The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-30


NEW YORK. May 81 have spent
this morning In the capitol building OF
the second city OF the world ! refer 20
the city hall, which is to be the center
of the government of the greater New
York. Greater New York contains twice
many people as either New Jersey or
Iowa. II has nine times as many soais as
Rhode Island or South Dakota All the
people in Nevada would rattle around IN
some nj It's smaller wards like the diy
peas in a POI and It's inhabitants are
more, with few exceptions. than those
of the greatest of our states. New York
city is surpassed by only one place in the
world as 10 its population. and II ID an
easy second among tie worlds cities IN
business and wealth. There Is no town
bur gray-haired London which will CON-
pare wfsh IT. and with iusty strides II -
fast trasnping on London's heels During
my visit TO the English metropolis not
long ago ! heard a great fuss made about
sale OF business property there al
price equal 10 4io.AG00 an acre. A iot
was sold within stones throw OF the
city hall only year or so ago for price
amounting to $5.ooo.bO1 an acre This lot
was on the corner of Nassau and Liberty
streets II contained considerably less
than a quarter Of an acre Of ground and
II brought 81 - 400. There Is scarcely any
property on the Island of Manhattan
which car be bought cheapfy today. There
are lots along lower Broadway which are
worth a price equal 10 carpet OF silver
dollars over heir entire surface, and there
are some. I venture. which you could not
buy by offering to stand silver dollars on
edge. side by side and end to end. making
n two-inch plating over the entire lot Tae
tendency of prices here Is ever upward.
One-fwelfth of the total assessed value OF
the United States exists In New YORK. the
real estate assessment alone amounting 10
more than g. coo co. nn Still. when the
Dutch bought the Island Of Manhattan OF
the Indians they paid for II only ga worth
Of glass beads and buttons II was the
biggest real estate deal on record. Twen-
ty-fosir dollars then-worth billions now.
Think what the Indians lost.
BIg Thing Ia he Mayor Of New York.
III ss a big thing 10 be mayor of city
like this The Office carries almost as
much responsibility as that of the presi-
dent OF the United States. There are,
believe about four thousand policemen
now in this city. and there will he seven
thousand in the new New York There
viii he all told. an army OF city officials
greater by that which XeEophon led on
his retreat 10 the sea than the army OF
the United States. and the salary list viii
amount TO mere than th3rty-three million
dollars year. The property interests OF
such a city are enormous. The business
carried on Is Of every kind. There is more
manufacturing done here than in any
other town in the United States. The
shipping interests are So great that 500
ships come from foreign countries TO
these wharves every year. ard two-tfths
of all the products we ship TO foreign
countries are sent here 10 be loaded. The
banking interests are the greatest on this
hemisphere. The New York clearing house
does business OF oAs.00 90 annually.
while the stocks represented in Wall
street affect every country town In the
United States. There are In the greater
New York len fss dwelling houses and
business houses, which the mayor must
see are IN sanitary condition. The streets
which have TO be looked after would
make line longer than the dis
lance between New York and chi
cage, and the mileage Of the surface
railways would make i've tracks from
New York 70 Washington. | don't Know
the extent ~ the sewerage ~ the greater
New York. bat four years ago New York
proper had more than ~ miles OF such
works. and tfie bill signed by Gov Black
will largely Increase this number. All OF
these things have 20 be looked after. In
every part of the vast city there are men
scherning TO ee, money ont of it's treasury
or 20 evsie its isws. All sorts of axes are
brought 10 the city hall to be ground. and
the MAYOR has To be a very smart man IL
he keeps the wheel turning in the right
direction ard uses IL solely for the good OF
the people.