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 38
ging force, or -upon higli placesabounding in stones, of which walls couldbe built to protect the city from attack andenable its people to repel invaders. It wasonly when anation be-came verystrong innumbers thatits peopledared buildtheir citiesupon openplains or in aposition easyof attack… … Coal Mine in Illinois. as water transportation was the only meansof conveying merchandise in quantities, thegreat cities were all built as ports upon thewater. The most extensive business being upon theseas, thelarger num-ber of domi-nant citieswere s e a -ports. As the sea-ports attract-ed…
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