. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . MR. POTTER PALMER. MRS. POTTER PALMER. ease and rest, but of purpose and energy. They picture the spirit ofthe times. There are few public buildings in Europe that display a moremassive grandeur than the City Hall. It looks like a colossal palacereared upon lofty foundations, and one from abroad would think thatsuch a structure would have cost the labor of a score of years. Thecity is full cf buildings from eight to sixteen or more stories high, thatlook like towers. The Union Stock-Yards here are the largest in t
. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . MR. POTTER PALMER. MRS. POTTER PALMER. ease and rest, but of purpose and energy. They picture the spirit ofthe times. There are few public buildings in Europe that display a moremassive grandeur than the City Hall. It looks like a colossal palacereared upon lofty foundations, and one from abroad would think thatsuch a structure would have cost the labor of a score of years. Thecity is full cf buildings from eight to sixteen or more stories high, thatlook like towers. The Union Stock-Yards here are the largest in the world. Theycover three hundred and fifty or more acres with more than eightmiles of streets, — a city of cattle. More than $200,000,000 worth oflive-stock are sold here annually. I 10 ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE WHITE CITY. Chicago is the worlds granary. Her grain-elevators would makea city. She handles some 150,000,000 bushels of grain a year. The Chicago River in 1830 flowed clear and full in view. It is nowshut into bridges, and is hardly noticed. The arrival and clearance
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