Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-09-04
CHICAGO AND THE
GREAT MIDDLE WEST,
OBSERVATIONS of an Old Vireinian
in Posing Through that
City and Section.


Water." the Mississippi river at Bur
lington, Town, aud spending a dav at
Chicago. There is so much To H..
seen IN this great city by the Lake.
sometimes called the windy city. As
one passes along the busy, crow i.
ed thoronghfares, with moving mass
es of humanity, the trains of electric
cars, and vehicles of every descrip-
ton and the rushing of the overhead
cars, making terrible din and
racket, You cannot but wonder
how smoothly every thing mo,cs
along, with comparatively few acct
dents, considering the great throu 20
OF people. The noise in the Board
OF Trade building is simply deafen-
ing, and to the eye of the casual ob.
server the men surrounding the
wheat and corn pits uct more like
Iunatlcs than rational beings The
city has many immense building
/ sky scrapers in height The Great
Northern hotel Is stories high. with
its famous roof garden, the Masonic
Temple p stories in height. 354 feet
to top of Observatory, where "A mag
niiiceut view can be- had of the c.tv
and lake Michigan with its clear
waters and shipping interest The
1 Temple also has large Auditorium
on the top floor, where matinecs are
given daily. afternoon and evening.
One can spend hours in the Chica.
+ Art Institute. To the student of
Artand Sculpture this il very inter
cstlng, viewing those magnificent
paintings from the hands of the
Master Artists. The public library
Is fine building. Here one can
spend much time. Lincoln Park Is
noted for its landscape garden and
las beautiful flowers. that seem 20 be
holding high carnival, in all their
royal beauty and sweetness. The
/ famous Lake Shore drive with its
long line of palatia residences, the
mansions of the mllionaires, extend
Ing over Il mile are these immense
palaces of the rich, including that of
the famous society woman. Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer. Grand Avenue is "A
magnificent driving street; il is very
wide, and shaded by four rows of
beautiful trees. Buggies. carriages
and automobiles keep the center,
aud the bicycles the two side tracks
nexl the side walks. Michigan Ave
uue and Drexel Boulevard are also
beautiful streets with handsome resi-.
dences. State street Is the great
prominade avenue for the ladies
while out shopping. There are mag
niicrnt stores on this street, enOr-
nous in size. among them is Fields
great store. There are many i'm
msnse banking houses, and Insurance
buildings. The new Post Office will
occupy one entire block, and will be
ii stupendous affair.
One of the most pleasant street
car rides IS on the line that passes
through the t0nnel under the Chi
cego river. 1t is especially refresh
ing to go through the tunnel on n
hot day. 1t is all brilliantly lighted
by electricity. The city is supplied
with pure water from the lake that
comes through pipes, that extend
five miles out in the lake, to the
great water cribs. Within the last 3
months there has been quite boom
in Church buildings in the city,
some 81 very pretenious and hand
some structures of stone and brick
have been erected, costing from S25,
600 to $75, OC0. One third of them
are Roman Catholic; the rest are
evenly DIVIDED among the Methodist,
Presbyterian, and Jewish. The
Gothic and Roman styles predomi-
nate, and many are remarkable for
architectural beauty. 1t is said the
Christian Scientist are the wealthiest
congregation III the city. In addi-
tion to their magnificent Church
structures, they own fine property,
the rental value of which brings in
an enormous income for the main
tainance of their churches The
Dowyites seem to be very numerous
there, and 1t is said Dowy is raking
in the money.