Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 9, 1872, Page 9

! i THE CH'[CAGO DAILY TR BUI\E WEDNESDA 00’ ‘OB}LR 9 1872. 9 1t wea g0on evidant that those other e roles of art, 35d have probably erécted onb uf the | datended for coMstant vse, running from the ground Tisestnd mow: beautifal bullding>Crents 1a the wotld. | focr fo the npoer Stories. Taey bave e advanioge, (o3, of 3 stoong contrast on | Thé building wil messtre 843 b %1 feet, Baving in de,in tae plsiniron, fronton e mord, sndin | 4 coatre 3 comrtyurd & by S fect which will ke fize rich "browm ctono Gothie buiiding erected by tho | roofed over with gliss <t 3 level with the second stcry. Sorce estate on the corzer, As that portion of the frst story fooz undeslying tis Another good illustration of the pure claesical styls | glsss roof will bé laid with illaminated tile, and as the sy be be fonnd in Duilling will be susrounded by an ares 8 feet wide, the HONORE'S BUILDING, Tasement wil bo neariy ss well lighted from the wiz- fhe richness of decoration in which Sttracts universal | dows snd the flidmisated Hoor ax the urpes steries, sttention, and evokes admiration everywhere. In the | Thi8 baroment story and the firat Socr wil be dzz0ted w0 buidings here noted, tho improvement in rehf | exclusively 1o Post OFsce arposes, sad the space thas tecture can be realized by s compericon of the present | afloted to the Post ©fice 13 about elght times he structures with their predecessors. Tke amomnt wlich ihe old Pcst Oice buildinz sfordsd. CORSER 07 WASHIEGTO' A0 DrARNORS sTASTYs | ZBSsecond aiery will o asvignac fo the Clsioms De- sleo furaielies some matter for congratulation and zo- | partment, Eubressury, Inferaal Revenue, Penion, Section. O taree commers, the sotiwest, 7 "z:fl and o'her ofces, znd fhe third Btors to {28 Coited in detail | States Cirenit and District Courts, Thers will alzo be 38Pecions st which bia 2ot 5 ot been assgaod for an3 special i wvnllxxg to um 3 the opeplngs of the first 3 mes- A", Svine s wariiens i e centre, terminated with zn claborately ormmented ! I ;m’n;_m.nzg The introdos of the xrdn“ 8 alsa elzbo- ely carT e Story cornice is enri i) 52004 Portland Block, & massize stope buildirg, foll | 5 crrved bed meld znd dentals, ad the So.nu on ¢ windows, but aitelly moting in omemeatdfsuy | the weatbeting v corered with fhe pip- Hind. In its place x:ggr-nmtznt ock in the | ing peculiar “to this siyle of srchitecture. s ke tho. Iotersection | Tuore fhis the recond slory commeroes ea ese streois a remarkable bpot, and give strangers | 3 stvlobste, the panelings underneath the windows i85 o e geneat cliszacterof the cify, withont | being pierced in In efocive manner. The openng travelling round. Portlind Block is a fino specimen | cx this story zre flanted by bold squars columns, of modern Gothit, a style which lasnot bee fonnd | perled in the ceatro by = steppsd chamger, and g very popular in this city. ing stopped champfers cn {50 edges. The caps 3o STAIE STREET, arerichly carved, znd hve £06 proportions, Kese between Randolph and Waehingion, furaishes & fine, | the windyws are semicinaior, sod the architzave. 18 quiet specimen. Another, opposite Potter Palmer's | sightly pointed. Thocoraice of this siory is also Hotel on the southwert cormer of Slate aud onrue | enxiched, and the BEDE featuro on the vesthering 2nd the German Baok, on the corner of Velis snd | is agatn fatroduced. The thfd story is similarfo the aahington, are (o odly olber Hotshle bulldings i | recead, tho proseriions snd detas oRly GUICHoE, this styte; the Centzal Block, howerer, migit e in- | The windows ef these tro staries zre AV af 16 clnded. centre and at the spricging with stoze mullions, and PORTLAND TLOCE each zngle of the various breaks of the entire 1s 2 novelty In matesia) as well as sigle, a0 53 such i3 | szo. BesRAy - qaotnd. wih iy oaided sn The red Philedelphis brick, bsck Jolnts, 2ud | massice quoins. ADovs fle thixd oy the tartling contrast told nain to the mars m’l’i'uum h‘u’.flwdmgm its vicinity, Tao | and \".gnmmly onmned Mc{s that. spnnnp?m the use of strongly conirasted materials has not met with | corner quoins and the squaze colamne, This co 25 much encouragement hore as elsewhere, noris that | bas oo original feature, in the Tatroduction n!ah.l.nl,v fact much {0 be regretted, The examples we have are | ornam: balostrade at A DT inistion: Thils we Bave B Yo MY s T Baumans E g ormpr e SAB ol 1910m om0 2l 88 3 §§ BEoBue! BERRGREwH i T S ) o 2 g N o 88 %}3 §§§§ wanen wEdRanaan 283 B 9 & BBs 3% 88 8 vonwey arlaamaar BUILDING MATERIAL. “The increased use of stons in the architecture of the city is, from an artistio polnt of vicw, ome of the Chief improvements occastoned by the fire. A very largs oumber of different kinds of stone hiave been used, and. scroen of this cornice is highly enriched, as ave also the bw&hwbldzlnppvnk. Abova the cornice thoatiic story ariscs, and s snrmounted by 3 etofp o uz‘; %fi:flrfl fl-u(zmcnt, w;&nmumpykg‘ ez:r.g xngm@ TS pe i to the uninitisted: ‘what bacineyed feature. m the centrs proj on3 {ngewas g wiitts imisine, Eniawn 8 instrum, children, ~$bey require | on esch of ihe four fronts of the building asise twin vexy carcful bandling. e constructed ent Hoiher siztkiag cormor is 3t th fntesecton of StaDiioN sTREET: whmtkefinflnpkm@mflnhdlngmm)nmofi e ot 1n design, ot least in on. o the ballaings ane In 1he somewat glooms, bec 2and bandsorae, Buena Visia stone, and sre good types ATHESS aanLE, o Jolist limestone, found in large quantities in this State, and near enough to make its shipment to Chi- cago s mattar of verylitile comparative cost. Tho ex- tensivonso of this material in tho most prominent tuildings had given to the city already, and promised siTeeis 153 Yeet. The cod projectiors on Ciark and Dearborn streets are gsbled to conform to the ehaps glthe xoof, and the xhy linois gndly and boldly broken by towers, sttic windows, gables, and chime to give mare in the future, 3 light, bright, 2ad slmost | of the clasa ntbnfldh}g'h.\chwehn“nmmadnbu\-r. The former is very elaborate, and the Chicagoan who Smnld make the neasnly zppropristion Fronch spposrance. Houore's Bulldings, the Bigelow | 10 fommer S Yoy S Pon i GO0 00 RN e | or the o= oention of this phan, 1515 cmsiod bhet the Block, the Merchants® Insurznce Compsny’s and Trep- | wiil sczreely regret the Oid Chicazo. entire bLuilding vfl!beoomp.lzledmdl!sd}‘lu: occa- ‘orx Bulldings, Morrison Bullding, and many others, | Tho French wreatmert of the Italin isfonndin | paney in foor years the its commezce TEE XEW SHERXAS EOTSE, ment. which, in paint of design and finish, were thehand- | ) 1o rendared effective. Onet?motbn:kmt 3ir.. C. Bankin, an aschitect of much professions: somest fu tho city, wers built of this fresh-looX- | 1y ctrong contrasts, however, in the facade. t, and tfimuh‘lrsl and acoem, dentat ‘our city, bas resigned the positian of Aseist- o Archiiectof ‘tho Tetasars Degare: me.wma.,nunmmmm five sears, far ths esurming his resideace here, ad suparin- T S e ere ol T bang, cmavEzs oF coxERCr. o Notbing better lustrstes the foling which animated unfortumate citizens immedictelr after tho Aro it the eondet of the Chaamber of Commercn. Aiso. cislon. Enowi tog and plecsing etone. There is Do doubt | visions separting th wings are plain to_boldness, tho that, bui- for the fire, weo should have | remninder strangely rich. The bulldicg, consequent- Tound iis popularty constantly increasing, cnd the | 1535 3 t33e 3¢ 2 general effect, but 43, nevertielessy Grddings wh,cnwmtnmumdmm ‘hundreds ;‘ggfi',‘fldmu&m s mare eniteated ape of shanties visiblo in conspicnons places would doudt- | pearance, 1ess have boen built of it. But the effect of ke fames ©n the imestones ganerally was dissstrons. It calcin- ©d them altogether, so that when thay coled it sesmed astbuugh they had actually burned ke wood. east wing of the old Court House which is still on Clark street, ndoiming the eouiteast corner of Bam- el 13 3 pleasing siruciuze. Thostle 2 conglom- ) m’f.;‘f""‘“fi’n‘e“x‘?"