Principal singers: Fourth Season (1913-1914). Fourth season ended Jan. 31, 1914. Wilhelm Kienzl's "Le Ranz des Vaches" (Dec. 9. 1913). Leoncavallo's "Zingari" (Dec. 19, 1913). Frances Alda.* Fifth Season (1915-1916). The was Owing to the war in Europe no performances were given by the Chicago Grand Opera company during the season of 1914-1915. organization went into liquidation and reorganized, taking the name Chicago Opera association. Cleofonte Campanini made the necessary arrangements for artists and the performance of operas was resumed in November, 1915. Opening performance ("La Gioconda") Nov. 15, 1915. Fifth season ended Jan. 22, 1916. Operas produced for the first time in Chicago: 1916). Leoncavallo's "Zaza" (Jan. 17, 1916). Principal singers: Emmy Destinn. Marguerite Beriza. Florence Macbeth. Nellie Melba. Eleonora de Cisneros. Marcia Van Dresser. Heink. 1916. ("Aida") Sixth season ended Jan. 22, 1917. Nov. 13, Operas produced for the first time in Chicago: Zandonai's "Francesca da Rimini" (Jan. 6. 1917). Massenet's "Griselidis" (Jan. 12, 1917). Gunsbourg's 1917). Rosa Raisa. Hector Dufranne. Alfred Maguenat. Amelita Galli-Curci. Mary Garden. Yvonne Gall Rosa Storchio. Florence Macbeth. Margery Maxwell. Titta Ruffo. Edward Johnson. Conductors: Gino Marinuzzi. Henri Morin and Eleventh Season (1921-1922). Season ended Jan. 21, 1922. Opera produced for the first time in Chicago: Nevin's "A Daughter of the Forest" (Jan. 5, Rosa Raisa. 1918). Massenet's "Sapho" (Jan. 10. 1918). Lazzari's "Le Sauteriot" (Jan. 19, 1918).. Amelita Galli-Curci. Irene Pavloska, Cyrena Van Gordon. Hector Dufranne. Giacomo Rimini. Virgilio Lazzari. Conductors: Giorgio Polacco, Pietro Cimini, Angelo Ferrari. Gabriel Groviez. Business Manager-George M. Spangler. Twelfth Season (1922-1923). Opening performance ("Aida"), Nov. 11. 1922. Twelfth season ended Jan, 21, 1923. Tito Schipa. Alfred Piccaver. Charles Hackett. Conductors: Giorgio Polacco. Pietro Cimini. Oficers, 1924-1925-President. Samuel Insull: THE APOLLO MUSICAL CLUB. Theodore Stearns' "Snow Bird," Jan. 13, 1923. Vice-President-L. J. Sauter. Principal singers: Amelita Galli-Curci. Rosa Raisa. Edith Mason. Claudia Muzio. Mary McCormic. Ina Bourskaya. Feodor Chaliapin. Conductors: Georgio Polacco, Angelo Ferrari Secretary-Mrs. E. A. Schlamp. Conductor-Harrison M. Wild. Maude N. CHICAGO MENDELSSOHN CLUB. Business Manager-Maude N. Rea. THE CHICAGO BAND ASSOCIATION. Vice-Presidents-Floyd L. Bateman, Philetus W. Gates, Samuel M. Hastings, W. E. Shoemaker. Treasurer-Allan F. Pither. Secretary-Hugo H. Kuhl. Conductor-William Weil. Office-21 North LaSalle street. MUSICIANS' CLUB OF WOMEN. Opening performance ("La Gioconda"), Nov. Ofice-621 Fine Arts building. President-Mrs. Louis E. Burr. 621 Fine FRIENDS OF OPERA. CHICAGO INTERURBAN TROLLEY LINES. Following are the principal electric interurban lines with terminals in or near Chicago, with the names of the principal points reached by them: Chicago & Milwaukee-Terminal at elevated station, Adams street and Wabash avenue; runs north