The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-22

. TltQry is larger per capita than in
either. New York city alone consumes
each year 45O,OOO,OOO pounds of beef.
4OO,OOO,OOO pounds Of veal, 300. 900 O00
pounds Of pork, 100, 900, 900 pounds of
mutton, 6O,OOO,O00 pounds Of poultry,
l9,OOO,O0O pounds Of butter, and 70 600
OVO dozen eggs. London consumes in a
year 100000 tons of meat Of all kinds
and Paris consumes 100000. London
consumes in a year 100000 tons of no.
tdloes, 1IO,OOO tons Of cabbages 10000
tons Of turnips, $4,000 tons Of onions
and 10000 tons Of green peas. The
yearly consumption Of celery in London
Is SoO tons and Of asparagus 300 tons.
Paris consumes q ton of bread a dav
and 100000, 900 eggs a wear. The CON.
sumption Of game in Paris includes
i,OOO, 600 pigeons 900 900 cartridges. 3OO.
OVO Iarks, and 100000 pheasants.
The daily consumption of water in
New York city is 235 900, 900 gallons. The
water supply of the city of BROOKLYN
approximates 82,00O,O 900 gallons a day.
ana with an increase in the method Of
Glstrlputlon by the use of larger pipes
bfooklyn's water supply would be en-
Iarged to 100,000,000 gallons a. day.
brooklyn has 534 miles of water mains.
Inc water supply of Paris averages
100000, 900 gallons a day. and of London
zee, 900, exclusive Of a portion of the
metropolitan district, locally supplied.
LondOn's supply costs $4,000, 900 a year.
The consumption Of ale. beer and
liquors in London amounts to 355, OOO. 600
gallons IN year. In Paris the con-
sumption of wine is 100 900 900 gallons
and Of beer 5000, 900 gallons, though
the disparity between the two is being
gradually leSSened by the increasing
popularity of beer in the French capi-
tai The average annual CONSUMPTION
or beer within the boundaries of the
greater New York is 1900 900, exclusive
u 0'VVo,VOO gallons Of ale and porter.
1nere are relatively more drunkenness
and fewer arrests for drunkenness in
London than in either Paris or New
YORK, ana no comparison of the police
figures of the three cities is possible
because diSOrderly conduct is included
In the police figures of some and not
In others. In New York there are in a
year 10000 arrests, approximately. for
intoxicatton, 10000 for "intoxication
and disorderly conduct" and 80, 900 for
dlS0rderly conduct" sometimes with
and sometimes without intoXication
The arrests for drunkenness" in
Brooklyn amount TO $4,000 in a year.
The municipal expenses of London in
q year amount to about SIC, 000, 900. The
municipal expenses Of the city of Paris.
exclusive Of national contributions
amount to $65,000,000, and the expenses
Of the future greater New York will.
1T is computed, be $55, 900, 000 The mu-
nicipal expenses Of New York city are
about $40000,00 a year. The BROOKLYN
municipal expenses amount to $120O0-
900 a year; those Of Long Island City
to about $1,500,0O0 and those of Staten
Island and Queens county towns to
about $500 The debt Of London Is
$50 per capita; the debt of Paris is $3.50
per capita. and the debt Of the greater
New York will be $66 per capita, or
whereabouts.
There were 2,O15 burglaries and
'house- breakings" committed in Lon
don in 1895, 997 in Paris, and sos in New
York City.T were PSI in Brooklyn,
90 In Long Island City, and 26 in Staten
Island
The receipts Of Paris theaters and
music halls for the year 1896 were 81
100000. The receipts Of London thea
tiers and licensed music halls for the
same year were $4,000, 900. The receipts
for the New York and Brooklyn thea
tiers and music halls for the same sea-
son were put by their managers at So
100000 The actual receipts were less
than s2,00O,000. The theater- going pub
lie is prone to insist upon exaggera-
tons by theatrical and music hall man
ayers.
Vital statistics are not so accurate
1y kept in London as they are in New
York The population of London In
eTeases at the rate Of 200 day from