The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-26

You see at times In the busy throng that
Ais Broadway from early until late men and
women whom. without being very certain
rby. YOU know TO be strangers They
neither cape nor stare, but they seem q
little dazed, perhaps by the hustle around
them. the number Of other people hurrying
mast on the sidewalks, the mass Of vehicles
in the roadway.
You would find. II you took the trouble to
inquire. that not all Of these strangers are
from the country as the city understands
the phrase. Some Of them are from other
cities. big enough and busy enough TO mako
this attitude in New York as strange to
themselves as 1t is TO bonn New Workers.
There are crowds In other cities than this.
But that In how the Empire City strikes
tie stranger-bigger. stronger and buster
than anything else TO be soon In this
half OF tho world; with Chicagos keen
ness but moro OF II; With Philadelphia
sondity. and. in odd corners, With some OF
Boston's quaintness. And through the
whole runs . vitality that overwhelms for
little while those accustomed TO quietsr
currents.
1t may b that quality which attracts
folks: something does. The city 10 grow
Ing in population at the rate Of 100000 per-
sons year. II Is growing richer. not by
the hundred thousand. but by millions OF
dollars annually. And It 10 spending it's
millions iavishly. working harder and
pouring out moro wealth than any other
city In the world to make Of itself the per-
fsct nunidpality. the dvio show place OF
the world.
Take ons item, transportation. The city 10
spendins-ip fast, has now nearly spent
ca, 900 900 upon an underground railroad
line. A great English engineer who came
hsre 70 inspect American railroads q few
months ago, after viewing II incomplete a.
Il In, when he got back home reported 70
the Britain authoritiss who sent him that
IL was undoubtedly the best Of its kind In
the world. He also wrote with admiration
OF tho difficulties Of the undertaking and
the Inconvenience New York had willingly
suffered to obtain It.
Yet bsfore this one subway u In opera
ton New York IL already 1t work extend
ing II and planning moro, at cost OF almost
twice q many millions. Not only that, but
. great railroad corporation, on its own 40
count, ID Duplicating The feat. though under
taking still moro din1culties.
And more millions arc being poured
out on bsldess, a douoD, - parhn, drtvo-
ways, schools. public buildinGs Of every
kind. on works thst ere to b beautiful
only and others which are TO b useful
IA well % beautiful. ThsrS are no bounds
10 the zeal to ct the best and only the best,
and no limit, apparently. TO the wealth that
will willingly supply It.
Consequently. people from outside Hike
10 come hero; and many. when they conne,
stay. Proportionately. New York has .
larger trandsnt population than any other
centre In the world. And the time Is fest
approaching when the permanent popu-
lation. too, win b tho largest Of any city
in Tho world. A railroad president spoke
recently Of Philsdslphia, 100 miles away,
as coon to BE- New YoTk's suburb. and no
one thought the prediction foolish.
New York 10 now the mecca for the whole
continent. II 10 at oncs market place.
bank. pleasure palace and the greatest Of
worhahops.
Day by day the railroads bring In trav-
ellers BY the thousands- Some have money
and come TO spend II. Some have things
to sell. They bring thsir best here-lands.
and mines. and factories, and tho products
Of these. This b their prise market. And
some bring only brains or labor. They
are the most Welcome Of ell, and the city
gives to them the richest returns.
Week By week the liners bring moro
Thousands UP tho bay through the city's
water gates. You and the same Glasses
there. buyers and sellsrs, mere pleasure
seekers and those who como empty handed
TO work and earn. Some Of them 20 on
TO newer country and TO lesser cities, but
nearly Ill como back some day. New
York 10 Q spot In which every year travel
lep wish 10 hnSer longer than they did the
last time.
IN the whols country there IL hardly an
ambitious young man who hasn't It In mind
at some staS.. Of his career to come here
and win larger success than he can else
who're. Preachers hope for . metropolitan
pulpit. Whatever their fsme outside, thers
always ssem TO be in New York bigger
field and wider celebrity 70 be attained.
In the professions II Ia the same story.
lawyers. and. In lesser number, physicians.
too. continually give UP the success won
in smsilsr Geld to take new chance In
~ orestsst city where. though the competi-
'ion 10 stronger. the prizes are % much moro
worth winning.
To the young man beginning life. New
York 10 seen through golden haze. Even
laborer may earn more With his
labor here than he can elsewhere. Wages In
all trades are higher and, then. opportunity |
in such . place mus tap oftener at the door |
Of even the humbl0t. New York 10 40 big. |
And there isn't . man who has made his |
pile who docs not like best to live here. |
II he would increase HE wealth. this In the |
place for him. II he would spend II. here In |
the biggest mass OF all the things worth |
while TO spend it on. Nowhere else In the |
world is luxury greater or pleasure brighter |
or more varied.
just such men are building upper New
York into a city Of palaces. Their city |
homes line Fifth avenue and Riverside |
Drive and occupy both sides Of Central
Park. Their summer oottages-which are
really mansions In the country-are filing |
UP Long Island's beauty spots and covering |
the hanks of the Hudson. Their yachts
dot the Sound. They travel much. but they l
make New York their home.
century ago IL was a modest enough
city, but modesty would hardly be counted
- one Of its features now. Take walk
uptown and look at the cluhs. London hiss
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