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cago and wrote:“Chicago itself consists of about 150 wood houses, placed irregularly on both sides of the river, over which there is a bridge. This is already a place j of considerable trade . . . and | when connected with the navi-I gable point of the river Illinois, cannot fail in rising to importance. Almost every person I met \ regarded Chicago as the germ!of an immense city, and specula-■} tors have already bought up. at | high prices, all the .building{ I ground in the neighborhood. Chi-;cago will, in ail probability, at-jtain considerable size, but its situation is not so favorable to growth as other places in the I Union.”
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Economist
Chicago, Illinois, US
Sun, Feb 23, 1958
Page 10
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