The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-07
THREE CITIES COMPARED.
Greater New YorI, VIII he second TO
London But Ahead of Paris.

From the New York Sun.
There are 60000l buildings in the city OF
London, including stores and public build
ings. There are 10000 buildings In Paris.
There will be within the territory includ-
ell in the Greater New York $4,000 build
ings, of which 10000 are used for residen-
tIal purposes.
The population Of London by the NUM-
cial census of 1896 was 4, i33,0iS. The pop
ulatlon Of Paris by the last municipal CEN
sus Che record of population in France is
continuous and not made at stated inter
walls only was 2.5l1.955. The population of
the Greater New York by tho last estl-
mate officially made was as follows: New
York city (board of health). 1864, S65,
Brooklyn board Of health census), 1.140.-
0oO: staten Island (board OF health csti-
mate), $500 Cthe state census of 1892 gave
53,459; Long Island city (estimate). io,000.
Newtown, - 60; Jamaica. $4,000; Flushing,
3, 29i, $50
The area of London is 6sS square miles
The area of Paris IS l72 square miles. The
area of the Greater New York will be 1853
square miles
miles of sewers in London. There are coo
miles of streets and $50 miles Of sewers i'm
Paris. There will be LOO miles of streets
and 700 miles Of sewers within the terri
tory of the Greater New York, exclusive
of roads and public highways.
The standard of living is higher IN New
population 40 per cent. less than the pop
ulation of London. and % per cent. only
larger than the population of Paris, the
consumption of market supplies IN the
Greater New York territory is larger per
capita tnan in either. New York city
alone consumes each year 4J0,OOOOO pounds
OF beef, zoo pounds of veal, 800. 600 600
pounds of pork, l00,0000O0 pounds of NUT
ton S0,O000Ol pounds of poultry, I3,W0,OO0
pounds of butter and I50OO.000 dozen eggs.
London consumes in a year 5.000000 tons
Of meat of All kinds. and Paris consumes
3,6O0000. London consumes In "a year 4OO,-
WO tons OF potatoes, llOWO tons OF can
hages, $4,000 tons of turnips, $4,000 tons of
onions and 2o0m tons of green peas. me
yearly consumption of celery In London
IS $40 tons, and or asparagus 800 tons.
Paris consumes a ton of bread day and
450,OO0GO eggs a year. The consumption
OF game in Paris includes 100000 pigeons,
100000 cartridges, 100000 larks and 100000
phcasantS
The daily consumption % water in New
York city Is 255, 600 gallons. The water
supply OF the city of Brooklyn approX-
mates S2,O0O0O0 gallons a day, and with
an increase In the method of distribution
by the use of larger pipes Brooklyns wa
ter supply would be enlarged to 100000
gallons day. Brooklyn has 5S4 miles of
water mains, The water supply of Paris
averages $50 100000 gallons day, and of
London 200. 100000, exclusive of a portion
OF the metropolitan district, locally sup
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year.
The consumption of ale, beer and IL
quors in London amounts TO 309,OOO,OOO
gallons in year, In Paris the consump-
ton of wine is 100,000,000 gallons and of
beer 8000,OO0 gallons, though the dispari-
~ between the two Is being gradually
lesSened by the increasing popularity of
beer in the French capital. The average
annual consumption of beer within tie
boundaries OF the Greater New York Is
100000, exclusive of 100000 gallons of
There relatively more
drunkenness and fewer arrests for drunk
enness In London than in either Paris or
New York, and no comparison of the po-
lice figures of the three cities is possible
because dsorderly conduct is included In
the police figures of some and not in
others. In New York there are In a year
20OO arrests approximately. for intoxi-
cation. 10000 for ''intoxication and dis
orderly conduct" and $4,000 for
sometimes without intoxication. The ar
rests for drunkenness in BrooklYA
amount to $500 year
The municipal expenses Of London in a
year amount to about $70,0O0000. The nnu-
nicipal expenses of the city of Paris, eX-
elusive of national contributions, amount
to $50 000 900. and the expenses OF the fu-
ture Greater New York Will, IL is com
puted be sos, 100000 The municipal ex
penses of New York city are about 10000
GOO a year The Brooklyn municipal ex-
penses amount 10 $12, 100000 year; those
OF Long Island City to about 81 100000, and
those of Staten Island and Queens county
towns to about NfJO.NU1. Inc deDt OF Lon
don Is $50 per capita; the debt of Paris is
$3.50 per capita. and the debt or the Great
err New York will be S66 per capita, or
Whereabouts.
There were 2Ol5 burglaries and house
brea kings" committed in London In 1885,
1871 in Paris. and 500 IN New York city
There were 25l I'm Brooklyn, 40 in Long
island city and % in Staten Island.
The receipts of the Paris theaters and
music halls for the year 1896 were 81, 400,
600 The receipts of the London theaters
on
were 50 200, 900. The receipts for the New
York and Brooklyn theaters and music
halls for the same season were put by their
managers at 100000. The actual receipts
were a little less than 100000. The the
ater-going public is prone to insist upon
eXaggerations by theatrical and music haL
Vital statistics are not SO accurately kept
In London as they are in New York. The
population Of London increases az the rate
of 200 a day from the excess OF births over
deaths The population of Paris Is in
creased by drafts from the French prov
inces and not from the excess OF births
over deaths In the capital, which averages
ten a day or $500 In a year. There were in
New York city last year 1900 more births
than deaths. The excess Of births over
Island City ). AS the population OF Long
Island city Is constantly increasing, haV-
ing doubled from 1875 g 1890 an and inereas;
appear TO be a reasonable inference that
residents OF other places are attracted to
Long Island C1ty the vital STATISTICS or
the municipality furnishing no adequate
ground for the belief that the city is in
creasing rapidly IN population otherwise.
There were seventy-ive violent or acct
dental deaths in Long Island city last year,
L. 6l i'm Brooklyn and 1906 in New York,
exclusive OF suicides.
There will be 1893 churches within the
boundaries Of the Greater New York
There are more than 200 churches In
London-675 belonging to the Established
church, 4JO Methodist, $50 Baptist and i25
Catholic 900 exclusive OF Congregational,
Presbyterian and Lutheran churches. and 4
exclusive also Of Jewish synagogues, OF
which there are 81 in London. There are
81 Jewish synagOgues in New York and 16
IN Brooklyn. There are 1855 churches in
Paris Of all religious denominations.
New York was incorporated in 1862
Brooklyn was incorporated In 1901 ana
Long Island City as village in 1889. The
antiquarians declare that the first authen-
tic mention of London appears i'm Taci-
tus II was burned in A. ID. ST. Paris
was burned IN u. G.. 50, and the earliest
authentic mention of It's existence as a
settlement rs traced TO julius Caesar. or
rather IL was ascribed TO Julids Caesar
though there was never anything traced
to julius Caesar SO far as history records.
The total value OF real estate I'm New
York city exempted from taxation Is S3l4,-
10000 The amount of real estate exempt
ed from taxation in Brooklyn is $50 O9p-
aan