& 2 ‘;fi,“.;'?:;';?.’,’s ing the building {n which s0 much of the businesy of possasses less power of co tofign: the city wes transacted, they met on Octaber 11, 3t No. #uch as that of this dsy last year than any stone but :lue:nflmfieunomnmfls.lmegnfl? e s e O W sue oy handlcr, Waiker, and. Brooks. 3 Joner. o3 gran Fllathand Guretias yes luen futed o fufe o e bigh poaition it ance ooeupled 353 bullding material. seembat io be Qaploced, 8 the substitates for it.inm Ohio and Lake Superior sandstones, whilo substantial in their appesrance, are too grave e Scanine S Got b, T hae Dace Sl fo 0 Togs t in the rebulding, and s the resollec: Hon of the firg fades out, and of §ts effect on Limestones 15 fargottes, the Iinois marble will recover in a great ‘Toeasure its farmer popularity. 1t is still used in some of our finest Julldings. X . Honore is bulding 3 sixstary stristuro feom Jesigns by Wheelock & omashon mmuunmbmmaums strests, e Mg o e Dearly every building; Pike's bandsome building, core figl;:my = s;:.x a%&mx“xfigfimafik s Bavings a0 5D g8 aroof the sume material, Thers ore just énough 1o fortad the moeting with 3 esstrment_of s probable affairs of the smpany The insuraznen Eessing ion practioad ere. With the obvlonsly h:gs fam o[snoney cxpended on this structure, it et TEELIY RAVINGS BASE 524 Hooley's Thestro have farmed 3 framt of which Baner & Lotalts the enccesstul archilectsy Tty b Justly proud, Thestylois docidedly French, znd dis- L5t Buicisn ingennily, or & (howough ity witn French architecturs, either of which be ts, with power parted on Oct. 27 that Mr., Cochrane, the architect, had Enepared designs for the new bullaiig, which hsd beea accopted by them. The slone contiact was Given to “Ths baiidiog iy comstructad of Buens Vists eione, 18 very massiveand elegant in it proportions and de- % math i3 maw pramcamced shomd o Lot I o the diiy, 1f in'the countzy, i3 patat of aechizscture. T tuilding &= 9x100.6. The basement it {hehcs abov, the. EMewaik: and 1515 fosk high. The second story is 16 feet high in the clear, and the Board of Trade room 45 feet hizhin the clear, The height of the bullding from Aidewalk o corilos fs € Loet, aid to the top of tho bxlastinde 97 fest. ‘The basement 1ad story are divided into afices, and sre rented to different pariles. The ihird and fousth stories are for the nze of the Board of Trade. The cost of the bulld- RANDOLYPE AND L SALLE STRYETS. “The ingenuity and exquisite taste of tho inclsed arms~ mentstion and #he, trestment of the pilsstersis , although the effect of thored Erick and Amberst stone msy not be allogother pleaging, espe- ‘ially o the proporsions i which thematerisls are vsed m this building. THE METUOPOLITAN an the narthwest coraer, 1a 8. 26 bldidg, and in the old ity would have been conridered amost sumpiu. gus edifiee Tt the promise fiven to the warld by (he Bost story has mot héen, fulilied, and the bulding fa xazerial before ph m., to Miivakes, St Lowis, and Bacine for uss- | dence of Chicago journalistic enternrise. It is situsted [ g mmmct BRo buildisg. - A uncavered allay will Brick for e mew city.. 1o most _af the Which were started numx‘ days of the 170 gevg evidcnes oF this frt B rebuilding, e athers waud have foRowel sty bt suScets our new era came fall upon us, and the results we are aoting, Evers ouo who hsd not a5 set his pressed Trick delivered, conntermsnded Iiis arders or ehanged oomtracts. his &:flvndiemkfldmr f£ime buildings has been since abmoat oatirels Seveif of chasacier. Tae uee of the Tighter stone for cornices, beltings, and window-caj uamwnznm,mtmannmmgunm.mm bemid to rauk High among the suuctures of the 'hn elsborate own with the ulldings, Bifs thas § haa not beeny curried o mryhigh:,md will be more notable as the buldtngs in mmzavsdm e Batabed 1 bar oo Carachs pratse on LaSalle stree e the Court Hose, o the site Mmuzmflle effective. Iron fronts are | Jasboen ot a8 numerous as they womld havo been, though Tocis sppasrence, would warrant their use 14 prefe VISTA FDEESTONE, ublch is Imdmsmmi County, Ob.'u. near Buens Vists, 16 miles west of Portsmoutl, on the Obio River, flling contracts 02 time The ict in which the stone isfound is about S miles T s frescoing of the cefling flmdmntm in Ohio and sbont twice as much an the otherside Th _-xls & large o7zl in tho centre, two smaller ones at Tight Shgles toit and Panels of different sizes, Theouals ave cf ekylue, ad the larger onols re- Leved Uy light, fiscoy clonds. The panels ere all of delicate green tint, -uxvdydhdnmb:mlmmhlm. The general of colors is judicious, begine g it the prevalliog tink of basin the oot of the ‘whith fudes fcet dnto pale green, sd men into sober drab and groy upen the walla, The pancls, at the ends snd sides, are sdorned with scroll-worl ‘Telleved by fancy eketchies. The scroll-work npon the supparts m aquare of tozlverin Bentacky. The qually of the stose Eentucky, hower m,umuonndmmn. ltnmtu!, huw- ever, that another quarry has been ek, e o w bater qualty, If ot the - thomhrzet, it e stoms 1 Sommd o I ane of ‘which, & the building xgd;l’? uxt‘:rfied?!ybdngwn- Eldecel & for use 12 fne bulting. _ This Iidge s gen ZABARe i maeIow szecns will %t lanct now, 5 very £ne spot for examining %& will be 3 elassical bulld- o) -bofi':rmozguodmadmm Clearing it an esnential to the appesranca of the stone, 20d 8 failare to do it produces a poor-looking 123 crenzellated bozder of s ceiling terminates d-_»xll:g. from the roints of which depend delicztn fantastio orpaments of buds, acorns, tnd leaves, Both meree, Notice his been h!nmhmetnfimunllhahn— Tpon them 15 No. 2 Buens Vista stonea quality which provement of 234 might seem 5 little dull 2ad heavy, were not the vrw.klbe usod only for sewerage pi cin- E;;’;“’g%?fia ;_mm Mmé h;l!