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Download or read book The World's Fair written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The World's Fair: Some of Its Principal Sights and Exhibits In this year of our Lord 1893 Chicago is the most famous city of all the world, the one toward which the thoughts of all enlightened people most naturally turn, the center about which the world of business and progress gravitates. The settlement of Chicago had scarcely begun sixty years since, and the story of the city's growth reads like a fairy tale. Its first census was taken in 1829, and showed less than ten families outside Fort Dearborn, which contained a small United States garrison. Soon afterward the prospect that a canal would be constructed from that point to La Salle, ninety-six miles distant, began to attract settlers; some 400 came in 1831, followed by others in 1832, when the first school was opened with twelve pupils, and the first Sunday-school with thirteen. Work on the canal began in 1836, the city was incorporated in 1837, and in 1840 the census showed a total population somewhat below 4,500, with a total valuation of $94,437. The canal was completed in 1848, and in 1850 the population had increased to above 28,000. By this time the enterprising from all portions of the country had begun to discern the possibilities of the lakeside city, and business men, full of energy and determination, came flocking to the scene. In 1860 there were over 109,000 souls within the corporate limits; in 1870, more than 306,000; in 1880, 503,000; while 1890 showed the remarkable figures of 1,098,576. A portion of the increase of the last decade was due to the annexation of outlying towns whose interests were identical with those of the city proper, while their population was almost entirely made up of persons having places of business or employment in Chicago. A census taken at the present time would doubtless show not less than 1,200,000 inhabitants in the city. It was forty years ago last February that the first railroad, the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, reached the city, and three months later the Michigan Central had extended its line to the city; but it was five years more before the first line from the city into the outlying country began construction, and this in 1850 had only reached out forty-two miles in the direction of Galena. At the present time, Chicago is the greatest railroad center in the world, forty different roads, representing 25,000 miles of track, meeting there. Averaging the time of the railroad trains arriving and departing, one train enters the city every ninety-six seconds during the twenty-four hours, while as frequently others depart. Fifty thousand passengers and 120,000 tons of freight is the normal daily handling; while the water commerce represents over 12,000arrivals and an equal number of clearances annually, with a tonnage of some 4,000,000 in each direction. These are some of the salient and impressive facts regarding the great city, now the second in size and material resources on this continent. The most wonderful illustration of Chicago spirit, and one which cannot be too often recalled, is the story of the recovery from the disastrous effects of the great fire in 1871. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.