Tlu' highest building In Chicago nt
present (and out* which is not hullt on
the now Chicago construction system)
is the Auditorium, its loftiest point
is 290 foot above tlu* sidewalk. The
fair building, now almost completed
in one section measures ‘dll feet to the
coping, and it. is possible that it will
be carried higher to sixteen ot eigit
teen stories. The Masonic Temple
will measure, over all, 271 feet. This
is constncted entirely on the new sys
tom. The Ashland Block measures
210 feet to the coping; the Woman's
Temple, whoso topmost stories are
now being finished, towers 2(50 feet
from the ground; the Manhattan !0S
feet; the Monadnoek, 191 feet; the
Henning and Speed block, 192; tlu*
Abstract building, .190; the Chamber of
Commerce block, ISO; the Home In
intranet*, ITS; tlu* Tacoma, I7f>; tin*
Owlngs block, 101; tin* Kand-McNaiiy,
148; the Chicago Opera house, UUi; and
the L. Z. Loiter building, 133 feet.
“ The Outing” of (he Wisconsin Tress
Association, 1891.
Special Correspondence.
N ASM VII,I>IC, ITS VICINITY AND KUH
IIOUNDINCiS.
On the morning of Oct. 14, when
the porter aroused the occupants of
tiio special train, we found Nashville
had been readied in the early morn
ing, and electric cars, with tin; recep-
I tion committee, were on hand, to con
duct us to breakfast at the Maxwell
; House, (during war times known as
the “Zollieoffer Barracks”) breakfast
had been specially ordered for the
party, at nine o’clock, and an elegant,
appetizing meal was in readiness,
served in the most delightful manner,
in the palatial dining-hall. As soon
as we were ready for a * sally,’ our
chaperons directed us to the many
Interesting points in and around the
city.
