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 54
ater each year,and the city is thus earning more andmore money for its people. Besides this,Chicago has the advantage given by thehalf-million greater population thanParis had when it commenced its im-provements under Haussmann. Also,because its people are paid much higherwages than the workers of… … 1830. ing the task of orderly city building. Thecity can much easier pay for the work thancan the people in any great Europeancity for the reason that our nation, gen-erally speaking, has had a career ofpeace. Old world nations are all bur-dened with debts growing out of greatwars, while we of…
Art, Municipal · Public works
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