Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 6, 1873, Page 12

- THE PLANS. ‘- Besizns for the Kew €ity Mall and County Building, B Tuformation for Those Excluded from Kentucky Block. Description. of Four of the - Leading Plans. Those Submitted by Messrs. Rankin, - Boyington, Matz, and Tilley. Why the Names of Architects Are : Published. In the first notices of the plans for the new Tity Hall, want of spaco prevented ourgiving xore than a few descriptive lines to each design, salenlated to give only o general idea: of the structures proposed by the architects. Itis our Intention to give évery competitor & fair chance sefore the people in the publication in full of ‘s Tescription of his designs, and the aid of such sentlemen a8 wish to appear at an equal advant- 1ze with their rivals will be desirable. Among plans, thero should be & great varioty in ie<ign, but the visitor must sdmit & monotony inthose on exhibition which is unexpected. will be seen in the frequent recur- ence 6f cerfain phrases made use of a¥ "the architect. It will ba impossible farnish in one fssne s full a description as ould be given, of each plan, and at the same dre mention all of them. TWe.purpose, there- ore, t0 give, in to-day’s paper, a full description 3 =omo, reserving the remainder for future issues. BANEIN AND GARNBET. No. 1 on the list is that of Rankin & Garnsey, rith the device “Semper Resurgens.” The of architecture 2dopted by these competi- rs is a modern treatment of the clasical, such u style combining inits effects grester dignity wnd elegance, according to their opinion, than those which, originnfi.ng in semi-barbarous sges, depend more upon the elaboration of their, croamentation for effect, thmuggflggod propor- tions, or elegance of ontline. _Elaborate orna- mentation bas been avoided, with the belief that the stability, endurance, beauty, and economy have been consulted thereby. The plan submitted, 18 that of a building hav- ing & open courtin the centre, the iner rooms Leing lighted from the court‘{u'd‘filnd the outer oces from the eeveral streets. 0 entrances are situated on all four streets, in the centre of each front,—access being immediately to the ‘basement floor. In sddition to these, flights of steps on Washington and Randolph streets will afford immediata sccess to the principal floor from the strests. ; The several floors will be connected by four. double flights of steirs, constructed of -ifon, and couimencing immediately in front of the entran- cos,’and leading to exch of the four wings of the structure. These stairways will be very hand- somely lighted and ventilated from tho r0of, a8 well i by windows at each landing. Elovators are also provided for, one being on the city, and one ‘en the county, side of the building. . Access to the various rooms, on esch floor, will be had from tha corridors, which lead entirely sround the building, and also conneot the La- Ballp and Clark strest fronts, through the ro- tunda in the centre. These corridors will be well lighted' from- the stairways, and will be paved with marblo. - 5 Ttwas determined to place the tower in the centre of the building and of the interior couri~ yard, sud trest it as & tower ratber than a8 & Qomé (which in its construction would be much more axgenziva. and would be_out_of harmony with the design submitted). It was also considered that the “dome ~treatment become .rgo common to gll public ‘buildings, that something more original was de- mane d&l‘fl?:hmtegin‘;g m‘iowa‘l"i is trested as » rotunds, with an interior cclonnade supporting ts dome. Tho adoption of such & tower. was contidered absolutely necessary in the construc- tion'of the entire building, containing, aa it is intended, the principal foul-air shafts, the tank for the reception of ‘the water of the artesian well; from which tank it is proposed to furnish {cuntains (to be located in positions afterward £0 bo considered), and to work thie olevators, It will also contain a clock, & bell, and a fire look- out. The lower portion will have ample accom- modation for the Strangers’ Obsarvatory, which will command the interior of the rotunda as well s the surronnding country. Tt i8 proposed to censtruct the lower portion up to and inclusive of the view balcony of stone, and the npper por- tion entirely of iron, , The county portion of the bagement contains i tions for the Becorder, the Bheriff, heating lp&mtpn and receiving vaults, and the vaults for the Circuit and Probate Clerks, which could not be accommodsted, for want of space, onthe first floor. On the city side, arrange- ments have been made for the Police and Fire Departments, Py Boom, Harbor-Mester, Gas Inspectors, and heating apparatus. On the first floor on_the county side are the m;mz and -Collecting depariments, County Clerk, County Oommiseioners, Superintendent of Public _gn’mnea, and Clerks of the Supe- rior, - Circuit, and Probate Courts, the voults of tho last two being in the base- rent, - connected by stairs snd water elovator. On the city gide are the Hnfior‘s apartments, the Comggrullu', ‘Treasurer, Collector, Board of Public ‘Works, Water De- partment, City Clerk, and Tax Commissioner. On the second floor, county eide, are the County and Probate Courts, with the necessary adjuncts of cLm-y and Judge’s rooms, Superin- teadent of Schools, Law Library, Counfy Survey- or, and Coroner. On the city side are tho Law Départment, Superintendents of Btreets, Public Buildings, and Bidewalks, Draughting and 3pecial Assessment Departments, the City En- Tineer, Sowersge and Board of « Education offi- Zes. On the third floor, county side, are_rooms for e Superior, Cireuit, County, and_Chancery Courts, twelvo m mumber. On the city side is iho Council Chamber, in the centre of the build- Ing on the LaSlle street front. A gallaryis pro- vided for the spectators. - Adjoining the Council Chamber, rooms have been provided for a Suj rior Houss, should it ever bo created. The Su- Fremo Coutt s alao armagged. for with scoee: sorics. The Alarm Tele; Board of Eealth offices are on thi pfluog‘ g Tha estimates for the county sido are $993,- 325.08; for the city side, $998,195.09; for the sower, $175,589.88. - Total, $2,177,274.85. 