AMERICAN FENCE Square Mesh, Hinged-Joints (patented) with Flexible Stays A square mesh fence of weight, great strength and durability. Large wires in both the horizontals and the uprights, and the whole fabric woven together with the American hinged joint (patented), making the most substantial and flexible union mechanically possible. Both wires are positively locked and firmly held against side slip and yet are free to act like a hinge in yielding to pressure and returning quickly to place without bending or injuring the metal. Many years of the hardest usage in the field have demonstrated the value of the American forms of construction, justly entitling it to be called a resilient wall of steel solid and enduring. ELLWOOD FENCE Diamond Mesh, Elastic Cables The steel in Ellwood fence is especially made for the purpose from carefully selected stock; it is hard, elastic, tough and springy. The line wires, composed of two or more wires twisted into cables, give each individual wire the shape of an elongated coiled spring. The fence is therefore sufficiently elastic to take care of expansion and contraction, and yet so rigid when properly stretched as to prevent sagging. The small and permanent mesh is made by weaving one continuous wire throughout the fabric. The mesh of stay wires are so interwoven that slipping is impossible. The triangular truss is the strongest form of construction known; for this reason, Ellwood fence will stand the hardest usage and still retain its shape. ROYAL FENCE Square Mesh, Continuous Stays, with Royal Loop Is made of heavy, hard, stiff steel wire, the strongest and best possible to produce for fencing purposes. The stay or upright wires are continuous from top to bottom of the fence and secured to the horizontal wires by the Royal loop. Being wrapped around the horizontal wires entirely within the tension curves, the stays are rigidly held in place and side slipping prevented. The whole forms a fabric of the greatest strength and ample flexibility, the best of the continuous stay fences. ANTHONY FENCE Square Mesh, Rigid Stays, with Anthony Knot The upright and horizontal wires are tied with the famous Anthony knot, the smallest fence knot made. Machinery of special design has been brought to such a degree of perfection that the most nicely balanced woven wire fabric is produced, each wire drawing with mathematical precision under equal tension and uniformly even with the others. This brings into play, under stress of action, all the wires within a considerable radius of the center of contact, affording to an extraordinary degree great resistance combined with flexibility. American AMERICAN STEEL FENCE POST Steel Fence Post. Cheaper than wood and more durable. Get catalogue. American Steel & Wire Co. FRANK BAACKES, Vice-Pres. and General Sales Agent Chicago New York' Cleveland Pittsburgh 25... 57 3,853 26... 114 5,224 53 1,012 2. 83 3 19 27.. 93 3,384 6622: 3 BLIND, DEAF AND DUMB. The enumerators found 259 blind children in the city, the greatest number being reported from the 8th, 3d and 26th wards. Deaf minors numbered 551, most of them being in the 32d ward. There were 210 mutes. CRIPPLED CHILDREN. The count showed 675 crippled children in the city. Of this number the 9th, 10th, 11th, 8th, 19th, 22d, 26th, 27th, 30th, 15th, 28th and 35th wards contributed the greater number. ILLITERATES. The census enumerators found only 157 children over 12 and under 21 years of age who were unable to read or write in any language. There were many who could not read or write in the English, but were able to read or write in some other language. In 1910 there were 401 illiterate minors. WHERE DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES LIVE. According to the school census of May 2, 1912, the different nationalities of Chicago are chiefly distributed throughout the wards (as now constituted) of the city as follows: Americans*-25th, 26th, 23d, 7th, 32d and 33d. Germans-24th, 26th, 25th, 27th, 15th, 16th, 28th and 5th. Poles-16th, 27th, 17th, 28th, 29th, 4th and 5th. Irish-30th, 31st, 32d, 35th, 19th and 5th. Russians-20th, 19th, 10th, 12th, 34th and 3d. Bohemians-12th, 11th, 34th, 10th and 29th. Hollanders-9th. Austrians-20th, 17th and 29th. Swedes-25th, 23d, 26th, 27th, 31st, 33d, 8th and 9th. Scotch and French-Scattered throughout city. *Born in America of American born parents. RAILROAD TRACK ELEVATION. [From report of Francis J. Owens, commissioner of track elevation.] Ordinances have been passed by the city council and accepted by the railroad companies for the elevation of their roadbeds and tracks from May 23, 1892, to Dec. 31, 1912, covering the following amount of work: Total number of miles of main tracks to be elevated, 181. Total number of miles of all tracks to be elevated, 1,140. Total number of subways to be constructed, 845. Total estimated cost of the work, completed