&\'adad with th‘t.cin s nn;x ummmg. ‘u.x;i- Van Buren, Adams, m\mn,mnm,wm way the berder, an e 30d 2t tho ends of the p e O A ! | SR N R I S Fiekats ney Tt 3 e Borth e Bofhy fhe o sy ala by e | St e bentas ol | e last thres 3 ewmflf"h"m ing kel E Prumings Usva At the sonthend, of the nrchitectore of the New Chicago, 09 compared rt'imu:nu!athurdd we think we have much to be. ‘main buildings ‘sed aro Metropolitan Block, Ashlasd Block, Chamber of Commeroe, Open Bosrd Building, Dr. Rea’s build- ng on Wabdsh svenue, James Bowe's building on e same fhoroughfare, Hichop & Boberts) sud Asner on ife siZe, sammuam;a stretches out behind her; exacily opposite stands a sailor leacing on s Gip=tan 3 thehken..fld‘r. with g oor Ban: circumstanees wo have £o fur seen mofking 4o, Sorner of Dearborn sad Badolp strests, Dogeets | from the handa of the npw cemmtes 106 OThEE s new Government building (of the future). arzived since the fire, that can compare with the mro- Its leasing color and Qurability bive combined | ductions of our bome architects. This may be dce m 0 ma¥e i 2 favorite, and, by s ent est, Teen £ 0st equal ' in strecgth to the stronge granite. Alrecdy more than half s million dollars’ Jhdiw benad e Fass Theso 220 grandest l‘,la of &1, but Ihfi! vell done,and suggedt- 155 £5ing orer Gl gs ol oo Sarentd onchy Troms icn over £n inverted i m ‘which sparks fall in £20wers upon the devoted rocZs of the city. The face and fgure are not entirely wanting in grace and L, A rortion of Washingion street and a part of the oid Chamber of Commeres appesr in the foregroucd. The picturs on the H&h& represents m:fifldmn&mx o bl its ‘Before her troop two. clierabe, one bear- ing an editorial waste bosket filled with the fruits of the and the other, clad in the scantiest attire, carries in flnyum:mnnmt-nmm some woven Srurih of his ston Las been nsed in the city, nd it 1s robadle sear may sce a largs sinonnt sot namhuuum ‘This is exclusive of the Govern- ment building, whick will take a million dollars’ worth f the rough material. AMEEDST ET The glive.tinted s3ad- tion o fae Amberst quarty, near Cleveland, Ohlo, bas lso been very exteasively oak, s vy aopat tesuich peeteroed 0 (52 Baths Vista stone. It s soft and plesssnt materialin color. Iiis KEW CHICAGO “ the handsomest city in the country.™ PUBLIC BUILDINGS. THE NEW GOVERNMENT BUILDING. ‘The following descripion of the new Govesnment Building was penncd by Afr. Mullett, the architect of the edifi ce, for Tue TRIBUNE D Early in the Inst scesion of Congress provision was acheived will doubtless be entirelg, eclipsed by that of back again. the new cne, chants who bad pined so long and 8o hoy Ohacr clies foF 8 15% 6 Lhe oncate ot 100 foomn tha table of o commercial superiority thought i ohe cago was Dives, in torment at Iast, and that pow was their * opportanity” to plsy_the Lazarus, and look down npon us forevermoze. They sont a wholelegion of drummers all over tho West, and wero particnlarly anxious to exgago (he cervicen of thoss who bad trav elled for Chicsgo Bouses in the past. Dt all was of moavall. The poople of ths West had confdence in the enterprise ud encrgy that hzd 8o well supplied thelr wants greviots to the calamits, and thoy xellied nobly to the rescue. Apart from their charitshle can~ trioutions for the rellef of tho suerers, very many of tha custemers of ouz merchants exerted themselvea ta pay their debts before they camo due,and followed the monoy with orders for more goods, to bo fllad hen possible. A {ew were attracied to olber peints £o maEo ihelr purchascs, but oon found that thoy ould mot do 8o well a8 in this cfiy, snd their maxt G ders were sent kere, In reality, tho merchants of St Eouls, and Milwsnkes, and Giaciunatldidnot prots by our dissstes half so much 3 thosa of New Jorx, tia bulkof the larger onlers belng eent direcily o s Bors period of Itetregmae, O comynrlscn ik 1970 shows a galn of T3 er Sent o the crazeactions of tho past sear, of wiich probidly .mm: 10 per cent should be credifed to ths prosperous of ISTL, and the remainder to the year after tba MATTESON HOUSE. The Matteson Houre, ca the northeast corner of Wabash evento and Juckson strcet, is o bandsoms building, as supsrior to its Rondaiph ‘street predeces- 5o s the Now Chicago to the old city. 1t 13 2003170 fett, five stories and Easement in height, of cut stone, and'wll cost about $200,000. I: will be “complated_in the eazly spricg. ‘The arrancements for the ofico and cthier necessaries on tie main floor ar on the most spproved modern sile, a gltss dome in the roof o iag all the neceatary light ipen this Smportunt attache w63t to an hotel. GHT'S MOTEL. T Timethy Wright's Eotel, on the novtheast corner of St ey o Walkingion cirett, il when fizighed, be ono ef the meny large botels of the citmy ranking, however, an second-class, It will be in th Commeteial Gothie style of :n ifel1 Sione mad by 3. Wright. by a chemical procets, and said to posaess =li the quakties of a quarried stone. Its dimensions sre S7x163 feet, eight stories in height, and contains aboat 180 sezping rooms, beclies parlors, oflice, read: izg-Tooms, and other depéndencies, The iirst Soor will e reated for storo purposes, the ofice being om the second £ioor. The dining-rooms, parlors, and resding- rooms will be pon the second fioor also, the remain- dex of the building being designed for the accommada- Hion of gucsts. T cost il B Sbout S250,000. BUKE'S EUNOPEAN HOTEL. deserves especial me&li:n on_this anniversary occn- S fo aevont 1o 1ok pesmh 2nd. daGaLeas SoerzY, ard we are happy to bo able to publish bhis descrta, He lost $£0,000 in the fire, fasured in Chicago com- panles, which meant eight cents on the dotlar for aboat §5,000. This did not deter him from starting in 1fa again withont delay, and Burke's Hotel was aiocag baildings to rom tho ashes, It was THE NEW GOVEENMENT BUILDING. ownd July 10, a0 the snmt! ety mkmodmu Tiew from a szt ds moeqealied by any i (ke | while e o partners wers closing the instaat pur- ,,,.myydflw S rah ,,“.;;M oll, om city. Projecting fivo feet £ix {nches from the central | chase of the Eaplo Hotel ot $1175.000, George W. Gage, | " Hi3 bullding 1a 453100 fect, of brick, with handsomo front of the baliding 18 8 Portico with round colamns, | withiont a licenss, excent £rom Him who said, * Inds: | s oriag 18 & caps, and thoronzhly Rarmanions vermiculated_quoins, sarmounted by 3 balustrado | much 25 yo do it £o tho least of these, 3o 0 it unto [jmanrconica O e haes for which it was Jntonded, Tith monlded cornide. Above this Bortico 13 to bo 3te,” was pedaling Brishton milly wiikont money o | 11 123 th Srst hotel opened n the burat dlsicict, ad plsced the marhle bust of George Stephenson, inven- | prics, smong the sultering, hunicd, and distcessed | ora of the dret bulidisgs erected, 1s comveniuatly St tor of the stexm-engine, piigrims of the Nerth Side, wwh!eh Duspess he gave ated, snd doing 3 business greatly in excess of its On each froat comerof the building are pavilion | upa csy of wast im o 1is firm intcreste. Th | 5rmdrg highes Ropen. towers, aud between them snd the central domo ero | Sherman s oA 1o tem Cayey sad gmem 5t od e xitaris? RostiEiTs symbolic sistues. On the pediment on the eastern | rates, It S M iadn houmuds or T The Alexian Brothers: Hospltal, batween Market £ide, ina groceful curve, atothe infisls i cutsione, | patrons hagoy, sad - bas, ben foreed, -z 234 Fuanklin sizets, pest Nort, sventie fa nearly “LS & over which is 3 lnwmoure, mdun times, to turn awsy nezly as _many completed, anc will bb reads for the reception of pe. emezsmoor aro pedestals, figures re accommodated, With equal celerisy, John B, Drate Hemis nexs wock. Tt i facoy math Quingy. red. Drick, o e st oo, Sih 36 l:nx:lm:nmol «m: transformed the Michigan Avenuo nnm, 0 Congress | tro stories high above tho basement, wilh & Ernch clling by them. - Tho pdiment on Lho western sido i3 | strest and Afichign