. Chicago. II THE HEART OF THE CITY THE rivers two branches, and thereach through which, united, theyflow to the lake, divide Chicago, like theproverbial Gaul, into three parts, calledprosaically the North Side, the South Side,and the West Side. Ethnologically as dif-ferent as are New Yorkers, Brooklynites,and Harlemites, the inhabitants of thesethree territorial divisions view each otheraskance and mingle but little. There is aneutral land, however, where they transactbusiness by day and enjoy themselves bynight, and because the trains of the ele-vated railways run around it, instead ofinto i
. Chicago. II THE HEART OF THE CITY THE rivers two branches, and thereach through which, united, theyflow to the lake, divide Chicago, like theproverbial Gaul, into three parts, calledprosaically the North Side, the South Side,and the West Side. Ethnologically as dif-ferent as are New Yorkers, Brooklynites,and Harlemites, the inhabitants of thesethree territorial divisions view each otheraskance and mingle but little. There is aneutral land, however, where they transactbusiness by day and enjoy themselves bynight, and because the trains of the ele-vated railways run around it, instead ofinto it and out again, as they do into theWall Street district of New York, it iscalled the Loop. Here a quarter of a million people of 25 Chicago both sexes are dumped six days a week bythe transportation lines to toil for theirdaily bread. When the office buildings andstores vomit them into the streets at night-fall, they hang to straps in surface,steam, orelevated cars, until they reach the housesand flats the
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