Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 14, 1872, Page 5

OUR WATER SUPPLY. Another - ¢reat Pumping gine to Be Inaugu- rited To-Day. En- The Kew Hahine Capable of Supplying 83,000,000 Gallons of - Water Buh Twentyforr . 4 Hours, Favorable Progress IMaking on the New Lake Tunnel. The Great Bore Under the City to the West Di- vision. A PBrief History of the Chicago ‘Water Works. On Mondsy evening last the Common Council settled definitely s question which has for nearly two yesrs Been agitating the public mind. It Das grown moro snd more spparent £ thinking persons for some years that the growth of the city bas exceeded all estimates, and that the water supply, based upon the probable increase in population, has been gradually failing to meeb the needs of the people in the part of the city distant from the present pumping works. The necessity has become imperative thata new seg of pumping works be constructed to meet the demand for water, and, after & two years’ debate, the site was sgreed mupon on Mondsy. The lot chosen is familiar to the public from the many discussions, editorial and otherwise, npon the selection of & becoming situation, and, 28 seen in the map accompanying this article, i situated near the intersection of Twenty-second street and Ashland avenue. The necessitics which led to the purchase of this property re- call the early days of Chicego, snd a brief sketch of the water requirements, and the means of supplying them for some time back, cannot ‘but be interesting. THE OLD PUMPING WORES were commenced on the same gite of the present building in the summer of 1852. During the epring and summer of 1853, the buildings and tower were finished, and geveral attempts were made toput in place the S0-inch wooden inlet pipe which was designed to extend 600 feet inta thelake, and terminate in & crib of timber. The efforts made to complete this work were unsuc- cessfal, The boisterous condition of the lake rendered it difficult to secure the crib in place. The work was therefore abandoned, and the water received in the pipe close to the shore. The effect of this contrivance our citizens kmow well,—the minute fishes and other detestable foreign substances in the water. During the fall of the year the stand pipe” was put up and ths condensing and non-condensing em- gines erected. The former was started on Dec. 16, 1653, and the supply for the city commenced in February, 1854 The original pump-well is rectangular, 20x30 feet, and 25 feet deep from the floor of the engine-house tothe bottom. The walls are of stone, 6to7 feet thick, and npon these walls the old engines are located. THE ORIGINAL BUILDING was of . brick, consisting of the engine-room, 40x50 feet in the clear, with t%o wings for boiler rooms, Sl¢xsll¢ feet in the clear. The water tower was squere, composed of brick, 14 feet at the base, 11 foet at top, and 136 feet high. Thein- terior was divided by & well; one part was de- sgigned for & smoke chimney, the other for the jron stand pipe. The originel pumping machin- ery consisted of a vertical beam engine, located o the north side of the building, having a steam exlinder of 4% inches dismeter, and a stroko of 9 feet, with two single acting pumps of 34 inches diameter and & 53¢ feet stroke. Ithasbeenin use pearly 20 ears, but is now reserved in case of sccident. It was built at the Morgan Iron Works, New York, a5 were also the engines subsequent~ iy built, one in 1857 and the last in 1867. The non-condensing engine erected in 1853 +7as horizontal, and situated on the sonth side of the main building, having & steam cylinder of 18 inches dismeter, end 6 feet stroke, with one double-acting pump of the same dimensions. This wes built by H. P. Moses, of Chicago. It w23 nsed until 1856, and then removed to make room for a larger one. ‘DURING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS after the first engine was started, water was supplied but nine hours & day, and none on Sun- dsy, except in case of fire. After that the gupply was ' continmed regularly through- ¢ oat the twenty-four hours. But at this time there were no reservoirs, and & limited pumber of consumers, and the water was al- lowed to run to waste through numerons fire- Dydrants in order to keep the small engine run- ning. 1f may be observed thab this convenient but_primitive practice has been discontinued. During the first year the works were in opera= tion much trouble was experienced from sand being driven into the pump-well. The mouth of the pipe being situated but a few inches under water, and near the shore, was exposed to the heavy waves of the lake, The water wes frequently cnt off from the pum] el from this cause, &nd st times the supply would be affected by an