avento, £0. tho Trimont House. | roof. Tholatier ia ftted up for dormitaries. - Tho surmounted by 8 Lisan in fall carcer, under which S | ek anbworis buny aat ihe Saz of tho Tilgze over | mity building is 5455 feet, tho Wings each L1 feek, e letters o B L & F. sand on tho Bodestslsa elber | the Lacledo Hotel on, West Madtson sirest, Jenkin mating 2 {rogt of 140 feet. Tho window and door: &ido the mozeer znd the Indlan, huatod upa new Cifton, on the West Side. Oihor | cups nd belling courees ro of granits; fho coraices ‘The frozt portion of the edificowill bedevctedtotho | hotels opeacd, and altogether e havo got Iong Sery | ol fst parts of dhe roof A% of metal. . Tho bulidiog general afieds of ho two compenies, and will be fttod | well as far 45 o hofals e e ‘to the 8Kl | 5 Bosied thesngbot vt s Tia-s0st Ls SHO.000 Tpin tho best styln, with vaults 33 Perfoctly fire-proof | and tact of our hotel men. Eat all will be glad when 12 can bo zoade, D;mmt:tf:(fltn[me‘;;nfld— mu:w?cauzfu Pslzén, ond Sherssar, and Tre- F=et— , which will not bo surpessed in appear=nco by any | mont, an and Mattescn, an "reat fallow i Tar stracture in the United Staten. Tho new Garuner House to compietion TRADE AND COMMERGE. The length of the entire building is 610 feet, tho :mngmtnuxdur New Chicogo are to be the mar- | Tho commercial record of Chicago during the past track partion occrpying 552 Tt i omgth by 0008 | ol eoul sk tors, tho pido (3nd perhaps, by helr | twelve months s more wondorful than any provious width. On the west sids is to be the refectory, ladies* | number, pretty surs to be the home) of our i pert of its history. In spite of ourgzest calsmity, and Toom, ticket offes, osiest” oams, Igeage zooms, | Tho lanestof hese, i largist hotel bulldiog 1n the | O i O e o had. Tong envied ous pro- and the rooms open on'z platform wozid, iy in width, The:mmaflzum!ulwrogt@mghfins TIHE GRAND PACTPIO HOTEL, priety, wo have achieved & very substastial increase in hen » platform 15 fect wido; then three {F2chs (07 10° | constracted and. neacly completed st tho tme f tho | trade, commerce, and manufachres, 1t wll comparo and snother pistform 22 feet wide. | fre, .;.Ld ;_hz;xing the fate ;]t] the “’,f,"{; -:;;igu favorably with the record of any formeryear. about. ‘o give o very excellcnt cut of the 8. | It wns said that the business heart of Chicago was e clear, and they ate STHOSed. 50 be capable of sus- crect chagtered g0 el e Ly Ikt avected by tho Paclio Holel Company, swept out of existence by the fire. 17 this wero true, it pressure foot trusses zre entirely of jren, 2nd form an elliptic arch, | 7,000,000, Tho' enterprise, in the conception of the | anly showed that our city, like some other corporations, giving 3 sppearance of grace and Lightness characten- huld,'.hnmnmmant of the charter, the studiea of | had no sonl to be destroyed; or elsa that, like some 3stic af American architscture aad cngineering. 6 flana mado smong the best hotelmen of tho | oiale ehe was equally vital n any part, and capablo nqmmm@mflmo 38 foet un.:ed States, i3 the creation of one man, Heary 3L | - = el 2t T B mm o rousssindef (e axchs rastng et | Smith, ow ‘of “Tw Taauam, who times scars oo o dédnito Tenes pleasure. Those who knew gm.(n-:n. Az | light fstoe plscad a?h: o3 century easo f W entiro bock on which the | Chicago fn the escly partof 1671 wers well swaro that eton hotal stands, bounded by Clark, Jackson, LaSalle, end | all its energies 2nd its property accumulations weze far S o whics, e T o s e B, Galcy stross, and gavo fo- searet zad 6 tho dotals from betng confined within the ares of what was after- visiblo as far south as Sixteentls strect. of {he underta) og. The leading stockholders ore the the burned district, It is fact equall The depot cavers two and three-qaarters scres of | Lake Shore & Michigan Southers, and Chicago, Rock | ward now o fact equally fcund, sad extends from Ven Baren street earls w0 | rland & Pacide lrond Gompasy. Tho %fiéflnh{;a well nown to the many millions of eyes that have cuth, o B erman | gtockholders are John F. Tracy, Win. B, Ogden, the i street. Its cost will be £5%0,000. mons of fhe life P F. W, Pek, . mmmmmmmotm ade Foing. Brevis o the S they, 230 g nes of 4 jous to the £re they goods scattered all along “the raflrosds bo- freca, this end tho seaboard, and” erery in the yesr (Sundsys excepted) ‘were Teceiving thiese goods in a Never-ceasing au-m that scarce finds o parallel, ce;lt 1in theincessant bambard. aent of the sun by littla plansts, which some good Teonis hive swpposed to'be. mesessary to keep Up. tha Bolar temperature. The long lines of goods that wers en route When the woman fell down in affright, that milked the cow, that kcked over the lamp, that kindlad the hay, that set fire to the stable, that Wll the . of all our’ woes—all theso goods kept arr day after day, and in such volume that the orly diffi- culty was where to find places to ;m them; and by the timé these abipments were housm:,n exs twero on the way. There was no difficuity atallin getting orders filled at the East, even when no one coald foreses the extont of the disaster. Cheering words camo thick and faat over the wires and thmugh the mails, the ‘burden of most of them being the egquivalent of the following : * Order what you w:-n', pay when you can, we want your custom s4IL." It was this ouiside i Tomen in Clears (o2 conbled our mexchonts 4o start sgain 50 , that trade was established al- Zostss quickly 5 the magical building of Aladdin's ot :vme, thio recommencement was, fn_many :11111 relatively small woy. Even those who see being as commodions as tho stores {rom which they h.d been 80 summarily cflneflb’nmg&rmm Groceries incresse of 21X per cent over L e e K 0 ) ‘burned out abant evary wholesals grocer in the city, destraying some 33,750,000 worth o otk 4nd Berues t thera was very litl delsy mmmmumgi Oaly o o7 thscs s Chmprataisod, Foying 80 6o Cents on the dolias » dosed prompily Mhet every dale Iar of their obligations; And thatest only saked s Mile OTHER DEPOT STICCTTEES ‘Wilson K. Nixom, and L. B. OHs, 'rhu are projectsd, and wil in tme fake their places among | fattor "t Peecident of on Compsny.” The tild- We have succeeded in gnthering enmough of | timé to pay up in fall, which iy, granted the contres of development in ourcliy. Theso [ing will eost $1,000,000; the real estate the statistics of our grest commercial move- [ iR averycase, ALl but oneaf Ton cla s bl ‘commenced, and 8 or $0 new ones have come in. Ths zre ibe magnificent passenger hflm of the Iilivols | represent nsarly s much more. Thofumhhl.ng able to to of Cental, Michigun Central, and Chleago, Bisiington & | ffa Tossoes, fob twenty eats, Messrs, Georgo. W, | ment %0 bo ablo awa”’;::'m:‘“ i Quincy Rafizoad Companics, o ecery threo blocks | Gags, Dasid A Gage, znd” Joha A. Rice, long of the progress nesrly purposs South of Bandolnt sircet i tbe Take Store Furk, | Gnivhas House, "l “cart o0, e worlde general camparison, But it has not been possibls to hnfi,:gamtmn: on Michigun avewue, It {3 in- | fsmous Gaskell, of tho Rovers House, Boston, will | arrive at results so sccurately ss in former yeers. tended to be the most prperb axd costly stracture 13 | havo charge of the cuisine. Our