to Waukegan, Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee: branch from Lake Bluff to Libertyville and Rockefeller. Electric lines run from Milwaukee to Burlington, to East Troy, to Waukesha. Pewaukee, Oconomowoc and Watertown and to Sheboygan and Elkhart lake. Chicago & Joliet-Terminal at 48th street and Archer avenue; runs southwest to Lockport and Joliet: connects at Joliet with lines for Aurora, Chicago Heights, Morris. Seneca, Ottawa. Starved Rock, Utica, LaSalle, Peru. Spring Valley, Bureau and Princeton. Ottawa a line runs to Streator. 38.500,647 Value. Year. Value. 1910.. $28.281.331 1918.. $33.208.375 1911. 28.089,068 1919. 1912. 30.278,600 1920.. 56.179.293 1913. 33.284,156 1921.. 55.279.777 1914 35,195,487 1922.. 46.698,026 1915. 27,140,369 1923.. 43,936,856 1916. 26.944.230 1924...... 45,598,189 1917...... 30,144,080 Chicago, Aurora & Elgin-Terminal at 256 South Wells street: runs in a westerly direction to Wheaton, where one branch runs northwest to Elgin and one southwest to Aurora; at Eola Junction on the latter branch a line runs to Batavia. Aurora and Elgin are connected by a line which runs as far south as Yorkville and as far north as Carpentersville. At Elgin connection is made with a line running to Belvidere and Rockford and from the latter place a line runs west to Freeport and another north to Beloit and Janesville. Aurora a line runs northwest to DeKalb. The EXPORTS BY FISCAL YEARS. $5.528.974 | 1922...... 67.469.797 1923. 1924. $43.856.948 33,370,774 12.948.276 ASSESSMENT OF TAXABLE PROPERTY IN CHICAGO. The following is a statement of the valua tion of taxable real estate and personal prop. erty and the amount of taxes levied each year from 1837 to 1923, inclusive: Personal Year. Real estate. Personal Total valuation. 1914.. $707,366,379 217,979,761 1,000.797.060 1915.. 749,905,059 219,879,969 1.041.788.676 Total 1916.. 742,695,603 219,396,138 1,032,876,669 valuation. 1917.. 753,321.967 239.734,554 1,062.959,802 $236,842 1918.. 757.914.948 247,059,397 1,082,763,780 235,996 1919..1,174,665,872 375,696,133 1,653,171,362 94,803 1920..1,166,211,873 382,077,668 1.654.814,838 94,437 1921..1,178.985.784 415,631,448 1.707,817,620 166.744 1922..1,176,570,644 371,213,956 1,666.241,773 151.342 1923..1,297,355,021 370,617,143 1.788.665,329 1,441,314 TAX LEVY SINCE 1837. 2.763,281 Year. 3,065,022 1837... property. 4.521,656 853,704 5.849,170 1838... 1848.. 1849.. 1850.. 4,998,266 1,302.174 1851.. 6,804,262 1852.. 8,190.769 1853.. 13.130.677 1854.. 18,990,744 5,401,495 1855.. 21,637,500 5,355,393 1856.. 25.892.308 5,843,776 1857.. 29,307.628 7.027,653 1858.. 30.175,325 5,816.407 1859.. 30.732,313 5,821.067 1860.. 31,198,135 5,855,377 1861.. 31,314.749 5,037,631 5,552.300 1864.. 37,148,023 11,584,759 1865.. 44,065,499 20,644,678 1866.. 6,300,440 1839... 167.998,157 15.825.80 25.270.87 1894. 76.948.96 199.081.64 1895... 14,239.685.13 1896... 12.290.145.21 1897... 12,939,333.10 1898... 12.207.906.82 206,209.03 1899.. 13,359.270.53 1900... 17,086.408.36 572.046.00 1901. 14,245,294.12 396,652.39 1902. 