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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-11-12

built in the year 1872. For decade
later there was a uniformity in the lines
| of five story business blocks that gave to
the city solemn and mighty appearance.
With the invention of the water ele-
vator, buildings might profitably go
higher than six stories. The MOntauk
block, on Monroe street, near Dearborn,
ventured skyward ten stories, and there
We're citizens who avoided Monroe street
until the autumnal gales proved that ten
story buildings would stand The year
1884 saw the completion OF q group of
thirteen story strnetures-the Board of
Trade, the Royal Insurance, the Home
Insurance, the Pullman and the Rook-
cry. The foundations for these stupen-
dous piles entirely filed the cellars. Chi
cago had been noted for the fiimsiness
of her architecture. Suddenly each
builder seemed bent on outdoing his
neighbor in cyclopean construction.
High buildings were experiments. In
four years-after many doubts-they
succeeded. The Auditorium was pro-
jected by Ferdinand Peck, and its dedi-
cation by the president Of the United
States and Adelina Patti discovered to
all observers gathering of persons of
vast wealth. No city could be other
than metropolitan whose inhabitants
could afford to rent over &fty opera
boxes at $500 for q season Of three
| weeks.
Meantime the Boulevard, which was
| once Michigan averue, stretched south
| ward for fifty blocks lined with houses
nearly every one Of which was as hand
some and cOmmodious as the Vanderbilt
mansions on Fifth avenue in New York.
The Lake Shore drive on the north was
coped with marble breakwater, and
the towers and keeps of Potter Paimer's
Middle Ages castle rose conspicuously
among 500 other houses whose magnifi-
cence was gainsaid by nobody. The
Duke of Marlborough came to Chicago,
and had the grace to say that he thought
Michigan boulevard was thu finest resi-
dence thoroughfare ne had seen in the
world.
With one more epoch Of architecture
we are dIIlNSu hk tup {5dtco VI 1000 'tii't
the Worlds Columbian exposition. 1t
was discovered by the inventors that if
a steel house We're built it would require
but a comparatively small foundation.
Thus the Tacoma building rose 10 six
teen stories with no outside walls.
When it came to. that, terra Gotta cast
ings were strung on iron joists, In this
| way the cellar of tho Tacoma building
could be made TO bring q large rental
each year. Marshall Field had ex-
pended 100000 on the foundations of
the Woman's temple, at Monroe and La
Sale. These pyramids of stone com
pletely filled the excavation TO street
grade. It would cost many thousands
of dollars to take them out. But out
they came, and the enormous WoMan's
temple-the dream Of Ma, Carse and
Miss Willard-thas preserved its neither
regions to increase the revenue of its
landlord
We are thus at 1909. On every hand,
scorning the regular roof lines of 1872,
rise buildings just twice as high, the
sixteen stories Of today being each very
low and not higher together th,.a ten
stories Of the cid days Iron and tile,
marble and plate glass, red cherry and
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If we seek for causes, we are told that
Chicago was the point farthest west
ward by water carriage in the temperate
zone during the greatest historic migra
ton of the human race If the emigrant
desired to reach a region westward of
Lake Michigan, the journey as far as
Chicago would be the easier and least
expensive part of it. A city is made
not by itself, but by its surroundings;
not by those who stay, but by those who
