Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy (1911)
Moody, Walter Dwight, 1874-1920, Wacker, Charles Henry, 1856-, Chicago Plan Commission · [Chicago, Printed by H. C. Sherman & co. · leaf 37
■;»-i--- Cattle Range in Nebraska. in beginning the development of water com-merce across the state by way of the drain-age canal and the Illinois river, intending In ancient times, when tribes and nationswere constantly at war, city growth waslimited by the possibilities of defense. … Farming Country, in Illinois. to connect the traffic of the lakes with thatof the Mississippi river and the Gulf ofMexico. Cities then were built upon islands, wherethe surrounding water would impede theapproach and operations of any attacking POSSIBILITIES OF EXPANSION 27 or besieging force, or…
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