The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-03
THREE GREAT CITIES.
COMPARISON OF LONDON, PARIS
AND GREATER NEW YORK.

The American City viii BE Second to
London, but Ahead of Paris-Interestins
Information In Regard to Food Con-
sumption, Churches and Other Matters.
There are 900, 600 buildings in the city
of London, including stores and public
buildings. There are 100, 600 buildings in
Paris There will be within the territory
included in the Greater New York 1877, 600
buildings, of which 100000 are used for
residential purposes.
The population of London by the munic
ipal census of 1896 was 4,433,O1S The
population of Paris by the last municipal
census (the record of population in France
Is continuous and not made at stated inter
walls only was 2,511, 955. The population
Of the Greater New York by the last esti-
mate officially made was as follows New
York city (bOard of health), 1864 S65;
Brooklyn (board of health census), LAO,
900; Staten Island (board of health csti-
mattel, 60, coo (the state census of 1892 gave
63, 1922; Long Island City (estimate), 49,
600; Newtown, rs, 900; jamaica, "a, 600;
Flushing, % 900, and Hampstead part),
5000; total, 1924, 1855.
The area of London is 6S8 square miles.
The area of Paris is 172 square miles The
area of the Greater New York will be 359
square miles.
The standard of living is higher in New
York than in London or Paris With a
population 40 per cent less than the popu-
latiQn of London and % per cent only
larger thar the population of Paris, the
consumption of market supplies in the
Greater New York territory is larger per
capita than in either New York city alone
consumes each year 450, 900, 900 pounds of
beef, 4O0, 900, 600 pounds of veal, 300, COO, :
600 pounds of pork, 100, 000, 900 pounds of
mutton, so, 900, 900 pounds of poultry, rs,
600, 900 pounds of butter and 10000, 900
dozen eggs. London consumes in a year
5000, 900 tons of meat of all kinds and
Paris consumes $500, 600. London con-
sumes in year 400, 900 tons of potatoes,
100 tons of cabbages, go, 900 tons of
turnips, so 600 tons of onions and 10000
tons of green peas The yearly consump-
ton of celery in London is 500 tons and of
asparagus 300 tons. Paris consumes a ton
of bread a day and $50, 600, 600 eggs year.
The consumption of game in Paris includes
1000, 900 pigeons, 600, 600 partridges, 800,
600 larks and 100,0 600 pheasants.
The daily consumption of water in New
York city is 235, 600 600 gallons The wa
ter supply of the city of Brooklyn approx
mates $4,000, 600 gallons day, and with
an increase in the method of distribution
by the use OF larger pipes Brooklyn S water
supply would be enlarged to 100, 600, 600
gallons a day. Brooklyn has 534 miles of
water mains. The water supply of Paris
averages $50, 900, 900 gallons day, and of
London 200, 100000 exclusive OF portion
of the metropolitan district, locally sup
piled. London's supply costs 50, O0O, coo a
year.
The consumption of ale, beer and liquors
in London amounts to 800, 000, 600 gallons
in year. In Paris the consumption OF
wine is 100, 000, 900 gallons and Of beer
5000, 900 gallons, though the disparity be.
tween the two is being gradually lessencd
by the increasing popularity Of beer in the
French capital. The average annual con
sumption of beer within the boundaries Of
the Greater New York is Z, 200, OO0, cxclu
sive of 5000, 600 gallons Of ale and porter
There are relatively more drunkenness
and fewer arrests for drunkenness in Lon
don than in either Paris or New York, and
no comparison of the police figures Of th,
three cities is possible because dieordcrly
some and not in others In New Yorl
there are in year 90, O00 arrests. approx
mately, for intoxication, TO- eco for "in
toNication and disordcriy corduC' anC
$1,000 for "disorderly conduct, " sometime
with and sometimes without intoxicatiun
The arrests for drunkenness" i'm Brook
Ign amount TO $4,000 in "a year
The municipal expenses of London in
year amount TO about S10.C0o, oU0. Tn
municipal expenses OF the city OF Taris
exclusive OF national OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
to 500, 600, COG. and the expenses Of tie Ii.
ture Greater New York VIII, it is comru
ted be $4,000, 000. Tie r,uniciral *
penses Of New York city are about Il. $50
600 year. The Brooklyn ml.nici,a! G..
pcnses amount to &ig, 0OC coo year. t.os
of Long Island City 70 about 81. 500. 90
and those of Staten Island and Queen
county towns to about 100000 The del
OF London is about $50per CAPITA the del
OF Paris $50 ner caGita and the debt {