Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-11-07

The Prospects of the Eastern Metropolis
--Her Millionaire Families,
New York Sur

'-HeI M1lllOnalfe FHmllicS.
New York Sun.
The probable growth and possible
future of New York have of late been
discussed by a certain portion of the
press.
The people who live, work, and toll
among us-those VINO read newspapers
and watch for themselves the progress
touching the actual present condition of
New York, her size, trade, shipping,
wealth, and commercial importance,
than they possibly can be in any, even
the best founded, speculations concern
ing her future greatness. A bird in the
hand is worth two in the BUSH 1t is
not The name or the corporate form
which gives a city its character as such;
the fact that it's inhabitants live closely
together--in other words, that the pop
ulation is urban as distinguished from
rural.
New York contains to-day hard on
300, 900 inhabitants. For present pur-
poses Brooklyn-if not all the area
within five miles of the city hall
should be regarded as forming part of
New York. Brooklyn alone contains at
the present writing population Of $780,
600; this, added to 100000, would give
New York 1,S50,OO0. IF, however, we
take in Jersey City and Staten island,
which clearly belong to this agglom-
meration of population, New York,
viewed as metropolis, is the second
largest city of the civilized world, con-
tanning over 100000 inhabitants. Thus
London, 3,4S9, 42S; New York, over
100000, and then Paris, with 1851
1872.
The city of New York transacts con-
slderably more than one-haf of the
total of imports and Of domestic exports
TOR the whole country. This commerce
amounted in 1874 to 81 ,2SS, 9OO,3O2, of
which New York transacted 1876, 1913 1871
or 81 per cent. Of the whole. During
the past three years this ratio has sensi-
bly, increased, on vastly augmented
export trade. Till within compare
lively short period, the city of New
York had almost a monopoly of the ex-
port trade in cereal products and pro-
visions, as we'll as in their receipts from
the interior. She has become
the great grain centre of the
world. Her grain receipts at
tanned their highest point in 1874, viz,
1O7 1868, 158 bushels. Last year they
were 95,949, 242 bushels. It's believed
the abundant crops of the present year
will swell the total Of New York grain
receipts to a higher point than ever be-
fore reached. .a
AS New York has grown in size she
| hos IL,
luxury, and extravaganza. We doubt
if any two million people in the world
spend annually in rent, dress, and pleas
ures as much money as is spent by the
people Of this metropolis. The enor-
nous accumulation of wealth at this
centre represents very considerable
portion of the profits of the commerce
of the nation for the last twenty-five
years. On the actual amount of this
wealth to-day the total valuations on
real and personal estate for 1877-$1 :
101 ,292, 093-give out feeble idea
New York millionaire have become pro-
verbal the world over If we take the
Fifth avenue from Washington square
to Fifty-ninth street, and mark the
gradual increase in size, beauty, ele-
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acterize the dwellings Of the wealthy as
we approach the Central park, we can
form a fair estimate of the rapid growth
Of the luxurious habits and expensive
tastes which have made New York one
of the dearest as well as one of the
most charming cities in the world for
that part Ofits population which have
got hold of more than their proper
share Gifts riches. .aast
When, years ago, Mr., Rhinelander
built the three-story brick house, in
whichihe still lives-on the northwest
corner of Fifth avenue and Washington
place, it was considered almost the ne
plus ultra of private dwellings. Now
Mr.. Fred Stevens city chateau, on the
southwest corner of Fifth avenue and
Fifty seventh street.-The last expression
of New York mlhonaire's town house
leaves it SO entirely in the shade that
the two houses cannot in any manner
be compared. No street in the world
Except possibly in London) represents
in the short space, of two miles and a
half anything like the enormous ag-
gregate of wealth represented by Fifth
avenue residents between Washington
square and Central park. We give
haphazard few names:
Mr.. Rhinelander. .....s.........s 400, 90
James Lenox. ................... 5000, A
Marshall o. Roberts,. ......... 81. 5OOO,OQ
Moses Taylor. 8OOO,Of
August Belmont Observation-Disclosures. 5000, zoe
Robert l.. and A. Stuart $3.50. ...... $1,000. {
Mrs Paran Stevens ........ ....... 1900, coz
Amos r. Emo. 5OOO,OO(
John Jacob and William Aston. - $4,000. OOt
Mrs. A. II. Stewart ......... ........ 5000, OO(
Pierre Lorillard ......4....... 100000
James Kernochan. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10000 (
VIM II. Vanderbilt. ..s......... rs, 600, OOt
Mrs. Calvert Jones ................. 2 600 COX
Mrs Mary Jones. .............. 1900, COX
! Mrs. James Gordon Bennett. =. 1000, OOt
/ Mr. Fred stephens ....., ...,..... 10000 OK
| Mr. Louis Lorillard. Observation-Disclosures. LEGO, OO(