accumulation of drift- wood, leaves, etc.. around the mouth of the pipe. On ome occation the water was entirely stopped by & multitnde of insents sccumulating on the strainer, To protect the inlet-pipe from these annoyences, in 1855 the breakwater was constructed, forming s large basin. _This bein aredged to & considerable depth, fully the purpoee for which it was intendcd, angwered and was | i T53 Ui o construction of tho lake funuel “Tanished it into thé general Teteptacle for played ot contrivances. . THE SOUTH SIDE RESERVOIR. During the latter part of the yoar 1834, the Foservoir on the South Side, now occupied by the nucleus of our public library, was completed and tested. Water was _admitted into the tank gradually, but when filled the building yielded Under the weight, and the wells cracked 5o dan- gerously thai their seconsfruction was necee- sita During the yesr 185 tho quantity of water wused in the city was mearly equal to the mazi- soum capecity of the bigh-pressuro engine, and 5t was found necessary to replace this machine ‘Fith a much larger one. Accordingly & contract was made with the Morgan Iron Works, and the preeent south engine was set up and put in op- ‘eration in July, 1857. It has a steam cylinder of £0-inch dismeter, with & stroke of 10 feet: with £wo single-acting pumps 40 inches in dismeter gnd 63¢ feet stroke, In 1858, TWO NEW RESERVOIRS ¥rere put up, one on Chicago avenue and the other on Morgan street, which had a good effect apon the operation of the pumping works. The average daily consumption of water was 3,000,000 ons, From this period to 1863 the opera- fion of the works was uneventful and gatisfactory, _ the average _ consumption ‘having reached 6,500,000 gallons. Tn view of {his rapidly increased demcnd upon the worke, it was gdetermined to Ggment the pumping facil- ties, " - g e 4 The dimensions of the old building, pump- svell, nd foundations would not admit. the cree- fion of additional machinery, and it became Decesanry to provide both & nevw engine fouada tion and purap-well. This involved the gradual taking down of the old building and the erection of now and commodious ones. After much’ dis- ¢nesion~ and great labor, which kept- the gity magnates in & perpetual frenzy, and tont more gas than was mnecessary, this course was decided upon, and the preliminary swork of removing the north boiler and smoke Siimney, alsos part of tho wall of the mein uilding, was commenced on March 19, 1866 Sl NEW BUILDING, ' handsome and substantial, was' completed in death of meny With the splendid edifico which, in_sppearance, +was unbarmed by the fire, and which 1§ now re- ceiving the first instalment of its iron roof. With the details of the lake tunnel, every- body is more or less familiar, Itwas o triumph of engineering, which made tho city famous for its dsring enterpriso, and gave the Common Council an opportunity at its opening, to in- dulge in one of those plensant fotes so much en= Soyed by the municipality, two objects which should ge considered abundant reason for its construction, even wero other reasons wanting. It was conceived in extreme nervousness by the engineer, and previous fo its birth was regard- persons. ed 5 an unpromising addition to THE ECIENTIFIC WORLD'S family of achievements; but its arrival dispelled 211 donbts as to its value. Tho work was_ com- menced on the land shaft, on March 17, 864, and the regular _tumnel began to 'move eastward on May 26, 1864, The entrance to the tunnel is six feet in diame- ter, and tapers to five feet ina distance of twenty feet. The excavation was gonerally through stiff blue clay, but with inegualitica seculiar to the drift. The greatest and most angerous difficulty met with was one that had notiecn anticipated, and that was INFLAMMABLE AND ESPLOSIVE GAS. Early in the progress of the work several ac- cidonts occurred from this cause, but fortu- nately without fatal results to the workmen, but the escapes_were narrow. At one time the a8 kept the miners out of the tunnel for threo ys. On Oct. 16 o _point 750 feot east from the centre shaft was reached. The greatest progress made in the construction was 83 feet in one week. Only onco Wasa ‘boulder meb with solarge as to require blasting. There was s little nervousness felt as to the effect of blasting under the lake, but it cansed o serions disturbancs, either to the ground or the masonry. Preparations for commencing operations 2t the outer end of the tunnnel were ;é\gl}y mede, but nothing was done until May, THE CAST IRON CYLINDER for the lake shaft was lowered two or three feet into the clay. The work of tunnelling was carried onfrom this end in very much the same ‘manner, and about as rapidly as from the land shaft. The average