2MR. BOYINGTON'S PLAN, notto, “Marmion®, is one which has been severe- criticized, and unreasonably =0, by soms of the papers. Jtis mot plan which for economy sppears to recommend itself, the architects’ sstimate being $3,500,915. The' style of architecture adopted is an adap- tation of the Italisn school which has attained sonsiderable - popularity in this country, and which unquestionsbly adapts its forma to our slimste better than any other, affording in its lofty porticos and colonnades that shade which the heat of summer rendera so desirable, and the sppearance of dignity and repose which is thus obtained, admirably adapting it for usein im- portant public buildings where symmetry and architectural effects ought to receive a fair shgra £ consideration. From the porticos on the centre of each front anthe level of the first floor extends on each side & verandsh or colonnade, seven feel in width, of Tonic double columns sixteen feet high, antil it meets the break formed by the project- ing angles of the building, thus forming a cool retreat or promensde, 88 well a5 8 striking archi~ tectural festnre. . On the centre of the Washington street front; and on the dividing line between the Connty and City portions, is placed the main tower, sixty fect square at its base, rising up almost perpen- dicularly in two stages above the roof, the upper stage being formed by clusters of angle pilasters of a composite charscter, supporting a freize and heavily projected cornice and pierced parapet. On each of the faces of, this story of the tower is & clock-dinl twenty feot in diameter ata height of 160 feet from the ground, and owing to the position of the tower this clock conld be seen along Washington street s very grest distance. Abové the perapet rises an octagonal lantern, yomstructed of masonry, with Corinthisn col- amos. cornice and paravel, surmounted by & dome ponstmoted of iroh, with a balcony and Thiling on tho top at a height of 387 feot from the’ ground, “sscended by & staircase’ from the interior, and’ on this ia. placed an octagonal ‘wajchi-turrob constructed of iron, which forms: the crowning feature of the whole, tho entire height from the streat lavel to tho ball of the turret being 324 feet. * In this lantern and dome ‘would be. placed the largé bell, hung on a, strong ework of iron. The main porticos . e~ flanked on each - side .by dome-crowned turrets of & Romanesque charac- ter; which are utilized in as retiring-rooms in the plans of tho second'and third floors. A con- siderable portion of the ornamental work on the exterior, such a8 parapets, pinnacles, etc., aro designed to be of galvanized iron. The etair- cases arealeo to be of iron, of clegant design. iThe system of ventilation is that used in the new Law Courts of London, ond ofher large ‘buildings in Europe erected of late years. - _In each of the four angles of the corridor is situated s large ventilating shaft 'carried’ from 1iho basement above the roof and coversd with an Emerson ventilating cap. Thore are fluea proposed to bo carried down the walls from openings near the floors in the court rooms, into the basement, and led into these shafts, which 8re to be heated by astove placed theroin, and thus create a draught which will - carry off the foul air from these rooms and secure thorough ventilation. “A cold-air supply will also be provided by flues built horizontally into the external walls around the rooms, near to the coiling. with apertures, and gratings, and valyes. This, however, T ox’ peck will rarely b used, as the dranght created v the ventilating shafts would also creste s supply of iteelf through the nutural chaonels, which would usually be found sufficient to keop the air in the rooms perfectly pure. 0. 5. MATZ' PLAN. The style belected by * Justitia,"—O. H, Matz,—is the Renaissance, or, moro correctly, & combination of the forms from the various periods of the Renaissance, {n the exterior com- position of which thero is a general adherence to the Pavillon of the Now Louvre, of the Hotol de Ville do Paris, and the * Maison de Com- merce,” erected in the City of Lyons. The ground plan presents an irregular parallelogram, enclosing a hollow square or open court 54x152 feet in size, by which arrangoment the three desiderats, light, air, and patural ventilation have been fully obtained for the benefit of those offices not fronting on the surrounding streets, and also for the corridorsand vestibules. The ap- proaches to the exterior of the building aro through fourboldly projecting two-story porticos, 16350 feet, with detached columns and placed in the centre of each of the four facades. The steps project to.the lot lines, and round off the corners, where handsome candelabras on stone podestals are placed. The basoment, 14 feet high, is treated in & bold manner with large rus- tic blocks and arches, and capped with monlded ‘watartable. ‘The superstructure is treated in three different styles—First story, Dorlo ; second story, Tonic; and third story, composite. These styles are nuniformly carried out on the projecting parts of the design and on the porticos. The recessed partions of the facades have been troated moro freely, thus giving variety to the design. The ’c.