Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21

| ly materialistic affair. Art science edu-
| cation, the sense of beauty and the sense OF
| pity-all are being provided and more
| money is being spent for them than is spent
| for similar objects in any other city In the
| world
Vasts sums have been laid out to provide
! lungs for the city in the shape of parks.
| unimproved open spaces and children'a
| Fairgrounds. Over thirteen and half mill
| lions of dollars have been spent to acquire
| land for ten important parks in Manhattan
| alone since consolidation. while number Of
smaller open spaces and Fairgrounds have
| been provided on the island at a round
| cost of about 100000. Representative OF
/, these parks is Jefferson Park, which cost
| 81, 10000.
For several years past Greater New YORK.
| has spent from 100000 to $1,000, 600 an
nually for new parks. In 1901 it's total ex-
penditure for this purpose was s., 3S5. 514,
while that of the fourteen next largest
American cities combined was under g.
100000
Five years ago South Bronx Park was q
wilderness. Now 1t has been transformed
into the finest geological garden in tho
world at cost of over a million dollars
Between three and four millions are being
spent for the extension of Riverside drive
in Harlem, and numerous boulevards, cost
ing millions, have been built in the Bronx
and Brooklyn.
Tens Of Millions for Education
Education has had a generous share OF
Tie oliiloIl anu StNtntg-UNo new
school buildings and twenty-six additions to
old buildings were run up in the years from
1899 to 1902. In the past two years forty
new buildings and additions have been pro-
vided. Thirty millions were spent for new
schools and sites from 1899 to 1903 and la
the present year 100000 will be spent
The banner year was 1902, when the figurea
ran to $4,000 0O-a far greater sum than
any other city has ever spent in one yeaf
for new schools in the worlds history,
In few years New York has equipped
herself with the second largest university
In America-Columbia- 1t is only half fin
ished, but already about thirteen milliona
have been spent for land and buildings, q
good half of the amount within the past
five years. Plans are now under way fof
spending another two millions
New York University has erected a fine
group of new buildings at a cost of be-
tween five and six millions, and the College
of the City of New York is now spending
anywhere from three to five millions on i'm
plans for a splendid home. 80
An educational institution which will put
all its rivals In the world to shame when 1t n
finished is the American Museum of Natu-
raj History. Two and a quarter millions
have been spent on the building alone AL
though IL is only quarter finished but 1t Ia
already the largest museum in the world.
The entire square in which it is situated
will ultimately be covered by the museum.
at a cost to exceed 100000. -
Libraries are springlng up all over the /
city. Fifty Carnegie libraries are now
being built, at cost of Sc, 200 900: and the
new home of the New York public library
will cost-five millions.
Philanthropy and Public Health.
New hospitals and buildings for charita- 4!
bic purposes have spring up all over
Greater New York since consolidation at q
cost unparalleled by philanthroplc enter
prise anywhere else in the world In SINH
lar time.
In the last three years the city has spent
three millions for new buildings, and plans
for spending over a million in the present |
year are under way. The New Fordhaxn
Hospital is to cost over 100000. =
Private charity compares favorably with
municipal enterprise in the matter of build !
ing hospitals. The new Mount Sinai Hot-
pital is one of the finest institutions of its |
kind in the world. 1t was built at cost Of
about 100000. In addition, S., GOO 600
has been spent recently to build the new
st. Luke's Hospital and the lying-in hos
pital, and to make large additions to tho
New York Hospital. J !
Many churches have been built during
the past few years, the cost in one casS
being a million dollars; but the greatest
religious building enterprise is the erection
of the Cathedral of St John the Divine. |
It will be one of the largest cathedrals In /
tie world The cost is expected to range !
between fifty and seventy-five millions Of J
dollars.