The Chicago world., 1900-01-27
CROWDS In NEW Yopv
Nothing Short of a Quarter
lion Rush Makes Much o, . Ut
Showing There

New York is the only American
in which an ordinary crowd 81 :, al
gers and sightseers does not @ual' %
much showing. Thus $4,000 rou u'A'
arriving simultaneously in aDr rGsSa ~
city of the country make diSoUe' U'Ae'
forthwith, but in New York, Or suCe sue
properly the Manhattan Island O'e
of it, 100000 strangers add litrap pa7
the outward appearance of the ~
and even 100000 can be accommod.'
without any change specially m.',
fest on the streets. This is not a
to the fact that New York is oro
the largest cities territoriallv in :.
country, for it is not. Philadalnt.
New Orleans, st. Louis and Chic"
are each of them better able relafs'
ly to provide space for strangers N.
is New York, but in none of them os
so large a crowd be accommodates =
here. This is due to the geogranb;oa,
formation of New York, which is Az
ferent from that of any other Amer
can city.
Strangers arriving in New Yo,l
soon separate. Some are to be sas'
Oh Broadway; some on the Bower.
some in the lower part of town; pe,
laps as many in Harlem or on n.
river side as elsewhere. They are soo,
absorbed in the throng, and the add,
tion of even a very large number a
newcomers passes without much NJ
tice. Another reason for this cOpf.
ton of affairs is to be found in n.
fact that New York is one of the far
cities, American or European, which
has, practically, no Union station FOR
incoming tourists. A majority of The
strangers who come to New York on.
ter the city on railroads having ferry
connections. There are a dozen sucb
lines, and each of them has two q,
more New York ferries. As a cons,
quence the incoming stream of visit.
ors is separated almost into fractions
Few arrivals in New York accomm9,
date themselves at hotels or in lode.
ings with reference to their point 0.
arrival, thus what is sometimes called
the tourist class is dissipated througl.
out town in such detail as "a
avoid a great crowd anywhere Stl
another reason for the almost phe.
nomenal ability of New York to han
ole crowds is to be found in the fact
that on occasions of public Observalce
or entertainment, holidays, ceebra.
tions, parades less or public functions
the ordinary business of the city is
temporarily suspended in what are
generally its busiest districts, Sixth
avenue, Fourteenth street and Twen.
ty-third street in the dry goods dis
trict; Wall street and its vicinity
down-town; and some of the most
thickly populated of the East side
streets. Such thoroughfares become
almost deserted when there is a holi-
day, and the persons employed in
them arc to be found on such days in
or near their homes.
Still another reason for the absOrF
tion of the crowds in New York is to
be found in the fact that unlike most
cities there are no outlying territOrics
on Manhattan Island exclusively de-
voted to residences from which in
times of public interest residents
come to add to the throng of sgnt-
seers. New York is, in fact, the city
Of thorCughfares, and not the leaS;
important of these are along the wa
ter front. This water front is more
crowded when there is no holiday in
progress than when there is one and
it is often an occasion for surprise to
visitors coming to New York for the
first time that when there should be
nothing to attract sightseers so many
of the streets are crowded, while with
perhaps 100000 strangers in town for
some observance the same streets
should be comparatively deserted. 1t
takes 100000 extra people to make
much OF a showing in the way OF
crowd in New York, and even then
there is room for all. New York has
more regular commuters in day than
any other American city has ever had
visitors in day.-N. Y. Sun.