The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-01
GREATER new YORK
The Most Wonderful City of
the New World
VARIOUS ENTERPRISES
AND DAZZLING FIGURES THAT
REPRESENTS IT'S WEALTH.
bigger TaAN LYNDON IN AREA.
a Many Respects the Great City eclpses all
the Other Clues Of the World
Lundon its only Rival in
Ropulation.,
Reputation

Reputation
With the new year begins new city
the second largest city in the world in
population and wealth-for on the first
4 day of january begins the existence of
the Greater New York, composed of the
old cities OF New York, Brooklyn, &C.
From the New York World we copy the
following interesting information about
this great city:
New York has an area of 10000
acres, or 307112 square miles. This makes
it the largest city in the world in area,
! London having but 74.672 acres.
New York has the finest scenery of
any of the worlds great cities. It's cli-
mate better than Londons, and the ex-
cellence of its health conditions is
shown by the constant decrease an the
death rate.
New York has a population of g.
100000. This population is bound to in
crease, as the births exceed the deaths
by about 10000 year. From $4,000
TO 100000 immigrants pass through the
port of New York each year, and a
large proportion of them stay here.
There is every reason to believe, there
fore, that New York is destined to be-
come the greatest city in the world IN
population.
One third of the population Of New
York are natives, are partly or wholly
OF native parentage. One-third are for
eign born. One third are native born of
foreign parents.
New York's population includes people
of almost every race. 1t is the largest
Iris f+x~G {.I1sa o~lI
; Iation of $4,000 being twice as great as
That of Dublin. 1t is the largest German
city in the world except Berlin, there
being 100000 Germans here.
The population of the city is equal
TO the combined population of thirteen
new States and Territories whose area
is three thousand times greater. Its
people, drawn up in single rank, would
form line 1000 miles long.
There is an aggregate tangible wealth
of real and personal property in the city
of New York amounting to $4,000, 000-
900.
RICHER THAN ANY STATE.
The city Of New York if set apart by
itself as a State would outrank any
State in the Union in point of wealth.
The total assessed valuation of all the
aSJtdOAS anu 1C1AIiU1ltS tuE OulOu Is
only ten times as great as the assessed
valuation of this single city.
Real estate in the city of New York
is worth an average of $3.50 on
acre, and 90 cents square foot for the
entire 30612 square miles. There is
land in the city worth thousand times
as much.
The building operations in Greater
New York aggregate more than $15,-
100000. Many of the buildings-sky-
Z sCrapers with twenty or more stores.
cost more than 81, 100000 each.
1T costs $T5,000,000 a year to main
TAIN the government of New York City.
&c the four years Of the administration
of Mayor Van Wyck $300,000,O00 must
be raised by taxation and expended for
public purposes.
CITY A MIGHTY EMPLOYER.
This is equal to a per capita tax of
$50. 1t is as much as the net earnings
. of all the railroads in the country for
one year. The city is a mighty employ
er, having more men upon its pay rolls
than there are in the regular army of
&hre United States.
There are included in the city of New
York fifty-six cities and towns, each of
which was important enough in itself
TO have Federal postmaster. These are
scattered over a territory that has an
extreme length of thirty-fye miles and
an extreme width of twenty-seven miles.
New York city is the commercial
ceAtre of the country. The drafts and
checks passing through the Clearing
House aggregate $96,900,000 day.
That is twice as much as the clearings
of all the other cities of the nation
combined.
New York's foreign commerce is
greater than that of all the rest of the
country. 1t pays two-thirds of all the
duties on imports through its Custom
House.
In trade New York City is also pre-
eminent. It's annual turn over is in
excess OF $40,000,000
LEADS IN MANUFACTURE.
Again, in manufacturing New York
leads The country. There are more
than 5000 factories of note. Six hun
bred and thirty-five thousand working
men are employed in manufacturing and
they receive S400,000000 a year in
wages. The annual product Of the fac
tories of New York is valued at ST.
000.000,000
The workingmen Of New York City
deposit S3,000000 a week in the saw
ings banks.
New York City has greater capacity
for commerce than any other city in the
world. In its magnificent harbor there
are rs miles of wharfage. More than
1000 ocean steamships could find dock
room at once IL it were a question OF
demand only, the city could have 800
miles of wharfage.
Twenty-Five steam railroads have
their terminals ii New York City. They
bring here each day more than 100000
persons on business and pleasure bent
AT least 100000 of these are residents
uf New York so far as their business