progress made was 9% feeb aday until a pomt 2,390 feet from tho lake shaft was reached, when operations in this di- rection ceased. When work from the land.shaft as within 100 feot of this point, the masonry Was stopped, and a_ small timbered drift run through to the east face, in _order to be certain 28 to how the two lines would meet. The two faces wero brought together on Nov. 30, 1806, When it was found that tho masonry of the east face +was only about 73 inches out of line from the west end. The 1ast of the masonry was completed on Dec. G, and o stone commemorsting the event placed there by the Mayor, in the presence of the Com- mon Council and Board of Public Works. The formal celebration of the completion of the tun- Tel took place March 25, 1867. The total cost amounted to $457,844.95. THE FIRST ‘* GREAT " INGINE. Tn 1867, what was knovn as the great engine, at tho north end of the building, was_erected. It was designed by JMr. DeWitt C. Cregier, chief engincer of tho pumping dopartment, snd wos _constructed | at the Morgan’ Iron Worke, New York. It bas two steam cylinders, 44 inches in diamoter, the pis- tons with o stroke of 8 feet. The double-acting Water pumps are 28 inches in diameter, with & length of stroko of 8 feot. Iiscapacityis equiv- alent to that of the other two engines together, This engine Les been in operstion and doing good work since its erection, but, like the rost 5S¢ the city, came to gricf on’ Oct. 9, very early fn the morning. During the first threo days after thet disastrous day, between 200 snd 300 men wero st work upon tho premises, among Whom were muchinists, engineers, boiler- makers, masons, carpentcrs, and others. On October 17, at 8:20 p. m., the .north, or double- engine, was starte and ran through the night. T13 engine worked satisfactorily and supplied {he city until December 11, without once stop- ping. The other engines were in order on No- vember 10, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO the Common Council decided upon the construc- tion of another enging, whose cipacity should be equal to that of the threo now composing the puaping works of the city. 1t was designed by r. DeWitt C. Cregier, and a large portion of the woik of this structure was in place at tho time of the fire. It, together with the foundation, suffered considerable damage. tho hieavy timbers putup for the purpose'of sus- faining the roof trusses, by which the hoavy parts of the enginawers to bo put in place, woré, Of course, consumed. _Two car loads of expen: - sive machinery, consisting of composition valves, ete., were landed at the-foot of Pine otreet, and all Feduced by the host into o shapeless and us Joss mass of metal. The three large boil tonded for thiy new engine wero thy far ©Be ovishoent o a. ¥ Buscheck, in” tlis ey “¥ag fhoy were 8o’ ‘bedly damased By fho firo 8 fo Tequire a largo portion of them 15 bo taken apart andrebuilt. - The loss upon tha new engine and boilers will reach sbout £9,000, Dosides having greatly delayed their final com. pletion. The work upon tlio engino had so far Progressed that i was thought it might bo put in Proabont June 1, but delays have followed de- Taye, and fo-day for the first time, at 10 o'clock, this megnificent machine will be started. TEE NEW_ENGINE. abridged description of of the engin is & double, Sertical, condensing stexm engine. The cslin- doys are 5 feet 10 inches in diameter, with 10 oot stroke. The pumps are 4 feet 9 inches in diameter, with 10 feot stroke, sud are connected immediately under the steam cylinders. The ‘pumps ate of the Thames-Ditton type, provided ~ith fifteen doukle-deep Cornish valves, They ato designed to deliver 86,000,000 gallons of watet in twenty-four hours, through s 96inch main, The boums = weigh 19 tons each, ave 28 fect long, and make ten strokes a minute, The fiy-wheel is 25 fest in di- smeter, and weighs 86 tons. The rim i polished throughout, and is spparently one piece, the bolts being counter-sunk, and therefore invisi- ble. All the connections are made of wrought iron, and are highly polished. Any piece would make s mirror, ~ The beams and other parts are susteined on single Tuscan columns, of massive and elegant proporiions, which ® slsa serve The following is an the engine: The type 88 gir chambers. The out-off” - is of the - Bickles pattern, and _ is highl, polished. The _steam - cylinders an Chests are covered with a non-conducting mate- Tial, and the whole encased with black yalnut Staves. The frcnt of the engina is fitted with silver-plated steam and vacuum gauges, and a Tégistor ot counting tho revolutions of the fly- Whieel, From the base of the pumps to the top of the besms the height 1363 £_ct. This most Temarkablo engine is located in a well 40 feet in diameter, connected with the lake tunnel, from whence it. pumps tho water into the fower, The foundatiors sro of massive lime- gtone, and weigh ° ‘gbout 13,000 tons. There is & vast amount of detail, all of first-class sork, polished and made beautital, ~ Al tho en- ines are to bo peinted in the best of style, when $he new roof on the engine house is completed. 