The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-02
THE THREE CHIEF CITIES.
Interesting Figures of London. Paris
and New York

and New York.
From the New York Herald.
New York, by the census Of 1895. is a
city of 100000 inhabitants
The population of Loncon IS 10000
The population of Paris is 100000
The area of Londcn is 1900 acres. The
area of Paris is 1900. The area Of New
York is 24,OO0
London has 100000 houses. Paris has
5000 houses. New York has 10000 hous-
es. London averages seven residents TO
house, Paris twenty-five, New York
eighteen.
London has 1850 miles of streets Paris
has 800 miles of streets. New York has
575 miles or streets. London has 300
miles of sewers; Paris has 40; New York
has 4H.
The water supply Of London is l75,O0O,-
O0o gallons a day. The water supply of
Paris is 100000 gallons day. The wa
ter supply Of New York is 100. 100000 gal
Ions a day New York stands at thc head
of the three chief cities in this particular
London has 900 bremen. Paris has
LOO. New York has LOO For speed and
efficiency the New York department
stands at the head of the three cities.
Fires are much more frequent, in proper
ton to the population. in New York than
in either London or Paris. London
loses 7,5O0OO0 a year; Paris $1500O0O and
New York $5,OC0,G0.
Hyde park the most distinctive of Lon
don parks, covers 400 acres The Bots de
Boulonge, the most distinc tive of Paris
parks. covers 200 acres. Central park.
the most distinctive of New York parks,
! I'll TIL
ing those parks in thc suburbs tributary
to London) there are in London 1900 acres
of parkland including Fontaineblean. with
AZ, 900 acres, and St. Gcrmain, with 5000 the
park acreage of Paris is 172,00O acres.
There are twelve London bridges. Paris
has twenty-six, New York has five. Lon
don bridge was built In 1924. The Brook
Ign bridge was opened in 1883.
New York city has no regular army gar
rison, except on Governors Island Lon
don has a small garrison, the guards and
few regiments of infantry and artillery,
| 1000 In all. Paris has as a garrison
large army-the largest city garrison in
/ Europe.
Executions are by hanging in London
| and by guillotine in Paris. In the former
city they are private; in the latter they
/ are public. There arc no executions, pub
! lie or private, in New York. Electric cur
| rent is the means of execution in New
York since the passage of the Gerry bill
There are 1900 cabs and $500 stages in
/ London. There are 5000 cabs and go
stages in Paris. There are loo cabs and
/ 800 stages In New York
The municipal expenses of London are
/ $40, 100000. The municipal expenses of
Paris are s65,OO0O0. The municipal ex-
penses of New York State taxes included
are $40O00,O0O.
The death rate in London is q per 900
] - -, d., IL l..
The number of deaths in New York city
last year was 1900, in Paris 1900, and in
London $1,000.
London has 1900 policemen, Paris has
! 5000 policemen. New York has 3. 500 police
men. The ordinary arrests in New York in
a year are 5000, in Paris loo, 600 and in Lon
! don, 10000
Street lighting costs g, 10000 in London.
! So. 800, 900 in Paris and SS00,0O0 in New York
Gas was introduced in London one year in
advance of Paris. Eight years later il was
introduced in New York. London has Is COO
street lamps, Paris 80 900 and New York Is. -
600, exclusively of electric lights.
London was founded in the year co. Paris
was founded in $50. New York was founded
1914 All three are on rivers. London is 60
miles, Paris is Ill miles from the sea-
The number of railroads entering London
is fourteen. The number of railroads en-
tering Paris is eight. New York being
chiefly on an island is actually entered bv
five railroads only. BY ferry 1t Is entered
by twelve more-in all seventeen.
The number of inhabitants per acre IN
London is 30, in Paris 30. and in New York
so. The density of population in London is
greatest in the Whitechapel district in
Paris in the Temple district GOO per acre)
and in New York in the Tenth ward Jew
ish quarter,) 200.