New-York tribune., 1871-12-26
OCR LOST POPULATION.
SOME ALARMING FACTS CONCERNING NEW
YORK.

SOME ALARMING FACTS CONCERNING NEW
YORK.
,rA, ESTATE OWNERS IN pANGrR-wnY PROP
rRrY ADVANCES so SLOWLY IN VALUE
BosrON AHEAD OF NEw-YoRK-WHAT MIGHT
NAVE PERN-IS OUR OUTSIDE POPULATION
pENErIr f-REMEDIEs PROPOSED.
In the many causes of reform, for when
tn, rppr>r has asduousy labored. great trouble mas
teen A,.renced thoroughly arousing the people NOT
directly interested 10 realization OF the true conhon
.f af,ir, 1t sufficient to tell them that the con"
mere a. the city T. undergoing process or Grau"d '
,urc that the population has not incrcash
nj the ratio that might have been justly expected" anu
that the value of real estate Is deprecated Il! 'N w"
,lnc m such ratio Every tne can assign some sp'."'
reason which clearly proves to his lDhd thh' 'ne " "
which RS Dwelling stands and the trade ny winch nc
l,,s a De; affected in the least by The cenFa CONNER
40, , ,;,. IN his same pcrncieus md NJ renee If 10 he
,r,; the 4, neral neglect OF public duty on thc part
a.. Tie recipe which enabled the Ring to Obtain apSo'ue
control ,f the affairs OF the city TIE i1' NJ mas III
rr,yious established the fact Of the most start
lur q, asc of the trade and commerce "i N"W1"rk'
vet nv comparatively. realize that they nave any h'
,,du interest IN the matter. There can be no pnbc
. imiry without private wrong. luinr! I" the public S""d
,.i oEN lee brought about by abuses inhced on a num-
i Of iudl, duals. lhe attention OF The Nichahts ana
o. m been heretofore particularly asked,
I'M ci ~ occasion il will he demonstrated I" the real
tate they just "a intimately interested
NH, tN ia of trade and population are the former
classes.
er,!oi o' ihc ctys greatest prosperity, as before
show Wa the II years which preceded 1850. during
tll time The tunuaEc o the port and the transportation
a. , canal. and The railroads leading into the city
together with the entire poIulat than doubled
sn,c $50 however. there has been great check both
~ nr ro ia 81 iTdd, and III the increase oi I"puau1i
and the value II real has suffered in correspond
D.. isi.u
H. lsi, the ri,uc T.! Tie real estat" within the city
IaESS 1880 Qns - an Iupr ;isp
,a,, over o2 per cent for the ten years. In 1850,
The ydil- Wa> S-~Ui4l6, and in 1850 Il amounted to
"a an increase Ol per cent for the decade
Prom the ratio Of increase in the value O
tate wa go per cent, and Of increase Of popuIa
t" FOL tie period l6o per cent FROM 1850 10 1861
Tie ,on,r hearty doubled, the population inciS'"ed
t yer and real estate rose i'll value over lN per
cont Iu,n 1900 10 $50 declined and the loss
wa + cc shown by the decrease in the ratio OF the
,lo M M population from 7..y IN the decade ending Ia
l,to ucr cent in the decade ending in 1876, while
ti advance IN the price of real estate dtpre
ta..i .rom lm 275 per cent, as shown by the Con
tr, reports, which give the valu" of the entire real
~ a. So cj0G5d and III 1870 "s Only
t4*.'-,-'
The actual vluc of real estate may he measured by the
iI,J'a., oi p"pIatou the ratio of the latter usually
nl,a'.u. the intrinsic advance In real property The
>ajr o estate New IOck in 1870 only 1873 psr
cent greater than lv0, aud this is due, for The most
part ;o the incl population prior 10 1850 1t is
Oily within the lat two years that the owners OF this
property III 10 realize that there was decrease IN
tbciaiio of growth in population Since that time, how
TN loss has had marked effect, will appear
from the comparative increase real estate in New
York ard B>toII This comparison illustrates also the
tf,U oi tho decline IN New-IolSs commerce. and It's
GN,i.. 20 Iiu-l'I:
'"NNLAu'l i>cGEA>r Is 1nr vMt! OF ErH lH1AIE
- >lN l"Lh AND BOSTON.
lN9i. 1870.