1869, and ‘snrmounted with that disastrous roof ‘hich, like the wrath of Achilles, brought so any voes upon the citizens, and caused the This new engine was designed by D. C. Creg- ier, Esq., Chief Engineer of the Works, gffl construcied by the Knepp, Fort Pitt, Foundry Company, of Vittsburgh, under tho supervision of A, Becker, Esq. The ercction was in charge of Thos. Hill. -The boilers are three in number, Jocated in tho rear of the engine houee, They are 12 feet in diameter, 20 feot long, and of the flue and tubular type. They were constructed under o sub-contract by F. Buschick, of thiscity. They are connected with the engine bfi 827 inch copper steam pipe, ‘meanufactured under a sub- contract by Edward Smuthe, Esq., of this city. This pipe is thought tobe onoof tie fincst piccos of cogpur work ever made. The contract price for this engine was $190,000, end it is estimated that by reason of the-advance in material it could not now bo made for less than $300,000. ‘An engine 80 lge in proportions i seldom con- Btructed, and its trial is looked forward to with much interest. THE AVERAGE DAILY CONSUMPTION OF WATER during the past year was 23,500,000 I{mom, and, 18 above stated, the present Water Works, even with the addition of the new engine, must neces- sarily be too small for the future needs of the city. And it was for this purpose that the Com- mon Council determined upon the purchase of the new pumping works on the West Side. A NEW TUNNEL, from the crib to the shore, has already been com- monced. 1t will run from s point on the lake ehiore, 70 feet soath of the presont tunnel, and run parallel to the old tunmel, or nesrly o, 03 feot east of the crib, whero it il be terminated by hemispheroidal masonry in case the Board should af eny timo order the extension of the tunnel further into the Inke. It will turn at right angles into the crib, where a second well wae prepared for it when the crib was built. The tunnel is to be 7x71-6 feet; the old tunnel was 5x5 1-G feet, the capacity of the new one, therefore, being almost exactly double that of the old one, the ares of & section of the Intter being about 25 square feot, and of tho for- mer about 29 feet. The_land-shaft has already been sunk to & distance of 86 fect, and_ the drift enstward has now reached over 200 fect, 192 feet of which is bricked, The tunnol is lighted with gas, and allows & man to walk upright in the centre with- out removing lis hat. AT THE CRIB, four of the cylinders are ready for use, and the ‘tunnel will be pushed along rapidly, but we all Imow from experience how slowly and _tediously the work progresses. From the land-ebaft to tho new pumping-works, is o distanco of oxactly four miles. A tunnel will be run in o direct lino botween the two points. The map above ex- plains the_situstion moro _intolligibly than ords could do. Thesquare divisions show the section miles, and the dotted lines show the parallel lake tunnels. 3 THE LAND-TCNNEL will cross the main river near Clark street, and the South Branch near Adams strect. This Toute, if 1t may bo go called, lies in the trough of the rock foundation upon which rests the clay underlying the whole extent of the city. It rises near to tho surface on cither side of the proposad line, but is from %5 to 100 feot below it until within o short distance of the new pump- ing works. Tho tunnel will therofore run at’ the same _ lovel, sbout cighty feet, for the first threo 1iles, and then riso about 10 or 12 fect to avoid the rock. There is no especial burry about its construc- tion, for being on land where an, indefinite num- ‘ber of shafts can be sunk, it could be finished in six months if necessary. A it is, contracts will o lot soom. In bwo sears the West Division Will bave an independent supply of water, more than enough for iteel? aud tho South Division for years o come. gt TURF WINNINGS. Tho New York Torld publishes an interesting tablo, showing the gross earnings of each horse and cach steble during the’ racing season of 1872. The McDsniels confederacy, in whicha well-known Chicago merchant owns one-fourth interest, heads the list with a gross amonnt of £57,280, with thoTravers cup, worth $500, added, ‘mado up principslly by the ezrnings of their two 8-year olds, Joo Denicls and Hubbard, assistod by Hury Bassott, who stands third ob their stable _list of winuers. Tho