‘;gn of: the composite are composed of Eng- ish ferns, instead of the scanthua. * The main cornice 18 massive but.plain, with modillions and dentels, and surrounded by a balustrade consist- ing of panneled pedestals, with terminals ond balusters between. The corner pavilions pro- Ject threo feat from the proposed building line, - and measure 50 foat square on the base. Tho fron domes which surmount these pavilions are 40 feet high, curved, and 25 feet square on top, finished with neat metal crown and zinc crest- mfin great features of the design are the two largo pavilions in the centre of LaSalle street (eity . and in :the centre of Clark treot (county -half), These _pavilions measure 80 foet . ‘front, and above the two-story porticos are piercod each by a large semi-ciroular window, with carved imposts .or transom rails, and divided into three spaces, the arohivolt being supported by handsome shafts surmounted by caryatides. The spandrels on the right and left are filled with medallionheads. Above the cornice raises an angular pediment,” the space between cornice &nd archivolt bein; flled with pannels, divided by pilasters and fill with rosettes snd medallions in place of the friero and architrve, The tympaua of the pediments are filled with emblematio sculpturs, Topresenting - mavigstion—ruilroading on Lac Sallo street front, and commerce snd sgrioulture on the Clark street front, both contsining also the coat of -arms of the United Btates and of the State of Illinois. The apex of pediments is surmounted by statn- ary representing “Peace” and *‘Wear.” The curved dome is plerced by oriel windows, and finished with metal cornices and crestings, from ‘Which suspend drops and’ festoons of leaves and ribands. e dome is piaced within 85 feet from the building line on Washington strest, messur- ing 62 feet on the base, and forming with its back the south front of fhe open court. Up to the height of 200 feet it is built square, and of solid masonry; the facades being relieved by galleries, szn;fwfing porticos, columps, pilasters, etc., and also by illuminated clock dials on each of the four sides, 18 feet diameter. The curved iron roof s 80 erranged that, starting in the form of a rectangle at ita base, it finishes in octagon form at the top, and forms the base for the oc- tagon lantern. This i8 attained by splitting the iron hiprafters about midways between base and crown, and creating a most graceful form. The height of this part is 70 feet. The lantern is slso mads of iran, 85 feotin hoight, and sur. mounted by the statue of *“ Justitia.” “The total Teight from the sidowalk level to the top of the Justitia is 325 feet. The two porticos on Wash-~ ington and Randolph streets are flanked by ‘belvideres, covered with iron domes, and attaln- ing an altitude of 130 feet. And oneof these belvidercs will answer the best purpose for ‘bell-towers, and will be greatly preferable to the suspension of the bell in the lantern, some 300 foat high. . ‘The interior open court has & plain ashlar facade.- The first floor opens_into this court on five-feet, platform, supported by iron brackets from the walls, thus forming & direct communi- cation between thefourlarge vestibules, and also ‘between the surrounding streots. In the centre of the court is the artesian well, with fountains. Corridors, 12 feet .wide, divide tho_offices front- ing the streets from those facing the of court, and connecting directly with the four large’ vestibules, = forming an unbroken passsge throughout the interior of the building. This ~ communication is kept open aio in the upper stories, which are reached from first floor by eight commodious iron staircasesand three passenger elevators. All corridors receive direct light and air from the streets and conrt within. Most of the offices and court~rooms are provided with open fire-places, greatly enhancing the ventilation of the rooms, and aiding the sys- tem of ventilation introduced in the building, namely, to ventilste by the two principles of exhaustion and propulsion. The intontion is to heat the building "?fi\ steam, with direct and in- direct radiation. s The cubical contents of the building are abont 12,000,000 cubic fest, in which measuremont, however, are included the total area under ground, down to the bottom of con- crete and foundation, projecting steps, porticos, etc, The estimated cost is £2,800,000. MR, TILLEY'S PLAN. .*Eureks” is the suggestive and appropriste motto of plan No. 5, T. Tilley, which is a design of & most striking and original character, not only in its ground plans, but in its general com- binations and the elegance of finish which seems to mark every detail. The design is in the form of s Greek cross, with wings 8o situated on each arm of the cross as to form what the architect explained to the reporter was professionally known as & compound Greek cross. The first feature of the design, and the one that at once strikes the observer, is, that the build- ing is placed on the block in & diagonal shape, running from cormer to corner, thus giving those greatest of all desideratums, an abundant supply of light and air; and this to every office, hall-way, and room throughout the entire building. The advantage of this over the square plan is 0 obvious to all acquainted with the laws of hygiene that no comment is needed. For the uninformed in such mat~ ters, however, it may be explained that, under the present plan, there are dark and gloom; TOOME, g.l.mp and dismal passages, an more or less objectionable anti and wait- ing rooms, snd Wwhat, are called in our phraseology “modern improvements.” ~ To pzoveum'uain not the case in these plans, 1t is only necessary to state that every important room in the building, even inclnding that dismal abode wherein the City Fathers reigii supreme on every Mondsy night, snd which is occasion- ally used for the purpose of debating public matters, has s frontago light, together with sn abuncance of exterior windows. “This not onlyis higk’y essential, but adds gra 3 ance of anv hildiog. Ventilstion is forther se- chred and must naturally be good {from the fact that the shaft from the rotunda in £ §§§)d§?x'1° S;Mg .um in the centre of the build- "The warin, plessaat wasther of this- morni alr. It 18 to seemed to take everybody by surprise, and - im= parted a wholesome' ptimulus to many depart- ments of sctiyity, aa it promised su carly re- sumption of summer ;businesa. ! it fl“fim':d' u‘:unld wp:iedilyrnnlvoiuk éba !r.rfi.