pass through. The entry of steam power
into the affairs of men only increased
the advantages Of Chicago That city
could offer to a railroad the most freight
and the greatest number of passengers.
Fort Dearborn was built in 1903. 1t
became untenable during the British
war of 1912 on account Of Indian hostil
tiles. Tho garrison. with women and
children, marched out on Aug. IS,
1912, and on reaching tree which now
stands dead at Eighteenth street and the
lake a massacre began which finished
with the escape of only 9 few of the
whites.
With the advent of the civil war Chi
cago, as a railroad center, rendezvous
and news distributing point, became the
cynosure Of the west. Its press carried
the news of battle and made the daily
newspaper necessity. AS battles were
not everyday events, the local affairs Of
the young city were ceaselessly pressed
upon the attention Of the people, and a
skating rink, murder, a horse race, an
artesian well or a baseball tournament
served to fill western AMERICANS with
the never ceasing idea that in some way
Chicago was the most wonderful spot
on the globe.
The young men of Michigan, Indiana,
Illinois, lows and Wisconsin, increasing
the wonder and curiosity of their elders,
looked steadfastly on Chicago for in
spiration and good fortune, 1t was at
this date-war times-that the New
York Tribune and Moore's Rural New
Yorker lost their supremacy in western
minds The western star of empire rose
clearly into the armament Of history.
The reader must recall the fact that
these people were pioneers. They had
built log houses in the forests. Wells
had been dug and curbed, baskets had
been made, brooms had been made,
shakes (shingles) had been split, fences
had been built, and the tools We're but
an AK, a saw and spade. A city of
$4,000 souls, with stone fronted PALACES
six stories high, had risen in their very
sight. 1t was mighty to them. It was
their all. New York, Philadelphia,
London, Paris, VienRa=-shese cities,
with their smooth streets and shady
vistas, were in another world.
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PosToFFICE AND CUSTOM HOUSE.
terra Gotta are everywhere. A letter
can be mailed ut the elevator shaft. The
old buildings-called old now, with only
twenty years Of age-are all doomed.
Their handsome facades, their stately
columns, arches and acanthus leaves cut
in stone must pq demolished, keeping
Chicago IN turmoil, but preparing the
city for the iabors of the future. Ii
huge monuments are prophetic it must
be that those labors are to be tremen-
dOus
Visiting Chicago.
During the next year Chicago will be
visited as Paris and New York are Wis
tied. People will not go there on bust
ness, nor to change cars for some farther
CITY, They will journey thither to in
spect the Worlds Columbian exposi-
ton. of which they have heard SO much,
and TO see Chicago, of which they have
heard so much more. What are the
chief characteristics Of that city? What
kind of place is the tourist to behold:
Are there any sights, lions, attractions!
How is living, how are hotels, how
about the drinking Water9
Chicago's Hotels.
There are about 1900 houses Ill CHI
cago, Lake View, Evanston, Hyde Park,
Englewoca, Austin and Oak Park that
carry the names Of hotels. They range
from the caravansary, with 200 suites oil
chamber and bath, to the cheap lodging
house, where ten cents will rent place
to sleep. Besides these accommodations
the newspapers teem with advertlse
ments of board to be had. and II the
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NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY.