Babylon stable, owned by August Belmont, is credited with the handsomo figure of $21,460, of which Woodbine earned $7,200; Wade Hamp- ton, now unfortunately hopelessly brolen down, Dut one of the best bred colts in the country, with 83,700 ; while tho threo two-vear-olds Silk Stockings, Count d'Orssy, and Medors, have col- Jectivels placed to the credit of Kenfucky, as a sive of winhors, £6,950._Tha third on the list of winners ig the popular Prenkness stablo (M. IL. Sdnford's), with $20,080, of which $9,530 was won ab tho spring meetings of ho Aletairie and TLousiana Jockey i3 ap Now Orleans, by Moy~ frchist, Syiins, and Madam Dudicy: - OF the 85, 130 earncd by W. Debeocics stable, $1,695 was earned in New_Ofleans.” Of "the 29,416 earnéd by _ Joa Donohue, $500 was won - at Memphis by Mary Hennessey, Of the Western, Soutbern, and Canadign stablos {hat snnually visit the Esstern cireuit, Mr. H. P, McGrath's, of Liexington, Xy., heads the list Tith £7,710, of which $4,300 was won by hig crack two-year-old Tom Dovling, and 82,760, togother vith 3 $500 piece of plate given by R. Schell, by Susan Ann._The second on the list ia D. R. Hurness, whose Moteor enrned §5,500, be- sidos having the credit'f béing the only three- year-old that beet Joo Daniels outeide the con- foderscy's sleble. Tho third on the list is old Johwn Harper, wiih 5,240, 52,600 of which was oo by the famous Longfellow, end 81,510 by that grand little horso Littloton. * A summary of tho winnings of all the stables is found in tho following recapitulation : s D, McDaniels & Co Sg']l,z‘é‘fl)hl @. Bereaford. 8 (Garry Bell... |7, T.” Blanc Carroll & Cear. D. D, Withers T, Morris. . 3. Thomps J. McCormack. . B. H 3. O'Donnell. 300:3. Hunt Neyrolds, . 950 W. R. Bubeock. 2130{C, C. & 1., Parks, 700 3, Morrissey. 1,600/D. J. i 700 F, W, Walden. 1,475|D, Swigert. 500 3 F, Chamborlin. ... T,475|W. Cottril 500 3, W. Weldon. 1,380{W, Jenning: 250 H. C. Dawson. 1,220 W. W. Gl 805 R. Shea: 5 A, B, Pur 650| J7E, Tully. 650} DUMMIES AND HORSES. T the Editor of The Chicago Tribuns : Sir: The problem of moving dummies with- out frightening horses may perhaps be solved thus: Place on alow truck before the dummy & mock-horse, or & real one fit for no other pur- pose, the mental state of ahorse upon the approach of the dummyis this: Astonishment, ending in tear, ts traip, but at the not at the dummy nar. 1 for the first time presented to his phenomenon, duly harnessed. *According to my viev, | vision, of matter in automatic motion. Deceive him by showing him & natural cause,—a fellow- ‘horse,—and his trepidation ceases. The foregoing ides, original with me years a0, also occurred to that scholarly scoundrel who was hung some_years since,—he who was, or pretended to be, o linguist,—Ruloff. B. Crxcaco, Nov. 13, 1872, Fireman’s Fund of California. The losses of this Company having been erroneously stated at §125,000, tho following despatch, just roceiv- ed, in correction of the error, will now be in order : OFFICE FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANOE COMPANY, SAN Fraxcisco, Nov. 12,1872, 'f - Thos. S. Chard, Manager, No. 177 Madison street, Chi- cago G. Wolcott Brooks, one of our Directors, now in Bos- ton, telegraphs : “ Deducting reinsurance, $70,000 will fully settle every loss.” Dornin leaves Thursday for Boston to settle. Telegrams from every direction re- port largely increased business, The current month will more than make us good on Boston investment, ) D. T, STAPLES, President. Again the “Fireman’s Fund”_ stands in the smoke and flamo of & burning city, and now once more in- tex0ses ber golden shicld Between her patrons and Tuin, Tho star of hope is on her forehead and the cornucapis of wealth i8 in her hand. —_—————— The Steam Safe in the Late Conflagration. The following telegram was received this morning by Messrs, Hanscome & Glover, Chicago agents of tho American Steam Safe Company of Boston, and gives tho greatest evidence of the supcriority of these eafes over others, and of their qualities 28 8 Sceure recepta- cle in the greatest fires : BosTox, Nov. 13, 1872. To Hanscome & Glover,No. 60 South Canal strect, Chi- cago : 7 The Steam Safe proves all we havo ever claimed for it; it preserved its contents where others totally failed. GEORGE L. DAMOY, Gen, Sopt. Am. Steam Bafe Co. e Shirt Manufacture. A neatly-fitting shirt with an immaculate bosom is & possession which gives the wearer a fecling of confi- | dence in public places, no matter what size his boots may be. Porter & Hogt, in one of the elegant stores in McVicker's Theatre, have reduced shirt making tos science, and guarantee their patrons excellent goods, sn admirable fit, and perfect satisfaction, and have no doubt that o tridl will convince the most skeptical. el Steam to Italy. The Anchor Line steamship Napoli wil sail from the Company’s picr, No. 20 North River, New York, for Genoa, calling at Gibraltar on Saturday, 231 Nov Cubin passage $80, or $90 currency. Apply to Hender: son Brothers, 324 Wabash avenuc, Chicago. & TR g Correction. The losses of the Imperial Fire Insurance Company, of London, by the Boston conflagration, were $500,000, instead of $100,000, as advertised in our issue of yes- torday. _ The exror was due to tho near-sightedness of the proof -reader. —_— e Cod Liver Oil. Hazard & Caswell's Cod Liver Oil is the best, Pt gl Strike Among Silk~\Veavers. PatensoN. N, J., Nov. 13.