. History of Chicago Historical and commercial statistics, sketches, facts and figures, republished from the "Daily Democratic press." What I remember of early Chicago; a lecture, delivered in McCormick's Hall, January 23, 1876, (Tribune, January 24th,) . now havea population of 10,759,981, nearly twicethe estimate for 1870, and nearly a mill-ion more than the estimate for 1880. So certainly are all the figures of ourboldest statisticians far exceeded by theactual facts as time rolls onward. Leav-ing out of the account the population ofthe two great States, Ohio and Indiana,the remaining State
. History of Chicago Historical and commercial statistics, sketches, facts and figures, republished from the "Daily Democratic press." What I remember of early Chicago; a lecture, delivered in McCormick's Hall, January 23, 1876, (Tribune, January 24th,) . now havea population of 10,759,981, nearly twicethe estimate for 1870, and nearly a mill-ion more than the estimate for 1880. So certainly are all the figures of ourboldest statisticians far exceeded by theactual facts as time rolls onward. Leav-ing out of the account the population ofthe two great States, Ohio and Indiana,the remaining States above mentioned,for whose business the canal could legiti-mately compete, with the exception, per-haps, of the eastern half of Michigan,which would be more than balanced bythe trade of Nebraska, have now a popu-lation of 6,419,510. The city of Chicago,in 1857, had a population of 130,000; ithas now 300,000. The shipments of grainin that year from Chicago were 18,; last year they were 54,745,903;just about three times what they werethirteen years previous. The revenues ofthe canal, estimated from a careful analy-sis of till? commerce of the Lakes previ-ous to 1857, would have been in 1865, hadit then been completed, $1,126,758, and. CHICAGO RIVER, LAKE STREET BRIDGE. HISTORY OF CHICAGO. 89 for 1870, $1,453,577. As the populationof the Northwestern Slates from 1857 to1870 increased threefold, it will be safeto double the estimates for the receipts ofthe canal for the last year. This wouldffive for last j-ear a l<.tal revenue of$2,907,034; and b^ 1880 on the samepremises it would exceeil $4,000,000. We are well aware that the constructionof this canal would cost a large amount ofmonej. But the country to furnish itwith business is vast in extent, and un-bounded in resources. There are 700,000square miles of territory between LakeMichigan and the Rocky Mountains, notcounting jour own rich fertile region inthe valleys of the Red River and the Sas-katchewan— enou
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