‘-; and permit the resumption of navigation, w. it would also compensats for tho hif ing weather, whi v from seeding a8 extensively astheyhad expected. rations took & new start, al £ day of the weel monts of veesels in the harbor: of business men to be ready-for tho first ‘breeze which shall oarry out our grain and other pro- At tho sama time the siraits are- now full of ice, and some -say they contain-more ice than at this date in any one of twenty yeara past. _ ociated Pross report of last evening gave three reasons for the weakmessin grain in New York, but .omitted to give whatis un- dly the true resson. That is-the fact that that there haa been no export demand on. | the seaboard; as proven. b; h the exports from New York for the week endin last _evening were only 180,000 bu corn. of Galifornis, whe the necossary be 200 test clear, and 807 feet from sidewalk' to X will be- 80 arranged during the heated term it will supply abun- dant currents of air via . the wide corridors to every court-room and office in the.building. 'The air from the exterior also, of course; 8ot 88 & ventilating shaft. This fact alone recommends the plan to all who have sworn, suffered, and sweltored in the conri-rooms of Ohicago -in ‘the days of yore, A-less important foature, but one _certainly deserving of attention by the Commis- sioners, is the fast that the plan, unlike thoso of the old style, furnishes & main entrance st every corner of the block. This is not only menss conveniench to the ocoupanta thereof, but sitive boon, if the quantity of visit it is taken into” congidera- r plans show that the architect had s force on his -exterior. m_um; curridoma'md %’mg lppll;nenu are ad- mizably arranged, an m & o A Plan, ' th st once arrive at the conclusion that nothing 'was left to be desired in that respeot. The base- mont and first and second - stories are to be nsed 28 offices for our public officials, -the third and fourth storios are treated as one sto terior, to be used for court-rooms, chamber, sud a public ball Which will have s Je of the plans, if we s from the elevations and prospective, y plensing 58 o whole, and well propor- d bold in its outline, and still" pro- serves that harmony and delicacy of finish is the essence of true art, and characterizes some of the most classical buildings of Burope. AN EXPLANATION. A correspondent indignantly writes to de- nounce those architects whose names have be-. come familiar to the reporters, and to scathe the reporters who have discovered the ‘names of It our correspondent only knew what the reporters knew when the names were published, namely, that nearly all the members of the Committes were familiar with the names’| of the authors, and that farther secresy was no longer of value, he would have reflected before he aburo of Justice.” Romo of ose belongin, rings—took | especial prirs to let their namugbe known, and in their efforts to point out tho fancied superi- ority of their plans took care to let the names of other competitors be lnown also. Tho wrong was not dono by the reporters, The names were 80 well known that the; Buch weather, and the move- owed the anxiety duco fo the consumer, the statement that 13,000 bu wheat, an ‘plentiful offering at in Liverpool, the merchants thera: do not care to order wheat from this sec- tion, and there is little encouragement to spec- ulative shippers, in the fact thaf the best bid in .| Liverpool yesterdsy for Ohicago No. 2 spring to ay was 488 per quarter, which willnot for it here, reck- admit ¢ ¢ over $1.05 eight -to Kings-. oning on the basis of ton. . . The leading produce markets were dull to-dsy, with the- exception of whest and provisions. Saturdsy is seldom & busy_da; falls at the end of a month. mand was very light, and the spea L ment held back " from Investing. The receipta were only moderate, and the rail eral for the scason. "There was » good _degree grocery market, and. pncelDwaro sgain 6 5y ; five, with - but Jittle prices. All staple fabrics, and seasonable goods nerally; are held with pronounced firmuess. atter was in good request at yesterday's prices. Receipts are increasing some, but the increnso is chiefly in common to continuing scarce. Bag a8 previously quoted. . shipments hib- of activity in the firm all ‘wrote over the & remains quiet the architects—t _fruit markets. ods met with & satisfactorily active in ticlea enamerated in the Corn sdvanced a trifle, with exception there were no guotable changes sgain reported dall, with prices unsettied and irregular. Hides wers in ‘moderate request only, and the market was Iack- ing in strength. Leathor was firm. No new features wera noted in the pig-iron, tobacco, and airly active at the ‘The warm woather has had a favorablo effect on the lumber market ; tho demand for all de- scriptions having improve ing existg tha bigher request, the qudted prices bell market for motals, tinn prices are ruling Btrong. A fair learned them without 5 b withheld from the public when those parties who_onght to have ro- mained in ignorance wero familiar with them ? MONETARY. " BaTuRDAY EVENING, April 5. Notwithstanding the stringency that bas pre- +ailed'inall the Eastern cities and in Europe, mo- noy,continues in fair supply in this market. The démand is active, and in soms quarters the banks have more good paper oftered tnan' they care to take, buit in the street the supply of money offer- ed it good, and all really first-clpés paper is easi- Iydisposed of st 10to 12 per cent, with some trangactions in less désirable in values. - Hay was .wood markets. and a steadier feel- leg and ebingles re- e, cament, etc., are in stock, and naila; and steady, and for man; transacts tho market being firm for all imported stock. , :‘No further chango in American iron was. improved inquiry, ool and hote were 1 paper at 15 to 18 uiet, and without o former_stap! ‘weak and irregular, while hops are held firmly at quotations, ns the stocks are light, and .gradual- becoming less. ' Broom corn was without new ature; manufacturers are purchasing for im-" ‘mediate consumption, the better qualitios being mostly wanted.: There Was Vi trading in:. the seed market to-day, and all descriptions were dull, excepting the higher grades of tim- othy, which were in tolerably fair - demand. ed.’ Tho demand for pota- toés continues fair, and former prices were readily obtained. Green fruits were. quiot; prioes wére' unchanged for all varieties, excopt apples, which, undor liberal stodks and many in- - ferior offerings, are weak and irregular. Poultry. i utill very scarce, and all offerings sl readily .on arrival.: Eggs were ir moderate local demand’ ., Lake freights were inactive changed, at_15¢ for corn an sail to Buftalo, and 200 and 213¢c for do to Ofwe- Rail freights are firm at 650 per 100 1bs to York, and 70c to Boston. Through freights, lake and rail, are quoted 10c Exchange. is .in demand, the remittances of |- Western merchants to Eastern creditors being, |- large. Sales of New, York funds were madg to- day ai 500 and 60c per 1,000 premium. = The great fsture in finances - to-da vance in the price of gold to_1193¢, thor closingprice was somewhat lower. It is appar- at decrease in the amoun of the last fifteen st the same ex- e Tepeated in the next four or five months, is placing the price of gold entirely in the control of the gold speculators, and when the exporta of domestio products fall off, a8 they- nsnally do in summer, gold will go much higher e -Chicago baoka for the gold in the" country durin months, and the periencs is to . Prices wera unchang *Tho cloarings' of thi SoaaiTe S e 770 snd nominally un-. 16¢ for wheat, by .$35,605,779.83 $2,708,664.99 £19,709,676.84 $2,644,248.92 The following quotations of -looal stocks aro furpished by Mesers, Hummond & Corresponding week last . ] Highwines were quiet and stendy at the recent decline, though - quoted firmer in’ New York &l near the closo. les were limited to 100 brls at 863¢c per gallon. Provisions were rather more active, being in better domand. The trading was principally in rk and lard, the former rl, and the Iatter 10c per 100 sharp décline having brought out _several buying |. orflers. Ments were in q shade easier, several holders offering meats at yesterday's quotations. The warmer 1 fore to eome extent with the movement of meats, and yet seller Mayis in favor with buyers, Beve been recently sold on that option. The deman to-day, - for ‘pork and , 1 to be sitogether from the short interest. The ‘market closed st the following range of vk, cash or sellor April, 815.60 15.66; do seller Msay, $15.75; do seller June, ivancing 10@15¢ per 1bs, the recent Targo lota haviny waa belioved Car, 102 Fome Company..z.. erce. 9 Traders’ Ins, Co.... 6iLzs, $2,600 Chamber of Commereo at 95. 3,000 Travelers’ Insurance at 102, 3go City Railiway at 1674, Traders’ Insurance st 104. Messrs. Lunt, Preston & Kean guote as fol- |* lows this afternoon : ‘mess, none here ol Bweet pickled hams iéc. Dry salted meats quotal for shoulders ; 73{@7}c for lo T%c for short ribs; and 8@8 .Boxag aho‘u!d ments, 7’ ¢ for pjmi‘ %?»2? 8}@8%c for short 181¢@143¢c for longcut hams. Baconis quoted 90 for clear ribs, 93c for short ® clear, and 13@15¢ for hams, all packed. am,uu@m}.{ ; boef hams, $28.50G20.K0. ity tallow, 73@7%c; grease quotable . Salen a reported of 1,500 brls mess seller May st 31675 ; 8,000 brls do . seller at 816,05 ; 350 bris doat 816.005 1,950 tea’ 50 ; 1,250 tes do sellor June Tiba a4 730 ; 60,000 the X @630. English o0 7T34¢ tor shouldes U.8. Gold mf' Gold Cot hange . Sterling Exchango (iarge dratts). Nortliern Zacifc Gold 1-Ws J Iaxd seller May at 8. at $8.70 ; 20,000 e ah short clear at &c. |~ The following were the stocks of po dncts on hand in this city on the ‘Ist inst., as . ackers and warehousemen to e Pork Packers' Association: COMMERCIAL. BaTURDAY EvENING, April 5. The following were the receipts and shipments of the lezding articles of producein Chicago dur~ ing the pest twenty-four houss, and responding date one year £go : reported by the 155 Becretary of Hes pork, "fe‘,"»"fii'" £k, old, bl i el pock, b The daily *‘Commercial Report " gives the fol- Towing a8 the shipmonts of provisions from this city for the week ending ‘April Nov. 1, 1872; also comparative 1873, and since €3,800 6,090,860 3 417, 3 166, 48,717 85,014, 814 141,070,451 67,538 140,123 48,507 34,849,353 86,20, 043 ha M:d mo‘r: g u;ilvr; g 8 modersate ing h reported dull and heavy in from tho Jocal :ryide rate. Prices were unchanged, being a little firmer in their viewa from tho fact that the shipments now exceedthe receipts. Sales were reported of 50 brls white winter extras at £10.35 ; 250 brisdo on exiras 8t $6.50 ; do at 86.25; 100 brls do ivate terms ; 200 brls la do at 83.75; 200 and 100 brls do (Rorest do on private terms. 80 tons bran at 810.00 on 'The following was the asking range of prices at the closa: Falr to choice white Red winter extras. than on Friday, ‘Withdrawn from store on Friday for city con- sumption : 8,464 bu whest; 4,895 bu rye; 917 bu barley. Withdrawn for do during the week: 19,689 bu wheat ; 18,819 bu corn ; 4,360 bu oats; 9,576 bu rye ; 9,238 bu barley. The following grain has been inspected into storo this morming, up to 10 o'clock: 37 cars wheat; 106 cars corn; 7 cars oats; 1 car rye; 11 cars barley. Total, 162 cars, or 64,000 bu. The following were thereceipts and shipments of breadstuffs and stock at this point daring the week onding with this morning, and for corre- sponding weeks ending a8 dated : oS, Marehm, Aprils. , March29, 3 1873, 1873, 1872, | terms ; 200 brls 08 at $4.50 ; 50 ‘Wheet was moderately active, and 340 than on Friday, under a good demand, which was it interest, till the shorts werc cressed firmness, and filled in lom. New York was quoted ir~ racular, with laree holders firm in their views. to tho appear- |- notirithstanding s Yery small export domand, The advices from Liverpool .ianarally quoted that market ag firmer, though all did not agree in that respect. This gave a stronger tone to our market, especially as ihere are a great num- ber of orders bere to buy May wheat at $1.19@ 1.20. The greatest cause of the improvement in prices seemed, however, to bo the fact that there Were numerous ** puts " out, to doliver at_abont $1.103¢ to-day; and the parties who hsd sold +| those grivflogas were naturally_anxious to pre- yent doliveries from being inade. This put ‘business is growing in magnitade; in. fact it aooms now b hava boon organized fato & regular science;” like the bookmaking -of .the turfite. 