The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-08-26
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Thr Great Modern Babylon


Think Of what London To-! At the last
census there were 2,362, 236 persons of both
sexes in it l,l06,55s males Of whom lA6,
4a9 we're under years ofage The unmar.
ried were 610,3SO; ditto females, 1881 !;
the married mon were S09,O9S; the wivcs,
4os,'Sl; the widowers were 81, 0Sq, the wild.
ows, ll0,o16.
On the night of tho census there were 2S,.
SOS husbands whose wives were not with
them, and 30,2Sl wives mourning their ali.
sent lords,
Last year the number ofchildrcn born in
London was S9,Sa3 In tho same period 90.
7Sa persons died,
The Rcgister.tscneral assumes that with
the additional births, and by the fact Of sol
diers and sailors returning from tho seat Of
war, and Of persons engaged in peaceful par,
suits settling In tho capital, saatenancc,
clothing, and house accumulation must now
be found m London for 10000 inhabitan,s
moro than II contained ut the end OF 1855.
Think ofthat-the population Of u large
city absorbed in London and no pereeptible
Inconvenience occasioncd by IL Houses arc
still toilet there are atill the usual tioketa
hung up IN the windows intiMating that n.
rartments furnished for tho use Of single,
Mca ear he had within; The country s1ll
supplies the town with meat aud bread, and
We he,r of no starvation in consequence Of
6cee'cnt supply
London is the haalthiest city in tho world
London, says Henry Mayhem, may DC
alely assorted 10 DO tho most densely popn.
'atva civ " all tho world; containing oMa
kur,h ma,v people than Pekin, and two
h,ris moee han Paris, more than twice a.
mWuy az tunstan,inople, I've times N many
ee Nica0s, "a Now lork, Or Madrid, nearly
soveN uinc. as many a. berlin, eight tiMea
as many M Ap.sterlam, nine times ~ many
as RhWe Gifsen tiaNcs as many us Copeaha,
Hrp ami s,Nentcen thnea ~ many M Stock
hOlM
hisadoa haA 10, 500 distinct strcsts, squares,
circusos crcccnts, terraces, villas, rows,
buildings places, lancs, courts, Allsys, news,
NNlsis, AAl rants.
The paved strcets ef London, according IL
a rstarn Published In 1896, number over O..
eN and eScced 1900 miles In length the
cost Of this paved rcNding was Ella OlN.0OO,
and the repairs eost 81 100000 per AN
mum.
London contains 1900 miles Of gas pipes
with capital Of nearly c4,0000o0 spent In
the preparation of gas
The cost Of gas lighting. IL half million.
Il has s6o, ooo lights and 1900 100 cubic
feet of gas are burned every night
Last year, alone these streets the cnor,
nous quantity Of upward Of s0,OD0,Oo0 Of
gallons Of water rushed for the supply of
observation-disclosures, being nearly double 70 what
it was in 1915.
M. Mayhem says lf the entire people Of
thesscarisal wercto he drawn up in march.
ing order, two and two, the length Of the
great army of I.ondoncrs would I've no less
than SO miles and surprising them % move
at the rate Of three miles an hour, it would
require more than nine days and nights Cor
the average population..to pass by.
To acepnOiate this crowd 125, 600 vehi-
cles pas through the thoroughiares in the
course Of IL hours 5000 cabs; 1000 omni-
buses, 10000 private job carriages and carts,
ply daily in the streets; 5000 coaveyances
enter the metropolis daily from the surroun-
ding country. Speakings:geaerally Tennyson
tells U.S.
Every minute dies man.
Every minute one is born"
In l1opden, Mr.. Mayhem calculates, l69
people die daley, and i babe is born every
i've minutes. The number OF persons, says
the Recister-G General who died in 1856, in
ll6 public institutions. such MS warehouses;