cut will s3ve deserip- | mhp prineipal resson for this is, that somnch has been the world, and will surely toke a place among our | ticn of the exterior of the building, empt thestate- | o " 4o render it diflicnlt o Koap track of it, public_ ouldings, oux eatize commurity consenting, | ment that it covers an acro and & half in ares, con- P Hany Then dotaining formalas and hindrances are rom tains 500 rooms, in 174 fect bigh o the top of the tow- | of 0r business men hisve been go hard pushed in the ’ne mlm'nnd even vaster buildingin size, and in- | ers, Thedimersions are 525 feet from esst to west, | work of recovering lost ground, and gaining new nd- to challerge competiticn in overy respect, is | 165 foet fromnorth tosouth; material, olive-tinted OBG | cyngsren thot they scarcely kmow how much they g:nfiznx;e.:myl ia Fassenger Depot to P, Som | ssndstone within me g';mi amm&uthln& | e sencomplished themaeives, £ say mot o sossen an Al epared fo make o appsintments wortdy of thing e Z1in | watching the doings of others in the same lin of busi- samount of capHal invested 1s estimated at $5,000,000; and the new stores aro generally ‘lorger and much ‘mors commodicus than thoss destroyed, having been ‘built with especial refarencs to the wants of those who occupy them. The riacks srenow largeand well ansorted. Thfltei:h-‘nhde exhibita fil: g;utut nugmux‘z of bun(— ness o_grocory line during th yeat, the Eaies of tans biiag néarly 50 per cont groster than in 1870, ]IN Wat uys mmtnfim teanin Chicago insiead ot to, ?Fow 1’6"“’ 2 larmmyd: i foun saving cenits per pound, now g«ifl RBailreed o freight direct to nm-dnon. The mumpumw grocery business souzhward four blocks on Canal sirect, all sireet croas- | what tho company {atend 15 shall be,—the hest hotelin ings to be made over viaducts in the Toof, I Super- wevruz}d. T bemnu:‘ !mJTi'eh,m F nees, o8 they did before the fire, Wo maks our come | DY the fire waa barely two weeis, on thesverage, of intendent McCullouglia new dcpo:is nof “as big as pelesl s sanignlmartig ‘parisons with tho year 1870, becauso it wns impossible, | 31 the fms eagaged tn this fino'of business, 2l out of doores it will be the rest thiog o {5 th8 | Ducing the past thres months tho work om Poiter | o the confasion. af aine sonths 5o, t fnd ous CEEESE. largest enclosed area in the worl P,,mm,mw Toent hovel has boen prashed with cizee 3 The eales of cheesa amount to about 2,500 fons, THE mmsmrm rm:zusrs. deteristic gngr;y,.mdnwflveo(me;lgh.llufluuntho what had been dons in 1671 mm%-mexh 1a nbout the nm!nuulgslha}'m Siatostreet front and part of th stoeet 1 THE PRODTCE MOVEMERZ, preceding.’ All the old dealers wera n_sgain, ~ b T i B st L 79 reeks afie o ooy Sl B Keeping pace with the marked msterial improve- Sready vp ia staten . ly proportions are sttracting gen- | The following were the reccipis and shipments of fmeat in the ceemsivicton of thn G‘Piyd“”‘f‘“’”“‘fi" eral comument. 1 fronts B343 fock on Sutosirect and | he lesding. nrtides of produce duing (ho post 3o Boiroded gy ks Al mpcn oo ¢ | 244 foet ou dicnroe stroet. It runs ciear back to Wa- | s aelling velue of e eceipta: J e e e, tad o e e | Bash avenus from Etate street, excepting 50 fest on the T Jrmetly of Jolet Lmestone, it 1s rel a4 ‘lr s | north, whers n corner bullding occupios & spaco 80 feet Ship- | Valusof site, of yellowish esndstore, changed {a design square. Tho alley running north and south through |Receipta. | ments. | receipta. 960,000 1,161,50318 10,540,000 ul’m 37&;1)’,1 1 sfo’m ditions have been made to thelrnumber. Prices have ruled highes, owing 10 an unuasally largs foreign éx- part demind—s eqzsequence of higher wiges mm En- Eoue large yumiiies uve ho beem sentfo Mars s, New Orleans, and other Sonthern markets, et of 3 b 20 rocentls ads fooes Dedgs OB EAWIA., , direct to mv!rml—-uln it stion from West. T qusatity of Esstern choese sold in thix ‘markot is stesdily diminishing esch years i may s ‘pear otherwise €0 some who do not kiow oo that & oopstEe &xakle proportion of our Western cheoss Is branded certain deelers a8 “ New York Factory.” S puz goovs. s dry gocds business has boen very prosperous,. Tho number of largs jobbers is the ssma 1 before ths. Gomstuction for the bettor; dantad. £ the increasing Tequirements of the céncern, and an additional esi- :fiflz‘,’f’ et Y el S o belng e on the northwes corcer of Weils and Washington . Bt SN T iy B s Bk | S e vy B e above ths basecaent, and conscrcted of & vellow m2d- | adstone. The Seet sory ia 19 06k § inches EIgE, tho sore from Stoze Point, Mich. AL, Willet, tha archl 5 23 B tact, doacribes the atyic s English-French. " T maln | fonrg Dl paocy gl A NN feztlire of the facsde Is the parrowness of the windows N‘““ 1o bh froths outellls, oxhlu il imion 2 and the plsinness wich which they aro trested. The | ixmeter of the hugo iron columas m::gmoim of the ormer s catoll,Jeaving a maln entrance o the Sout- | priaciin canecs, ha Buiding wi Bove Frerch ing-room. This entrance is covcrad by a poreh sup- | EoCihal cnses. Ths hulliag will Bave e, s £ <1 " cy ported br&!:m mlumr! th! ufi'i"d” e T,g'f-m mnwm"%'e 103 r'-'fi. -a{mgaammmnzmum The volums of sales since a@’: has been neazly indicate PWP&!” _{n s t';@ ”: a mgillhlhn. ‘Tho first and second stories have the double of the amonnt sold during time leiters uimflnrdh e W_“ n° o paper, which Doric_order, the thinl and fourth Composite ; the n- one yoar jous ; but this aversge will not hold for hich il couln the fota. | matnder, Corinthian, . the whole twelve months, owing to the difficalty The basoment, ] cont Pmfi’;fi - | " The main entrance is on State street, and is covered to line.” All of cur largs Iog machines, Sl Den bron Qnatricted Groieeoh | with o porch two storica fn Lialght, supported by four d o the wny when the firo swept over m m"% Tro0 tapny, o i{;fld ‘mazsive i=on columns cf the Doric order, projecting in the city} but ths dry goods businesx is essentially ons. m =Yflfl‘§;§i"m’ e;"f‘_,_“’m o m;}l relief from the bnoxlndtl:a '1;:’ ocezses of ;‘hfi of wpfl, and most of b mnqukzd ;;lmm o lding are pllssters, e cent e porch: L] o out such s =3 mwnw-amwdumm;}mm compartrents, | b 5 life sizo stono statue, with wmilar Agure on esch o enable cual judge -l oy the mm';u m‘;‘fl&f! imcs comating-roam, | gide, Over the central section of the building, which ‘wers buying. The sold during the past ysar by and the of mn? e tes, which will be, Siitatiod mcasares 75 feet across, nx_humen:,mwmch the wholsala o amount in numbers to The and third stori will bs two Life-siza figares in has. recumbent, s-woonuco against $35,000,000 in 1870, which is an in- abont 15 per cent. But thesugment isnearly Dhandsomely in hard wood, 2d contain all modern in- | 1o pom st pre e g provements a the wsy of furnituze, such as steam | “rCOT 0Nt the bullding js eratae & entiiae calls open grstes, and wisb-bowle, will bo ronted f0F | 15y and bas becc Sacecssfily troted, the rotuadity Eot it wa ompare the ‘Immber of pieces of xnos: 2o1d during tho two years. gixempaueyia - ‘partially dus to o et o on many office purpcses. extending to zad bndng the roof. The columas e foucth sory da tobe S ‘,'gz“m“}: cditortsl | which support it aro ezt in number, the largest yob Tions