1t has recently had a great deal to do with the. tone . of our. leading grain markets. Beller llng, which was the principal option dealt in, opened at $1.193¢, advancod to epunx, de- clined to $.120, rosa to £1.20%, and declined to $1.20%4 at the close.* Bellor thamonth, or regu- lar No. 3 spring, sold at S1.1414@1.15%, closing at 81.15. Seller June sold at 51.215@1.223(; and buyer May at 81.23@1.23%. New receipts of No.2 spring closed at $1.18. No.1 spring Wwas-nominal at $1.26@1 28; and No.$ do nomi- nal at $1,06 for regular. Cash sales were re- ported of 7,600 bu No. 3_spring (fresh) at $1.18; 5,000 bu do rggnhr ab £1.155 ; 10,000 bu do af 81.15%4 ; 10,000 bu do at 81.153¢; 40,000 bu do st 91153+ 15,000 bu do at 81.15%; 10,000 bu do at 81,153 5,600 bu No.8 spring (fresh) $1.08; 1,600 bu do st $1.0734; 800 bu’ rejected spring st 933o; 2,400 bu do at 93c. Total, | P00 b, 5% i Corn wab dull and steady at an averago decltne Of 3o trom tho aversge of Friday, with s greatly reduced demand. New York was heavy, and the woather hora was fine, which promised & larger yield on tho new orop, and larger receipts on the old, while the prospects of shipping out are small, a8 most of the freight room now in harbor bas beon engsged by one or £wo parties, snd & considerable proportion thereof i understood to bo for corn to mmive by canal. Bo great n anxiety to sell, and so little desire to buy, have not Leen noticed in corn for several days past. It is probable that much of this feeling was due to fears of the effect of the ‘weather upon the corn now in _store here, as much of it was sgecured in an inforior con- dition as to dryness. There is little doub that a long spell of warm, muggy weather would try it soverely. Seller tho month, or regular No. 2,'wold ot 80}¢@30%c, with one sale at 8080 ; Tiew receipts of No. 3 at 93¢ ; seller May at S43¢ @34560 ; soller June at 3614@363{c ; seller July 8t 333/ @393¢c, and sellor August at 395@39%c, all closing at the inside. Cash’ were roported of 14,400 bu No. ‘2 fresh at 83c; 5,000 bu e at- 303(c; 25,000 bu do at805¢c; 46,000 bu do st 8o ; 8200 bu refected at 283c; 12,000 bu, by saple, 'at:320 ; 800 bu do at 81i¢cs zflfl bu ear at , all on track, Total, 105, , Onta were dull and littlo better than mominal at a slight advance on the reduced quotstions of Fridey, buyers being few and far between, while the reported shipments nearly equaled the Toceipta, and tho arrivals of this moruing wers Emall. Bellor the month, or regular No. 2 sold st 235/@2830; new receipts of do at 26@263(c and geller May at m;(@avx«, with one rumored sale'at 28. Holler June was nominal at 29@ 2930 The market closed rathor firm. Cash snle were reported . of 10,000 bu No. 3 freah at 963{0; 2,480 budo st 266; 1,200 bu rejected ‘eeloy's) at 220; 600 b;osb]uk) by sample at on track. Total 14,200 bu. T THyo was quiet and unchanged, there being lit- tlo offering, and no demand to speak-of. Regu- Jar No, 2 was nominal at 623¢o. Bales were re- strioted to 400 bu No. 9, new receipts, at 640; and 400 bu by samplo st 676, Barley was and.about 10 lower all round, with only a very limited demand s sny price, Tegular No. 3 was tame 8t 76c, and was offered Zracly at 770 soller Iast halt, No. 3 was dull snd nominal at 64@050. Cash eales werereported of 2,000 bu No.2 fresh at80c; 400 bu do at 790 ; 5,000 bu regular at 75¢ ; 4,800 bu rojected at 43c: 800 bu doat 423¢o ; 400 bu by sample at 90c ; 400 bu,do sk 78¢ ; 400 bu do at 720 ; 400 bu doat 56c, all'on track ; 800 bu do at 850 ; 400 budo at 80o, delivered. . Total, 15,800. - LATEST. . In the afternoon there was & moderate smount of trading on the curbatone, and whest olosed s firmer than nt tho close of 'Change. No. 2 spring was nominal st ex.m}g@x.maf sollor the month, and sold at $1.30@1:203¢ sefler May, Closing at 31.20%. Corn wasin moderate ro- quest,’ and stendy gt 903@0%o aeller the Thonth, and 815@345%o sellar Hsy: ~ Other grain was quiet and unchangod. o CHICAGO LIVE-STOCK MARKET. Revicw for the Wcek Ending Saturs day Evening, April 5. - 4 | SaTURDAY EVENING, April 5, The receipta_of live stock during the woek have been as follows : 47k 658 10703 - 63 CATTLE—As was feared would be the_ case, the largo shipments eastward from here duzing last weok resulted in s sharp reaction of prices at the sea-board, the supply exceeding the de- mand at all pounts, and values being subjected t0 8 3(@24c docline all around. Qur market has mnpmuzod to tho extent of & ig@gga 80 far a5 ing , grades, were concern ut ‘remains oenggtbfi.