The Washington times., 1905-11-12
FAST LIFE IN NEW YORK

whereas in an exhilarating winter month
there is hardly d suicide day The
tary deaths in April is attributed to the
low vitality which characterizeS most
people in the sDring, and the depressing
effect Of alternate bright and gloomy
weather. Contrary TO general belief,
suicide Is also rare in summer, and, as
a rule, in the month of July which for
many years past has been the hottest
month of the calendar. there has been
a suicide only once in every sixteen
hCurS.
Murder in New York strikes down a
victim once every two days. and every
eight hours an attempt is made to kill
Once every two weeks there is a muir
der which battles solution. and which
would seem To belle the old adage that
murder will out.
A New Yorker is buried in potter s
field every two hours.
Cupid travels fast and furious in New
YORK, Tor he causes a marriage every
thirteen minutes, and. perchance. be-
cause of his speed, like the reckless
automObiliSt, the tender boy god suffers
many an upset One wedding in every
forty that he brings about leads later
TO divorce. Every eight and a half
hours some man and wife are parted
permanently. Inasmuch as many New
Workers when seeking a divorce go out
of the State &c procure 1t, Dan Cupid
suffers FAR more reverses than he is,
perchance, aware Of Indeed, IL is esti-
mated that one out of twenty marriages
here or elsewhere. For every wedding,
however, three children are born.
Yet faster than Cupid, and faster.
even, than the Storks, are the barges of
Ellis Island. Every forty seconds an
immigrant enters this city The aliens
come twenty times faster than the chill
dren. OF all those who come from Eu-
rope one in every four settles in this
city, or one every two and two-thirds
minutes. This shows that New York
city is growing nearly three times
faster from immigration than from
births.
Signs OF building are on every side
Of the citizen of the metropolis, and
yet. as a rule, he little realizes At what
a tremendous pace the new structures
are going up. AS a matter of fact, a
house IS built every fifty-one minutes
In the whole city last year 10.l22 build
ings of various descriptions were erect
ed, of which 1,409 We're built in Man
haitian. l,61 IN the Bronx, 5,1S3 in
Brooklyn, 9l9 in Queens, and 5S7 in
Staten Island Yet. although Manhattan
fell behind the Bronx and Brooklyn in
the number OF buildings constructed. il
spent more than all the other bOrOughs
put together. The people of all New
York spent S4.65 second for new build
ings, and OF this sum S2.40 comes out of
the pockets OF ManhattaniteS. IN the
last year in Manhattan the bin for
buildings amounted TO $74.9S2, coo. while
that Tor the Bronx was SO ia $50.
Brooklyn, 39ST2, 40. Queens, 1855 4S1,
and Staten Island. $99624l. As much
money is spent in buildings in five days
in Manhattan as on Staten Island in all
the year.
Should the expense OF building be
equally distributed among ali the in
habitants of New York each would have
10 contribute 10 cents a day.
The expense to New Workers of sim
ply trying 10 take care OF their city
costs twO-thirds as much as their new
buildings. Every second they pay S3.10
TO Tammany 10 maintain the municipal
government, the cost of which for the
year now amounts 10 more than Sl00. COO =
600. just how each citizen makes this
tribute he may not know but never
theless. IL IS made. He either contrib
utes 10 the city directly In taxes, or in
directly in rents or In food and cloth
ing. the cost of which is Influenced by
taxes
Fires in this city occur with such
frequency that one breaks out on an
average every fcrty-eight minutes. The
loss bV fire IS at the rate of S25 a min