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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 81

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One railway company of Chicago, afteroutgrowing one terminal station in a fewyears, has spent $20,000,000 to build an-other, yet finds that new station only com-modious enough for the present day needs,and sure to be too small within another dec-ade. This failure to look ahead and so pro-vide for… … Hubbards Tram, 1S27. He was the first to transport goods between trading postsby pack ponies instead of by boat as was the usual custom in those days. [CopvriEhted bvEdgar S. Cameron.] is a work seen in all parts of Chicago by allboys and girls. Wlierever it is done, onemay be sure the wasteful…

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