The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-08
cHIcAeo's GREATNESS.
Compiled Facts Showing That City's
Wonderful Growth.

Chicago has Just Sceiebrated its first
centennial, and the Tribune publishes the
following informing facts about the town.
The total mileage Of water pipes now
IN use is l9l.sf mics.
Including those Of the trust. there are
pa retail cigar stores.
During 1902 20500 marriage licenses
were issued by the county clerk;
Retail meat markets, Of which there
are LOIS are scattered an over town.
chicago parks seventeen IN number
are collectively the finest in the world
The total expenses Tor running the city
Of Chicago for 1902 were &l50S5, i2st9.
The grocer is much IN evidence, as there
are A532 retail grocery establishments
II costs Chicago $4,000 year 70 re-
move the snow from the principal busi-
Forty thousand men call the cheap
lodging houses home" during tho winter
months.
I'm 1901 tho total grain shipments TO Chi
CaRo amounted 90 til.Z0L635 bushels.
The longest thorOUEhfare in Chicago is
Western avenue, which IS twenty two
miles I'm length
seven miles Of sewers were in operation
On Chicago ON Jan l.. 1903.
Three thousand one hundred and sew
cnty-nve dressmakers arc engaged Nl
clothing Chicago women.
There are 5.802 saloons. 90 asylums. lb
pawnshops 81 cemeteries and l4o con-
Chicago is rapidly becoming a musical
center. Its orchestra is now considered
the best in existence.
TT requires the professional sklu OF llt7
dentists 20 keep upwards Of 100000 sets
Of teeth In order
Two hundred and ninety hotels cater
acceptably 90 the large and increasing
demands made upon them by visitors.
The Erain-that is. the wheat. corn,
oats. rye and barley-receiyed during the
last year amounted to ls5.53I-3A bushels
The total street mileage iu a straight
line would reach from Lake Michigan TO
the Pacific. The official tota! is 21gs.3l
The flour received I'm Chicago during
1902 amounted 10 7.395307 barrels, Of which
5.S3944l barrels were shipped all over the
world
The profession Of Blackstone evidently
strikes the fancy Of the ambitious Chi
CaEOau. as there are fully 4Od lawyers.
There are 395 artists. a" watchmak ers
and jewelers., 353 architects, 80 bakers.
] go BARRIERS. 1913 photographers and il
express companies.
Within the confines or the city are TO
be found $50 churches. - converts. u u
braries. 5S hospitals and POP public schools
attended by 215,000 children
while Chicago's death rate is but 1872
per thousand of population. there are
1892 physicians whose prescriptions may
be prepared at any one Of the 9Z2 drug
stores.
There are $50 Iaundries. 2l7 Of which
are Chinese: 80 ChirOpOdists. Is Chinese
stores. 30 caterers. 80 carpenters ana
builders. ~ kalsOmineUs. 80 cabinet-mak-
crs and 1l3 building and loan associations.
The name Chicago has been evolved
from Che-cau-Eou. a name given by the
Illinois Indians 10 a fort which IN the
early DAYS was located on the Chicago
river. Practically defined In plain Eng
fish. Chicago means strong. mighty, pow
.erful.
Dressed beef to the amount Of 1919 SOL
165 pounds 9O99lS cattle. S3l. T2S sheep.
1.25i79S hogs. l506l5 pounds of dressed
pork. 3S2. f9S. O6g pounds Of lard and go, 70
Ss9.799 pounds of meats in various form
were shipped out Of Chicago during 1902.
There may be found $50 boarding houses.
106 employment agencies. 2l3 florists, y
theatres 125 chemists - claim agents
q ClairvOvauts. % dermatologists. III
trained nurses. 24f6 cOnfectioners, 40
professional trauslators and 3j1 undertake
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