Connecticut western news., 1871-08-25
Life in New York City.

Of families that spend between $25,- 000 and $50, GOO year, there are about thousand in New York. It would be impossible to ascertain the exact figures, but the above figure is the result of con siderable research, and to be relied on as very near approximating the fact. Ea- sier is it give close figure as to the fam flies spending between $50, ,O00 and $6O, 900 year. There are about sixty or seventy such families. Our fgures would stand thus 10000 or 13, ,000 fam flies that spend $10,0O0 year 1000 spend $20, ,0O0 to $3Q 900 year, and 60 or 70 whom it costs $50, 900 year to live.
 On Fifth avenue it costs $25, 900 to live respectfully. In thus sum, we do not include the rent of the house, which would certainly swell the amount to $30,000. A first-class establishment on Fifth avenue has eleven or twelve ser wants; man cook, with three female assistants, scullery maid, etc. man that waits on the table a laundress, 8 coachman and footman-the latter may help waiting on the table, as his duties on the box are not very arduous-a sta hle man, two or three girls for up-stair work, and, if there are children in the family, nurse. The outlay in carriages and horses alone amounts to $10,00O a year. ..t.
 A poor fellow on salary of $5,000 8 year, for man is poor in New York who receives that salary-who lives in a nice brown stone front house on fash ionable side street. He has to keep, at the very least, four servants a cook, 8 scullery maid, who helps her and may do at the same time the laundry work, an upstairs girl, and-if he has chil- dren poor people mostly do have chil- dren) "a nurse. He pays $3, GOO rent for the house, and, after he has paid his servants, has nothing left to live on Nevertheless, it costs him $1O,00O to live How can he do it |?
 There are ten hotels, kept on the Flu ropean plan, in each of which some 100 persons board. These families pay for suite of rooms, consisting of parlor and bedroom, from $15 to $3O a day. This price is paid, no matter whether the guests stay week or two years. In the Grand Hotel there are @ few. suits which are higher-$300 a week. But the average is not so high. You can get two good-sized rooms at most of the Euro pean hotels for $200 per week, or $10,- GOO year. In regard to your meals, you pay for what you eat. You pay for peas 50c for cup of coffee, 50c. An examination of the restaurant bills ill one of these hotels gave the following result: Average for breakfast lone per son), $3 for dinner, $10 or $11 for supper, about $5 or $6. A whole family can live somewhat cheaper, for some of the dishes, as for instance beef, an order for one will bring enough for two. But on the whole, the result is pretty much the same. A family of three persons will, living economically, spend easily between $50 and $40 day for their meals, which would amount in the year to $l0,OO0. $10,000 for two meals day, and $1O,000 more for two rooms, makes $2O,000 Most of the families boarding in these hotels keep carriages they give little dinner parties-evening en- tertainments they are excused from in consideration of these good dinners they spend the summer in Europe, or at watering places; their girls have the best masters and most fashionable dress makers. It costs them $40, 900 or $50,- GOO to eke out their existence.