14.039.030.16 430,190.00 22.666.543.94 1909... 24.078,060.98 1,294,183.50 1866.. 1,719,064.05 1910.. 23.485.538.22 2,518,472.00 1911.. 27,311,841.58 1868.. 24.733.839.48 148.400,148 1873... 1874.. 1915... 37.816.928.94 1916... 39.662.464.09 1917... 40.923,952.37 5,466,692.54 1918... 39.087,772.46 5.108.981.40 1919... 60.671,388.98 66,495,116 29.458.134 1867.. 141,445,920 53,580,924 55,756,340 1868.. 174.490.660 1869.. 211,371,240 54,653.640 1870.. 223,643.600 52,342,950 1871.. 236,898,650 52,847,820 1872.. 239,154,890 45,042,540 49,103.175 1873.. 262.969,820 1874.. 258,549,310 45.155,830 1875.. 125.468,605 48,295,641 1876.. 128,832.403 39,165,754 1877.. 116.082.533 32.317.615 1878.. 104,420,053 27.563,386 1879.. 91.152.229 26,517,806 1880.. 89,032.038 28,101.688 1881.. 90.099,045 29.053,743 1882.. 95.881.714 29.479.022 1883.. 101,596,795 31,616,893 1884.. 105.606.743 31,720,237 1920... 64,703,260.16 1885.. 107.146.881 32,811.411 1921.. 92,905,278.53 1886.. 122.980,123 35.516,009 1922 92,809,666.75 1887.. 123.169.455 38,035,080 160,641,723 1879... 123.292.358 37,349,365 1923...100,880,727.38 1888.. 168,135,831 1889.. 127,372.618 40.763.213 The valuation since 1875 is the equalized 1890.. 219.354,368 170.553,854 48,800,514 valuation fixed by the state board of equal256,599,574 ization. From 1867 to 1875 the valuation 1891.. 203.353.791 53,245,783 243,732,138 city tax. 1892.. 190.614.636 53,117.502 was made by the city for the 245,790,351 1893.. 189.299.120 56,491.231 From 1898 to 1908, inclusive, the assessed 247.422.722 1894.. 190.960.897 56.461,825 value was one-fifth of the actual value. 1895.. 243,476,825 192.498,842 50,977.983 1909 the rate was fixed at one-third and in 244,357,286 1919 at one-half. The total valuation in1896.. 195.684.875 48,672,411 1897.. 184.632.905 47,393,755 232.026.660 cludes capital stock and railroads. 220.966.447 1898.. 178.801,172 42.165.275 345.196.419 1899.. 260.265,058 84.931,361 276.565.880 1900.. 202.884.012 73,681,868 1901. 1902. 259.254.598 115,325,842 276.509.730 125,985.401 1903.. 289.371.249 122,053,031 1904.. 291.329.703 111.951.487 1905. 295.514,443 112.477.182 1906.. 303.033.228 123.230.068 1907.. 346.843.590 131.078.386 1908.. 344.499.927 132.690.472 1909.. 586,253,655 212,574,401 1910.. 603,022,875 245,971.661 1911.. 663.376.027 223,578.274 1912.. 670.652.219 195.473.058 1913.. 688,387,352 214,318.184 1875... 4.046,805.80 4.013.410.44 161,204,535 3.777.757.23 3.776,450.79 1878... In ASSESSMENT OF TAXABLE PROPERTY IN Includes equalized valuation of railroads and capital stock of corporations. 1911... $997,787,837 | 1917...$1,148,893,498 407.991.625 1912. 1.012,882,262 1918... 1,170.142,268 426.263.296 1913... 1,056.910,607 1919... 1.792,526,343 1920.. 1914... 1,078,824,261 477.921.975 1.797.265.770 477,190,399 1915... 1.121.649.954 1921 1,853,602,081 833.150.897 1916... 1.115,035,4411922. 