Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-05
TWO GREAT CITIES.
GREATER NEW YORK AND LON
DON CONTRASTED.
Some Striking Facts and Figures
Relative to the Metropolis Of the
4,- Western and Of the East.
%, ern Hemispheres.

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~ REATER LONDON has o su-
4 perfcial area of 68S.31 square
M miles; Greater New York
317.77.
London has 5000 miles Of streets.
Greater New York hos 1900 miles i'm
proved and $500 miles projected.
London averages forty-four fires
weekly; Greater New York thirty
four.
London's government costs s55,-
600, 1000 annuallyi Greater New York
$53, ,OO0,0G
London ferries are all free. The
thirty.eight ferries OF Greater New
York charge tolls Of from 2 to 10
cents. e< -
London has 25O,Ooo more women
than men. The female excess III
Greater New York Is but $4,000.
London marriages average 37,Ooo
annually. New York and Brooklyn, III
1895, recorded 27,612 Gncomplete.)
London has 400 newspapers and
periodicals of oil description. Greater
New York has 712.
London has boat dwelling popu-
lation Of $4,000. Greater New York
had, two years ago, 1000.
London has 400 places Of worship;
Greater New York 11S6.
London has $4,000 saloons; Greater
New York 1000.
London has $4,000 police; Greater
New York $500.
One out of eleven inhabitants OF
London socks relief from public and
organized charities. The average IN
New York is one out OF every 200.
London hos thirty people with in
| comes in excess Of $500, 600 yearly, OF
| o capital fortune in excess of $40, ,0OO;:
600. New York City alone has five
people worth $100, 100000, six worth
$50, 100000, fifteen worth from S2O,-
600, 600 to $40, 100000, and 800 worth
from So, 900, 900 to $12, ,000,O
London has 700, 900 inhabited dwell
ings; Greater Now York 10000.
London builds 10000 new houses
annually. Greater New York averages
5000, aggregating in value S3oiooo''
900.
London stores may keep open to
sell food and drink until noon on
Sunday. New York permits the sae
of food only until 10 %. m.
London restaurants must close at
1890 o. N. New York's may keep
| open all night, but may not sell
London, in 1916, at the present rate
| of growth, should have o population
| of 17,5OO,OO Greater New York's
! population should exceed 10000, 900.
London's population increases OF
| the rate Of 900 daily; Greater New
York's at about 400.
Late London statistics show that
500, 900 families earn less than seven
ty-ive cents O day. In Greater New
York there are not 30, 600 families ttat
do not do better than this.
London streets ore lit by 10000 gas
lets. New York has 36. 600 gas jets and
5000 electric lights.
London's daily water consumption
is "estimated'' at $50, 100000 gallons.
New York is known to use ITO, 900, 600
gallons. '-,T~
London has birth every three min
tites. Greater Now York every nine
minutes. y
London has d death cverv five min.
utes; Greater New York every ten and
d half minutes. :
It is estimated that over 10000 ve-
hicles pass the Bank of England daily.
| There are about 100000 registered We
hicles in Greater New York.
English law compels every railroad
to run workmen's trains morning and
evening at reduced rates. New York
has no such law.
ALondaner once convicted, even OF
q misdemeanor, cannot obtain license
for public house. A New Yorker
must have been convicted of felony.
London has one cent street car fares.
The nickle is the New York minimum.
London has two Spanish newspapers.
Greater New York has papers printed
in almost every known language, IN
Guiding six German, three Italian, two
Bohemian, one Spanish, one French
and two Hebrew dailies.
London hos 1000 common lodging
houses. Greater New York has 1000
hotels and lodging houses.
London workhouses shelter 12,OOo
paupers. Greater New York cares for
total of 5000, not including insane:
London policemen ore not allowed
to carry reyolvers except on special
occasions. New York policemen carry
revolvers, heavy clubs and small billies.
London has ninety-nine banking
establishments. Greater New York has
166.
London coal dealers must deliver
their goods in sacks only, and may not
throw it on the sidewalk. In New
York it is delivered ''any old way"
London has comprehensive system
of district free circulating libraries
New York is fifty years behind the
times in this matter.
London has 5449 acres of open
spaces or public parks. Greater New
York has over 6000 acres.
London draws twelve per cent. OF Its
water supply from artesian wells. In
Greater New York City wells have been
abolished.
Tho Bicycles Triumph in Washington.
The anti-bicycle husband and lover
is still carrying on the war against the
! nra 20 with overwhelming odds to con.