Why, last year Chicago had 50 per cent more arrivals and clearances than New York.

It is the greatest shipping place in America.

And," sez Mr.Bolster, "not only can we prove that Chicago is the centre of the world for manufactures, but it is the healthiest place to live in." And then agin I spoke out, and, sez I, "I always hearn that it was built on low, swampy ground." "Yes," sez Mr.Bolster cheerfully, "that is the reason why it is healthy.

The ground was originally low and wet, and so it was elevated, filled in.

Why, just before the great fire we lifted up all the houses, in the best part of the city, on jack-screws for eight feet, and filled the ground under them.