1.813.154.479 848.994.536 The above figures are one-fifth of the actual valuation down to and including 1908. The rate was changed to one-third in 1909 and 981.787.576 to one-half in 1919. Numbers on the north and south streets where they are intersected by the principal east and west streets and numbers on the east and west streets where they are intersected by the principal north and south streets are given herewith. Numbered streets are omitted, as their location is indicated by their names. North from Madison. 1 Madison. 100 Washington. 150 Randolph. 200 Lake. 300 South Water. 400 Kinzie. 430 Austin-av. 500 Illinois. 530 Grand-av. 600 Ohio. 660 Erie. 800 Chicago-av. 940 Walton-pl. 1000 Oak. 1100 Maple. 1149 Elm. 1200 Division. 1300 Goethe. 1400 Schiller. 1500 Burton-pl. 1536 Germania-pl. 1600 North-av. 1700 Eugenie. 1800 Menomonee. 1900 Wisconsin, 2000 Center. 2100 Garfield-av. 2200 Webster-av. 2300 Belden-av. 2400 Fullerton-av. 2460 Arlington-pl. 2473 Roslyn-pi. 2501 St. James-pl. 2530 Deming-pl. 2600 Wrightwood-av. 2701 Sherman-pl. 2800 Diversey-pky. 2901 York-pl. 2932 Oakdale av. 3500 Cornelia. 3538 Eddy. 3600 Addison. 3700 Waveland. 3800 Grace. 3900 Byron. 4000 Irving Park-bd. 4100 Belle Plaine-av. 4200 Berteau-av. 4300 Cullom-av. 4400 Montrose-av. 4500 Sunnyside-av. 4600 Wilson-av. 4700 Leland-av. 4800 Lawrence-av. 4900 Ainslie. 5000 Argyle. 5100 Carmen-av. 5200 Foster-av. 5300 Berwyn-av. 5400 Balmoral-av. 5500 Catalpa-av. 5600 Bryn Mawr-av. 5700 Hollywood-av. 5730 Edgewater-av. 5800 Victoria. 5900 Thorndale-av. 5956 Ridge-av. CHICAGO STREET NUMBERING GUIDE. | 1700 East End-av. 1735 Ridgeland-av. 1800 Cregier-av. 1900 Baldwin-av. 1934 Euclid-av. 2000 Jeffery-av. 2100 Cahokia-av. 2200 Paxton-av. 2300 Crandon-av. 2400 Yates-av. 2500 Essex-av. 2600 Colfax-av. 2700 Marquette-av. 2800 Burnham-av. 2900 Escanaba-av. 3000 Commercial-av. 3100 Baltimore-av. 3200 Brandon-av. 3300 Buffalo-av. 3400 Green Bay-av. West from State. (at Clark) 6000 Peterson-av. 6944 Morse-av. 7000 Lunt-av. 7200 Kenilworth-av. South from Madison. 100 Monroe. East from State, 100 Rush 112 Tower-ct. 140 Lincoln Park-bd. 201 St. Clair. 300 Fairbanks-ct. 326 Lake Shore drive (at Chicago-av.). East from State. (South of river.) 1 State. 46 Wabash. 100 Michigan-av. 200 Indiana-av. 300 Prairie-av. 344 Calumet-av. 400 South Park-av. 435 Vernon-av. 500 Vincennes-av. 533 Rhodes-av. 600 St. Lawrence-av. 634 Champlain-av. 700 Langley-av. 734 Evans-av. 834 Maryland-av. 900 Drexel-av. 934 Ingleside-av. 1000 Ellis-av. 1100 Greenwood-av. 1152 Woodlawn-av. 1300 Kimbark-av. 1334 Kenwood-av. 1400 Dorchester-av. 1434 Dante-av. 1500 Blackstone-av. 1600 Stony Island-av. 1631 Cornell-av. 1 State. 300 Franklin. 932 Sangamon. 1134 Clifton-av. 1164 Ann. 1200 Racine-av. 1248 Elizabeth. 1300 Throop. 1400 Southport-av. 1401 Loomis. 1408 Sheldon. 1448 Bishop. 1501 Laflin. 1600 Ashland-bd. 1700 Paulina. 1734 Hermitage-av. 1800 Wood 1835 Honore. 1900 Lincoln. 1935 Winchester-av. 2000 Robey. 2035 Seeley-av. 2100 Hoyne-av. 2200 Leavitt. 2300 Oakley-bd. 2400 Western-av. 2500 Campbell-av. 2600 Rockwell. 