of goods, bt it ia principally owing 5o the fack forth nm‘“’““r‘g hm“mm“flgm mads for building purposes, and run up to the third that Tave been muzh more closely con- . z‘;‘} ) = mr{. The nnm of the tacade fazich and ele- Sned o low priced gooda than 3t a2y other lime i the gaat, and corres; gly eflective. Ty Ty o trado for tha past twelve yeara, e will bo occupled by the mmpndng ‘Omitiin POZtant item of ten, of which we had m?né"rg e SAneyis o n?l’mhnflu‘n?g B e e 0 Feport in 1670, e hara totalof S135,134,000, sguinst tho cata with comntzy buyers, avon nors ihan with In the cen °w‘°‘"="fl=8‘"1"§° T e N e e 3 Tahiation of $TI1,S%6,000 for the receipta of thogame | 11938 In (b clty; nd to vosson i probably o 3% feet in dlameter, throwing Elanty of light mm me Tha elntagaaran bl fl‘f‘m‘fi i % articlos in 18705 oran fncrease of s little more then | found in tho low Frices grain, Bish (OIS interfor of tke buildirg. ne Tourth foor is reacked [ nog, Aining-roowms, halls, o e 8percent. I, hmmzr we take into the totels tho re- | tensive indulgence in luxuries on the par! 8 by » passenges elevator, as o minln_stoirway | For 8¢ paneled three fect “‘5“ i o '-‘“’““‘ ceipts of mercantile goods, based on the sales reported | ¥ comfunity. Tha pumbes of reladers has - homzben:cmdflmmmofnpn!thnhufl«ung, This fnamum'fi'un‘:%nra‘.fi_mmi'é giaircase la to, Do of | below wo ol Aad et the {xotease e 4n petsincy | Yery much eineo tho fire, but they bave not stairway i3 spisal in form, sod oo '“"‘“ values over the receipts of goods of all in 1670 | 201d o much as might hava been expect consd o 2 B o tos Teot ot the “ are of burnished by anre, the effect of which, with | oon'acerse 19 per cent. eration of the wholesale destruction of personal ef- o e i ,,','q.c The .‘,._E‘,, Lo white marble, will be 3f striking brillienc, ‘Thers b ) focta in the firs, n addition to_the in i st o o e Conrpastog woam | oL be 430 rommuy St for tho accommodation | vy presont a favr llema earons Toport af 1670, for | dReto ourlarger popultion. The fict s that the illmfi-rgndhr.han’;!nl'-hebufidhg. et tha o, possenger s ect them | yhe gake of comperison: needs s fntotess ware Yery extangively supe The b will bo finlshed handsezmcly, azd | " the Tower werld, plied from cateida the city, not only by charita e Ao i eetionTs Sus | g1 expected that tho hotel will bo opened on Msr 1. FiSatons mado throagh tho Hellef Soclety, but alea Beated with et 8 deig i La Sl e | Tl eost £2,500,000 to Sk the butiding, and $500,- Received. | Shipped. m;u. irect sssistence o fadividual rolstives and friends. I want of pnciunlity on the part of the SPeTaciol | 900 10 faraishy i becomingly, This enormota ouclsy i 121 probable that not mare than half the losses of dry gg: ought ‘O:xflx’b:qm v m:n-b, f thio atonis comes Ltalfidnl.m bn?g’h:g it nxapmuf ‘buttho advantsges gl_;,m', I;:ls ],;g:,g;l lé;g'iw ,&1,}% goods ‘fg replaced bry‘glflxchm g:thh dxy‘cfl ot so g ara apparent, eat, b, ! ' Are re) a8 Iouc mora {ve than waa iy PSR i iy el WO Corn, bu. 15123250 | vofors the fre, b & large par of the Increas sppeara The IEs Shie e Bailaing. an the north- | ,, The honor of Telng the firat large-hotel to open fa | Onte, bu. | 4,188,740 { 1n tho returns'of tho dry goods houses who have 7o~ e R S ehison atrest ta | the burat district belongs to tho Gsriner Houe, sit- | Barley, bu 335,653| 2,56:/632] 2,663,520 | cently ndded this bo their former lines of t=ade, 4 uated on the corner of Jackson strcet snd Allchizan | Live hogs, No.. 924,45342,280,200 BOOTS AND SEOLS. 110240, six storiesand Base~ ‘Qf‘;’l‘fi&%‘i’:fi? fin“y'im Toci shovs ths shdewaly, | avenuo. This building is five lories high, exclusivoof Sattin, Ho 7 L 0 | . Tho wholosale boot and ahoo trade hss been vezy nos The style i3 that of the ltalisn Benmatsesnce, simplice ghfiflfld- %, with cntal toer cn. the aventie, | 05 Deesoe oo IR Ta1 009025, 8ne 508! 4/500,100 ilyand massivenees having been studied by the archi- og beick. 15 the somewhat dutlozs e o | ibony 1h 038900, *580.401]15,235,000 tects, Meears. Bsuer & th:lu, with a special view to | 38 the Ciiicago renaissance. It mt;-hn npafl- s 2 artietic eeet, The material §s manafsctared stone. A | MCOLS, exclusize of the dining-room, kitchen, and iz na ‘produce movement sustsined 8 savery check by Theavy cornica sbove the fizst <nd third stories subii. | 95od P0oms, sll of whichare fiited up and fmnished | {he fire, as more than one-quarter of the storego e Tides tlio parts, while ths lazgo and highly ornamented ina manner becoming a first-class h"‘fl' aad probably | pacity of tho clty wis burned up, and the railroada windows of tlie centre Tarts of both ‘agreeably | B8 20 superior in point of clegancs in soy hotel i1 | wers mwled 50 much that they could not deliver Telievs ths mCnptony which {8 £omeitimes inevHisbio iy | 100 Exst. ~There are two mais eatrances, one on. Secke grain. Duttho check wes only temporary. In the Plsin large buildings. Stataes of Franklin and Gut- | 303 street and the other on Michigan avonue,and a nm week tter the fire, 1,635 car loads, o nearly 650, B e eonteA s the Bigheat tvla of art, aro so po | 1dies’ entrance on the first-named thorogafare, Tho | 00) bu, of grein were enceed hero; “uud 28040 3 Blsoed¥a pedeis bulox the cenirs wiaetw ot o office s i the centro of the building on the main H0ar, | shipped, mpstly by on [ onb month the busts B P e whelo will be soomred with an alie, | 20d receives its Light {ram 3 ehaft on the ROFh Eide. | ness had noarly repoversd ifs norimal activity, 3nd tho gorical group, representing the Goddess of Liberty mnd. g:_ficmfl" é‘g '-W’-mwhn“‘u‘mg‘ fo :fl;:- Shoa fgures show thal, reducing four to whest w ('jzxmn 3, tremel; clevator e ived 83, 721 bu of gwain sin sgainst The basement, which is eleven feet high, will con- mfi“ ‘h:ufx“:“v Daving repiatened and bom v Bty El“fidfl, o an taisveans of 305 pez m;!h; tain, on Washirgton bank ofor, 40X35 Zect, , ascen passenger elevi- { volumn; the increase in values was, avorer, o N b o tor, while his baggagh goes up staims with hisa an the | about 7 per cent, the augment In volume belog prin ong been r 0 States in which to buy boots and ahossfor the Western macket, both for cost and quality, Our lesther com- Tonds the beat price in Esstern markets: henco the lo freight i Eesten profits. The latiar doub) ts, besid=s E X itern {8 an important ome, for it is a remarkable fact that Chicsgo jobbers makie more of these goods than e fobbers of New York, or Svea Bortan. In b, East the goods /0 mads by the nfacturer, sod’ thence pass mxugnm lands of “the. fobber, incresse ing the actual ¢ st to the dealer by theamount of profit realized by th and on Fifthavenus, cnuch side of mem:l.nu:lr:nce, an office 15x40 feet, Under these three effices isa 23] of low-priced corp. the first-named troler. And the quality af 38 been taken to sectro mafe " e i Eubesliar for slorage, 6 {est b high, 40 feot wide, and 60 ‘nl’:;tr!m‘;tlim e Sacuzs’ mg F"\"&unmpmm hnsé:rzsu %rumg yur;m tier f3 on a par with the workmanahi; feet long. Tho presses ard other machinery of 3 news- | from Ax¢, bhoving hoen pouridedon paper office, Goenpy the remeinder of the basement. a""- telegraphic fize or has been placed in uz crg-.nued ropresentativo