\y unchinged for other descriptions. That under the pressure of the enormous re- ceipts of the past two weeks (some 85,000 head arrived during that period) the depreciation in values shonld have been no greater, is matter for surprise. Had not the attendance of outaide buyers been nnmnfl&!nll and the quality of the stock exceptionally fine, the profits of drovers had been loss; or, rather, their losses would bave been greater. The inquiry for stock atoa has atesdly exceoded the offering, and the ngxry for butchers' stuff hns also kept pace with the prices current a week ago have uniformly b el mustained. | Stock cattle may be exr pected to continue_in active request for some time to come, and it is not probable that the supply, within the next six weeks, will at any time &0 far exceed the demand ss to causo any material decline. In a few instances feeders have paid” 24.65@4.75 for especially desirablo lots, but their purchazes were chiefly at 83.50@ 4.00 for poor to medium, and at 34.25@4.50 for good to prime. The mgply of new milch cows 18 gradually increasing, but the market hag not 8 yet been overstocked, and prices keep well up, ranging from $20.00 per head for poor to 846.00 for choice. Veal calves ere salable at about_former rates, though tho tandency is downward, a5 the receipts are more liberal. = Good to choice fat light-weights sell at £5.00@5.75, and poor to medium qualities at £3.50@4.50. Corn-fed,Texas cattle have been in fair supply at $4.00@4.50 for common to medi- um droves, and at 24.75@5.00 for choice, with a fow extra at £6.1214. J To-day there was & dull‘ heavy feeling in the market. The different classes of buyers were well represented, but_their wants were few, and it was a dragging trade from the o&aning to the close. Shippers were the principal operators, o few loads only being taken by local butchers or feoders, Prices were without guotable change, a8 compared with yesterday, the following being the closing : Beeves—] % to 5 yearold steers, aversging 1,300 to 1,400 Ibs. .. s -e Good Beeves—Well-fattened, finely-for ‘steers, averaging 1,200 to 1,300 Ibs. Afedium Grades—Steers in BOGS—During the first half of the der roview the market was an excited and ad- | vancing one. Although the receipts were much larger than ever known at & corresponding ;eriod in any former season.-thers were buyers or sll offerings, and up to Thrusday noon thero bad been an advance of 60@65c per 100 Ibs, prices going to $5.45@5.85 for poor to choico fi'he continned heavy arrivals, how- ever, proved foosevere a strain upon the mar- ket, snd during Thursday afternoon and Friday Srices eased off 15@20c, or to £5.80@5.65. hould the present mte of ung}:ly be maiataired qualities. —vwhich is ecarcely probal prices must continue dovmward, s none arc rash enouch to nredict that there will bha fa. Tt o e suy considerable lengt mand ‘in this markel }nurk, 18t the relatively high prices now preva- To-day there wag fair activity, and prices were sustuined at 85.30@05.40 for poor to common ; at | 85.45@5.50 for medium to_good grades, and at $5.50@5.65 for choice. Several thousand re- main in the pens unsold. I amoal EREE s_;{.as&:'a sanssnead i S i EEE Aoome ] ® BasRazzaznas S EEYS PR AoosTas o EPTYSY Ao, EEBEREE Egsargzsaiss H g ® fair demand at $8.75¢ at $4.75@5.25 for m eep have legitimate de- to 80,000 per i Av. 221 182 240 {34470 FEEER % <} *. {3t gt EEERE ] seananna BEEBHL! HEEP—Havo been in light supply, and in 4.50 for poor to common ; jum; snd st 25.50@6.25 0d to choice, with the bulk of sales within ©4.25@5.75. Very few lambs have g8 yot srrivod, and it is impossiblo to givo relia- ble quotations. All the posed of, and the market closes’ steady at the abovo quotations. n *dis- “Whol dves, Quarters, AN N ‘are now % BePh ek rems o LO] ars, . Address, Bo¥ 4448, HAVANA LOTTERY. Royal Havana Lottery, Extranditary Drawing of Apeil 92, Only 16,000 Tickets, with 2,097 ¥all Prizes. {(One Prize to every 7 Tickets). Price of Tickets in' Currencyt Fifths, Tenthe, Twenticths, 00. - 815.00, 97.50. Ex':dm!_Anax or s Bunday at8:0s. ; GHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD. Through Line, and Loulslana icago to Kansas City. Lnlon 8t, Toats & Spriogleld, Bxpres,| Ry o e oo - L2 Nn o e o ‘RAILROAD TIME TABLE, ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE CF TRAINS. | ¥ Proposalafor Prison Labor.” The otord roserva the right to roject any and all bide, A good snd snfficient bond will be required for the falfliment of any contract. Al required information will be famished ‘Winter Arrangement. Revmurno Mames.—+ Sii . eapiats 3 Moniay axeentoae | Ax Teave, | Arrise: 9155 m. (¢ 80 . 5. . [* 8:90p. . m. 50 m. ez0ept Monday, vis Jacksous z MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY. i epol Leave, ABEBEL PEPSTSSISERpE rove D Grova Accommodation| Ottawa and Streator Passonger.. ezcept Baturday, via Main Line, and daily, jvision, B Ticket Offce ' GHICAGO, BURLINGTON & OOINCY RAILROAD. Indi Sisteent staas. Fhomatiise o darabiity, . whioie GRalLsy hae o ‘been tested by actual use in bulld- P o by ey oy O arch . PROPOSALS. T0 MANUFACTURERS, PROPOSALS FOR i House of Correction Lahor, Seslod proposals will be receired at the office of the Mayor, ootil April 8, 1873, at 13 o'clock m., for tho labor 0f175 able-bodled city prisoners, at BRIOK-MAKING. Institntion to furnish grounds; work, and. no charge for labor when prisonets eannot be employed for reason of bad weather. Contractars may usé clay belonging to the fnatitution now fn risar bottom, or within lins of river, ss contemplated by survey for siver enlargemont. Contract to axtend threo years, sub- Joct ‘to cancelistion by throe months® notles ffam con- tractors to the Board of Inspectors. Prisoners to work during brick-making seasan only. 10 hours to be a day's Also. 1{ke proposals for the Iabor of 50 male city prison- ers, at any other outdoor employment. Institution to fur- nish neoessary grounds. Contract sabjest to same con— ditions aa to hours of day's work, bsd waather, lengihof contract, and cancellation, as sbove specified for pro- ‘posals for labor at brick-meking. Also, 1iks proposals for the labor of 75 sble-bodied male ‘prisaners st indoor work. Institution tofurnish workshop and warercom. Cantract subject to the same conditicns 83t hours of day'a work, length of contract, and cancel- Iation, as above spectfied for proposals for labor st brick- Also, like proposals for the Iabor of all able-bodied female prisonors not reauired at ordinary prison dntles. Iostitation to furnish workshop and wareroom. Con- tract subject to same conditions as above specified, as to hours of day's work, length of contract, and cancellation, for proposals for labor at brick-making. TInstitution to furnish all necessary guards and keepers to enforco labor. Proposal to stats the price per diem for each prisoner: also, whather more than the number spacifiod are wantad, and if so, how many; the business at which it 1s proposed to employ them; siza of workshop and waréroom, or grounds, required; and if power or mochinery s to be used. Proposal to be acoompanied by abond {n the sum of 820, with two suroties, to bs ap- . proved by the Mavor; the conditions af the bond to be tha making of the contract, if the bid is accepted; and to ba addressod, **To tho Board of tors of the Housa of Corvectlon, Mayors Offio, Chlcago,” and marked, o Hoard of by Inspe application'to tho Maor, o to tho tendsnt of the ouse of Correction.’ B "By arder of the Board of tors [OSEPH MEDILL, ‘syor and Chatiman. PROPOSALS For Material, and Work, and La- bor Required in the Construc- tion of the Cook County Jail * and Criminal Court Building. 1" A1l material, work, lsbor, constraciton, and Satsh for ontire mason, cat stone, and plastering work com- P matertal, ok Isbor, construction, and finish fogthe trom meckcom te. Work. labar, constructlon, and finih :.if-"m. Fatliing: carpeatan, jolser, and woodWork com: P Bor, construction, and fialsh it hlm ity l:fllflrmtw ‘st have uniforsaity of color, "and 1o stona will bo consilicred uilders may include ons oc more of ths ftems specified. 5 thets rm-.)-fmd i propossis must b mads an the o | Bam aaled witiva copy of s 5 bond &5 th it i dofien (o o0y wik es - oneand dol peat Glrty, tobo approved by said Board, that ths bidder will wo-%g o the contract if awarded to Lim and 9" nd, with lpp)ovedflm:url ty therefos ws 2 For the icon wark ‘snd matertal. or the carpenter, matorial For the pi 4 Tight to reject any or all Proposaia fanst be fnolos coposals (for tho varions kinds of NG acpositod with th - County Clerk, addressad. Cor 23 of Coalk Cor - H. M. 5ING] Fad . JOHN HERTING, - A J. GALLOWA : GEORGE M. BOGUE, Om;lgou:et.m ‘Public Batldings, Board of Commissionere, o Ce o e Fokiual, Post, Btaats Zettuag, Union, and & [2171] RAILROAD. Twentyscoondeet. Ticket Canal-st,, corner of Madizon. ILLINOIS CENTRAL Depot, Iu«_ K:a,lk; all e e eas! S22 lines. All payal . m formation at the Comj 's offic 7 Bowling Groen, N. PTTR.E. oorner TaBalo and Hadisonsia, Chicigo: : ~ ~ OCEAN NAVIGATION. X trom New York, and carrying pas.” S oo Great Efi:\'m“mx‘:udf'c«nu%a':m HENDERSON BROTHERS, Agents. BRERERRSLERBRERERYR 5048 2,054 | oods. ‘ark and Oak Woods. oods 14 FPPEPPPOPTY HEBERUEBEBBEREED 3 i CINOINNATI THROUGH KEE ROUTE. reat Central Rals A tickets and ol e vt o Badl: o S0t of Teonty-second-st. Leave Chicago... Asmive at Indlanapoils Arrive at Clucionati - 20 p. m. 9:30 p. . m;ui}amv.m. 3508, m. S8 0t rhus through to Cing it sloepers on night trains. CHICAGO & NORTHWE:! o~ zupply, and for these two classes T¥cket office, 31 West CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD, Depot, corner of Harrison erman-sts, . m. a0d 9:15 p. m, to Ciacinmati. Fallmaa ERN RAILROAD. Madizon. . Tcket § drrive. FOR EUROPE. INMAN LINE ROYAL MATI, STEAMERS, Will sail from New York as follows: And each - yucooeding SATURDAY and THURSDAY, Zfrom Plor No. &, North River. Cabln Passage, 885 and $100 Gold. FPorts. 230.00 .00 Currency, -2."%5.00 Currency. BIGHT DRAFIS fovialo at Tow ratons oo Lo FRANCIS C. BROWN, General Western Agent, 86 South Market-st., Chicago. ALLAN LINE Monreal Ocean Stgamshi Co. First-class' Steamships, Unsurpassed for Speed and Comfort, running on the Shortest Sea Routes between EUROPE AND AMERICA. RATES OF PASSAGE: QABIXN aslow as by any other FIRST-OLASS LINES. Raturn tickets st great reduction, Mo Ry R eat rates, on than by other lines. s 2 RATES OF FREIGHT: - Tariff arranged on all lasscs Merchandiss frow Lives riff 1 or Glasgow THROUGH to Chicago. Do other Maformation, o frelgit. Contracts, apply atthe Omabs, Letvenw'th& Ateblsa g v A o Night Evprets.... *10:00a m. (s 4:00p. m. [*930a. m. ¢ 7200a: m: LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILROAD. eet oy ond o dolphate,, and southicess corner Canal and Maduonesis, s ZTicket afices, Mall, vis Afr Line and Main Line Bpecinl New York Expreas, via Arrice, * 920 p. m. * 3:0p. m. 200 am. CHICAGD, DANVILLE & VINCENNES RAILROAD. Passenger Depotat P., C. d . Lowls Depot, comer o Ca- Freight and Ticket office 163 Washing-ton-rt. Arri: * 1:40p. BRETEN 4ICHIGAN CENTRAL & GREAT WESTERN RAILROADS o Loke st .and Joot of Teentysccond-st S offce, 16 Canalst., corner of Madtson. Leave, | Arrive, Company's Otfice, 7 and 74 LaSallest, | 0 - G NATIONAL LINE. Bailing from New York for Queens- town and Liverpool every Wednes- day, and for London direct every fortnight. Cabin Passage $60 and $90 Corvency. STEERAGE, 8%.00 gurrency. (d stoarago tiokots rorool, Quse S nn S oy carency. < cagers booked to or from German and Scandiste - RS Stcarminine of this tpo aro the t in the trads. Dratia on Great Britain, Trelsnd, and Gio Coatineat. WILLIAM MACATISTER, 55 Markct-st.. Chicago. —_— - STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS. Notice to Stockholders and Bond- holders. RATLEOAD CO. smnurg%ar‘nfig:c‘s"i?jo. ‘March 2, %t The Stockholders and voting Bondboldors of the Gk * E‘net é.lfl"ia n.umfi': Co'x::’spmm u-’mu& .:a:‘lg‘a& :kfi 16 Annual Meoting of said Company, for, teroo Directors to servo for throe years, and transsctioa of a8 the office of the Co: in Uhicago, filints, on 3o day, the Tth day of Aprll next, &t [0 o'clock & m. The thflfll‘Bt‘gno!:mwin be closed ‘at lhli g}n‘u fl!f"‘:flmwm mrs o0 tho Sich Taat., ‘aud geopened for Traeslerton 8th day of April next.” . LARRA] 2o kson’ . Atlantic Express. INDIANAPOLIS VIA PEEU ROAD. le—the course of BRI R S0p. m. *6:0a. m. ., ___SCALES. * FAIRBANKS' STANDARD ICALES OF ALL SIZES. *%A FATRBANES, MORSE &00 & WEST WASHINGTON-6T- |