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Title: 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,)
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Bross, William, 1813-1890
Subjects: Chicago (Ill.)--History Chicago (Ill.)--Commerce
Publisher: Chicago : Jansen, McClurg, 1876.
Contributing Library: Loyola University Chicago Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois

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, sifted out from the old station-ary communities of the Eastern States,and from the nations of Europe. Allcomment as to the rapidity with whichthe Western States are growing in wealth,population, and power, is entirely unnec-essary. As this is the last of our leading statis-tical articles showing the business of tliecity for the past year, it may be well tomake a summation of the facts, that wemay view them all at a glance. We pre-sent, therefore, the following GENERAL SUMMARY. Total number of miles of railway cen-tering in Chicago Feb. 20, 1852 40 Total number of miles now completedand in operation 3,953 Increase in 1857 277 Total number to be completed infrom six to ten years 7,234 Total number of miles of railway inthe State of Illinois now in operation 2,775 (Only 95 miles were completed sixyears ago.) Total earnings of all the railways cen-tering in Chicago for the year 1857 $18,590,520.26 Incrcjisein six years 18,550,520.26 Total number of trains arriving anddeparting daily 180
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niSTOEY OF CHICAGO. 79 Total number of passengers carried west by four principal railwajS lead-ing out of the city - 752,001 Total number remaining West above those who returned on these four lines 70,837 Total number moved West on two Eastern roads above those who re-turned East 04,098 Population of Chicago in 1852 38,783 Total vote at the last municipal elec-tion - 16,123 Estimated population from the above returns—allowance being made for the great numbers of of unnatural-ized people among us 130,000 Total receipts of grain in Chicago for the year 1857—flour being reduced to wheat, bushels 22,850,206 Total shipments of grain from the port of Chicago for the year 1857, bushels .: - - 18,032,678 Total receipts of wheat for the year 1857, bushels 12,525,431 Total shipments of wheat for the year 1857, bushels.... 10,783,292 Receipts of corn for the year 1857, bushels 7,409,130 Shipments of corn for the year 1857, bushels 6,814,015 Total number of hogs alive and dressed received in

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