, 1866-11-25

Matters and Things in the Ne
tropoIis.


some Interesting Facta and Figures
The March Of ln1provement-The Flu.
turc Of the City-A Splendid Nexspa-
per f48fn1cat-kfennctt and f4ta
Son-SteTnFt's Marble Palace The
American Jockey Club-M Municipal
RcfoFn1-Proposett Metropolitan Conn
mission for New York and vlciuitr,
6e., dc.
lCoErcspondetct Of the Chicago Iribune.l
NEW YoRk. November u, 1876.
The New York Historical Society eele-
eratcl Its s'x.y.second anniversary the other
evening. The customary annual address Vas
delivered oy the Rev. Ds. Samuel Ossooa,
Who treated his auditory to some novel and
interesting glimpses Of" New York In. the
Nineteenth Century" The oldcst Of our
Oldest citizens remember when New York
had only O.o00 inhabitants, just as there
are those In Chicago who rccol!cct hunting
HelTcs aud deer nurta Of Twelfth street, In
the woods between the Lake and the rircE,
no longer ago than 1884. But there arc few,
indeed, who eau realize that ali those Grand
achievements Of human enterprise which
make New York the third city In the world
Aaye been compasaed within the brief period
Of half a century. DR.. Osgood related in his
address how, in 1901, New York was called
~ hanay city, because II was small and
every body knew every yhody! As the lecturer
remarked:
The population doubled nearly In the tcu
eas aftG5 fa 1 1 IND ecaesss gsnt ' fS@ M s. to
1s50 rosc to 5l6,5;5 You are too familiar
with the figures and facts that show the
fa1gcncss OF the city, TO need aug minute or
extended summary OF rcoapisueatiou. That
VIC arc not far from million. of people on
$a1n ho% h.
Go,oo; that the valuation Of prQneEty, real
! and personal, has risen, sinc1 65, from
"a 0tO, 600 to s77Si,o>S, ,0os; ID lfhc real
value Of property hcreis about 81 ,up, ,Oo 600,
Or tlirtieth part Of tho property Of
Great Britain; that our taxes within tha:
| that our barking capital is over 80 0O3, 900,
! and the transactions at Gar Clcarin. House for
the year ending October !, 1876, were orer
.cp0,o GO that our savings banks hare
So, ,oo0 dero@ftor=, and i, 00o 0e0 Of deposits:
that our los fire insurance companies and IS
fire aEencies hayea capital Of 81, ,56o, ,@o. and
| our y iltc insurance companies capital Of
=. .9S$ COO; that our shipping, registered and
enrolled in 1865, amounts In tonnage to
rs rs Ia tons. AID tie nnnbcr Of arrivals Of
vessels In this port in 1865 was 1s,G Of these
.,01S being steamers. Our exports for the yeAx
!>t55 were $20e,tsD,225o, and our imports were
$2o23, IL, ,il9. On an average, ST tons Of mail
matter are received here for our citizens, and
iitty>dve tons arc sent out daily. The aver.
| age lumber Of mall bags received Is :5s5. and
| the average number sent out is tt3. Within
| three years and a half the mail matter Of or
| citizens has doubled. The number Of letters
! ard newspapers collected by the carriers fol
the quartet ending DectInte: 81 ,1Sis'. was over
:it<D. .0p, and the number delivered was ore,
3.iGo,o0 aud The deliveries from post office
hoxes for the SANG quarter were OYER 500, )"
100: There aud the likc plata statistics are
sufficient 10 show the imperial wealth aud
power of New York, and to startle With the
problem Of its prospective growth, when Ut
remember that forty-slx per cent iuc1ease
Which has been generally the actual rate o
475oo. .op5 At the close Of the century.
II appears that the number Of new build
ings erected Or in course Of erection in thi
city during the present year has never beer
| eluallea Or erea approached. In every guar
ter Of the eity a wonderful march oftmiforc
storehouses. beautiful churches, state.
public buildings, elegant dwellings, IN
new factories and warkshops which hay
ari;cn since lag; New Years Dag. It Is :.mpo!
Journals. that within q very lew Vars Nc
ioik will become one unhE,ken L. hrnnth
splendid residences. picturesque villas, rlc
warehouses and solid storca y ON the Ba
tery TO the border ct Wests' lcster couct
. [ HH1 ManhAt1xn 1StauQ. dense nC
thickly populated city. RI .aiIing London
wealth and trade, and sr .perior to Paris
) architectural beauty AID uat4ruf scc1cr
!: It is worthy Of npte that OF eress Aundrt
. buildings In New fes> ninety eight or nipet
! nine are built Of s' one. Or brick, while Il
. ways small snd OF scarcclr any i'm portan
whatever. II 4 law very wisely prohibits II
! Sseet!oh q any wooden building south
Eighty .FU h street.
Escep', ,'Es The ncw Court House frouts1
! thatn' .efs ntrtct, nn The north .jdt Of T.
! Cltt Tark, apd the neE Catholic cathed,
o. Fifth aTenue, the most costly and bea