On the night of Oct. and the whole
day of Oct. 9, 1871, this marvellous city
burned. The loss was reckoned in the
hundreds Of millions. Chicago had
been. 1t was no mora. Chicago was
like dream. These tidings1the most
frightening that the world had heard
in modern times of peace-came upon
the western states with paralyzing
force.
For days men went dazed about thset! sts.,
business. Without Chicago, what Won y !
they do? What would life be worth:
Where woul1 the news come froms-!of
nothing ever seemed to happen oH1slae
of Chicago. Withal, there was Joy that
this confagration was the greatest tnat
ever was! 1t fulfilled the fond expecta,
tions of the west. They told you So
these farmers, thrashing in their barns.
Chicago Rebuilt.
.. The CITY Of Chicago was ma'nlv fe'
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The West Side.

For many years the West Side of
Chicago was as populous as both the
other quarters. The Worlds fair and
the massing Of the millionaires' houses
on the South Side, together with the
annexation of southern suburbs, have
brought the South Side to parity in
population.
Three beautiful parks skirt the west
ern environs of Chicago, connected by
the system of drives which is to inclose
the entire city. On the northwest is
Humboldt park; centrally lies Garfield
park, with its ar,esian well. On the
southwest is Douglas park. Each of
these pleasure grounds is decorated with
handsome pavilion and still more
striking conservatory. Large lakes are
feature Of the landscape, and row.
boats may be had for hire in each park.
Union park is a pretty square on Wash
ingtOn boulevard.
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The precincts Of the fair grounds will
tecm with temporary hotels, and the
sleeping cars will be utilized. Rapid
transit will carry thousands to their far
off homes over night, and other hun
dreds of thousands will enter jackson
park to leave it at night for home, see
ing Chicago not at all. There need be
little apprehension OF trouble on the
score of accommodations for Chicago is
q vast city, with over sixty square miles
Of improved real estate 1t isa fact that
the Democratic national convention Of
1892 was not especially noticeable in the
city streets. The scene on the main
streets at the noon hour, when the great
office buildings empty their tenants for
lunch. is one not to be forgotten by per
sons inurel e solitary surroundings,
Thoroughfares.
The visitor will wish to know what
streets are Important ones in Chicago
He will be confused by the bridges, for
pc can always look two ways and see a
bridge. All the streets of the central
section of Chicago are crowded with
people, but the great thoroughfares for
the stranger may thus be named:
North Side-Clark street.
West Side-Directly west, Madison
street; going northwest, Milwaukee ave
nue.; going southwest, Blue Island ave
nue..
South Side-State street, for the stock
yards; for the fair, Wabash avenue; for
carriages, Michigan boulevard.
Thirty years ago Lake street was ali
10 all. Twenty years ago Clark street
was supreme, Now State street possesses
the most valuable front feet and cor
ners. The crowd at Christmastide is
like the gatherings in Fourteenth street,
New York city-perhaps more numerous.
Chicago has not yet reached the Baron
Haussmann stage. Her streets are near,
ly all at right angles. To relieve this evil
condition Of things there are but four Cl
five diagonal streets, and but two that
pierce the heart of the city. Along
these - namely, Milwaukee and Blue
Island avenues-live the vast foreign
populations that have so steadily swelled
Chicago's census.
This lack Of direct communication vii
fall upon visitors to the Worlds fair as
their most serious burden, for it will
often double the cost of their street Cal
fares Chicago is in reality three cities
as effectively as Brooklyn, Jersey City
and New York. With the exception OF
the new railroad, which is to so south
ward from the Douglas park region tC
Jackson park, all other roads lead down
town first and thence to the fair, Al
the same time the inconvenient situa
ton of the West Side hotel, restaurant
and boarding house keepers viii moder
ate their views of tho travellers necessi
ties, and he viii obtain measurable
abatement of high prices.
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ments for boarding house in that
quarter, he cannot go awry. He will be
safe, comfortable and economical. A
list of well known hotels is appended.
Their highest prices by the day are
given. Where that figure is nine dol
lars, it must be understood that guests
can be kept rs low as four or five dollars
a. day.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-11-12

built in the year 1872 For decade
later there was uniformity in the lines
of five story business blocks that gave to
the city solemn and mighty appearance.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-11-12

On the great thoroughfares rapid cable
cars run at a fare of five cents. From
Lake street to Jackson park is over
eight miles. Tunnels go under the
river on the North and West Sides. The
West Side cable is the newest, swiftest
and best.
We have said Chicago is three cities
the West. North and South "Sides."
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GREAT is CHICAGO!
Manifold Attractions of This Most
Marvellous of Cities.-The Won
der of the World.
HOW TO SEE THE WORLD'SFAIR
Her Characteristics Her History in
Nutshell. Her Three "Sides,"
North, West and South.

1t Is the common remark of these days
that the growth of Chicago has no par
allel in history. Fifty-five years ago
there were 1900 Chicagoans. When
the war began there were 100000.
When the great fire came there We're
100000. Now the school census shows
100000, and the gain since it was
known the Worlds Columbian exposi-
ton would be held at Chicago has been
not less than 600, 900 souls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-04