Dec. 31, 1911, $70,321,000. The amount of elevation done from May 23, 1892, to Dec. 31, 1912, was as follows: Total number of miles of main tracks elevated, 140.422. Total number of miles of all tracks elevated, 872. NOTABLE BUILDINGS IN CHICAGO. Name, location, height in stories, height in feet and approximate cost given in order. Adams Express-115 South Dearborn street; 10; 140; $450,000. Advertisers'-123 West Madison street; 16; 209; $350,000. Federal Life-166 North Michigan avenue; 12: 175; $400,000. American Trust and Savings Bank-Clark and Monroe streets; 18; 272; $1,000,000. Art Institute-Michigan avenue and Adams street; 3; 75; $600,000. Ashland-Clark and Randolph streets; 16; 200; $1,500,000. Auditorium-Michigan avenue and Congress street; 11; 145 (to top of tower, 270); $3,200,000. Auditorium Annex-Michigan avenue and Congress street; 11; 152; $1,000,000. Auditorium Annex No. 2-528 South Michigan avenue; 13; 180; $750,000. Barnheisel-616-622 Michigan avenue; 10; 150; $350,000. Bedford-Adams and Dearborn streets; 14; 188; $475,000. Blackstone Hotel-Michigan avenue and Hubbard Board of Trade-Jackson boulevard and LaSalle Brooks-315 Franklin street; 10; 142; $330,000. Butler Brothers-Randolph and Canal streets; 14; 200; $1,750,000. Cable-307 South Wabash avenue; 10; 140; $350,000. Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.-State and Madison streets; 12; 168; $1,350,000. Caxton-506 South Dearborn street; 12; 150; $270,000. Central Trust Bank-117 West Monroe street; 3; 75; $250,000. Chamber of Commerce-LaSalle and Washington streets; 13; 190; $1,000,000. Champlain-State and Madison streets; 15; 197; $800,000. Chicago Athletic Association-12 South Michigan avenue; 10; 165; $600,000. Chicago Athletic Association Addition-71 East Madison street; 13; 214; $500,000. Chicago Opera House-Clark and Washington streets; 10; 130; $600,000. Chicago Savings Bank-State and Madison streets; 14; 196; $750,000. Chicago Title and Trust-69 West Washington street; 16; 210; $600,000. Church-32 South Wabash avenue; 12; 150; $300,000. City Hall Square-119-121 North Clark street; 20; Columbia-Clark, near Madison; 11; 125; $500,000. Columbus Memorial-State and Washington streets; 14; 251; $800,000. Commercial National Bank-Clark and Adams streets; Congress Hotel-See Auditorium annex. Counselman-LaSalle street and Jackson boulevard; Dexter-35 West Adams street; 8; 140; $150,000. Ellsworth-537 South Dearborn street; 14; 170; Fair-State and Adams streets; 11; 165; $1,500,000. Farwell Trust-226 South LaSalle street; 12; 165; $275,000. Federal Building-See postoffice. Field, Marshall (retail)-State street, between Ran- Fine Arts-410 South Michigan avenue; 10; 150; First National Bank-Dearborn and Monroe streets; 17; 257; $3,000,000. Fisher-Dearborn and Van Buren streets; 20; 274; $965,000. Fisk-Wabash avenue and South Water street; 13; 150; $300,000. Fort Dearborn-Clark and Monroe streets; 12; 150; Gaff-230 South LaSalle street; 9; 145; $275,000. Grand Central Station-Harrison street and 5th Harris Trust and Savings Bank-111 West Monroe street; 21; 260; $2,500,000. Hamilton Club-10 South Dearborn street; 10; 150; $250,000. Hart, Schaffner & Marx-Franklin and Monroe streets; 12; 190; $1,000,000. Hartford-Madison and Dearborn streets; 14; 165; $1,000,000. Harvester-Michigan avenue and Harrison street; 15; 212; $1,000,000. Heyworth-Madison street and Wabash avenue; 18; 286; $1,500,000. Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co.-South Water and State streets; 10; 135; $1,000,000. Hirsh, Wickwire & Co.-337 South Franklin street; Home Insurance-LaSalle and Adams streets; 12; and Market streets; 12; 148: Illinois Athletic Club-112 South Michigan avenue; 12; 200; $500,000. Illinois Central Station-Park row, near Michigan Illinois Trust and Savings Bank-LaSalle street and Insurance Exchange-Jackson boulevard and 5th ave- Isabella-21 East Van Buren street; 10; 166; $200,000. Kaiserhof Hotel-324 South Clark street; 9; 110; $200,000. Karpen-Michigan avenue and Eldredge place; 12; 200; $1,400,000. Kent-Franklin and Congress streets; 10; 140; $500,000. Kesner-Madison street and Wabash avenue; 17; 226; $850,000. Kling Bros. & Co.-411 South 5th avenue; 10; 150; $250,000. Kohn-425 South Franklin street; 10; 150; $300,000. Kuppenheimer-415 South Franklin street; 10; 150; $350,000. Lake View-116 South Michigan avenue; 12; 200; $250,000. Lakota-Michigan avenue and 30th street; 10; 140; $750,000. LaSalle Hotel-LaSalle and Madison streets; 23; 260; $3,500,000. LaSalle Street Station-Van Buren and LaSalle streets; 14; 192; $2,500,000. Lees-19 South 5th avenue; 14; 165; $400,000. Lexington Hotel-Michigan avenue and 22d street; 10; 130; $750,000. Ludington-1104 S. Wabash avenue; 8; 112; $275,000. Lytton-State street and Jackson boulevard; 18; 260; $2,250,000. Majestic Theater-22 West Monroe street; 20; 240; $1,000,000. |