New-York tribune., 1898-01-01
THE NEW CITY'S GREATNESS,
1T oUTRIvALs THE CITIES OF THE
WORLD IN AREA AND WAITER
FRONTAGE.

SECOND ONLY TO LONDON IN PoPUIATIoN-TTs
r.R1y oovERNMEsvr-THn PRESENT ELAB-
onArp SCHEME OF ADMINISTRATION
MILLIONS FOR oBFIcEHoLDERs
AND FOR PUBLIC IMPROVE
MYNTs-pNvELOPMENT
OF PARKS AND
pRrvnwAYs
Nearly thirty years ago. in report 10 the boaiu u
of Commissioners Of the Central Park Win wnich
body he was connected. Andrew H. Green ou'nheu
the nrst proposition which was set down In BLACK
ana vhits for tho consolidation Of the districts
which tins New Years Day secs united IN one
vast CITY. the greatest In the Now World. and
next TO London the largest In tho world i"e
population OF LONDON. according to recent nsureA
IN x;ssle9 That 6f the new city or New-ho Is
q ass III distributed as follows Borough OF Man
haitian. lss4A3s: Brooklyn llsoooo' the Bronx
,es ,,a. onsens III sU: Richmond. H0S. Paris Is
q big city but It has only 25ns2S inhabitants WINS
tho nonulation OF Berlin is not much In excess OF
rs5o 600 In area New-York is the greatest Oh '''s
four having iS 500 acres. TO 14oiZ lot Lohoo'
,,hgs paris and Berlin have respectively only
1879 and l5,6S2 acres
HARgoR AND TERMINAL. FAClLiTlEA
A the old New-York the greatest city OF
,b. United STAKES the new New-York VIII IN many
nf
,ra,ronols OF the British Empire Her location OH
IN. nnest harbor on the North Atlantic Coast
will continue to be the controIiihs Ihotof in "0
snlendid growth in wealth ana popuiauon' 1ie'o
,hs merchantmen OF the world may se e''"
,aLa IN cargoes end when the needed deepeh''s
- ~. .h,, channel is effected tho largest steamer
e., rnav come and go at will The Waterfront
n, Jondon is about sixty miles In extent huci VI
q, unavailable for largo shipping; While the "a'o.
frontage Of the larGar New YORK Is oo' iiiie7' d.
mos. alI OF Il being practicable for oocXihs pUi
noses To this port the transatlantic passenger
-. .ana ,beir finest and swiftest steamers, ana
,,. steamships and sailing vessels OF many other
conpanies have Newly ork as their "es'oin ''
minus The canals. TOO. bring their irele"'S Va
breedstus and other staples 30 this port from Wv
interior and all the important ralToaHs oi '.'e
Fast and all the coastwise steamship hheS "i'
New-York their terminal point
LONDON AND NEW-YORK COMPARED
As q financial centre New-York Is Dele'eu ="
=. second only TO London. Practically every brea'
,.r.s, IN the United States has at least a resi-
a.n, of1cer IN Now-York. and wall Suee' - ''''
financial barometer Of the country
~ rsc,,.,, for rapid transit the new city Is be-
,,,d London. which has long had an extensive
svstern Of underground lines slihI'"' ~ w =.
...,.d road which the old New-York has voted 10
-, ve. Nev-York Is not by any means nope
,..slv inferior 20 London even IN this respeo" io
she has a great network or eIeVa'eu 'O"N
,,olley surface lines notably IN the horousHs SIS, =.
n,onbsttsn and Brooklyn. Tho BROOKLYN DI'ose
- ,hs ferries will before many years be suppie-
rnentsd by other bridges across the HA'' '
ava nv tunnel under that stream
Tim Tenth ward OF old New-forK mas poPu-
ts,,on Of nsOco to the square miie. inc oe''sos. "
snv city Of the world the population Oh inc ~ " -
.banel District of London IS $4,000 10 the sQuAi0
mile . 49,. -. , 70, r,.r,-
Greater New-York has a police force o' '''' 'N'''
49,. xhrA London has 1000
New-York ms llSs places Of worship to LondohS
i.l0 .o.,..,s
Nev-York has -a newspapers and peT1oo'chis'
London- Ile .oo -. u,uo,.
New-York daily consumes I0'"''" ~
of water than London.
London has a birth every three minutes '
death every Eve minutes New-forK mas %, III
every nine minutes and death every ten Ai'u d
half minutes. ,S,..
7, London ono out of each sixteen inhabitants
...k. relief through public charity while similar
aid ia sought in New-York by one person out OF
each two hundred
p..,d.. her com rnercdal and financial prominence
the enlarged NewYork is by far the most extensive
manufacturing city Of the United States It's pup
lilo school system too. Is source OF JusuH@O.e
prde as 10 the number OF schools and their eXcei-
lence Hero too. Will soon be bui!t ono OF Uhe
most important libraries IN the world and here are
Columbia University and great number OF pro-
fesslonal schools of high reputation
EARLY GOVERNMENT OF NEW-YORK-
New-Amsterdan, the ancient New-York CITY, was
founded by the Dutch. Prior 20 l64 the govern
ment OF the village In charge Of Director and
Tro,ncu sopointed by the Dutch West Inoia Com
ranv but In that year the Director, William K'eh;,
called in a. committee Of twelve citizens 10 ADVISE
him. and that step marks the beginning OF popular
government on Manhattan Island. The village be-
came a city in 1853 its government being modelled
upon that Of Amsterdam in Holland.
In 1856 the city having meanwhile passed under
the control Of tho English. James II granted the
original charter of New-York Cty, the Dongan
Charter In l73o tho Montgornerie charter was
granted by George II. and two years later It was
confirmed by the Governor, Council and General
Assembly CT the colony. This charter was an ex-
ceedfngly liberal one. which gave large privileges
TO the people.
No essential changes were made In the charter
until 1880 when an amended charter adopted.
Important changes were made in 1si9 1851 1853. 1857.
1859 and 1870 the charter OF the latter year being
superseded by new one in 1870, which was amended
in 1s74 The New-York City Consolidation act,
passed In 1882 tho last charter framed for the
city and the Greater New-York charter was largely
modelled after IT,
THE DEVELOPMENT OF BROOKLYN.
The original nane under which Brooklyn was
founded was Brcuckelen. or "Marshland." This
in 1ess at WI. time Brooklyn a dependent OF
New Amsterdam Mdwout. as Flatbush then
called was a more important point than Brooklyn.
Tor II had the first minister. the Rev. Johannes
Theodorus Polhenus. In the main, the history OF
Brooklyn 10 closely identified with that Of New
York The English created Kings County after
they obtained nna control of New-Amsterdam
from the Dutch by treaty. in 1914. The amended
charter granted 10 New-Yorl in i71 gave the city
fursd,c,,on over the East River 20 low water-mark
Oh the Long Island shore. Thus Brooklyn In later
years lost control OF its docks. built upon made
land on the New-York eide of the law water-line.
These docks were purchased by private citizens. and
the descendants of these persons still hold posses
sion Of them