The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-09-28
ON A BIG SCALE.
The way Things are done at Chicago =
Preparations for the Worlds Fair


Editor ENTERPRISE Recently it came
about that spent seven days in Chicago.
l had been there many times, but not re.
Gently, when had the opportunity to take
a good look.
have frequently visited large cities and
wondered how il came about that these
were built as the visitor finds them, al
tractive in many ways, but each city clear
ly possesses its special features, differing
widely from cities Of the same state or ma
tion.
entered Chicago on fine morning,
not thinking Of its special elevation above
other modern cities Very soon l found
myself on the second count Of the win
dows oil a sixteen.story building, Several
buildings of about this altitude rose full
in view-gigantic specimens of the latest
in fashion at the hands of the city builder.
irst entered the chamber of commerce,
fifteen stories high, four elevators on the
right 60 as fur as the eighth floor, stopping
to receive or land passengers. On the OPP
posite side are four more elevators and by
these is posted these cars made no stop
below the seventh floor" A building so
high that through cars are required-or
rapid transit run on the perpendicular-to
accomodate the public, is something that
our grandfathers, wise and ambitious In
their day, knew nothing about. This
building, like most Of its class, is finish.
ed for Offices and has about 20OO such
rooms, occupied by about 5000 people.
Although many of the offices and all the
rents aIe high, am told that the net in
come from the building is not over 4 per
cent on the cost of the structure.
The Masonic Temple, hardly completed,
stands at the corner of State and Randolph
streets OF this great Office building other
cities OF the globe have produced no par
allel. Sixteen elevators with carrying
capacity of forty thousand passengers per
day 20 up to the nineteenth floor. The
through cars make the trir in thirty sec
onds. l paid twenty-five cents to stand on
the twenty6rst floor Of this mighty pile Of
iron and masonry, 302 feet above the
street, and view the city, The people so
far below look small, while the fashion
able lady could hardly be guessed from
the most ordinary domestic.
Several more high buildings are in pro-
cess of construction.
Business called me twelve miles out the
l. c. railroad TO Pullman, finely built
city, constructed Of red brick, 1000 pop
ulation and no real estate office. SO far
as the city is built there are no vacant lots.
The Pullman company own and rent the
houses and employ in their shops here
about 500 people. A very young suburb
of Chicago. Here, in use, is the great
double engine that furnished power for
machinery hall at Philadelphia in 1875.
visited Jackson park and found the
worlds fair building far toward compile
tion and massive in the extreme. or this
stupenduous undertaking there appears
no reason TO believe that the world has
ever shown an equal, and l adyise every
loyal American and as many foreigners
as can to early arrange and visit Chicago
during the exposition.
came east by the Lake Shore railroad
and greatly to my surprise, saw eight con-
struction trains filling even slight says In
the tracks, besides making expensive i'm
provements on the road bed. had long
understood that the Lake Shore had the
best Of road beds and train service, but
when l come 10 see what they are now do
ing, also fitting out the common coaches
with twenty large gas jets each, l asked
why all this, andywas told that they pro-
posed TO be in the best shape Of any 10
safely carry passengers to the worlds fair,
In conclusion, allow me to say: Better
than to see Paris, attend the worlds fair.