—The broad-silk weavers in Felt & Song’ Phenix mill, 1 this city, the largest establishment of the kind in tho United States, quit work to-dsy. The pro- prictors are insisting on & reduction of 20 per cent in wages. The strikers number 200 men and fifty apprentices, whoso wages aggregato £3,000 per week. 'There aro 150 broad-silk weavers in other mills, but their wages have not been cut down yet, The silk trade of the city, employin% about 4,000 persons, is excited, as it is believed that the 20 per cont reduction will ‘become general. Tho New York, Hartford, and GreenPaint Trades-Unions are in communication with the strikers. BARGAINS! HUNT, BARBOUR& CO., 103 East Madison-st,, ‘Having bought the following goods at a great sacrifice, will offer, at Retail, and Wholesale: Paisley Long Shawls for $40, - - worlh $60. Paisley Long Shawls for 38, - - worlh 55. Paisley Long Shawls for 30, - - worlh 45. Paisley Long Shawls for 25, - - worlh 38 Daisley Long Shawls for 20, - - worlh 30. Also, & lerge variety Paisley Square Shawls at as great reduction, and Ottoman Striped Shawls for $3.75, worth $7. Black Silk. Heavy Ero Grain §itk for $3.85, - warth $5.00. Heavy Gro Grain Sk for 3.00, - worlh 4.00, Heavy Gro Grain Sllk for 275, - worth 3.75. Heavy Gro Grain Sk for 2.00, - worth &.75. Heavy Gro Grain ik for 175, - worlh 2.25. Heavy Gro Grain Sik for 150, - worlh 2,00, Black Cashmeres. 6-4 Cashmeres for $1.00, - - worth §1.25. 6-4 Cashmeres for 125, - - worlh 150, 6-4 Cashmeres for 150, - - worth 2.00. 6-4 Cashmeres for 2.00, - - worlh 2.7, Cashmeres for 250, - - worlh 350, UNDERWE, UNDERWEAR, Ecory desirablo woight in i O e e aohacd Caatimora, 2 Yool HOSTERY, OF allrofghts, adapted o the soason, n Cotfon, Morino, ol. Handling guantitios of those extra fin i P BRI SR WILSON BROS, 318 Wabash-av., 35 West Madison-st, (Sher- man House), Chicago, And Pike’s Opera House, Cincinnaf SPECIAL NOTICES. s Centaur Linimont for all flesh, bon $58 Biusel aflments upon min 208 N beast, are too woll known to admit of &% question. It destroyawwellings, —~soft- ens stiff joi fl ain, makes tho =¥ ga—ars fame wall, and tho bedridden loap for i I olling a8 no article ovor dia _ KENTATPT® soll; and it sells becausc it does its wark every time. Ghfldren Gry_-for Pitcher's Castorla. Itrogulates tho stomach, curo Lo L2 substitats far easton atls WANTED, Wanted--A Suite of Rooms For day boarding, dining-roomta vob ; x B e I ongeat sttt of Ciack nadEdsms: u: sts., east of LaSallu. Apnls to ATHBONE & CHIPMAN, 153 Monrou-st. m'2. TO RENT, T0 RENT--DESK ROOH, Or half of office in Room No. 2 Kent’s Building, 153 Monroe-st. . and causes [nvincible & Unshaken STITT.! THE HARTFORD It Hartford, Conn., CHARTERED, 1810, Capital, - - - - - $1,000,000 Present Cash Assets, $2,355,000 Meets Successfully the GREAT BOSTON CALAMITY, as it has all others during the past sixty years. LOSSES NDER $600,000, And all to be promptly paid. e ] FIRST DESPATCH. <« Hartford, Nov. 10, 1872. « &. F. Bissell, Gen’l Ag’t, Chicago: «Our entire amount at risk in the Burnt District and_ vie: s, A8 $600,000, From the latest informa- tion received our probable loss is about $500,000. The old Hartford has $2,355,000 assets, and will meet her engagements promptly, as it did at Chicago. “ GEO. L. CHASE, President."” SECOND DESPATCH. - “ Hartford, Conn., Nov. 11, 3 p.1n. ¢ @, F. BISSELL, General Agent, Chicago: * Official advices this day from Boston con- firm the correctness of our estimate of losses given you yesterday, 'This is reliable. “GEQ. L. CHASE, Pres't. THIRD DESPATCH. * Hartford, Conn., Nov. 12. « Superiutendent Miller, of the Comnecticut Insurance_Department, has issued an official Dbulletin giving the losses to Companies in this State. as foll ows : * Zitna, $1,500.000 ; HARTFORD, 525,000 ; Phonix, $442,000; Connecticut, $105,000 National, $150,000; Orient. $175,000. The Commissioner Liabilities 0 snt{ls the actual Boston will not exceed these figures. «The Companies will all payin full and continue business as usual. * Indemnity offered by THE HART- FORD