Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-06

One can buy everything on Broadway,
according to a writer in Harper's Weekly.
Everything! Hats, railroads, shoes, ships,
dresses, a title, neckties. food. land. shoe
strings, pictures. theater tickets: new
things and old things, things one needs
and things one doesn't need, things one
should have and things one shouldn't have.
Such jumbled street Of finance and catch
penny contrivances; such asmixture of good
and evil, OF greatness and insignifcance,
Of honesty and trickery, of distinction and
social ostracism as it all is; and what
study
The old and the new are side by side.
The living and the dead are in constant
proximity Away down on Broadway are
old st. Paui's and Trinity with the dead
sleeping in their respective church yards,
holy calm resting over all, while hem
ming them in are great, busy buildings,
the number of people in any one Of which
is sufficient to popuate a good sized village.
Out-of-town visitors in New York's city
hall are often heard to comment on the
group Of loiterers about its front doors.
With apparently nothing to do, sitting a
tilt In wide-armed chairs, or leaning at
various angles against the wall, smoking
to spit with varying success at a distant
cuspidor, these gentlemen of leisure" offer
a striking contrast to the hurry-scurry
Of the crowds outside. Yet these men are
not exactly idle. They have purpose in
lettering about the Corridor, and by those
who know them best they are called
"Cupids." Although not dressed in the
light marching costume of their mytho-
logical namesake, nevertheless they are
just as quick TO act when the time comes.
These apparent lcungers make a business
of arranging for the numerous civil mar
riages that are held in the city hall, and
they take as fat tips as they can get for
bringing in an alderman to perform the
ceremony. They know that man Just
about to be married is likely to give away
money freely. They do not shoot their
victims through the heart, but through the
pocketbook.
Election expenses are pretty high in all
large municipalities but to New York City
must be awarded the credit of expanding
the most money to ascertain the will of
the people.
That city through annexations has grown
so that it now has 1.94s election districts
The municipal authorities expend 1927, 26s
for inspectors of election, SAG, 752 for ballot
clerks, 100000 for newspaper advertising
and $4,000 for the printing of ballots. All
told 1t is estimated that the city govern
ment will expend at least 100000 on the
present city campaign, and that nearly
another H,OO0,0OO will be disbursed by the
candidates and political organizations.
The result of the census taken by the
State Enumeration bureau June /, has
been announced. 1t shows that the popu-
lation Of Greater New York is 4,Ol4.sOi
compared with S.437,202 in 1900 and 2,5O7 Az
in 1890. These figures show an increase in
the population from 1900 to 1906 of 577, 100,
or 1873 per cent, and for the same area
during the preceding ten years OF 92s, 7ss,
or 81 per cent
The present population OF Manhattan is
given as 2ll2.s9; Brooklyn. 1855, ssl /;
Bronx, 21.e2s; Queens, 1924, and Rich
mond 72,s46, Bronx borough shows the
largest percentage OF gain
The population Of the city as actually
enumerated was 40O0,925. From this total
there was deducted s21 inmates of the
state and county institutions in the city,
which have been credited to other counties
Of the state, while there has been added
1920 inmates of institutions who at the
time of their admission, were residents of
! New York City.
There are S066,672 persons in the state.
In 1900 the population was 7,26s.s94. The
! population of the state has increased,
therefore, during the past five years 797
| us, or II per cent.