Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1885 — Chicago Realty. [ARTICLE]

Chicago Realty.

An investigation made by the Times shows that within the business 'district proper of the city, bounded on the north and west by the river, on the cast by the lake, and on the south by Van Buren street, all but forty pieces of property are owned by residents of Chicago, with mortgage incumbrances of less than 5 per cent. Ten years ago nearly one-fourth of this area was owned by non-residents, and 90 per centi of • the remainder was heavily mortgaged. The buildings in this district cost more than $100,000,000.