Total 59,485 21,186 885 4,807 4,937 5,649 96,949 *Out of school and out of work for thirty consecutive days.

DEAF, BLIND, CRIPPLED AND ILLITERATE
MINORS.

There were in 1916 567 deaf children in the city 4,667 and 182 minors who were blind, or nearly so. 8,885 There are 126 more who have visual defects lead8,870 ing to the sightless life.

Ward.

(*)

Total.

6

3,060 4,810

5,295 3,508

67

6.

4,807 1,311

63

9.

7,947 1,982

39

33

6,132 The city had 645 crippled minors of whom 210 7,749 were so incapacitated that they were eligible for 9,805 transportation service to the crippled children's 9,968 centers. There were 2,086 so called "subnormal" 9,663 minors in the entire city, including those feeble8,963 minded, mentally backward or having mental de9,234 fects. Returns from special divisions in the 7,325 public schools make a complete count of this 7,675 class of children possible. Chicago has 221 mutes. 10,679 The illiterates over 12 and under 21, mostly be9,981 tween 16 and 21, total 573, who cannot read or 54 9,099 write.

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NO SCHOOL CENSUS IN 1918. Owing to litigation over the membership of the board of education no school census was taken in Chicago in 1918.

Academy (962)-16 South Halsted street.
Adelphia (1,312)-7070 North Clark street.
Albany Park (994)-4816 North Kedzie-av.
Alhambra (1,134)-State-st. and Archer-av.
Alvin (536)-1612 West Chicago avenue.
American (1,226)-6-14 North Ashland-av.
Americus (664)-3437 Ogden avenue.
Apollo (669)-526-528 East 47th street.
Apollo (1.013)-1540 North Crawford avenue.
Archer (900)-2006-10 Archer avenue.
Argmore (660)-1038-52 Argyle avenue.
Aristo (603)-2648 Lincoln avenue.
Armitage (951)-3553 Armitage avenue.
Ashland (605)-4856 South Ashland avenue.
Ashland (901)-1613 West Madison street.
Atlantic (1,609)-3950 West 26th street.
Atlas (627)-4715 South State street.
Auditorium (3.623)-Congress and Wabash-av.
Austin (533)-5619 West Madison street.
Avon (762)-3325-29 Fullerton avenue.
Avenue (1.140)-3108 Indiana avenue.
Banner (796)-1611 North Robey street.
Beach (996)-1504 East 1st street.
Bell (570)-1539 Milwaukee avenue.
Bertha (591)-4717 Lincoln avenue.
Bijou (858)-300 South Halsted street.
Biograph (998)-2431 Lincoln avenue.
Blackstone (1,200)-60-68 East 7th street.
Boulevard (998)-1606 Garfield boulevard.
Broadway (690)-5206-8 Broadway.
Broadway Strand (1.587)-1641 West 12th-st.
Bryn Mawr (768)-1125 Bryn Mawr avenue.
Buckingham (965)-3317 North Clark street.
Bugg, The (992)-3940 North Robey street.
Bush Temple (845)-110 West Chicago avenue.
California (683)-3436 West 26th street.
Calo (880)-5406 North Clark street.
Calumet (1,013)-9206 South Chicago avenue.
Casey (944)-4649-53 South State street.
Casino (1,003)-403 North Clark street.
Central Music Hall (677)-64 E. Van Buren-st.
Central Park (2.032)-3531-39 West 12th-st.
Century (822)-1419 West Madison street.
Chateau (1,683)-3810-12 Broadway.
Chicago (1,200)-Wabash-av. and Peck court.
Chicago Avenue (705)-2126-28 W. Chicago-av.
Chopin (546)-1541-43 West Division street.
Cicero (595)-306-08 South Cicero avenue.
Circle (707)-3239-41 West 12th street.
Claremont (624)-3226 North Clark street.
Clark (1,050)-4533 North Clark street.
Cohan's Grand (1,405)-121 North Clark-st.
Coliseum (15.000)-Wabash-av., near 16th-st.
College (1,083)-Webster and Sheffield-avs.
Colonial (1.450)-26 West Randolph street.
Columbia (1,078)-15-21 North Clark street.
Columbia (700)-2120 North Clark street.
Columbus, The (927)-6236 South Ashland-av.
Coronado (785)-3972 Vincennes avenue.
Cort (962)-76-82 North Dearborn street.
Cosmopolitan (854)-7938 South Halsted-st.
Covent Garden (2.251)-2653-65 N. Clark-st.
Crawford (908)-19 South Crawford avenue.
Crescent (792)-2915 Milwaukee avenue.
Criterion (1,233)-1228 Sedgwick_street.
Crown (1,391)-Ashland-av. and Division-st.
Crown Hippodrome (707)-4007 West 26th-st.
Crystal (1.834)-2701-11 West North avenue.
Dante (500)-815 West Taylor street.
Dearborn (741)-1206 North Dearborn street.
De Luxe (1.033)-1141 Wilson avenue.
Devon (546)-1616 Devon avenue.
Douglas (792)-3236 West 22d street.
Douglas (584)-3123-25 Cottage Grove avenue.
E. A. R. (892)—6839 Wentworth avenue.
Easterly (571)-2768 Lincoln avenue.
Elmo (780)-2404 West Van Buren street.
Emmett (550)-4338 Wentworth avenue.
Empire (1.242)-673 West Madison street.
Empress (900)-6246 Cottage Grove avenue.
Empress (1,439)-6226 South Halsted street.
Englewood (1.305)-726 West 63d street.
Erie (610)-641-643 North Clark street.
Famous (600)-3644 West Chicago avenue.
Franklin (725)-320 East 31st street.
Frolic (899)-947 East 55th street.

