New-York tribune., 1897-01-31
OUR GREATER NEW-YORK EDITION.

Modern civilization Is becoming as the cen
suses Of all the leading nations show. more ana
more an affair Of mammoth municipalities How
ever much We may regret 1t from the seh'i-
mental point Of view expressed in the 1ahiliar
apothegm, "God made the first garden ana Man
built the first CITY," one OF the great pivo'al
facts of the age is that the cities are growing
phenomenally large and the country outside OF
them relatively Of less consequence. Inc crea
ton of Greater London and OF Greater New-lork
will certainly be set down by the historian as
among the red-letter events &C the closing years
OF the nineteenth century. which were fu OF
nrophetc import as to the direction in which
Anglo Saxon political social and. above all. com
mercial. life was bound to develop In the twen-
tieth.
Greater New-York may be said to be still in
its birthtbroes. Comparatvely few Of its in
habitants realize fully what this great municipal
evolution means. Even the architects OF the
new and mightier metropolis are not able 10
foresee its future They are building doubtless
bigger and let us trust, better than they know
The Tribune of yesterday January 80, devoted
magnificent special number. Of 10 pages
printed in part on superior paper, containing
nearly 200 illustrations many Of them half-
tone engravngs, giving a comprehensive ana
detailed survey of the new Empire City IL
Is one of the most remarkable productions
ever issued from the press of daily news
paper. Some idea of its magnitude. consid-
cred merely as a typographical creation. ma!
be gained from the statement that It's 76 pages
contain about 100000 "ems.' Printed IN
book form, this special edition of The Tribune
wou,d fill five volumes, each volume containing
rs much letterpress as is found in Charles Dick
ens's novel nicholas Nckleby." AS mere
matter of mechanical production It Is therefore
a journalistic achievement Of the first rank.
Every alert citizen within its borders, or whose
daily business is intimately connected with H.
will find this special Greater New-lork edltlon
not simply worth reading. but worth twen'!
times It's cost to preserve as valuable compiia-
tion Of history and current information for ref
erence II is a perfect encyclopedia, carefully
| prepared and arranged In appropriate DIVISIONS
| historical. political financial. commercial ana
| professional-of the enlarged city a most valu-
| able feature of it Is the picture map finely en-
graved in colors, which accompanies 1t, ana
| which gives complete bird s-eye view or Great
er New-York This unique map was specially
drown and panted for The Tribune by the same
| sh,,fu, artist mfr c. Graham who executed the
| celebrated paiptinp of the "Whlte City which
modo the Worlds Fair familiar scene TO mill
| ions of neoDle who were unable to see the Ex-
| position themselves. This bird s-eye view or the
| coming capital of the New World Is an accurate
| and minutely faithful presentation of its entire
area. with the landmarks and noted buildings or
every district plainly distingushable. 1t is the
only perfpct picture of the city. as seen from
| an elevation, and showing all It's geographical
features and the exact position of each of its
component parts relatively to the others that has
vet been made This superb picture map alone
is worthy of being mounted and framed.
or the nearly 200 other illustrations, all spe-
cially drawn for this souvenir edition OF The
Tribune, large number are half-tone portraits
of many Of the most eminent and representative
men of the consolidated city-the leaders OF It's
many-sided life. Among them are portraits or
Bishop Potter William NJ. Evarts, Darius Og-
den Mills, William r. Grace. Edward Lauter-
bach c. p. Huntington. Stewart l.. Woodford
and other typical citizens Of Greater New-iork
The chief public and private buildings OF the en-
larged city are also the subjects of illustration.
Several of the new "skyscrapers" are included III
this pictorial panorama OF the city's noDlest
architecture. Among the notable edifices or
which exterior and interior views are given may
| be mentioned the Clearing House, the Cotton Ex-
| change the new POstofiice, the leading bank ana
| insurance buildings, the Colonial Club. the new
| Columbia College the 18th Regiment Armory
the Pratt Institute, and the great sugar refiner-
les in Brooklyn, and large number OF other
representative edifices. Take it altogether, this
special edition, with its strong array OF PICTURES
forms complete and illustrated guide and d.
rectory to every section Of the consolidated mu-
nlcpality and would. We're it bound in book
| FORM be we'll worth So volume.
| The title page of the number deserves mention
| as an artistic feature. 1t shows two contrasting
scenes. In one we see solid burgher Of Knick-
erbocker days. sitting at his doorway on DE
Here Straat'-which was the original name Of
| Broadway enjoying his tankard Of beer and his
long clay pipe. while flock of geese waddle
lazily in the peaceful highway. In the other
we see the violent contrast Of section view Of
| lower Broadway as we know it to-day, looking
across it's tumnltuous activity as it is hourly
| exhibited in the immediate vicinity OF the Post
office. 1t is to the leterpress of this special
| number of The Tribune however. that the at
tenton of the merchants and business men of
the city. as we'll as of all its citizens who de-
sire to post themselves correctly and fully on
the vital facts and conditions in the commercial
life Of the city. is specially called. 1t furnishes
, complete handbook Of the commerce and trade
Of Greater New York. covering all the vital facts
concerning every one Of It's considerable enter
prises The commercial and trade section of'the
number Is conveniently made up Of six parts the
| main sheet the autographed cover containing
the picture map and the three literary sections
In Part / will be found the story OF the growth
of the city, from one Of 10000 inhabitants when
the century began to one Of 100000 under the
consolidation now in process. The municipal
government is fully described. Its finances
based on a taxable valuation Of S21G6OOOOOO
its Clearing House. with yearly transactions ag
gregatlng oyer S31.0o0.0oO'OOo: its Sub-rreasury
with a total business Of $3,0OO,OOO,OOO year
It's huge banking operations based on capital
of over $GJ, ,OO0,O 900; its savings-bank depos