second to NONE TN THE WORLD, Because managed under conser- vative principles and backed by wealthy constituency of stock- holders. Agencies in all towns and cities. Risks accepted at paying rates. G. F. BISSELL, General Agent. S. M. MOORE & CO. City Agents. CIL.AXY FIRE AND MARINE INSURARCE CO0. NEWPORT, K¥. Capital and Assets over $200,000, ALY CAS¥. ‘Has beon in succossfal operation 17 years. No clatms for losaes—no labilitics. Refnsurance fund fatact. The following despatch was recetved from the Home Ofice, on Monday, at 11a. m.; “The Clay loses nothing by the Boston Fire. “D. WOLFF, Sec.” Policles 'issued at fair rates on desirable risks of all classes. H.D.HULL, Agent for Illinois, 75 South Canal-st., Room 9. MUSICAL, HALLET, DAVIS & CO. PIANOS. Seventy-five First Premiums awarded for BEST PIANO. 20,000 have been Manufactured and are now use, These Pianos, both Grand and Square, can be seen in Chicago in large numbers, with a variety of other manufactures, at the Piano and Organ Warerooms of W. W. KIMBALL, Sole Northwestern Agent, Wabash-av. & 13th-st. A large assortment of new Pianos and Organs TO RENT. Parties wishing to pay by instal- ments can bé accommodated. e (0, INSURANCE “Be Sure You are Right and then Go Ahead” INSURANCE AGENCY - OF Arthur C. Ducat, - Cor. Madison and Mafket—sts. | Chicago, Nov.13,1872 To my FPatrons and the Pulblic: 9 Pursuant to the policy adopted by the undersigned after the great Chicago conflagration, of informing my patrons and the public of the true eondition of Companies 1 represent, just as soon as reliable information can be obtained, I now take very great pleasure in stating that all the Companies of this Agency have escaped the Boston conflagration with comparatively slight losses, which will be promptly adjusted and paid, and the business of the Companies proceed as usnal, The following despatches huve been received by me : Prom the HOME Tnstrance Company of Néw York—Oraanized 1653, “ General Arthur C. Ducat, Agent of the Home Insurance Company of New York, Chicago : “ Boston_Agents report only Eight Hundred Thousandat risk in the whole burnt stead of One Million as estimated, Report this to the Agents in ynlnr field. district, in< ARTHUR F. WILLMARTH, . * Vice President of the Home Insurance Company, New York.” The Assels’of the HOME are Four Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars. The HOME promptly paid the people of Chicago Three Million of Dollars after the great Chicago Fire, and offers indemnity to-duy wnsurpassed by any similar institution in the world, From the HOWARD Tuserance Company of New York—Organized 1825, * HOWARD does not lose 2 dollar in Boston, “ JENRY A. 0AKLEY, “ Vice President of Howard Insurance Company of New York.” The Ass?ts of the HOWARD are Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars. The’ Company has beex represented in Chicago ever since it had tweuty thousand inhabitants, and ranks second to none for prompt and honorable dealing. From the CITIZENS' Isurance Company of New York. “With Bight Hundred and Fifty Thonsand Assets, we shall los i Thousand by the Boston Fire, and urefix};udy for all goos(le busilfe; that %{%etxl:s‘.vo Bundred and Sifty E. A, WALTON, ¢ Secretary Citizens' Insurence Company of New York.” The surplus of the CITIZENS is Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars, The character and mansgement, of the Company is well kmown to thefbusiness men of Chicago. Organized 1836. Fron {te MANHATTAN Fire Tnsurance Compay of New Tork “ Manhattan is all vight. Go ahead with business. ts, 'hirty - e e, v Hundrel 62 Thteey Thovs * President Manhattan Fire Insurance Compuu'y of New York." rates. “A. J. SMITH, The MANHATTAN FIRE is 2 new Compauy and has a select line of risks, ali at the advanced Trom i NATIONAL Tisurance Compary of New Yok, © Loss at, Boston. One Mandred and Forty Thousand. We havelthe necessary amount to fill * NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY of New York.” up capital. We are now doing business, it says. The NATIONAL is one of the old New York Companies, organized 1838, and will do just what - From the PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON Insurance Company of Providence. « Qur Boston losses do not equal 30 per cent of our assefs. Go forward with business, JOHN XINGSBURY, President Providence Washington Insurance Company of Providence, R. L. The PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON is the oldest Insurance Company in New England, organized 1799, and is the second oldest Company in the United States. It is well known to our oldest citi- zens, and its comse during its long period of success, and honorable adjustment of losses after the Chicago fire, commend it most