Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-05
CHICAGO MARVELS
ATALE OF WONDER
Great Industries Have Made
Her One of Worlds
Greatest Cities.

national cOnNeHticH' - 'he
of a bulletin from the NationaI Geo
graphic Society. based on communi-
cation from William Joseph Showal-
ter, as follows:
topography made Chicago. Its po-
sition at the foot of the great lahes
resulted in its evolution as the lal ~,
est inland terminus OF Navigation
the inland seas
of geography. Chicago soon returteu
the compliment by helping geosrap.s
transform other regions It's siauS ~
terfng and packing indusus S
changed the center OF graz ;c,,i.
noeat-nroducing world. It's asrlcu.
tural implement industry has reNisea
the economic status of more thah ma.
of the inhabitants of the earth. us
sleeping-car industry has entirely
yised the geography OF traVel, ~ =,
Ng hundreds of places sepa Zach
![s ,n'a'" and ''A'" close 70 $AS'
Bird.s-Eye Inventory.
H., - interesting to pause for
h;rd,s-eye inventory of what the CIV.
is today. Fourth in populatiol.
ranks first among the Worio NJ
urban centers in many way
other place butchers as much &C
makes as much machinery, bulios Dc
handles as much Iumoer. o,+
.arhe Michigan avenue improvement
20 a major feature of the now famous
Chicago plan. The beauti1ul ms
way, with its connecting go,
,,nites the North Shore with the Soutn
Sac For wears this thorough1are
mas heen the pride of Chicago ana
the admiration of all VINO NisiI tI'e
city. AS part of the Lake sno.e
drive that. links the woods OF SOUR
northern Indiana, it is maShiheeh'
ITO secure the full benefits of her
situation, the city is undertaking 10
connect her three great LAKESIDE
parks Already Lincoln Park mas
edged a narrow way southwark along
the beach until there is wonderful
curying stretch of green reaching 10
Grand avenue and making 1our
mile parkway unbroken and unmar-
red
spends $J.OO0.OOo on Parks.
.sThe city annually spends s5.o0o.Oo0
for park purposes; more per CAPITA
perhaps. than any other Guy OF ~.
first, order in existence. There is not
a Keep off the grass in the entire
park system: and all recreatlonal
facilities are free except the boats in
the iagoons. -.
+
were teed off in 1916. Twice as many
people play on the long course IN
jackson Park as play on the long
course at the historic links at ST. An
drew No charge is made for play
ing and there are locker accommoda-
tons for 5000, while some sixty an
hour can be started in play. Ere
Quently players have remained up all
night in order to get a chance TO tee
off next day.
There is a swimming hole within
walking distance of every boy in Chi
cago: and even with the fine munich
pal bathing beaches of the lake front
not far away, these midcity park Ia
goons are always in use. providing
joy for the hearts of the kiddies who
visit them.
"Chicago's hold on the slaughtering
and packing of meat is only less
striking than it's supremacy in the,
harvester and Irvine industries. One
fourth Of III the meat animals that
leave til, farms and ranches of the
United States are bound for the but
cher's blocks of the lakeside metrop-
oils.
Pullman Statistics.
.Tna.sine a hotel with 100000 beds.
$3.50 Office desks. and total regis
tration of 100000 guests a year.
And imagine it's having 5000 negro
porterS carrying a stock of linen
$4,000 worth of soap annually. Such
is the Pullman Company, with head
quarters in Chicago, as typified by the
cars in It's service.
selling goods to 5000 900 customers
q year, ha ndling a hundred thousand
orders a day in ordinary times. and
in rush times nearly twice as many.
nothing but the most phenomenal
system would stand the strain that
the inail-order business of the worlds
greatest mail order house involves.
The story of how the vast food of
orders flows in and the deluge of
MERCHANDISE that flows out is an in
spir3ng tale of Chicago business.
The main plant covers fifty acres
andshas more than ninety acres of floor
space. From the mechanical letter,
opeker that can dispose of $4,000
PIECES of mail an hour to the shipping
room. where the merchandise finally
starts on it's way toward the custo-
inert nothing but organization raised
to the nth power could cope with the
vast volume of business that sweeps
through the great institution.
Stores Wonderful Growth.
There may be one or two other de-
partment stores in the world outside
of chicago that have outgrown full
citytblock, but certainly no other such
storf has outgrown as large a block
nor occupied more floor area than
engages leading establishment. The
square bounded by Wabash. Wash
ing pn. State and Randolph streets
is al big one-how big may be gath
cred from the statement that the
basement salesroom of this institu-
tom covers four acres of ground
while the main aisle on the main
floor of the establishment is nearly
400 feet long.
And yet the structure covering
that block. thirteen stories high. with
four easements below. is unable to
accommodate that vast retail bust
ness built up by the merchant prince
ofsthe middle west; SO across Wash
ington street there is a second build
ing. big enough in itself for a prince
ly business, housing a mans depart
ment store.
Imagine a retail business that re-
Guires forty-six acres of floor space,
vet of such high-class that more than
sixty running miles of carpet are laid
down to maintain the quiet elegance
of the esta Enlistment. Fancy an army
of shoppers so numerous that sew
enty-seven passenger elevators are
sadly overworked when high-water
mark is reached, and volume of
purchases that requires sixteen big
freight lifts to handle it."