THE CITY AS IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO, THE TRADE, COMMERCE, MANUFACTORIES, RAILROADS, BANKS, 718 THE INTER OCEAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. W. P. DUNN & CO., PRINTERS. 1883. CONTENTS. LA CITY OF SURPRISES-THE FIRST SETTLER; CHICAGO VILLAGE; IN ASHES; THE II. THE ART PRESERVATIVE-NEWSPAPER HISTORY; THE INTER OCEAN; CHICAGO NEWSPAPER UNION: THE PUBLISHING TRADE; THE CURRENT; AMERICAN PRESS AS- SOCIATION; THE REMINGTON TYPE-WRITER; BRADNER SMITH & Co.; J. M. W. JONES COMPANY; J. W. BUTLER COMPANY; SKEEN & STUART COMPANY; W. P. DUNN & Co.; CRUMP LABEL Co; J. W. MIDDLETON; A. ZEESE & Co.; WOOD ENGRAVING; PHOTO- ENGRAVING IN THE WEST; BLOMGREN BROS. & Co.; MARDER LUCE & Co.; THE ILLI- III. THE CHICAGO THEATERS-EARLY DAYS ON THE STAGE; MOVICKER'S THEATER; IV. HOTELS TO BE PROUD OF THE OLD-TIME TAVERNS; THE PALMER HOUSE; THE GARDEN OF EDEN; THE TREMONT HOUSE; GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL; THE SHERMAN HOUSE; LELAND HOTEL; THE CLIFTON HOUSE; THE ATLANTIC HOTEL; MUNGER'S LAUNDRY; GURNEY PHAETON AND CAB CO. V. THE ROME OF RAILROADS-THEY ALL LEAD TO CHICAGO; THE ILLINOIS CEN- VI. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-AN HISTORICAL CHAPTER; L. EVERINGHAM & Co.; WM. VIL THE BANKS OF CHICAGO-BANKING IN EARLY DAYS; THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK; PRESTON, KEAN & Co.; CHARLES HENROTIN; NATIONAL BANK OF ILLINOIS; CONTINEN- TAL NATIONAL BANK; N. W. HARRIS & Co.; BENNETT'S LAW AND COLLECTING ASSOCI- VIII. THE INSURANCE BUSINESS-SOMETHING OF ITS HISTORY; PLATE GLASS INSUR- IX. MERCANTILE-HISTORY OF THE WHOLESALE TRADE; MARSHALL FIELD & Co.; J. V. IUM; GILES BROS. & Co.; WM. M. DALE; E. BURNHAM; M. THOME; J. W. GRISWOLD & Co.; HALL'S SAFE AND LOCK COMPANY; B. F. SMITH; THE CHICAGO SCALE COM- X. CHICAGO'S INDUSTRIES-HISTORY OF HER MANUFACTURES; THE CHICAGO METAL FELLOE COMPANY; MILTMORE ELASTIC STEEL CAR-WHEEL COMPANY; GERTS, LUMBARD & Co.; SMOKE PREVENTION; CALUMET IRON AND STEEL COMPANY; N. A. WILLIAMS; THE VAN DEPOELE ELECTRIC LIGHT; J. S. KIRK & Co.; WESTERN BRICK AND TILE COMPANY: THE CHICAGO WIRE AND IRON WORKS; CLEVELAND CO-OPERATIVE STOVE COMPANY; CRANE BROTHERS' MANUFACTURING COMPANY; BURLINGTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY: THOMAS DOUGALL; SPIELMAN BROS.; PURTELL, HANNAN & Co.; J. J. WIL- SON; PRUSSING VINEGAR WORKS; THE YOUNG & FARRELL DIAMOND STONE SAWING COMPANY; THE ALLEN PAPER CAR WHEEL COMPANY; SMOKE CONSUMPTION; Goss & PHILLIPS MANUFACTURING COMPANY; FULLER & WARREN COMPANY: THE WESTERN LEATHER COMPANY; A. H. ANDREWS & Co.; BEMIS & MCAVOY. LUMBER-HOLBROOK CHICAGO'S SUBURBS-THE UNION STOCK YARDS; ARMOUR & CO. SOUTH BEND- O'BRIEN VARNISH WORKS; THE COQUILL AND WAGON; SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS; PORTLAND CEMENT; DR. J. A. MCGILL. ROCKFORD-THE BOSS AND ACME CHURNS: BUTTER COLOR; ROCKFORD BUSINESS COLLEGE, AURORA-THE AMERICAN WELL WORKS: THE HOTEL EVANS: WOOLEN MILLS. KENOSHA-NORTHWESTERN WIRE MAT- TRESS COMPANY. MILWAUKEE-E. D. BANGS' PHOTOGRAPH ESTABLISHMENT: GOLDEN EAGLE CLOTHING HOUSE; 0. L. ROSECRANS & Co., JEWELRY; FRANKFURTH & CO., HARDWARE; SPENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE; SILAS CHAMPMAN, MAPS AND SHOW- CARDS. OSHKOSH-CURE FOR CONSUMPTION. RACINE-THE DICKEY FANNING MILLS. XIII. THE PRODUCE TRADE-REVIEW FOR 1883; PRODUCE STATISTICS; CASH PRICES; XIV. REALTY AND ROOFS-HISTORICAL. THE BROKERS-DOOR PLAT; E. A. CUM- |