Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-11-18

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in mind and Canada as an object les
son in view flor the Canadian Pacific
ring holds the balance Of political
power in the dominion) people will be
inclined to view the measure with mis-
givings as to it's advisability.
ABOUT GREATER NEW YORK.
The Mayor of Greater New York
will take his seat January l, 1898, and
serve for four years at salary of $751;
900 per year. He will not be eligible
for reelection Immediately.
The annual disbursements. for the
expenses Of the city will be $75, 00O,-
900 a year. FL, .: :. ~ n 800
''The Mayor wild control the ap-
pointment of 33, OeO public employees,
or nearly twice the number of persons
serring the Government at Washing
ton. This army of civil servants will
be larger than the regulararmy of the
United States. The expenditures of
this greater metropolis will be just
about oRe-half the whole ordinary ex-
penditures of the Federal Govern
naent, 3eaving out the pensions and
the po*ot6ce; department. The pub:
lie debt of this new: city will be one
quarter that>d the United States, less;
the sinking fund. In the employ of
thisChe2er4ruaed community will be an
army Of Z, policemen, 1o, 900 teach
CTS in the pablo school, 1900 street
cleaners, 2 Gao fireman.
'Gneater New York will be an en-
pire within 800 square miles, the
worlds city of greatest area. Its
mayor, under the liberal powers given
him in the.charter, will be it's sover-
eign- There will Zoe parliament of
little power, composed of twenty eight
members in the:4Rper house and six
ty-one in the lower. There will be
eighty-four members of the school
board, and nineteen of the board of
education. Within the city are elect
ed sixty one members of the Assembly
of New Yerk State, or nearly one half
of the whole membership, and twenty
senators out of a total of fifty-one.
Within Greater New York are elected
sixteen saembers>of Congress, or more
than in any single State of the Union,
excepting only New York, Pennsylva-
mia, Ohio and Illinois.
"Greater New York will have
population almost as great as that of
the whole United States at the time
George Washington was first elected
President. Il will haye population
equal to that Of the combined popula-
Ition of the following twelve states
California, Delaware, Florida, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Or
.egon, South Dakota, Utah, Washing
ton and Wyoming, with the District
of Columbia thrown in. Its popula-
ton will be nearly rs great as that of
.swarning Holland, ane-third greater
than that Of all Norway, twice as
,greatias that Of Cuba, equal to that Of
Chile, and greater than that of Swift
zerland, Greece, Denmark or Venezu-.
ella. It will equal the combined pop
ulation of half a dozen Of the minor
countries of Central and South Amer
lea. Greater New York will be the |
greatest Irish city in the world, with
an Irish population Of 275, 900. It
will be a greater German city than
any but three or four of the largest
cities Of the German Empire, With
1926, 900 Germans within its limits. It
will have a population greater than
that Of any single State in the Union,
excepting only New York ITSELF
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois.
.The wealth Of Greater New York !!