of the commerce of the wery room, and fixed at a certain indicating the 3 ., thsn e boilers occupy 3 position under the alley, north of u Q;fi‘mm"mma point, et d:hgmm x&%mfl'fim =5 dom e e puiaang. Eiamtnis | made for the purchase of a ite and the evection of & ey t allo om i bm!dlnglmchrksm and many others. It is sold | building suifable for the sccormodation cf the Cus- "The Grst giary, 15 fect n height, contains another When the tempezature of the room rises 8bovo | avernge 5o well fn a moneyed sense, As» class thoy id Cuicags st sbout 95 Ciatsa toor Tt e dibitiy bye | tom House, Sub Tressury, Post. Offce, Talted Statca in the soathmest copner of the hall the panelbeing | Th0 0ot ey, 1t Lot e it samer, M'mggt i Moo is inazantly notiiod by the £0Bg £0 | ot 10se s0 Beavily by tho firosa {he mercastile com=- Dbt Beca toned by tine 2ny’ Tore than Courts, Pansion, and Internal Bevenus offices in the | Tew is to In the corresponding | 40535 feet. The mein entronco ta the other ofices ofl | Ty farniture of the hotal o it and teaters, “Wenk et s o'}lmnx:zg i maDwARE, Toliet stane, City of Chiczgo. Blace 0 e ® ot R P amatea A sich bs ”"‘a:’.fi:'l‘m‘.‘;“ T e fffmh o st ihs | Of of pace forblds apything like a dotatled description of | poorer, o the comparstively small enrichment of 8 | The trade i hardware cod nafls exhibits the tres uughtmblne!smaxmm Eankarse and has| This building is intended not onlyto replace the garzozads foo hall, ising fo Khnh!hzm of oh ond of he building, 35 feet front by 40 feet In | 180 itternal econamy of this ngreesble hotel. fow. Thoso fow sre nob Dowerer, the ey who en- | mendons increase of 80 per cent, the sales aggregating been used somewbat. The fnest buildings in which | Custors House and Post Offics Buildicg which was de- | eix feet. Fram the wainscoftothe ceilizg the ex- | depth. DRIGGS HOTSE. Biipited the carners, but tha ones ‘“&fifi;d guar- | 557500,000, against 5,250,000 1o 1870, Mach of s 1t has been emplosed sre the Sherman Houseand the | ciroved in the great fire, but is also designsd, by itz | tire crnamentation, meluding the cornice 2nd border, na ‘second. mdmflmnmd{fld«l into7ofices, | , The Briggs House, mo\d and .ruzed n-xmd of Lha -buying st the beginning, an out before | enormous gain is due to the enhanced demand for Union Ni m-i on the corner of LaSalle tar facitition, 0 Tde fer | 8 in imitation of mossic, The ‘between the hted and unu.med and ranging from 12x20 to | &ransient “visitors and permaxent lhn corners burat. material wherewith to rebunild Chicago, and ml.bo n streets, A better quality aj 1o | greater capacity and improvec facitities, Lo provi Srindows cre a shade of drsb, relisved by unobtrusive nx:'.s feot, The editorial ‘rooms will ba in the third [ and -mlmd Chicago, has ls’:flu. mfl- There can ba no doubt that our produce trade iz mgmm general t6 the trade in iron goods. heve been used in the former building than in the Ist- | the prospective wants of the Government business in | g~ of color, Between the arches of tho windows, | 8073, Over .h-enmfing- ing, as ‘pugilistic wrd-l have it, none | yetfar from having reacted its maximum, though | po portion is the result of a, mmnbmlc-sa. “TEs mechanical pastof the paper will be provided | the worse for the enconnter. The Briggs Iouse was fi&rwkml;vw?gm;fimnm b:-. ‘with the country, and an extension of our business to mamnfimwuamm about tha walls and i85 mossle, clegunt 13 s mitest do- ujflng vt ace o oAbers, cncincling, foe. Bl sime narrower; obe of the asches sur- mmung.mrmdon The hall is protahly the finest in the conntry devoted to gimilar utes, and scercely second 20 3ay bl {aT e 1more compTeensive Fur- poses of Anofher semi-public buliling deserviog of especisl notice, isthe the city for many yesrs o come. After considerable dificulty, by way of negotistion, the entire block bounded Ly Adsms, Jackson, Clark, and Dearborn streots has been procured by the Government, by process of condemnstion, uhder the laws of the State, the pwoceedings of which have been offirmed by a dicres of the United States Circult Court. Meantime Mr. Mallett, Supervising Architect of the Trezsury Department, has been busily engaged in praparing a design commensurste with the ‘magnitode and importance of the structure, which is ?l;)w m’“?{‘}f on axh{h{flu:l in his office, b%@ @ Approval of tho Secrezary of the Treascry, Posi- mlfrgmen!, .una the Atorney General, 25 provided in the zct of Congr ‘The style of mhlm is the Fiorentine-Roman- uzqne, and is very harmoniously and elsborately Aewrrlmg'-u ke plax, the whole height of the buila. ing to the main cornice w11 be 82 fest, to the athio car- Bice S0fet, =ndln the top of the grand towera ca the Sanks, 197 feet. The frrst stony will ba S1 feet in ‘height, the seccnd 23, and the third 25, fires 2xd Lrick entering largy)y into its ‘construction, The floors will be of iron and brisk, aad the vaults for the Tse of the Vrions ofces will be carried from the eydsomrn, = sAKDSTONE, Tho desk brown Leke Superior samdsions, which has g"d o pafl’ g:amnr‘;—uu‘gfl gh operations during the past yea has o; Tsed ‘within the past few-years, Thouga Ecarcely as hard sa the Connecticat brown stone, it 18 more cheerful in colar and more eaeily worked. 'The stoce is bronght from two quarries, cne at Marquette sndthe other at ‘Bosn Ialand, near Duluth, The gualities of tbe pro- @ucts of these two quarrics are ferent, The Basa T23ana toms 15 R0t porcepitly stratified, but s {all of gy boles, especizly noa the enriecs 1t s quarried mmasen which ean be worked inio coltos e holes IAKE ETONE & MICHIGAN SOUTSEN AND CHICAGO, BOCE ISLASD & PACIFIO TAILIOAD DEPOT. e rebulcing af the joint dopot of the Laks Shoro & Michizan Souths d Chicago, Bock Islad & Pa- Cidc Bailways 1a ameng one of ks Toapy itoms upon yhich e ity mey justly congratalata itsalt, In te roconstruction of this edifice all the improvements Thich modern architcetice onds, and. hich Mave for mn: ;m;:dms stzatification belnétmg)h;?ly ) and producing singular ocnlar effect is Bofieved that the Jsm: Bess Ialand stone, 1t {s somewhat sombre and grava in appezrance, but is efective in heavy bulldirgs. THE FAVORITE STTLE, sdoptod by nearly all whose means have allowed them T e T &2 opportunity 10 build richly and gracefulls, is the e ?fr"_-h;l;mmud Stmerou coteiit! Cor thelr exill. Jtalian; and s thisis tn.