The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-09
Chicago's Greatness.

Chicago has just celebrated it's first
centennial and the Tribune published
the following informing facts about
the town:
The total mileage Of water pipes
now in use 10 191 ,874 miles.
: Including those of The trust there
are 1924 retail cigar stores.
During 1902 20, 500 marriage licen-
ses were issued by the county clerk.
Retail meat markets. OF which there
are 1873 are scattered all over town.
Chicago's parks, seventeen in num-
Der, are collectively tho finest in the
world.
The total expenses for running the
city Of Chicago for 1902 were SIS ,0G5,-
42e,99.
The grocer is much in evidence, IS
there are 1852 retail grocery estab-
lishments.
Il costs Chicago $4,000 year to
remove the snow from it's principal
business streets.
Forty thousand men call the cheap
lodging houses "home" during the
winter months.
In 1901 the total grain shipments
to Chicago amounted to 245, ,207 ,653
bushels.
The longest thoroughfare in Chi
cago is Western avenue, which is
twenty-five miles in length.
One thousand Eve hundred and
twenty-seveu miles Of sewers were
in operation in Chicago on January /,
1903.
Three thousand one hundred and
seventy.fve dressmakers are engaged
In clothing Chicago women.
There are $500 saloons. 60 asylums,
76 pawn shops, 81 cemeteries and 40
oonstables in Chicago.
Chicago is rapidly becoming must
cal centre. It's orchestra is consider
ed the best now in existence.
Il requires che professional skill Of
1,i75 densiets to keep upward Of g.
600, 600 sets OF seeth in order.
Two hundred and ninety hotels
cater aooeptably 70 the large and in
eEeasiug demands made upon them by
visitose.
The graiu-that is, the wheat, corn,
oats, rye and bagley-Eeceived during
che last year amounted to 1s5, ,537 ,374
bushele.
The total street mileage in o ptroight
line would reach from Lake Michigan
to the Pacific. The official total is
2,79s. 81 miles.
The acur received at Chicago dur.
ing 1902 amounted to 1885, ,2O7 bar
rels, Of which $3.50, Al barrels were
shipped all over the world.
The profession of. Blackst evi-
dently strikes the fecc; ose ::hhu um-
bilious Chicsgoan, as there are fully
4,G7I is15sTs.
There are 395 artists, AT watch.
makers and jewellers, 1863 architects,
s26 bakers, 1920 BARRIERS, 1913 pho
tographers and IL express companies.
Within the confines Of the city are
to be found 780 churches, 20 converts,
81 libraries, 58 hospitals and 292
public schools, attended by 275,O0O
children.
While Chioago's death rate is bu:
1872 per thousand of population, there
are 1882 physicians, whose prescrip-
tiens msy be prepared at any one Of
the 922 drug stores.
There are 630 laundries, 2l7 Of
which are Chinese; 62 chiropodists,
Is Chinese stores. 33 caterers. 757
carpenters and builders, ~ kalsomi-
ners, 49 cabinet-makers and 113 build
ing and loan associations.
The name Chicago has been evolved
from Che-cau-gou, o name given by
the Illinois Indians tn fort Which IN
the early days was located on the
Chicago River. Practically defined
in plain English, Chicago means
strong, mighty, powerful.
Dressed beef to the amount OF l.
O49, ,801, ,765 pounds, 9O9,919 cattle,