Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-07
GREATER NEW YORK.
Second City i'm the World Came
into Being Jan. 1.
Some Comparisons with LOndon---Mu-
nlcipal Expenditures Amount TO SSs,-
900, 900 Annually.

Some Comparisons with London---Mu-
nIcIpal Expenditures Amount TO $751;
100000 Annually.
The Greater New York came into being
with the New Year. Amid the rattle and
roar of cannon, the music of bands with
out end, brilliant glare of pyrotechnics,
and the binding rays of two-score of
searchlights old New York was walked into
its grave and the new and Greater New
York. the second city of the world, wei
coined with the New Year. The noisy
demonstration came at midnight, Friday.
The formal change OF power took place at
city hall at II o'clock Saturday with as
little display as possible. The party there
included Mayor Strong, Mayor Wurster of
Brooklyn, Mayor Gleason of Long Island
City, MayOr-elect Van Wyck of the new
metropolis, several other officials, and a
crowd of spectators.
About one minute before II o'clock
Mayor Strong turned to Mr.. Van Wyck
and said "Mr. Van Wyck, the people of
this new city, made up of five boroughs
and three millions and half of people,
have decided that you should be the first
mayor, and descend from your position as
Judge and assume the position of magis-
trate.
"My impression is that this old city in
which you and have lived just about the
same number of years-this old city of
New York that is passing away-will con-
tribute $1,000, 100000 worth of property
TO the new city, of which you will be
mayor, $3.50, 100000 Of banking stock and
$1,000, 000,0 900 of deposits. And you will
take charge of this little borough along
with the others, aid will always feel, |
know, that it is the brightest little jewel
in the cluster Of five.
"You have been chosen to be mayor of
one of the largest cities in the world.
congratulate YOU and welcome you as
mayor Of the Greater New York"
1t was Just II o'clock to the minute,
Colonel Strong having timed himself ex-
actly Mayor Van Wyck replied:
1.-The people have chosen me to be
mayor. | have received the Office from
them aud to them will answer"
Greater New York has in its bOroughs
of Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx,
| Queens and Richmond in all 3,3SS,T7l in
habtants London, the worlds metropo-
! lis, has !, 4G3, 100; Paris 2,5ll, 629; Berlin
| l,7jj, 600. In area New York is by far the
| largest Of the four chief cities Of Christen-
| dom having 1876 800 acres TO -, ca for
| London, 1929 for Paris and lj,662 for
! Berlin. London has 60 miles Of water
| front, and is the greatest port Of Europe.
! New York has 3i3 miles, nearly all of il
| on noble, deep, navigable rivers, and
available for docking purposes. The
! Tenth Ward Of old New York is supposed
to be the most densely populated region in
the world. It has $4,000 inhabitants
crowded into square mile; the famous
| Whilechape district Of London has 1913,
! 600.
New York has 30 newspapers and pc
riodicals London 4l2. The American
city supports force of 1928 policemen
the English, 10000. In the one there are
! llQS places of worship: in the other, 1910.
For bathing, drinking, manufacturing and
other uses, New York daily consumes -, y
0OO, 900 more gallons of water than Lon
don,
In wealth the new city has 81 1867, 6j9,.
607 of assessed real estate and S404, OOl, =
0G3 of personal property. Its municipal
expenditure each year of 100000 is
about $50 600 600 more than the entire
revenue of Portugal or Holland, and near
ly twice the combined income of Norway
and Sweden. The salaries of the munich
pal officials appointed directly by the
mayor amount TO about 500, 200 year
or s., 900, 600 for the four years of Mayor
Van Wyck's administration. Including
the public school teachers, the policemen
iiremen and laborers in the various de-
partments, the municipal pay roll will call
annually for the disbursement of about
| S33 600 600