2700 Washtenaw-av. 2800 California-av. 2900 Francisco-av. 3000 Sacramento-av. 3100 Albany-av. 3200 Kedzie-av. 3300 Spaulding-av. 3356 Homan-av. 3501 St. Louis-av. 3553 Central Park-av. 3800 Hamlin-av. 3900 Springfield-av. 4000 Crawford-av. 4100 Karlov-av. 4200 Keeler-av. 4300 Kildare-av. 4400 Kostner-av. 4500 Kilbourn-av. 4600 Kenton-av. 4700 Kilpatrick-av 4800 Cicero-av. 4900 Lamon-av. 5000 Lavergne-av. 5100 Leclaire-av. 5200 Laramie-av. 5234 Latrobe-av. 5300 Lockwood-av. 5334 Lorel-av. 5400 Long-av. 5440 Lotus-av. 5500 Pine-av. 5600 Central-av. 5644 Parkside-av. 5700 Waller-av. 5800 Menard-av. 5900 Mayfield-av. 5938 Mason-av. 5968 N. Austin-av. North side only. HOUSE NUMBER SYSTEM IN CHICAGO. The present house number system in Chicago was established by an ordinance passed June 22, 1908, and effective Sept. 1, 1909. This applied to all streets except those between the river, 12th street and the lake. Sept. 20, 1910, the city council passed an amendment to the ordinance making it applicable to the entire city. The change in business district went into effect April 1, 1911. The system is laid out on two base lines. State street dividing the east and west streets and Madison street the north and south streets. Numbers are assigned on the basis of 800 to the mile or 100 to the prevailing block of 660 feet or one-eighth of a mile. CHICAGO WARDS AND ALDERMEN. Wards. Ald. Year. POINTS OF INTEREST IN AND ABOUT CHICAGO. Tower building. Michigan avenue and Madi- University of Chicago quadrangles, Ellis ave- Kinzie home tablet, Pine and Kinzie streets. Lincoln park conservatories and zoo. Tribune tower, 431-439 North Michigan boule street. Art Institute galleries of paintings, sculptures and art collections; on the lake front, foot of Adams street. Auditorium tower. Wabash avenue and Congress street; view of city. Board of trade. LaSalle street and Jackson boulevard: admission to gallery. Boulevard link, Michigan avenue and river. Capitol building; view of city from roof. Chicago Normal school, 68th street and Stewart Douglas monument, 35th street and Ellis avenue. Grand Army hall in public library building, and Adams streets. Massacre monument in 18th street near the lake. Pullman suburb. Republic statue-Jackson park. South Water street: commission house district. Stockyards. Halsted and Root streets. Ashland. Humboldt, Washington and Garfield Northwestern railway passenger station, Canal Drainage canal. Fire tablet (1871), 137 DeKoven street. Ghetto district on South Canal. Jefferson and Haymarket square. Randolph and Desplaines Hull House. 800 South Halsted street. Humboldt, Leif Ericson, Reuter and Kosciuszko Illinois Centennial monument-Logan square. DISTANCES IN CHICAGO. FROM MADISON STREET SOUTH. FROM MADISON STREET NORTH. Chicago avenue, 1 mile. North avenue. 2 miles. Fullerton avenue. 3 miles. Irving Park boulevard. 5 miles. FROM STATE STREET WEST. AUTOMOBILE FATALITIES IN CHICAGO. From Jan. 1 to Dec. 1. 1924. 633 men women and children had been killed in Chicago and Cook county in automobile accidents. Most of them lost their lives by being struck at street crossings and elsewhere by speeding motor cars. The number killed in 1923 was 721. |