Gaiety (759)-9205 Commercial avenue.
Garfield (693)-2844 West Madison street.
Garrick (1,257)-60 West Randolph street.
Gayety (981)-531 South State street.
Germania (905)-1546-50 North Clark stress
Gold (803)-3411 West 12th street.
Grand (772)-3512-18 Archer avenue.
Grand (593)-415 East 43d street.
Grand (853)-3110 South State street.
Grand (565)-3433 West North avenue.
Grand Oak (904)-3955 Grand boulevard.
Grayland (526)-3947 North Crawford avenue
Great Northern (1,350)-21 Quincy street.
Halfield (952)-5449 South Halsted street
Halsted (707)-320 South Halsted street.
Hamilton (999)-2186 East 71st street.
Hamilton (639)-6811 South Halsted street.
Hamlin (1.204)-3826 West Madison street.
Harper (1.201)-5234-44 Harper avenue,
Harvard (726)-6316 Harvard avenue.
Haymarket (1,800)-722 West Madison street
Hippodrome (538)-1619 West 63d street.
Howard (1,650)-1631 Howard street.
Hub (769)-1742-46 West Chicago avenue.
Hyde Park (622)-5314 Lake Park avenue.
Ideal (698)-1622 Larrabee street.
Illington (982)-2122-24 West 22d street.
Illinois (1,287)-75 East Jackson boulevard.
Imperial (1.266)-2329 West Madison street
Independence (574)-3747 West 12th street.
Indiana (786)-219 East 43d street.
Iris (895)-5747 West Chicago avenue.
Irving (1,396)-4005 Irving Park boulevard.
Jackson Park (1,420)-6711 Stony Island-av.
Julian (799)-920 Belmont avenue.
Karlov (893)-4048 Armitage avenue.
Kedzie (1,461)-W. Madison-st. and Kedzie-31.
Kedzie Annex (753)-3210-12 West Madison-&
Kenmore (496)-1039 Wilson avenue.
Keystone (791)-3912 Sheridan road.
Kenwood (885)-1225 East 47th street.
Kimbark (688)-6240 Kimbark avenue.
Knickerbocker (994)-6217 Broadway.
Lake Shore (542)-3175 Broadway,
Lane Court (999)-322 Center street.
Lakeside (998)-4730 Sheridan road.
Langley (889)-702 East 63d street.
LaSalle (759)-110 West Madison street,
LaSalle (728)-152 West Division street.
LeGrand (694)-5241 North Clark street.
Leida (644)-645-47 West 120th street.
Lexington (716)-1162 East 63d street.
Lexington (755)-715 South Crawford avenue.
Liberty (649)-3707 Fullerton avenue.
Lincoln (1,500)-3160 Lincoln avenue.
Linden (798)-743 West 63d street.
Lowy's (654)-740 Milwaukee avenue.
Logan Square (1.318)-2532 Milwaukee-av.
Lucille (503)-653-657 North Cicero avenue.
Lux (754)-106-108 East 35th street.
Lyceum (700)-3851 Cottage Grove avenna.
Lyda (925)-315 North Cicero avenue.
Lyric (560)-115th street and Michigan-av.
Mabel (655)-3956-58 Elston avenue.
Madison Square (1.367)-4730-40 W. Madison
Madlin (797)-1910 West Madison street.
Majestic (1.980)-18 West Monroe street.
Marlowe (1,139)-Stewart-av. and West 63d-st,
Marshall Square (1.426)-2869 West 22d-st
Marshfield (924)-3305-11 N. Marshfield-av.
McVicker's (1.813)-23 West Madison street.
Metropolitan (1,384)-4644 Grand boulevard.
Michigan (1.345)-110-112 East Garfield-blvd,
Midway (900)-Cottage Grove-av. and 63d-st.
Milford (1.188)-3311 North Crawford avenue,
Model (800)-821 West 69th street.
Monarch (726)-461 East 31st street.
Morse (565)-1330-32 Morse avenue.
National (1,188)-6235 South Halsted street.
New Apollo (1.013)-1540 North Crawford-av.
Newberry (709)-854 North Clark street.
New Irving (579)-716-718 West 12th street
New Strand (773)-2111 West Division street.
North Avenue (1.195)-316 West North-av.
Oak (1.007)-2000 North Western avenue.

