10th Annual Convention of the League of American Municipalities held at Chicago September 26, 27 and 28, 1906 . OiTiCERS OF Tlin - ^. OFKICERS or THE X. CHICAGO A REVIEW OF ITS GOVERNMENTAL HISTORY FROM 1837 TO 1906 HUGO S. GROSSER CITY STATISTICIAN 44 1 \miir PREFACE It is not intended to give in the following i)ages a complete hist< irv ofChicago;-for though this covers only the short space of seventy vears, sophenomenal has been the growth of this wonder city, so immense hasbeen her development, so rich is her life in all-imjiortant events, solofty are her achievements, that only a maste
10th Annual Convention of the League of American Municipalities held at Chicago September 26, 27 and 28, 1906 . OiTiCERS OF Tlin - ^. OFKICERS or THE X. CHICAGO A REVIEW OF ITS GOVERNMENTAL HISTORY FROM 1837 TO 1906 HUGO S. GROSSER CITY STATISTICIAN 44 1 \miir PREFACE It is not intended to give in the following i)ages a complete hist< irv ofChicago;-for though this covers only the short space of seventy vears, sophenomenal has been the growth of this wonder city, so immense hasbeen her development, so rich is her life in all-imjiortant events, solofty are her achievements, that only a masters brush could even attemptto portra}- her faithfully; that only a master-mind could fully comprehendand do justice to her grantleur. Though her critics are manv; thougheven her own sons at times belittle her carelessly; though she has com-mitted and perhaps still commits errors, there is not in modern historyanother city in all the world that in so short a period has attained heraccomplishments, that offers such golden opportunities to all. In herstreets, though yet ill-paved and often ill-cleansed, pulsates real life; inall f
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