-capuh!e of 50 many modifica- Hons and treatments, ample variety has been attained. The lightness and_richness of this style has naturally yecommended iteelf to us, and is emicently in harmo- Dy with the genins of Clicago, Inits “puest form 1t & Thomns, Dizon & Hamilton, Bovingfox, and Bur- 1ok & Adler. Probabiy the finest sprcimen to be sten in the city 8 the block of pelding in Boolsallers Box, o the ca3t side of Staté street, between Madison and Fashingion owned by Peter Poge and Mr. Fes. -Heyo the architec’ ~ 37¢ adbeved closely o the ‘Ths front of this vast structere, now #iriding an- ‘ward agm pletion, 31;:5 fect from east lofl rising e Ceqire to the t of 110 feet, 3n Pl"‘- senting 3 rock Zzce ashlas :'?.' ket dm is in the Louvre A‘jk, having unf.chflfls' _the diala of which aro pire feot in dixmeter. The disis will be illarizzted at night, and constracted with tie most l,rru:ed 2iachinents. They bave already from Ecrops,and ave nowon L‘Adrwl: wcflflgn.hmll'geufJ.B. Meyo & Co. Tho docie 12 crowhed Wb 3 sron Sresking A 6 for in the thres npper storiss, waich sto connocted by | Alays a favorite hotel, and in the new ity it doubtless Large aress of country which bad not reviouly bean ical ade opsrate atatowey in the rest lles. The Job peinting | YAl contiano to boro.” It 8 sitmated on the cormer of | foro the 1o tho recent xadical smendrents o our ot il aenpy o Toumth foors a-siteny tha | Wells and Rendolph sirects, £pan in former site, sad | warehouse Eyatem ; (a6 addition of rales by the Board nmmmfihsd?fimi:x# s Eummr stimulated, mh,‘“’m""dm, eoTIposing-Toom the sixth, 125 Tisct £0 the AABoAIS Melihs of Sie Hories 3boss | of Trude which ixd calcalatod 0 foRter ogltimate bi- | Lo diiouting i conbmnpaas, & ot 155 &"Salloer pre Sad erraiag spersts Rave ths basement. 1t fronta 81 feet on Bandoiph street, | Siness by prevonting the Tecurronce of corners ; and | ciyilized ool B B e ilte, A0 tho | e iter & preseed bOICE, mith stoms. Eobmins, | Seions the Secs rrors. which 18 Wil TRY it w3 £ the b = ihing, are, R Tl o STl i 5 resaariatls thiom eghout £y e alcety of fs G | aad ober produco o this ity withs thaso il Iyl ‘fl:fl‘m and “"“‘“fl'fl clothiog, e ro The Ecening Journal ofice is on the east mide of | t2ils, and the homs-like it prepares for its !u-nminm wa have Lbnnhdrmrl.{vldml hnslnm ’has been fally one Dearborn strost, hetween Madizon and Monroe strects, | Guests. Messrs, Moss & S04 In. buliding tas Rotel o Asiana o e Commsece, i greater fsn. the. yons betore tan aen . W by and opposits the old Post Ofice. It is four stories in | bave displages unusual talent for providing necessi- oy dfl' E"““ Hold tpon the busintes afthe groat not, huwnw-, been ablo to ascertain the amounts of 1bo7e the base d fronts 40 fect on Dear- tics, and & churming sppreciation of cosinces. Thl! ‘Wost, le that our p: ity B o bn mora 1t I five. stovien in bosiki | eopcially moticeable i the adeoorms, whith,” running | Frove ¢ Te S ey St . g Tty woll alcee B Easement "I construsted ofsion, I 1 | 2 sis through (e wholo uiling, e 1420 np-;é gt gy et Seatler wo ahal reform o Fai ki, o | marbls mantels, and open grates, Hodes and, aa the Romans o Nlatn e casanive, Tt aek sbout 360 o St attnte on oveny | have done, dais fature ovenis ab trbe fpmita—trom eales. Ths aggregats of the two will not be far froma u,oonnoo,ag\mss,ooomtor 80, The ferolry Gusiness, Inciuding watcls, &e., Bis Souriahed fax more, sva whol s bove the Arms ive. 1t costabout $60,000. | chandeliers, 534 luxurions aj STERBST, 30, floor is & series of well-uranged water closets, proper [ tho year of the fire. The sales of fogt pabamt The hotel Listory of the few months following tho | Mechanical contrivances for the honsemald's mipleas- R S | e edles of ie sear foot up abau fire {s worth more spase than we can give to it in this | 30t s‘:lhm' Ushmmmum and warmth, better than WHOLESALE TRADE g,{‘,,;, e “”,m the humber af “““m ,n"m“"md mnn‘yerfi;:.m&bfi our | mm“lho‘;‘e:mm' ffima,ug’fi :;’,fl O ons Cou Sl T Dasement 18 delivered | When the fire had dons ita worst, and men had Hmo | Searly B per cent, givinga. less average of it profit to third cless having been blotted ont. What was to be | Bary department, “The mai fioor contains he_office, | £0 100K over tho scone, and realizo tho full extentof the oot than before. the gfin Toy covsiry 1ads At dones The ruics of the Sherman Houee swere otil | lighted from sbore with 3 specious skligh'y ho cloak | demastation, thers wers few who dared to hope that §ieatactsct cHlafy by s oid hoees, and they smolting on Monday morning, and thethree disposesed | T0om, barber's shop, bar-room, and hma tho ‘ business” of the city during the succecding | shared in by ’.n, m& the cld dealers m:muushs propuiners, Mears, David &, Gage, John 4. R azd “Thexd aro two main ehtrasees Sling to-the taain ball year would spproacl in magnitude that of the yexr | fallin em, fuals, tocks o o (2 ters, aadias e sharks of i W.Gag: were eitting togither on's rescred | in which the ofiica isaituated, bothon Baadolph streels | 1 eceding, Thers were nons who lost confidencein Loaditeg Armms are. ow Iate costly than ever, aad e mmk ln the dooryard of the residence unm, Intter on | one for the ladies. These are both commanded, 50 to BMichigsn avozue. The olty was in barrible confusion, | Fpeal, by the office. Tho passenger elovator bétween | tho magnificent futurs of the city, or doubted that 1t | 277 % le of bullding pemilizal s s nioes 2% and the red tide of firs was stil sweeping | them is also obeervablo from the sms point. would speedily recover ; but the wrk 10 ba done was | Sug casear T L T Fossihle befors, excap ‘The arrangement tch d on fts course in the Nosth Division. Tho lm’:mmg‘mh en, dining-rooms, an lfl‘- 80 great ihatthe wmost sanguine could scarcely help these tlemen was csking was ed—more cars having fuungm{ “all had t0 be done over again,” and that tion. mn?sflm of the hfg‘, asked by over seventy thou- | parently been taken with the internal economy ut tha sper and paper mcx u:- amount of trading Fe In varleg at Hcler s fook up abont as followa: £2ad business men in Chicaga. & What shall we do?" | house than the appearance, though the latter 1a sgree- | 1t would requiro the labor of seseral yoars fo sccom- e o~ Norw 2. W. Gates bad buil a argn brick hotel on et | 3bio aud plain enongh. Tie cost of this hotel WAL | plish rosults equal o thoso o the past, Tho fre came | D000 ad Tams ock Femer S 4100603 Aadison ececs, mear Canal, Just Salabed et the | o o oty s fl"’mm',,m willbezeated | st an the edg of winter, and 1 wus opparently fm | Total, $3,00000 Ia thess.lines of businss odicns, ¥ “We & &> il ‘must buy the Eagie Hotal” Qut came the carriage possibls to securo pew places of business, and stock | Pl jflm.m lnunm.'rl: .:;’::‘,:;‘F:: ::;‘ = 2ad horses of Geozge W., 30d away went the partners, | The rebuilt Sherman Ku..n now being roofed, has | them with lines of goods suficiently large and varied | faonn i & sontk: to Eighicenth, thes west over tho bridge. They | a frantage on Clark strect of ‘181 fect 6 mzm,, 2nd | to attzact customers as of yoro, beforn the nest spFing. | cisa Tp mud&;mpm > 5"&%"5:’ o Lad energy, capital, snd 3 purpose. Brs ax they | on Handolph streek. I¢ts built of Kankakes stone, | Thy legitimate inference wss, that by that time the | Which hubomhxmt demand to Iurrpl.vmpfla ‘mtflflbc‘hllm‘.mc burst out, “This | seven storics high and eight stories in the towers. The Toaian, Thass pessls on toe North Side arasiarr. | efice will bo1n the Staa of the ity i ag | Fereuntsof competing cities woull hsva soured such | Disats lost in Thovo cesans of milkat my B farm, | gpen court above, surmannted lato glase d hold upon the trade of the Weet that rngx‘xgnhuy:humm, Darid o Tohm, T ohp, e | T ol e gt e meE sumypen m.,m" G 1t wouwld never retarn’ ta Chisago. Howerer oo ,,?,:,f;,'flfi“,‘nd:“'“’,m,“‘"" = ”‘"’“‘" oot peetle land geta vagop-load. of mik"-0f he weat Ausl '2-: envisble Tepntacion which tha old Sherman B:vn!’. Tean the efforty hen merchanta micht ake taatiract &' ha.ong Grm thot wag ack ln;,:npd cml, e pumbes np ’ ) .