The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-18
TEN YEARS OF NEW YORK.
A HINT OF MAT THE CENSUS TAKER
UTLL gSCOVER THIS YEAR.

N.v Works srowth in the Fast Decade
More MaNeIIous Than That OF ANY
tar. civ In tho worId-PoPulatIou
u,, IuckAsed Over One.third-MorS
Th,n Hnr IA Buiion Dollars Put Into
New Observation-Disclosures OF Millions "a
E,Iarge snd Improve old Buildings-
r,,upcIv Business Increased Far Out OF
rroporton 20 PopuiOtIon-QuaIity Has
Kent nee with ouantity-Tho Moral
,ty Of nc city Improved md the Lnws
R.,t.r EnTorced-The Cost of Living
ua- Sone Down and the Conditions OF
Ir, fave Improved During the Decade.
WDenthe enumeratnrs for the eleventh
ccnsns make their rounds in a few weeks. they
will I'n( that New York has increased moro in
populaton. industries. and wealth than any
other city in the country. Thoy will End new
city atpve Centia Park that is larger than any
of the Western cites which have Wanted their
growth through the world. They will find that
ouIetl,, md Without boasting. tho population
of New York city has increased over 100000.
md that its wealth has grown in still larger
rroportion II the New York OF 1890 there is
almost n new 'ity as compared with 1880. Over
90 OOn new buildings have been erected In the
ten vears. beides the tens OF thousands OF old
buildings tbt have been made over. New York
has In thattime developed new ways OF living
and new u,thods Of transportation.
Whom tie last census enumerators made
their rou de the elevated railroad had been in
cperatio, bit short time. and the system had
1ust beel Consolidated. There was no elevated
road byoul the Harlem. no express arrange
ments, andthe facilities by means OF which
peonle caAive thirty. forty. and iifty miles from
New Yorkhnd work in New York had not de-
mi
ProoklynBridge. no system OF rapid transit In
Staten Ishnd. 10 elevated roads in Brooklyn.
few Harlem steet-car lines and the old stages
on Broadway The development In transit
methodsslncrthat time has tended to Increase
the porulatiOIof Brooklyn. Staten Island, Jer-
sew aud LON Island at the expense OF New
York city buNyith all this. according to the
estimates OF to Board OF Health. an increase
in the populaion Of New York OF over thirty
rer cent will shown. larger increase than
in any other ecade since $4,000.
Ten wears I've brought to New York the big
telephone syem. electric lights, cable cars.
rapid suburtn transit, the big apartment
houses, whc hold the population Of country
towns tho ouble- decked tenement houses.
the colossal,fIlce buildings that hold moro
people than big factory, and the big Sunday
newspapers hat contain moro than an aver
papers surprising the city. In 1880 there were
not moro hal two or three big apartment
houses, mi tey were novelties hardly tried
and not flbd The tenement houses were OF
the old t'pe. there families were huddled
together il a ier rooms and where there were
no convenience. no plumbing. and no steam
heating, The,ffice buildings were OF the old
style with fir escapes and ono or two slow
elevators, TT old stages trundled up and
down BroaSay. and the Harlem cit
lien had ju begun to ride down town
on the stea cars. There was hardly
house nortbof Seventeen street and west Of
of the Bouletrd. except q few places like Fer
nando Woos, with several blocks OF ground
around the. The upper east side was then
lust buildiJ up. and the west side was hardly
touched. b live on tie south side OF the Park
was to beiay up town. and to live beyond the
Park wasJ be an innabitant OF some suburb
moro movement han Jersey. Manhattan
Vile, Cauansville. Iort Washington, Inwood,
YorkvilL and Harlm. were then applied to
well-dehed village just as Chelsea and
Greonw.h were In tb older times. Now 1t re-
ouires IN old inhoitant to tell whore Car |
mansyie leaves o and Manhattanville be-
gins. o the line bween Yorkville and Har-
lem. they are bull up solidly. with no gaps. |
and ia goat hasGed. The old colonies OF |
souaters which octpied the rocks around the
Park have given ay to costly houses. the
nnmler of which t1icates the great increase
OF wealth and pros'rltY
With this materii growth the habits Of the
people have chang. The hours OF labor have
been reduced, ar with modern appliances
more is done In le shorter time. Buildings
which formerly ould have taken several
years 10 construIon are now started in the