The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-09
SUNDAY. JANUARY ., 1898.
WHAT CROKER is WORKING FOR.


wealth and resources Of tho state OF New
York. To-day we speak Of the wealth
and greatness OF New York clty-the
Greater New York Of to-day, the second
city in the world. our figures are taken
from the Tribune. The population OF
London, according 90 recent figures, Is
44Gs.1G9. That OF the city of New YORK
IS 33Ss.771, distributed as follows: Borough
OF Manhattan. ,Ssi ,4S6; Brooklyn l'lSO"V'
the Bronx. 1916 Queens. 1212ol; Rich
mond. Gl.O1s Paris is biz city but II
has only 2,5ll GOO inhabitants. whilo the
popuIation OF Berlin is not much in eN-
cess Of ]. 725 900. In area New York is the
greatest Of the four, having 196sOO acres
10 7a.672 for London. while Paris and Ber-
lin have. respectively. only 1923 and
1862 acres.
As a financial centre New York is said
60 be second only TO London.
Greater New York has police force
Of 7725 members. while London has 1000.
New York has 1.19S places OF worship
10 London's lac.
New York has 20 newspapers and pc
riodicals; london 4l2.
New York daily consumes 2j,oooooo more
gallons Of water than London.
London has birth every three min
utes and death every five minutes.
New York has birth every nine min
utes and death every ten and half
minutes.
In London one out Of each sixteen in
habitants seeks relief through public
charity. while similar aid is sought in
New York by one person out OF each two
hundred.
II will be a surprise TO many people
perhaps. 10 know that New York is the
most extensive manufacturing city in the
country.
The colossal resources OF the whole
city are S2.3G eO7 OF assessed real os-
tate. and siOl, OOl,c63 Of personal property
The new charter empowers the new adj
mlnstration to expend vast sums Tor
public improvements. tho total which
will be disbursed under Mayor Van Wycle
being estimated at 5000 100000 The sala-
ries OF city officials for the four years
will swell this amount 10 S2S2 0OOooO and
this does nos include the payments for
State taxes aal the expense. exclusive OF
salaries OF administering the city gov
eminent. Taxation and bond issues viii
supply this enormous sum. and Tam
many Hall the disbursement Of the scores
Of millions Of dollars. exclusive Of the
salaries. and the enjoyment OF all the
other millions 10 be expended in the
salaries themselves. >
Here is a comment from the Tribune:
The estimated yearly expenditure OF
f3J 900 900 for salaries and SJ0.OOOVVO Tor
public improvements win make Richard
Croker the dispenser OF a revenue larger
than that of many kingdom or republic,
md from Il may, without appreciate losss
be set aside a campaign fund, raised by
Technically legitimate methods. so large
that its founder may by its aid become
potent factor in tho Democratic national
councils The amount TO be spent yearly
urder the direction Of Richard Croker
for Afr. Croker IS absolute master ot
Tsmmany Hall. and Tammany Hall IL
for the next four years 10 be absolute
master Of the clty-SSs. 900 600. surpasses
bv nearly $50 10000 the revenue OF the
Kingdom OF Portugal for 1896, 81. The
romblned budgets for Norway ard Swe-
Zen for the same year were only about
tas .0oC. 900. Tho revenue of the Neither
lands IN that period was only S5oOO,Oco
The revenues OF Bulgaria and Roumania
together were not much over $500OC.OOO
Belgium's revenue Ia 1895 was n trile less
than s75,0o0OOO, with nearly equal eNpen-
iiture. And the sum 10 be raised in a
single year I'm New York will exceed the
yearly revenues Of three or four o. the
South American republics taken together.
And hero is comment OF our own
Richard Croker IL going 10 use this great
patronage and this great influence TO adj
vance the cause OF Democracy. lie ig-
nored tho silver question in making his
tight. lie put in as his candidate for
mayor Mr. Van Wyck. sound money.
though Irregular" Democrat. Randolph
Guggenhemer formerly OF Lynchburg,
whose sound money views made him even
vote for Mckinley. has been elected
president Of the upper house OF the mu-
ncipsl council. Roswell y. Flower, who
was president Of the Indianapolis Demo-