EUROPE; A select party sails April 16, for
~ Holy Land. si75 best ticketng facilities choicest
Tourist Gazette"
IL. GAZi. & SONS. $40 Broadway. y. Y. tE.t. lsH)
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q ,rifinp sum in cash. The payment of quarterly
interest ought TO throw considerable amount OF
money into the banks this week. ana no5 h mH
remarkable outward movement Oh goa shoulu
prevent strengthening in the reserves. III
fortunately, the foreign exchanges continue 10 re-
fleet persistent selling of Investment U.s.
European holders, and the foreign trade l9lahce
has been affected adversely somewhat ny inc re-
cent increase in imports of merchandise ana s,'e
falling of in our exports. few conservative
bankers look for moderate shipments of specie
this week. hut in the circumstances 1t Is TmpoSSI-
bic 10 measure the extent OF any possible move
ment -
At the Stock Exchange the general rate for
call money was per cent, but an important
proportion of the business was done at - PER
cent lime money is offered more ideeHI; ana ta
the life of the loan Extremely low rates con.
tnucd TO rule in the foreign money markets. al
London discounts have been steadily falling; clos
inc at S-sai 10 per cent. while daily balances
ruled from TO 3 per cent ending at the lower
figure On the Continent, also money Is cheap
and The foreign banks made further gains in gold
Foreign exchange has steadily hardened CONNER
cial bills being in light supply against demands
for remittance against the sale oil Amcricln SO
curitics. Rates closed l-1al,? per cent n Gq
for sterling on a basis Of 81 Sc II ana ~ -
for long and short bills respectively.
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
Additional statements Of net railroad earnings
for February were generally encouraging. although
the increased mileage is TO be taken into account
in some instances. The reports of gross earnings
for the third week in March, however. are less
satisfactory, and the aggregate figures printed IN
this column are only trli1e Ill excess Oh ldlc S'
week last year.
The Tribune has printed tho gross earnings OF
seventy railroad companies or systems Tor 'l'
third week in March. OF this number iorty one
companies return gains of S342l7i, or "a per
cent, and twenty-nine companies retuTn loses
averaging 60 per cent. The whole nnmncr gl'eS
gain over the same wcel; Of last year OF ~ IL
637 or C Der cent. II has printed also the gross
earnings of ifty-one companies for the second week
in March The whole number gives gam oil
S45j,112, 30 per cent.
following table divides the aggregates ana ulier'
ences Of the companies. showing gains and losses
Al connaaics ~ az jiS 5ls 90 $50 69j Inc. s342l -
% companies &c.. 32c5,233 3,037 093 Dec 2-''fV %
Total 20 SsS,75l s6,9os ,3ss Inc @ll'7S7 is
* connanies "a a1S 49, s. 09 Cos Inc *f9G 10 1909
Is companies .... SfS,479 sos. o90 De- 4o34 -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-04

The bank exchanges at the Ncw-Yok Clearing House
and the stocks sold NcwYork Stock Exchange last
week the week Of the preceding two years
90 At.'' D. 'Gc. April T. '01. Apll ~
Exchanges 22S 097 s.577 1870 30 706O37 .4s9
No. shares sold. 4ol,lsS 14ISIO I,|4o. 'o3
TIE MONETARY SITUATION.
The usual April settlements are being effected
without the slightest friction 10 the money
kets On the contrary, extreme ease has pre-
vailed and the banks for the last week lost orly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-04

An uNPAGALLELED AUCTION SALE.
Ahc entire valuable and unique stock OF the Oh estab
lsh,d and Well-known 1900.
FIFTH AVENUE BARGAIN not Sc, $500
Is EAST @3D-Nr. DIRECTLY orr. MADlSON-ANE
Closing out lOMOEItOW, at p. m, ana daily there
after throughout the week.
MAGNlflCENr RlCU CUT GLASS.
ELEGANT TABLE WARES. SUPERB JARDlNlERES
and every description Of
CERAMICS, FAIENtfS. POTTERY:, etc.
Al OF the highest cost goods imported
Every article put up will be sold
ABSOLUTELY, CNktSERN EDDY, Positively.
SALE begins TOMORROW. one p m. prompt, In
BASEAENf STORES
s. h1n pas, tT,XC VI De- sGld Ai;L Tx Ike ELEGANT
SHELVING costing $1,000; COUNTERS TABLES.
SHOWCASES etc.
d. LINDENBORN, AUCrIONEER.
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Storage.

A + TIE uAEGEE WAREHOUSE. SHAVE. FROM
"A 33d 3iL-st. sto FOR furniture. baggage, goods
aud Nuc. every description scpcrate closed
nents always accessible during business hours boxing.
paclting. shipping and everything appertaning 10 the
iandllng propcrty attended t. estimates furnished
and Inspection invited OGce. 300 West 3tthst.
nv HF ROOK or OPEN. AIR SPORTS, octave. 500 pages
Illustrated The standard authority on American open.
air amusemcnts iiules Tor sailing swimming ball play.
horseback riding &c. &C.. full Of
copy. Published BY The Tribune. New.YorA
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financial elections.

