. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . iving. Thus permanency in building hassaved to us structures of most vital inter-est, linking our civilization with that of ourforefathers across the sea. We must not forget, in looking back overthe work of builders of ancient cities, thatour opportunities are actually hundreds oftimes as great for permanent building aswere those of any people of past ages. An- ^^^^^^^H^^9i|r^ ~* ^^^^^^HB^ *-%^ .^^^^II^^^^^^^H distances by use of rollers or boats, we areable to do our quarrying by powerful-ma-chinery and explosives, and carry the pr
. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . iving. Thus permanency in building hassaved to us structures of most vital inter-est, linking our civilization with that of ourforefathers across the sea. We must not forget, in looking back overthe work of builders of ancient cities, thatour opportunities are actually hundreds oftimes as great for permanent building aswere those of any people of past ages. An- ^^^^^^^H^^9i|r^ ~* ^^^^^^HB^ *-%^ .^^^^II^^^^^^^H distances by use of rollers or boats, we areable to do our quarrying by powerful-ma-chinery and explosives, and carry the prod-uct away on steam railways. We are evenable to manufacture stone itself from ce-ment, gravel and water, and to mold it as weplease as our buildings are being all these things, it is plain that wehave duties to fulfill in permanent buildingthat were not imposed upon the peoples of VALUE OF PERMANENCY IN CITY BUILDING 67 on the site of Chicago two thoiisand yearshence to tell of our existence? If a greatfire came almost every building would be. ancient cities. How mnch more magnificentwould ancient Eome have been if its build-ers could have commanded the use of mod-e r n buildingimp lements!How muchhigher, howmuch better,would havebeen the Pyra-mids of Egypt,built stone bystone fromma-terial said tohave been car-ried hundredsof miles underthe severestconditions, i fthe ancientEgyptians f> r> ni 1 rl Innvp French fort at Chicago, 1685. This French fort was the first establishment of any u 1 u ij-dvc government on the site of Chicago. [Copyrighted by Edgar S. Cameron.] used railways and steam derricks! If our civilization were destroyed at once. The few walls leftto be blotted out today, what would be here standing would be open to rain and snow from all sidesand in a fewyears wouldbefallen in andbrick wouldd i s i ntegrateand becomedust and fire did notcome, and Chi-cago were leftto decay, theelementswould at oncebegin theirwork 0 f d
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