Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-01-26
THE GREAT METROPOLIS.

Charities and Countless other Mat
ters.
The population of the city is variously
estimated from 900, 600 to 1. 900 O0O Abou
one nall were born in the United States
and the other half are from foreign coun
/ tries OF forty different nationalities. The
| census returns set down the married wild
/ overs and widows as together constituting
1 two-fifths OF the population. The number
! of persons united in marriage during {
/ year is 1900. The number of births dur
! ing year is 81 ,00C The number Q.
| deaths during year is 25 900. There are
509, 600 people living in 20, 900 houses, and
| 500 0OOin 10000 houses.
what is required to feed this multitude
may be judged of by such figures as these
| 1000, OOO barrels of -four and 5000, O0C
| bushels OF wheat are brought into the city
! every year. The whole numb9r of ami
malls received at the markets in a year, in
Guiding beef cattle, milch COWS, calves,
sheep and swine, is 2,776, ,402; ard our
city meat bill for the year is over $50, 900,
600. There are 700 bakers, !, 400 butchers
and 2, 600 grocers who find occupation in
furnishing food for the people.
Not only meat, but drink, must be had
for our population, and something has
been done towards securing a supply of
pure and wholesome water. An aqueduct
forty miles in length, costing $50, 000, 600.
pours into our reservoirs 10000, 900 of
lions daily. The total length of the Gro
ton main pipes now laid is over 313 miles
Fhe water has been introduced into &c. 925
buildings occupied as dwellings, and stores,
1,617 manufactures, and 307 churches;
and the yearly amount paid for water rents
is 81, ,319 54426 Tea and coffee to the
,,,,o,-~,+ ~ SoA 00N OO0 ,,o :.
to the city, The money sp MT for intoxi-
eating liquors is variously estimated from
$3S, 900, 900 to S6S, 900 600 a year.
AS not one n an in all the thousands in
the city raises a single grain of wheat, how
do the people manage to secure the neces-
saries of life? In seeking an answer to
this question we turn to commerce md
manufactures, and we find the following
suggestive figures: The arrivals at the port
Of New York IN year are 1851, the ton
mage entering and leaving the port over
100000. The imports and exports are
$500, GEO. 600. The aggregate business
traffic OF the city IN year is So, 313, 61S, 600
The number OF manufacturing establish
ments i'll the city is 4 400 with a capital of
S65 900, 600. employing 100, 900 hands
There are II banks, with capital Of $780,
600, 900. There are 80 savings banks, hay
ing 307, 1872 depositors, and S86, STA, 343 on
deposit. The total valuation of real and
personal estate in the city is 1865, 1876. GA
During the year 1868, 18, 900 persons, on
S85, 597 4S4 income, paid S4, 379, 754 taxes
to the United States internal revenue de-
partment
There are 800 public schools in charge of
the Board of Education, with an average
attendance of los 600 pupils. sustained at
an annual expenditure of SO, 900, 900. There
are 800 private schools, with an average at
tendance of $4,000 pupils. There are 430
churches, chapels and missions of all de-
nominations. There are 315 journals.
newspapers and magazines published in the
city. There are 315 religious, moral and
charitable associations. The leading ma
tional societies receive Sc, 600, 900 annually
The local voluntary societies in New York
dshurse during the year 1000, 600. The
Commissioners of Charities and Correction
and the Commissioners Of Emigration ex-
pead nearly 50, 900 600 year.
The city letter carriers deliver during q
wear 81 348, 086 mail and city letters, and
2 5S9, 663 newspapers, and collect from
boIes %, SOL, $40 letters for the mails. The
amount spent ans ually for bouquets and
! floral decorations is estimated at 81 5O0,-
! 900. It has be = stated that the cost OF
| the flowers at a single entertainment at the
residence OF private citizen was 81 500.
New York annually rays 50, 900, 600 for
/ ice. The city is divided into about 140, 00C
| lois, One-haif of which are built upon.
| TIE number of men enrolled in the various
tsades' unions is 66099 The number OF
passengers carried by the various terry
companies during the year is 50 321, 274.
Tie number of passengers carried by the
7 =, T.,
10G 600 600. 1t is said that the seventeen
theatres and minstrel saloons in New York
hare 937 employees, and 95S actors and
actresses. And it is estimated that the
more prominent theatres, concerts and
operas are patronized by about SO, 900 peo-
pie while the lower class of these places
find patrons to the number of 200, 600; and
it IS supposed that $1,000, 900 year is
spent in the theatres and various places o.
popular amusement The number O
STREETS, avenues, squares and places below
FiHy-fonrth street is 493. The area of the
city is about % square miles, or IA (
acres. The City Directory contains l89
443 names Broadway furnishes $500
names; Wall street, 2 500; First avenue
G,765. and Fifth avenue b55. The numbe
Of immigrants who have arrived in New
} York for the last twenty years is 3, 764 069
The gas companies have 600 miles 0
street mains, and manufacture 3, 900, 900, 00
: feet of gas.
The Central Palk has an area of owe
300 acres, and has cost SO 600, 600. 1t i
visited annually by 5, ZOO, 600 persons.
The number of horses and vehicles il
use in the City has been estimated at $50,
: 600. 1t has been estimated that in tn
course of twenty -four hours 1900 vehicle
pass the Astor House. 1t is estimated tha
there are at least 100 establishments in tn
City for the receipt of stolen goods, an
that there are as many as 1,5O0 professions
thieves, and the whole number of prOfes
!, sional criminals Of every kind and degree
is set down at 3, 600. The cost of support
3 ing the Police and the City Courts an
) Prisons, for the maintenance of order an
! the protection of life and property,
S4, 800 600 annually. 1t has been state
! that there are 400 lottery and policy Office
IN the City, and that the gross receipts
, this business amount to SIC, 600 daily.
a Under the core of the Commissioners
J Public Charities there are twenty-five il
= stitutiors. The average cost of each il
, mate, per annum, is: In the Penitentiar!
Sl6052; Workhouse SHOPS; City prison.
a Sl56 48; Almshouse, S64. IA; Blind Asylum
S79 50; the hospitals. S118 So; Lunati
Asylum, S109, 10; Randall's Island Nurse
a les, S119,8 "a; Randall's Island Hospita
+ Nursery and Idiot Asylum, 100 81. Th
f average per capita for all the institutions
S112 "a
; The following figures in reference to IL
: sale and use of intoxicating drinks, mus
q arrest the attention of every citizen an
} philanthropist: Places licensed for the sa
I of liquor, 5, I'll; daily consumption OF Ii
, ger beer, kegs, 40, 900; capital invested
2 the liquor trade, 5000 900, 900; estimate
J annual receipts from sales, S38, 900, 600
! S. COO 600 arrests for intoxication and di
orderly conduct. annually, about 70, 900.
CUTTING FIGURE. Larry is a goot
e natured, civil fellow, who attends to h
e business and provides well for bis famil
7 but has one falling in this, that when /
1 goes to his home at night he IS usual
. more or less under the influence of contr
+ band spirits. One night he started fl
S home with a nice turkey, safely done up
: strong writing paper, under his arm. Lar
!. found the road to his house uncommon
i rough that night, He several times stun
T bled and fell over all sorts of obstacles