highly to our people. I am prepared to write good risks, for good 1men, at good rates, on dwellings and contents, mercantile baildings and stocks, short risks on grain, merchandise, and provisions, in Elevators, Warelonses, Packing-Houses, and depots, as heretofore, Very, Respectfully, ARTHUR C. DUCAT. NEW PUBLICATIONS. NEW BOOXS. REMARKABLE VOYAGES; OR, ' MAN UPON THE SEA. A History of Maritime Adventure, Exploration aud Dis~ covery, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time, By FRANK B. GOODRICH, Author of *“The Court of Napoleon,” otc. With Numerous Illustrations, New Edition, Large8vo, Extra Oloth. $3.00, **Ttis s delightfal work, brilliaat it deeds of vallant enterprise and herole enddrance, and varied by every con- Goivable Incident. Wo have seldom scen a work ‘more agroeable in stylo ormore fascinating in intorest.”—Hos- ton Journal. MY LAST CRUISE. Where We Went And What We Saw. ‘Boing an Account of Visits to the Malay and Loo-Choo ‘Tsiands, the Coasts of Chins, Japan, Siberis, Etc, interspersed with Amusing Incidents and Exoiting Adventures, By AW. HABERSHAB, Licut U. S. Nasy. Handsomely Tiustrated With Steel Plates Numerous Woodouts. New Edition. 8vo. Extra Cloth, $2.50, The Boy’s Book About Indians. Being Whet I Sew and Hoard for Three Years on the Plains, By REV. EDMUND B. TUTTLE, Post Chaplain U. S. A. Tlustrated, 12mo, Extra Cloth, $160. »,® For sale by Booksellers genorally, o will be sent. by ‘mall, postpald, npon recelpt of tho price, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT & C0., Publishers, 715 and 717 Mackotst.. Philadelp) MISCELLANEOTUS. FURNITURE. = Ironing Day, A new companion Chromo to WASHING DAY, given to ‘each customer by the GREAT ATLANTIC & PACTFIC TEA (D, 118 West Washington-st. Copartnership Notice, I have this day withdrawn_all right, title, and faterest hick, Furness & Stavers. fe5i e e of Buschick, Fyrmets EStaroms o Caicaco, Aug. 13, 1872 dini BANK AND OFFIGE FITTING AND FURNITURE MADE TO ORDER. * F. R. WOLFINGER, Offico and Factory: Corzer of Lincoln and Kinzie-sts. Refers ermission_the Weed Scwi M stalors by permledlon b0, Wone Steke. ) 10 Opgeit ‘hoimer, Jewslors. MEETINGS. Tiiinots St- Androw Soclery. The D!flrll’!ln\'{ meoting of the society e bela o1 e shorlor Genctront, (Fudeo ameson), all, corner Ade Pl AR ST ovoniag: aLT o Sl L LamAll-ata., JOHY STEWART, Soc. FOR SALE. ATUSTIIN. A tew vory desirable ots for sslo, on onsy torma. Theso 1ot to suparior o those sold by atiction.~ Inquiro of W. R HOOBBURY, 15 South Halsted- B OO e, et o O B Dfifois St. Andrew | fore, and would solicit a continusngs of former favors. GENERAL NOTICES. St James Episcopal Church. fn this Ohurch will bo sold on Thuraday ven- (TReEeTR IR e TA4 celock, In tho Obapel corner Cass and Huron-sts, ¥ WML B, STANNARD, No. 28 fip%mmlgsnms-sm.. FLOI FEEI G , having air of FLOUR, FEED s O e e e s Baroto eroto- BUSINESS CARDS. CS.RANKIN & CO., Architectunal Tron Works, "CINCINNATI, OHIO, MANUFACTURE Store Fronts, Doors and Shutters, Jail Work,Glass Pavements, Grates, _Mante}s',@aih‘ng. &e. OIFT CONCERT OF THE HARIONIE SOCIETY . DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AT THE Oprera Eouse, OoN Wednesday, Nov, 20, 1872, 100,000 Tickets, at $3 each, Wil e fsed. $150,000 in Currency Will be given to the holders of tickets by dis- tribution by lot, as follows: 3,085 Gifts, all Cash. FINANCIAT: COMMITTEE: : ... ..President S. ROTHSCHILD. Vice Prosident 3 TH Treasurer - C. BUSCE Secratary Frod. L. Sgitz, ‘Trangott Sehmidt, Julius Stoll, C. Schulenburg, L. Barie. The Harmonie Society guarantees the faithful 2nd honorable execution of the en- terprise by the election of the above Com- mittees, the members of which hava pledged themselves, by their signatures, to promota the said enferprise to_the best of their abili- ties, and to attend to the faithful execution of the seme. i The object of this enterprise is to procurs means for the erecting. of a suitable Hall for the Harmonie Musicel Socisty, in which ars, Hiorature and scionce will find o harbor and spread their ennobling influence over the so-~ gialand. jatellectual life of the ontire popu~ ation. "The Executive Committec does not enter~ tain any doubts that ull tickets will be dis- Hoeed of but in case all should not be sold, Tie prizes will be reduced in proportiontoths Daroentage of unsold tickets at the dsy of: the drawing. . 1 8 communications for Agencies, orders for tickets, etc., for the State of Illinois, Tor 4 bo addressed to WM. GRATZ, in. HRobert Thiem & Co’s Boot and Shoe Store,. 74 Bast Medison-st., Chicago, LIl ‘WILLIAM GRATZ, Geoneral Agent, Tllinois. TINANCIAL, 3,000 Re n‘xYnANTED' £ a0 Republio Tusurnco Cogpagg SESEIRGP! 15 84 and 83 LaSallerat. . Raom25