Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-04-14
THE GREAT METROPOLIS.
Figures Of Population, Business, NAM
ufaetures, Public InstitutiOns, sc.

Inc following HSufeo hie laheH lroIu tue
City Mission Year Book, a valuable docu-
ment complied by the Secretary of the City
Mission, Lewis E, Jackson.
The population of this city is variously
estimated from 800, 900 to 1000 900. About
one.half were born in the United States,
and the other half are from foreign conn
| tries, of forty different nationalities The
census returns set down the married wild
overs and widows as together constituting
Dtwo-ffths OF the population. The number
of persons united in marriage during the
year is 1900 The number of births dur
ing the year is $1,000 The number of
deaths is Is, 900 There are 500 600 people
living in 10000 houses, and 500 600 i'll
! 40, 600 houses.
What is required to feed this multitude
may be judged of by such figures as these:
! 1000 600 barrels of flour and 5000, 600
bushels of wheat are brought into the city
every year. The whole number of animals
received at the markets III year including
beef cattle, mich COWS, calves, sheep and
swine, is 2, 776, 4ol; and orr "it~ vrc..t bill
for the year is over $50, 900, 900. There
are 700 bakers, 1400 butchers, and $500
grocers who find occupation in furnishing
food for the people,
Not only meat, bat drink, must be had
for our population, and something has
been done toward securing a supply of
pure and wholesome water An aqueduct
40 miles in length, costing $50, 900, 600,
pours into our reservoirs 60, 000 000 of gal
Ions daily. The total length of the Croton
main pipes now laid is over 3l3 miles. The
water has been introduced into &C, 925
| buildings, occupied as dwellings and stores,
! l,6l7 manufactures, and 307 churches.
And the yearly amount paid for rents is
! 1913, 544. 26. Tea and coffee 10 the amount
of $50 900, 600 are annually brought to the
city. The money spent for Intoxicating Ii
quors is variously estimated from S3S, O00,
600 to SOS, 000,0 600 year.
As not one man in all the thousands in
the city raises 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 1861; the ton
mage entering and leaving the port 5,000,-
600. The imports and exports are $500.
600, 000 The aggregate business traffic of
the city in a year is $3,313, 6IS, 600. The
number of manufacturing establishments
in the city is 4,400, with capital of
SOS, 100000, employing 100000 hands
There are II banks, with a capital of $780,
600, 900. There are 32 savings banks,
having 307, 1872 depositors, and $50 574. 343
on deposit. The total valuation of real
and personal estate in the city is $685.
1866 Last year, 5000 persons, on
S65, 1886 4S4 income, paid "a $40, 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
successful in securing supplies from every
direction; and the grand figures of bust
ness enterprise and activity we have given
will explain wheie the means come from,
not only to sustain life in its best possible
condition, but to give to society its highest
culture and most luxurious adornment.
| 1t is universally conceded that intslli-
gence and virtue are the warp and wood of
tho social fabric of arepubiican communi-
| ty, and the statements which will follow
concerning education, religion, and benev-
clence cannot fail to arrest attention.
| There are 800 public school. in charge
of the Board of Education, with an average
attendance of 1861 pupils sustained at
on annual expenditure of SO 600 600. There
are 800 private schools, with an average at
tendance of 20, 900 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 3l5 religious, moral and
charitable association. The leading ma
tional societies receive Sc, 900, 900 annually.
! The local voluntary societies in New York
disburse during the year $4,000 600, The
Commissioners Of Charities and Correc-
tons and the Commissioners of Emigration
expend nearly S2,O0O,00o 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 $4,000 900 for
ice. The city is divided into about no.
! 600 lots, one-half of which are built upon.
The Superintendent of buildings reports
2,0l2 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, 3i2,37l. The number of
men enrolled in the various trades
unions were 66090. The number
of passengers carried by the various
ferry companies during the year is
49, 32l 274. The number of passengers
carried by the varions city railroads during
the year is 100, 100000. 1t is said that the
seventeen theatres and minstrel saloons in
New York have 937 employees and 958 act
ors and actresses. 1t 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, 900; and
it is supposed that 81, 600, 900 a year is spent
in the theatres and various places Of popu-
lar amusement. The number OF streets,
avenues, squares, and places below Fifty
fourth street is 493
The area Of the city is about % square
miles, or $4,000 acres. The city directory
contains 1S9, 443 names. Broadway fur
nishes $500 names; Wall street, 1920;
FIRST avenue, 2,765; and Fifth avenue, $50.