The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-16

nv IN. census of $780, the population OF the city OF
Nav York at that time 2t@2ea. This years cen
sus is expected to show population Of i675SO There
has been increase OF geographical boundaries during
the Intervening ten years
According To the Of ten years ago the foreign
born population In the city was then 47so7o This year
it's computed to DO bI5ooV'
Ten years ago there were in New York sto2 hura.
ings-houses stores hotels theatres stables and public
department buildings This year there are itSoo-An
increase Of lsoOl Forty-two thousand buildings IN
| the territory north of Fifty. ninth street
| Tenyears ago there were 1900 iIungarians In Ssw
| York Now there 10000. The Hungarian quarter
Of the city Is situated the east side between Rv
| ington and Houston streets and between Pitt and
Clinton. The Intersection Of Houston and Attorney
| streets is the central point
The death rate in New York per 900 inhabitants has
declined during tho past ten years from ae.2 tsa+
Ten years ago the italian population in the city WA
IL 222 This year II is 5000 The Italians are to DO
found chiefly in the following streets; Mulberry, Mott
| and Elizabeth between BRyard and Spring Park
street James street. Crosby street land jersey street
which intorsects IT, Sullivan street. hsodouEh street.
and In Little Italy in Harlem.
Ten years ago the Tenth ward Of this city which ss
north and south of Grand street, east of the Bowey
had population OF 49, TO the acre. In 1870
1t had ST. This year It has $40
Its easier to get in or out OF New York than Il was
ten years ago
Ten years ago there were 10000 natives Of Poland
and Russia in the city Of New York Now thoro So
UOo Poles and Russians and their descendants They are
DO found chiefly in Hester Division. BsseH Ludlow
Norfolk Orchard, and Clinton streete In East Broad.
way and in Baxter street Tho Russians have virtual
monopoly Of the cheap clothing trade OF the city the
Poles nrst peddlsrs then drummerh and anAlly
retail storekeepera
It's ten years this month since Jamss A. Garfield and
Winfield s. Hancock, both deceased were nominated
rival candidates for the Presidency. Mr. GARFIELD ives
chosen tho eth OF June in Chicago and Cen Hancock
on the cath OF June in Cincinnati Cen Hancock lived
the time Governors Island Mr. Arthur, Gar1sd's
associate on tho ticket lived Lexington avenue
The number Of residents of the CITY Of New York vAo
neither read write is less than tsa
years But the number of residents Of the city Who
can neither read the English language has In.
creased copper cont during the last ton yearG
Ten years ago the estimated value Of real estate b
this city ono thousand million dollarG The oxaoo
figures were Sl.U4e,S+n836 This years valuation %
real estate in New York is 800 900 ooojust 70 PEI
and increase at the rate OF ATTY nllisa
dollars year
The census will not disclose the fact bat twIoo a.
many young mon and young women between the aG0s
OF IL and % obliged to glasses them
ten years ago Tho change In climate chiefly accounts
for the great increase.
Ten years ago the park area in New YoTk city was
1904 acres Now it In 5000
There has been during past years no inereaaA
substantially, in tho number of residents OF New York
of swss, Belgian, Dutch, Freneh Welsh, Seapdt
navian birth
On an average 85 moro boys than girls are born In
New York every week On the average IS moro males
than females die In New York every week. By force
~. IL.
grows more rapidly than the mSlo During the Past
ten years this alonS the female popuiaoa
of tho city has increased 10000 more than the male
population.
Ton years ago were 4s7 natives Of Germany
in the city of New York. This year there 600
more Germans in New York than in Brennan. FrsnttorS
Cologne Stuttgart Dusseldorf. Lubbock, CyafOid, No.
remberg Stettin or Leipzig.
There fewer theatres in New York than thero varo
ten years ago There are In proportion to the popua,
ton, fewer drinking saloona There more ohuseAas
years ago thers vero 1900 Bohsmiaus N tho city
of New York Now there $4,000. Four nfths Of the
adult male BohemisnB ere either ctgSrmakerO og oaN1-
netmakerL The quarter OF town In which thay -
most numerous IL between Seventeen and BiShusth
streets And between First and the East Ry0R
Tho emigration from Bohemia has fallen Oh greatly
since 1885
Ten years ago the average number Of nHss ia Key
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loSs at q hre was then LOO It IL nov el,too.
Trao on tho elevated railroad has doubled atnss lsso
New York citys share of tho expenses Of the State
Government Albany, notwithstanding the large n,
crease In population, and In property vAusS Will bel
quarter of million dollars less this than u n
lsso-ten years ago.
Ten years ago there 1000 natives Of Canada
resident In this city There are nov l2ooo Those VhO
speak English scattered throughout tho city,
Those who speak French for the part located
on the east SIDE between seventySixth and RiEhtAth
strestA and First and Third GvenueG-
The marriage rate in Now York 0ity has increased
during the last ton yeAFa
Putting the probable population Of the city this year
at e7ooo there arc more people in Nav York than n
any ono of the following stAtesi Alabama ArkanssA
California, Colorado. Connecticut Delaware Florida
more than the total population OF the last four com
binedh Kentucky, Kansas LouiEianA Maine Maryland.
Minnesota, Mississippi Nebraska Nevada, Now HAmp-
shire, New jersey, Oregon Rhode Island South Care
lima Vermont West Virginia or In the four new 0tAtOO
OF North and South Dakota, Washington and MontanA
Speaking OF the female population only there AEa
fewer blondes, more brunSttsA and Just e. many
auburn haired girls and women there tan yoArn
ago. As the climate gets mildeT the number OF dark
haired persons Increases and the change hAS bean
moro marked by the fact that most OF the Of
Nav York city has of late been from the South,
countries Of Europe and from the southern DoFtOuS
OF tho northern countries
Typewritsrs and tolegraphers have Increased more
rapidly during the last ton than any other class
persons in proportion TO their numbers IN 1890
majority Of the typowriterS employed In New York 70
side in Brooklyn or Jersey City.
Ton years ago +o6s inspectors and poll clerks were
needed 10 supervise and conduct the election Of thAS
year This year, such has been tho increase In the
population and such the changes made by the pSV alec
ton law that 10000 will be required.
Tie law making It miSdemeanor for person To ~
tempt 10 take his her life went into exact In
September, 1891. Prior to that time tho average num-
Der of suicides in this city l6o II 10 the rate
of 2l5 per year hut tho number OF unSucceSAful AZ
tsmptA has fallen of, The law not It should be
planned directed against those who commit suicide bus
rather against those who attempt suicide and fail in the
ondeavor The Of suicide Is higher In Ber
lin, St Petersburg Paris and stockholm than II IN
New York city II 10 smaller than in New YORK In Lo1'
don Rome. Dublin, Madrid Liverpool and NApeA
There has probably been a smaller mortality among