Oakland Square (1,424)-3947-51 Drexel-blvd.
Oakley (978)-2320 West Chicago avenue.
Olympia (582)-4619-21 South Ashland-av.
Olympic (1,594)-165 North Clark street.
Orchestra Hall (2,570)-216 S. Michigan-av.
Orpheum (794)-110 South State street.
Orpheus (879)-1611-13 West 12th street.
Owl (944)-4649-53 South State street.
Palace (1,442)-1135 Blue Island avenue.
Palace (1,303)-127-135 North Clark street.
Palace (503)-1826 South Halsted street.
Panorama (671)-5110 Prairie avenue.
Pantheon (2.298)-4642 Sheridan road.
Paramount (988)-2636 Milwaukee avenue,
Park (568)-5960 West Lake street.
Parkway (748)-2736-38 North Clark street.
Parkway (774)-11053 Michigan avenue,
Parkway (960)-2737 West 22d street.
Paulina (790)-1335 North Paulina street.
Pekin (610)-2700 State street.
Peoples (1.078)-2207 West Van Buren street.
Pine Grove (653)-717 Sheridan road.
Plaisance (519)-466 North Parkside avenue.
Playhouse, The (550)-410 S. Michigan-av.
Plaza (1,195)-308-312 West North avenue.
Powers' (1.106)-124 West Randolph street.
Prairie (902)-5744 Prairie avenue.
President (719)-55th street, near Calumet-av.
Princess (958)-319 South Clark street.
Rainbow (734)-11311 South Michigan-av.
Regent (732)-6744 Sheridan road.
Regent (824)-6826 South Halsted street.
Republic (770)-3918 Lincoln avenue.
Rex (604)-6848 South Racine avenue.
Rex (688)-2340-42 West Madison street.
Rialto (1.548)-336-44 South State street.
Riviera (2,100)-4752 Broadway.
Rose (727)-2860 Milwaukee avenue.
Roseland (996)-11331 South Michigan-av.
Rosewood (985)-1823 Montrose boulevard.
St. Alphonsus (1.004)-Southport and Lincoln
avenues.

Schindlers (1,053)-1005-7 West Huron street.
Shakespeare (996)-9.6 East 43d street.
Sheridan (567)-935 Irving Park boulevard.
South Shore (999)-6851 Stony Island avenue.
Star (1,423)-1455 Milwaukee avenue.
Star and Garter (1,961)-815-17 W. Madison.
States (686)-3505-11 South State street.
Strand (693)-3029-33 Lincoln avenue.
Strand (1.469)-700 South Wabash avenue.
Studebaker (1,289)-418 South Michigan-av.
Temple (543)-3121 Lincoln avenue.
Terminal (896)-3308 Lawrence avenue.
Thalia (889)-1807 Allport avenue.
Theater (897)-3138-42 South Halsted street.
Tippin (791)-4045 West North avenue.
Triangle (546)-7219 Wentworth_avenue.
Twentieth Century (932)-4708 Prairie-av.
Twentieth Century (798)-3530-38 W. 12th-st.
Vaudeville (570)-501-5 South Kedzie avenue.
Verdi (958)-2035-41 West 35th street.
Vernon (742)-436 East 61st street.
Victoria (1.800)-Belmont and Sheffield-avs.
Virginia (692)-809 West Madison street.
Vision (722)-2650 West Division street.
Vista (975)-822 East 47th street.
Vitagraph (998)-3133 Lincoln avenue.
Waverly (556)-527 South Halsted street.
Weber's (1,309)-1836-40 South Wabash-av.
West End (1,199)-121 North Cicero avenue.
White Palace (737)-1609-11 South Kedzie-av.
Willard (1,195)-340 East 51st street.
Wilson (1.000)-Wilson avenue and Broadway.
Windsor (1,256)-1235 North Clark street.
Windsor Park (556)-2638 East 75th street.
Woodlawn (1.750)-63d-st. and Woodlawn-av.
Woods (1,196)-Randolph and Dearborn-sts.
York (583)-641 South Paulina street.
Ziegfeld (692)-624 South Michigan avenue.

