Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-31
The Metropolis of America

York is. New York has more hotels, thea
tres, churches, clubs. libraries, hsrss. rsil-
road lines, and everything else. han any
other city in this couotry. In SINE ofthese
respects 1t has more than any other two put
together.
In the frat place, New York is the port
and the banking centre Of the country. In
the city are forty two Cousula, representing
countries on every continent. There are
eighty.three banks, and twenty. three cav.
ipgs banks. There are eighteen safe deposit
companies, twenty-four trust companies end
twenty three trade Exchanges. No matter
what mans religion is, he can find
church to suit him in New York. No mat
ter what his nationality, be can tiod church
where men OF his native country worship.
There are 40 Baptist churches, 9 Congrega
tional, Friends meeting houses, 80 Jewish
! syDegoguee, 19 Lutheran, 50 Methodist
| Episcopal, 6 African Methodist Episcopal,
4S Presbyterian, S Reformed Presby teriap,
United Presbyterian, ,-75 Protestant Epiaco-
pal 10 Reformed Dutch, 65 Roman Catholic,
Unitarian and s UniversaIist churches,
besides Carmelite church, Catholic
Episcopal church, Christian Israel, Church
OF the Strangers, Dewitt Memorial.
Disciples of Christ, German Evangel
cal, Reformed Mariners, Swedenbor-
gian. True Dutch Reformed, United Breth-
rem, Moravian and Union Tabernacle, with
out counting the Joss house on Chatham
square. There are forty seven theatres and
places of amusement, without counting the
vast number of concert gardens and halls
that are used for entertainments. There
are twenty.seven libraries, most of them
rUaak dQU 0f than
on Sunday. There are ninety five clubs of
all kinds, social clubs, athletic clubs, Jersey
cattle, book, yacht, authors, jockey, coach
ing, fencing actors, singing, chess, pigeons.
etching, driving, cricket, aud free trade
clubs. There are 1S5 scientific and CONNER.
cial societies and organizations. including
all trades, interests and nationalitiee. There
are 129 religious and philantbropic organi-
cations and orphan, blind, deaf, lame, and
all other kinds of asylums. Without con.
sidering the great public school system of
the city and the scores of private schools,
there are twenty colleges, universities, and
seminaries. In case visitors should become
sick, there are twenty nine hospitels where
there are skilled physicians to look after all
kinds of diseases and defects. In case these
physicians cannot cure them, there are
forty.o .one cemeteries where they can rest
after death. There are twenty railroad ex.
press companies besides international ex.
press companies that will ship goods to and
from Europe. There are one hundred
and seventy-six companies that will insure
against damage by fire. % companies
which will insure against loes at sea, fifty
! companies to insure against accidents on the
trains and streets, and sundry companies to
insure against robbery, &c.. sc. There are
215 hotels where one can get good rooms
from so cents to $25 and more day, and
any number Of lodging houses where, In case
you get broke, you can lodge and get break
fast for as little as dime. There are 43 fer.
ries which will take you to Jersey, Staten
Island, Brooklyn, and Wiliamsburgh, or
anywhere else in the neighborhood accessi-
BILE by water. There are 43 street car lines
and cable roads to take you all around the
city for FIVE cents trip. There are 1856 pc.
| rlodicals and newspapers published in the
CITY. There are in the city Alb flats and
| apartment houses with fashionable names
besides the thousands of tenements which
contain q population larger than many cities.
| There are the Offices of 253 railroads In New
York, and 81 ocean steamship lines running
from that port which carry freight and pas.
sengers to all parts of the globe, and 80
steamship lines which carry them to all
parts of this country. New York, with a
population of 1853, 900, is pretty big town.
There Is no bigger and more hospitable town
| in this country