The doomed city! Chicago during an appalling ordeal! : the fire demon's carnival : the conflagrations in the West, South and North divisions : graphic sketches from the scene of the disaster . of magnifying traffic. The marshes werealready partially drained; the canal joining the Chicago and Illinois river was inactive operation, and the trade in coal and stone had gained considerable importanct^.The popuation from 1840 to 1871 has been as follows: 1840, 4,855; 1850, 29,9fi3;1860, 110,973; 1870, 299,227; 1871 (Edwards report), 334,270. THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE CITY. The rapid growth of Chicago
The doomed city! Chicago during an appalling ordeal! : the fire demon's carnival : the conflagrations in the West, South and North divisions : graphic sketches from the scene of the disaster . of magnifying traffic. The marshes werealready partially drained; the canal joining the Chicago and Illinois river was inactive operation, and the trade in coal and stone had gained considerable importanct^.The popuation from 1840 to 1871 has been as follows: 1840, 4,855; 1850, 29,9fi3;1860, 110,973; 1870, 299,227; 1871 (Edwards report), 334,270. THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE CITY. The rapid growth of Chicago m wealth, population, commerce, and all the elements. which go to make up a prosperous commonwealth, has been one of the marvels ofour age. The first white child born within what are now the corporate limits of thecity of Chicago is yet in the prime of life, while the mere collection of huts whichexi-ted at the time had expanded into a city of nearly a third of a million population,busy with the pursuits of ,a hundred trades, abounding in public and private palaces,rich in the treasures of art, and possessing all the refinements and elegancies of HEATH & MILLIGAN MANUi^^ACTURERS OF.
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