The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-11-03
Greater New York Figures.

London was city 1,5OO years be-
fore the Dutch bought Manhattan Is
land for a song, and to-day London,
with more than six million people and
6S8 square miles of territory, has
scarcely twice the population of the
American metropolis, 100000. New
York increases faster in population,
too; in fact, at the rate of 315 day,
while the increase daily in London is
23O. Third in population among the
cities Of the earth is Paris, with
population of 100000, and Berlin.is
fourth, with but twenty-five square
miles of territory. The area of Paris
is 173 square miles. Chicago, press
ing Berlin close in population, COM
prises more than l90 square miles.
By making some comparisons from
the statistics compiled concerning the
great city, one finds many curious re-
suits. For instance, the Dutch pur
chased, Manhattan Island for s24 in
1926 from the Indians, and the sur
rounding country at that time was not
considered worth having. To-day
land in the enlarged city isnworth on
an average S125, 900 an acre, and so
cents square foot for the entire $50
square miles. OF course there are
sections in lower Broadway and Wall
street which are worth nearly thous-
and times as much, and some one has
said that the wages of a Workingman
for twenty years would not buy six
feet of earth in some parts of Greater
New York.
The number of men on the city pay
roll will be greater than the regular
army of the United States, the police
contributing nearly 1000 and the
';white-winged" street cleaners 1000.
The population of the city is equal to
the combined population of thirteen
new States and Territories, whose
area is three thousand times greater
than that of the city and about two
ffths of that of the entire Republic.
Then men, women and children Of
Greater New York, drawn up in single
rank, would form line one thousand
miles long.
A child is born every six minutes in
Greater New York, which means
about 10000 a year, and, although
the death rate is comparatively low,
$1,000 persons die annually, or one
about every seven minutes, day and
night. New York is unique in the
character Of its population. It is the
largest Irish city in the world, its $50
Irish being twice as numerous as the
population Of Dublin.
The Germans are the most numer-
Gus though, there being 100000 Of
them here. Thus, with the exception
of Berlin, New York is the largest
German city in the world. The for
eign-born population numbers 1 ,25O,-
600, and with its children numbers q
500, 600, or about two-thirds of the
city's entire population.
The drafts and checks passing
through the clearing house of Greater
New York make an aggregate of $685.
1000 a day, which is twice as much
as the clearings of all the other cities
Of the nation combined.
In its manufactures the greater city
employs 35,OOO,OO0 workmen and
pays S400, 900, 900 year in wages.
The city will have an area of $50
square miles, making it second in size
to London. It's greatest length will
be almost thirty-ive miles-that is,
from Mount St: Vincent to Totten-
vile.
There will be more than ten saloons
for each church.
The assessed value Of the real es-
tate of New York, Kings aDd Rich
mond Counties and that part of
Queens County included in the greater
city is s2,264, 142, 968. The indebt-
edness of the combined cities and
towns is about s170,00O,0 ,0OO.-Ne,0
Yorb Herald.