OFFICE OF
NEW YORK LIVE INSURANCE COMPANY.
$40 and 3iS Broadway, New York CITY.
4 y ELECTION for five trustees of the third
~ class and Tor three mspoSt1rs of tho next
elcc Will Is held at the oncc the Company on
ncday. iath Aprli, 1892. between the houis Of 10
A. NJ. and l.. NJ.
CuAS {. WHITNEY,
Secretary.
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auction Sales.
Decorative and Household China.
WILHELM & GRAEF,

which has been appraised at nearly 5000 600 Sale abso
lutc OF expiration OF copartnershp Included
IN" stock many examples OF Ceramic Art Of very
high decorated by the noted porcelain
painters 81 Euope. several notable pieces will be sold
q Monday April {. among Others the following
PAIE TURQUOISE GLASS VASES. 81 feet high. by
Grr chargottsch the Imperial Court OF Ger
many. Decorations 6y PiNi~-Seefricd and the Rhine
Daughtcr~ aid Wotan's Farewell
ROYAL DRESDEN PANEL Titan. Venus
FAIR SEVEES PORCELAIN NASEs-Ncarly three
feet high. Decorations by tsuileman.
PAIR VASES old Vienna. jupiter and Juno. Toilet
Of Venus Penelope, Web. Eacchus. and Ariadne.
pOrLTON FIGURE Sbyock-Old IVORY and Colors
PAIR ENGLISH PORCELAIN NASES-ENhibition
Piece. rs Moor of Lonston. Coisonne decoration.
VERY FINE caro- III MONTE EPERGNE-3 feet
high-wth figure aud sconccs.
VTRNIS MARTIN CABINET.
And many other fine pieces Table Services Clocks. &c.
Sale At O'Clock. and will continue daily at
same hour until entire stock Is disposed Of
Tho special pieces above mentioned and others Of equal
ml.rtancc Will sold between and O'Clock Monday,
April 1.
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1,nanrial.
Richmond and West Point
Terminal Railway and
Warehouse Company.

tn TIE HOLDERS OF SECURITIES OF THE
RICHMOND AND WEST POINT TERMINAL fAih'
WAY AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY
TIE Central Trust Company Certificates wh'c" NJ.
heinz issued In exchange for the securities dePo
uudcr the plan Of reorganization HAVE D
LISTED on TUE NEW.YORK STOCK EXCfAN"h'
The Committee desire 10 Impress upon you inc '"-
portancc of dcpo sitting your securities forthw"' "
tIot there may be no delay in declaring the pa"
effective.
The holders Of the securities the auxiliary corp"-
nj tied operate and become p"re'o
the pap 10 prc.erve the integrity Of this large system
Of Railroads. the disntc of which woW" prove
disa strous TO such securltcs
Comics Of the Plan of REORGANIZATION may oc "h"
nj the Office OF the CcniraI Tru.t Company oil new
York.
New York, April ,, 1892.
FREDERIC p. OLCOTT,
OLIVER II. PAYNE.
FREDERICK d. TAPPEN,
WILLIAM H. PERKINS.
HENRY BULGE,
nc FAIINESTOCK.
j. KENNEDY TOD,
Committee.
"a Wall Street New.York
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In another column will he found INC t au'tp
tiscmont NJ IIolistcr & Bahcock. Offering for IN
ycstn,cnt $500. 900 Of ) per cent first mortgage
bonds of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois KMlrola
Company. due November L. 1887. Win interest
PAYABLE in May and November.
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GREEN BAY, WlN0NA 4 ST. PAUL
RAILROAD COMPANY.

NOTICE.
NJ ders n, tho Stock and Bcnds n the Grofn Bay,
,ynone and 81 Paul Ralroaf Company requested n
.sn Agreement Of Reorganization. dated 24th DAY Of FEB
rsiy Isoe and 70 depos; their holdings win The Far
roer. I,,n and trust Company Tor which negotiable
ccipts viii hc given.
ApplLa, OF will lnrroc lately De made u lst N" To-
~ ganiyauoa c.- dcrosit IN" Stock Exchange
Al bon hcder> Who have not signed the saf
AZ, .ocn: or SHAH fal {, d"p's thor bonds ana
stock on o. tho 81 day q APRIL l-,2 shall Zen
forfeit any eht come IN under l!d Agreement except
pv the cypress pcrfson - The committee. AMI on such
prni. ~ lmicsf.
Copln q agr~-n'nt may b" had a. the ofee Z" the
sec,.,ary Mills ruidng New.Yor. CITY. any member
oi the Committee.
HERBERT H. TURNER,
VI. TAYLOR Pl\F.
JOSEPH WALKER. Jr.,
Secretary.