In addition to the theaters named above there were on Dec. 1, 1918, a considerable number of minor places of amusement with a seating capacity of less than 500 each.

census.

In 1917 the total amount of water pumped was 234.132.030.000 gallons.

The pumping stations, with the year of construction of each, follow: Chicago avenue...1854, Jefferson Park....1897 Twenty-second st..1875 Rogers Park. ....1899 Harrison street...1889 Central Park......1900 Lake View.......1892 Springfield av.....1901 Fourteenth street.1892 Roseland .........1910 Sixty-eighth st...1892 Mayfair ......1916 Washington Hts..1892 W. H. Thompson..1917 The total daily capacity of the waterworks in gallons is 923.000.000.

Other statistics: Number of taps, 305.717; hydrants in use. 30.740: meters in use, 22,709; mileage of water pipe, 2.842.

One 7 foot tunnel from Park row shaft t foot of Peck place and thence to Harrisn street pumping station: built 1891; cos $279,848.78.

One 6 foot connecting tunnel in Jeffers street from Van Buren to Harrison; bu 1891; cost $15,968.17.

One 10 foot tunnel foot of Oak street to Green street and Grand avenue, and two 8 foot tunnels from that point to Central Park avenue and Springfield avenue pumping sta tions, respectively: built 1900: cost $2,121. 525.02.

One 7 foot tunnel connecting above 10 foot tunnel with Chicago avenue pumping station (remodeled); built 1898; cost $42,436.45. One 9 foot tunnel from 104th street and Stewart avenue to 73d and State streets: one 1: foot tunnel in 73d street from State street to Yates avenue, and one 14 foot tunnel from Yates avenue to Railroad avenue: buk 1912: cost $1,647,591.18.

One 7 foot tunnel in Polk street connecting Peck place shaft and Jefferson street shaft: built 1907: cost $181.929.54.

One 8 foot tunnel from Chicago avenue to 22d street and Ashland avenue: built 1911; cost $833.267.77.

One 9 foot tunnel 73d and State streets to 75th street and Western avenue: built 1912: cost $1,642,669.84.

One 8 foot tunnel connecting two mile end tunnel with Blue Island avenue tunnel: built 1913; cost $55,368.22.

One 8 foot tunnel connecting southwest land and lake tunnel to 68th street pumping station: built 1916: cost $131,553.24.

One 12 and 13 foot tunnel, Wilson and Clar endon avenues to Mayfair, 43,500 feet long: construction begun in 1913; estimated cost. $4,550,870.

WATER PIPE TUNNELS UNDER CHICAGO
RIVER.
Dimen'ns L'ngth Year

in feet. in ft. built. Cost.

7x10%1⁄2

5.

6.

6.

5

Location.

280 1871 $7.550.00 Adams-st. 249 1871 7.633.00 Archer-av. 225 1891 17.453.56 Ashland-av. 306 1871 7.750.00 Chicago-av. 227 1880 6.875.00 Clybourn-pl. 468 1903 13.324.00 Division-st. 330 1871 11.220.00 Division-st. 297 1880 14.600.00 18th-st. 314 1880 7.883.00 Harrison-st. 8.390.00 95th-st.

272 1889

.1.548 1899 35.561.75 Drainage canal 403 1895 29.614.58 N. Western-av 485 1880 11.250.00 Rush-st. 241 1892 17.495.20 85th-st. 311 1876 7.550.00 Throop-st. 345 1905 28.584.54 Montrose-bd. 1,680 1907 61,307.10 Ashland-av. 335 1907 24.831.30 Grand-av. 450 1907 21.003.48 Diversey-bd. 326 1908 11.962.36 Western-av. 389 1908 16.013.60 Western-av. 225 1908 8.387.77 Western-av. Under canal.

7x8 7x8/2 7x8.

7x8 7x8.

Name. Two-mile Four-mile

Lake View..
Hyde Park..
C. H. Harrison.
Edward F. Dunne..........1912

WATER RATES IN CHICAGO.

Flat Rates-Annual.

All flat rates are based on frontage and number of stories of buildings. Residences with one family of twelve or less are entitled to a full equipment of bathtubs, water closets.