The Portland daily press., 1896-05-02

/ INV SGAoA4hulOlI AtH DGGQ IQaO6 OIL
'he length Of time needed to traye! over all
| Oh these lines of railroad, but since they
'aoiuae oross-town horse oars as we'll as
oieo'rlo and steam roads speed Of six
LILIES an hour Is all that could be hoped
ZOE on the average, the legal limit on
most Of the lines even In suburban
regions being eight miles an hour; SO, if
ohe traveller put in ten hours day on
cns rail- he would require few hours
over eighteen days to cover the routes.
Inc expense Of suoh journey would
DO comparatively small, and here we
come to one Of the almost unique feat
ures OF the city. The Greater New York
has extraordinarily cheap rates of trans
p ortation. There aressroutes in Brooklyn
fifteen miles long which may be covered
| Tor I'VE cents. There are routes In Ney
| York from ten to thirteen miles long at
the same price. On the other hand, the
| Coney Island passengers have to pay by
somesroutes q price that is extremely
nigh considering the service rendered,
but after all this IL considered a cent a
mile on the railroads will pay tho bill.
Inc next interesting feature Of this
Journey OF exploration is to be found in
the variety Of methods Of transportation.
Railroads are so common that the tray
eller Is not likely to consider the variety
found in them-that horses, steam mo-
| tors, cables and electricity are all used,
/ and that the varieties in the steam and
| electric motors would alone furnish an
intersting course of study lasting several
months. But to the railroads must ba
| added sidewheel and screw ferryboa
| and ocean going and smooth water steam
ers. while visit to two interesting SOC
| lions Of the oity-the Cow anus Canal
| and thu Erie Basin-can be best made
by cha1tering a tugboat.
4 But neither steam nor electricity can
take tho traveller to all parts of Greater
New York worth seeing. The vast areas
(thousGnds of aores) devoted to parks
need horses and carriages or bicycles for
Transportation. For the lagoons and
smaller water courses about the Long
Islandand Westchester part of tho city
| (Rooklway and Flushing for instance)
nothing better than cruising canoe
could be desired, while the traveller who
would ses all the beauties of Staten Is
land can do no better than take the bu-ro
and 5ent, the frying pan, and bacon
and beans of the hardy Rocky Mountain
prospestor.
| The moment one leaves the railroads
tn expense of the journey increases. A
public carriage costs 81 an hour, perhaps
S. for day of ten hours would serve.
The ferries are cheap enough at from one
cent to five cents trip, but it costs ten
cents to go to Staten Island and 20 cents
for the outside passage to Coney Island,
and more yet to Rookaway Beach, while
any ordinary traveller would have to put
lup at least $25 for a tug which would
enable him to explore the mysteries of
the Erie Basin and the Gowa nus Canal.
The length of time required on tho va
rious expeditions outside of the railroads
NO uld vary with the ability and expert
Ienoe Of the traveller, but it would be an
able-bodied man who could get through
with the parks of old New York and
brooklyn. the lagoons' bays and inlets of
|the Long Island and Westchester parts
Iof the CITY, and the Harlem River and
He'll Gate regions in month. On the
whole, it is not unlikely that II mere
geographical exploration Of the city, a
journey that would exhibit the out of
door features of it in fully satisfactory
manner. would require nearly two
months. and would cost for travelling
expenses alone not far from 800.
In return for SO much time and money,
what can man see?
In geographical extent the Greater
New York from Mount st. Vincent to
Tottenville is not far from thirty-five
4 miles long as the crow flies. Its width
& from the North River at West Fourteenth
street to the inlet between Far RDoka-
] way beach and Shelter Island is trifle
, over nineteen miles. Its area is about 800
: square miles. When compared with 9TH
er great cities 1T is found to be the second
/, in size. London has 68S, Paris 297, Ber-
4 lin 242, Chicago 1879. and Philadelphia
1879 square miles.
\ The resident population of the city by
u OSoSdo kOpOl 10 40 OOcs 1~0 oOuAc, OQu Ull6s
a is by no means fair statement of the
u population from commercial point Of
view, for the reason that thousands oil
people who have their business interests
In New York city live in New jersey OF
beyond the city limits, while they come
to New York every week day to ATTEND
to the affairs of life. No accurate esti
mate of the number of these people car
be made, but here are some figures which
will give one general idea of the mum.
Der; figures that show how many passen-
gers are brought to the city by the rail
roads of an average business day:
Pennsylvania R. R. 80, oo(
New York, Susquehanna and Vest
ern r. r., 2,00(
jersey Central Il. R., Sc, 00(
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
r. R., rs, oo(
Erie R. r., 49, Ol
West Shore r. R., 1900
Nav York, New Haven and Hart
ford R. r., %, oot
New York Central r. R., 40, 00(
New York and Northern X. R., 10000
T,0po leland r r 10 nnf