Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-04-21
THE GREAT METROPOLIS.
Figures of P0pul lation, Business, Man.
ufaetures, Public Institutions, sc.

THE GREAT METkOPOLIS.
Figures of Population, Business, Man
ufaetures, Public Institutions, sc.
The following figures are taken from tn,
"City Mission Year Book, q valuable docu
ment complied by the Secretary of the CITY
Mission, Lewis E. jackson.
The population of this city is variously
estimated from 500, 600 to 1000, 900. About
one half 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
two-fifths of the population. The number
of persons united in marriage during the
year is 1900. The number of births dur.
ing the year is 3l,00G The number oi
deaths is %, 900. There are SEQ, 600 people
living in 10000 houses, and 500, 900 in
40, 600 houses.
What is required to feed this multitude
may be judged of by such figures as these
100000 barrels of -four and 5000. .000
bushels of wheat are brought into the city
every year. The whole number of animals
received at the markets in year, including
beef cattle, milch cows, calves, sheep and
swine, is 2, 776, 1872; and our city meat bill
for the year is over S30,000,0 ,0O0 There
are 700 bakers, 1,400 butchers, and $500
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 toward securing a supply OF
pure and wholesome water. An aqueduci
40 miles in length, costing S30 600, 600,
olpors into our reservoirs 60. 600, 600 of gal
ms daily. The total length of the Croton
main pipes now laid is over 313 miles The
water has been introduced into 66, 1925
buildings, occupied as dwellings and stores,
I,617 manufactures, and 307 churches.
And the yearly amount paid for rents is
| 1,319, 544.2 Tea and coffee to the amount
of $50. 900, 600 are annually brought to the
city. The money spent for Intoxicating IL
quors is variously estimated from S36, 009,- =
600 to s6S. 600, 600 year.
As not one man in all the thousands in
the city raises a single grain of wheat,
how do the people manage to secure the
necessaries of life In seeking an answer
to this question, we turn to commerce and
manufactures, and find the following sug-
gestive figures The arrivals at the port
of New York in year are 1851; the ton
mage entering and leaving the port 5,000,-
600. The imports and exports are $780,.
600, 600. The aggregate business traffic of
the city in year IS SO, 313, ,6IS, 600. The
number of manufacturing establishments
in the city is 4,400, with capital of
S65, 900. 900, employing 100000 hands.
There are II banks, with a capital of $780,
000,0 There are 80 savings banks,
having 3e7, 1872 depositors, and $50 574. 343
on deposit. The total valsation of real
and personal estate in the city is $685.
326, GA. Last year, 5000 persons, ON
1886 4S4 income, paid S4.379, 75i taxes
to the United States Internal Revenue
Department.
We have seen that though the people of
the city do not produce any food, they are
&C ssfuln in securing supplies from every
direction; and the grand figures of bust
ness enterprise and activity We have given
will explain wbele the means come from,
not only to sustain life in its best possible
condition, but to give to society it. highest
culture and most Luxurious adornment
1t is universally conceded that intelli-
gence and virtue are the warp and wood of
the social fabric of republican communi-
ty, and the statements which will follow
concerning education, religion, and benev-
olence cannot fail to arrest attention.
There are 300 public schools in charge
of the Board of Education, with an average
attendance of los, 900 pupils sustained at
on annual expenditure Of SO, 600, 600. There
are 800 private schools, with an average at
tendance of $4,000 pupils There are 43O
churches, chapels, and missions of all de-
nominations. There are 315 journals,
and magazines, published in the
city. There are 315 religious, moral and
charitable association. The leading ma
tional societies receive Sc, 600, 600 annually.
The local voluntary societies in New York
disburse during the year 50, OO0, 900. The
Commissioners of Charities and Correc-
tions and the Commissioners of Emigration
expend nearly $4,000, 900 year.
Having given the leading facts relative to
the population, the business and the edu-
cational and religious interests OF the city,
We will proceed to jot down a few miscel-
laneous figures, which will represent vari-
Gus lights and shades of city life.
New York annually pays s2,500, 600 for
ice. The city is divided into about 14O.-
600 lots, one-half of which are built upon.
The Superintendent of buildings reports
2,012 plans for new BUILDINGS submitted to
him during the year. The fires during the
year were 740, and the losses by the same
amounted to S4, 342, 81. The number of
men enrolled in the various trades
of passengers carried by the various
ferry companies during the year is
81, 321, ,274 The number of passengers
carried by the various city railroads during
the year is 100, 900, 600. 1t is said that the
seventeen theatres and minstrel saloons in
New York have 937 employees and 95S act
ors and actresses. 1t is estimated that the
more prominent theatres, concerts and
operas, are patronized by about 80, 600 peo-
pie, while the lower class of these places
find patrons to the number of 200, 600; and
it is supposed that 81, 900, 600 year is spent
in the theatres and various places of popu-
lar amusement. The number of streets,
avenues. squares, md places below Fifty
fourth street is 493.
The area of the city is about % square
miles, or IA, 900 acres. The city directory
contains 1S9, 443 names. Broadway fur.
nishes s, 500 names; Wall street, 1920;
First avenue, 2, ,765; and Fifth avenue, 665.
The number of immigrants who have ar
rived in New York for the last twenty years
is 3.764. 063.
The Central Park has an area of over
$50 acres and has cost S10,000,O0O It is
visited annually by 5,000,0 persons
Greenwood cemetery has population of
136, 984 The interments last year were
1874.
The number Of fhorses and vehicles in use
in the city has been estimated at $50, 600.
1t has been estimated that in the course of
"a hours 1900 vehicles pass the Astor
House. 1t is estimated that there are, at
least, 100 establishments in the city for the
receipt of stolen goo is, and that there are
as many as 1,5OO professional thieves, and
the whole number of professional crimi-
nails, of every kind and degree, is set down
at 5000. The cost of supporting the po-
lice and the city courts and prisons, for
the maintenance of order and the protec-
tion of life and property is s4, 500, 900 an
nually.
The Lady Jurors Saying Their Prayers.
From the Laramie Sentinel.
A little circumstance connected with the