The sun., 1896-01-20
RICHES OF NEW YORK.
A Glance mt the Treasures or This Gre eat
StOrehOuse.

store house.
IF the New York dry goods district should
he destroyed to night" said n business man,
"every great insurance company in the world
would fail" Doubtless there is some exag-
geration in such an opinion. but there are 5000.
100000 worth Of insurable goods in the COM
paratively small downtown area known as the
dry goods district, TO say nothing of buildings
furniture. and fixtures. London and perhaps
Paris are the only other cities in the world
that equal New York rs treasure houses of
manufactured goods.
4 single wholesale and retail house in the
fashionable shopping district of Broadway con
tains Sil .OOO.O worth of goods. Another
house in Twenty third street contains $4,000
houses containing from 81 .o0o,0oO to $4,000
900 worth of goods. The goods stored in three
%r e rte wd r"ns more o III.
lOthing district run up into the hundreds Of
millions. The little jewclry district down
world. Silvcrwarc. gold. and Jewels valued Mt
hundreds of millions are stored in the district
IL single hat house brought at auction in re-
cent year 100000. Some of the most precious
articles in proportion to bulk are stored in the
drug and chemical and perfuIncry houses in
the region south of Fulton street and east of
William. The book publishing district, now
ty fifth street. is st"r kcd with manv million dol
lars worth ot hooks single buildings with
their contents ana the lanu they occupy are
worth more than the assessed value Of many II
rural county in this state.
But il Is not In the actual amount OF goods
stored that New York so strikingly exceeds all
other American cities and most European cities.
bur in the amount OF business transacted
Great quantities Of goods sold here never reach
the city for many large mills In nearly all parts
of the country lave agencies here. and goods
sold through such ngcnU les are often supplied to
the buyer directly from the mills. Many large
retail stores keep on hand only samples. and
send all orders to more or less distant factories
To ne filed. New York. indeed. is great gen
eral business exchange. whose transactions
vastly exceed ~" value Of the goods actually
handled. Millions of dollars worth Of goods
diatsly by ship nr railway train. New Yo'k is
The shortest way TO everywhere. and all com
merclal highway lead to New York.
New York is the cheapest city In the United
States for the purchase at wholesale or at re-
tail of almost ANYTHING that men need. IL be-
things. even in comparison with great Euro
pean cities. Genuine lsalhriggnn hose, for cX-
ample. can |" bought mt retail here for less
than two per cent. advance upon the retail
price at BalIrig9an
New York is tl.r only city Of the New World
where almost any manufactured article or
crude material may be had in large qunnti.
cowboy of tn" plains obtains his hat from New
York. The Indians blanket Is shipped West
from this city. The southern cotton planter
buys machinery in this market. and New
York sends aycs 10 the Maine lumhcrman.
You may stock II general store. tit out yacht.
here than anywhere else on the continent.
There are other big towns in America, but
there is not one that has. as New York has,
all the authentic marks OF greatness.