutes earlier
the next day. But the suburbAuiie is
generally good natured, and when 10
catches his train sits down aud reads his
evening paper or talks and .o<cs with his
neighbor that is perhaps sitting fosr or
Eve seats from him or at the other eud Of
the coach He has all the advantages Tor
himself and family Of living 10 nice coun-
try town and still Of doInE business in one
Of tho best cities in the United States.
The city council are considering the high
building question at preseaL and win not
allow any permits TO be issued for any
thing over twelve stories uEtl the matter
is decided by the dinereHt onicers. Il
seems a little strange that = city govern
rnent should be called upou 70 consider
such question, but when il IS known that
there were I'VE permits Issued In oae day
for buildings over fourteen stories high
and 10 cost alI the way from four 70 six hun.
dred thousand dollars the question be
comes quite serious There are already
from fourteen to twenty stories in height
and 1t is easy TO distinguish the man who
has Just come 70 Chicago, by the way he
lets his lower Jaw drop and Eazes At the
sky scrapers. They are all Office buildings
exclusively, and are provided with from
six to ten elevators each. The frames are
made Of steel which supports the building
independent OF the walls. which are gen.
orally not over nine inches thick from the
ground up, and 1t is no uucommog thing for
the contractors to pat up a story = week az.
ter the iron is all ready The iron Is reu.
orally obtained at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
although some OF it IS made here in Chica-
so. The weight Of these buildings is no,
so great as some Of the smaller building
built on the old style, and many of the mos,
| prominent architects consider them much
safer. They are complete towns In them
selves, and are furnished with directory,
barber shops, etc. The floors and parti
tious are entirely hre-proof, the stairs OF
marble and iron frames and the ofice par.
titlons Of huge slabs OF marble and fancy
glass. In some cases the stock companies
owning these huge structures have built
smaller fire-proof buildings on the roof. hui
this is not customary.
The merchants and manufacturers are
already making active preparations for tn,
| Worlds Fair. The boarding-house keep
ers and furnished room heRds are ais,
building sir-castles in the same line, and
the heart Of your correspondent sink,
within him when he thinks Of the trials III.
visitor will have TO go through to find /
room for himself and family, and the scow
Of contemp he will have TO bear when h.
mentions the fact that he is so un nfortunat.
as to have a wife aud children" But 4
| will be grand sight and you and your wifi,
and childaen must see it, or miss tn,
chance of lifetime MrLEs.
Residence Denver, Colo.