Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-31
FEEDING GALARoE CITY.
a Few Facts and Figures Relative 20
the Magnitude of the Undertaking.

Few people stop to think over or to es.
rimate tbe enormous quantities OF meat
poultry, fish, vegetables, fruits, etc, re-
ouirsd TO supply the demands OF 9 lsrge
city. They only know that they can 20
into the msrksts aud purchase almost any
article they msy wish. To inquire how il
got there, or where il came from, is the
least part Of their thought. And yet there
Rre steady avenues OF supply which, II
Suddenly interrupted, as In the case Of the
terrible coz sgrstion m Chicago, would
soon occssiOn empty stomschs, from the
sudden nature Of the famine produced.
Some idea msy be formed Of the msgni-
auds OF this feature Of trade by the recitsl
OF few facts from authentic data. For
<rs.Enes, during the season Just closed
Nsrs were shipped to New York city, by
Tail 60 less tnan 2,665 OO0 baskets Of
DsschssE by wzter, 1000. 600 bssk cts
me yssr uSvevious, the mum Der Of baskets
Ehiu0sd by -ail was only 4l0, ,s79 -indi-
estfng an increase in one year, by rsil
slons7 OF 2s4 I2I aasketss This large in
crease l. attributed 90 railrosd extensions
into regions where thcre had before been
no outlss for fruits to the market. Il is
sstimstsd that the increase in snothsr
wear viii be about prop0rtionsts to the
last. In furnishing these figures, the
Rochester Democrat says:
.At thirty cen5s psr Dushel, which woDl1
be fsir estimate, the crop has been worth
over 3 million of dollars, and when all
TIE consumption at home by Gamers sad
others is counted, Il is probable that the
value Of tie crop viii reach 81 SEQ coo.
About tEo thirds Of this money has gone
tc DslaWszs. and the rest has been shout
equally divided between the other peach
producing States"
II this showing appears surprising, that
VyUich follows, with references 70 the sup
u,ies necessary for housing, feeding and
otherEise providing for the residents Of
L.ondon. will be astounding. The pOpu-
lEtion OF this vast city, according to 3
recent cens5E, amounts to 8, ,SSS 692 souls,
or s number eousl to that OF New York
city, Phlsdslphis, Brooklyn, s., Louis,
Chicago, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Boston,
NsS- Orleans, San Francisco, Buffalo and
Allech,>1y City combined. To lodge
these pscSle, III, COO dwellings are re-
1uires rh.~v consume annually about
4 4sO OO0 barrels Il -four, 40 OO0 hullocks.
2q75.OO9 sheep, 49. 60 calves, 6l go hogs,
snd one market slOnS supplies annually
7,Ol3 $50 head OF game Tnis, togetner
with s. .250. coo salmon. irrssp pSeLiye OF otner
kinds OF fsh and flesh, Is washed down by
IS 600 COO gallons OF ale and porter 5soOO,
OoO gallons Of spirits, and 1880 pipes OF
wine. To FL It's milk and cream jugs,
p $50 COWS are kept. To light its streets
at night, 6S0.eOO gaE-lights are required,
consuming every twenty-four hours =,
20 900 cubic feet OF gas. It's water sys' en-
su pplies hsenormous qusntity Of q 7,67O,-
s24 Xslioas Per day, while its sewer system
esrriss cf l6, ,629 700 cubic feet Of refuse
To warm It's inhabitants q fleet of ] sec
sail Is employed In bringing lirrespective
ofrailrosdsj annually $3.50, 90 tons OF coal.
To cloths this moltituds there are 4l6O
tsjlors. 50 400 boot and shoemskerss nearly
20 OOO milliners and dsessmskers, and
81, 800 domestic servants.