. Book of the Royal blue . IOIRT. LOIIKING NORTH. CHICAGO. 7 market in the L nited States. It is second prodiiiin<r (lualities of Chicago, a glance at to Pittsburg in the wliolesale iron and steel its transportation facilities is consequential, trade and leads in mens furnishings. Its twenty-four trunk lines, reaching to One thing that every school boy knows every portion of the United States in ad- about Chicago, is its beef-packing industry. dition to its magnificent facilities on the Every citj of any consequence in the Clreat Lakes give it unlimited opportun-. YARDS
. Book of the Royal blue . IOIRT. LOIIKING NORTH. CHICAGO. 7 market in the L nited States. It is second prodiiiin<r (lualities of Chicago, a glance at to Pittsburg in the wliolesale iron and steel its transportation facilities is consequential, trade and leads in mens furnishings. Its twenty-four trunk lines, reaching to One thing that every school boy knows every portion of the United States in ad- about Chicago, is its beef-packing industry. dition to its magnificent facilities on the Every citj of any consequence in the Clreat Lakes give it unlimited opportun-. YARDS AT FonT OF RANDOLPH STREET. CHICAGO. Lnited States, and most cities in foreign ities for exploitation. The city is honey-countries, have brancli offices of at least combed by an underground , forone of the great slaughtering and pack- freight purposes, which is one of the mosting firms of Chicago. The transactions remarkable things in the world. Thisin this line alone last jear amounted to railway was built and in operation before§690,000,000. even a small proportion of its populationHaving mentioned these figures on the knew wliat was going on. 8 CHICAGO. The city not being liennned in with able buildings. Chicago presented to the hills, but entirely Hat, was afforded an world liie first modern steel buildings, and opportunity to spread out and now covers its architects and builders are still looked to an area of 1!U square miles: the distances as the expert builders of modern times.
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