The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-14
MILLIONS PASS
OVER THE BARS
Now YOrk'S 1861 Saloons
Sold Booze to the Amount of
S32O.O0O,000 Last Year.
some INTERESTING FIGURES
,oFTTY YOUNG LADY WITH A
SCHEME.
special to TIE EIera!dJ


,.r York.. Jan. 13.-With a weakness
..bt.b amounts TO q mania Tor ctagger-
.,~ statistics showing its growth New
y.rk is already 9attinE itself On the
,.,l with d satisfaction Saiued from
,.russI of thc manner i'm which il eX-
.,rfrd during 1906 IL is literally
s-oiien city. presenting many more
ite,cult problems co. the average man
Geo does the question OF swollen for
.,pos During the past year its pOpu-
f,nop kept right on growing, no less
rou frf.T. babies being born during
.bat Dcriod. or enough 10 give every
r,nilv m tho state of Montana a set
~ twins Marriages numbered 1910.
.rI deaths l6.20f. the latter alone being
sb.ut equal 90 the population of VIII
,,'rgton. Del. The 1861 saloons I'm
,re city sold over $520C00.O00 " drinks,
a.. enough tO give three-Quartcrs of a
,.pIion dollars to every educational in
.,itrtion I'm the United states. Meas
ursd IN dollars. New Works thirst for
lia-ids was ouc-half as expensive rs
III. thirst for wealth. 1864 490. coo having
b,en spent for bonds I'm the city. Sales
ri stock tot3llcd 2Se.42S Sol shares. or
enough to give every widow i'm the
cornfrv 100 shares. with 100000 left
over FOR Mr.. Hartman. II is pointed
out however that this does not indi-
cate a greater popularity of paper as
compared 90 liquid investments. since
tho latter are much cheaper. In suite
or this fact. about 100000 ~ showed
over New York bars every day in the
year
Millions for Diamonds.
Tho CITY ais, managed to- spparstre
itself from the insignificant SUM OF
si3o0O.O00 for diamonds. which. says the
statisticiau. is enough To give $1,000
worth 10 every actress i'm The country,
With sufficient left over to provide IN
engagement ring for each Of New
Yorks couples Surface and elevated
roads I'm Manhattan carried during the
wear ll646l1Gi1 persons. a number just
about equal to the population Of the
whole world OF these several hundred
millions never got a seat for their
nickel There were 1850 fires during
1906 costing S219.733 135. The customs
house collected S209 600 900. and 1884
ships cleared the port during the year.
or about hfty-one every day. And
last. but not least. two New Workers,
Carnegie and Rockefeller. gave away
tB.lI9000 during the year both SUI
viying
Hope for New Postoffce.
Last year the postage bill OF that
part Of New York city which is includ-
cd within the boroughs OF Manhattan
ard the Bronx amounted 90 81 .S37 ,331.
Or 1874 per capita for population oe
l.iG4 42e. The average daily income
was over one-tenth Of the postal re-
ceirts OF the entire country. and the in
crease over 1905 976 per cent The holi-
day mail this season amounted TO
something Ike 100000 coo pieces. much
of IL Of unusual bulk. and the delays
"cident 20 inadequate facilities We're
lnr occasion Of much annoyance To bus
mess men. Under these circumstances
Rather knickerbocker is hoping that
lLcIe sam will this year make him a
present OF 100000 for a new postof-
nee to be erected on q three-and-a-ha
acre site recently acquired near the
Lt" pennsylvania railroad terminal.
postmaster Wilcox who has just re-
'"Iheu 10 The city from urging the case
" l"It me appropriations committee OF
tde mouse saws. i'm reference to The
matter: "A bin will i'm all probability
ne prenared under Postmaster General
eor'eyous direction We are labor
us under the handicap that this is
-Nels and harbors year in congress.
""u y VIII be harder. therefore. To get
building bill. but the exigencies of
~. situation ought 10 appeal to the
..'inoers OF the appropriations commit
w ana ! am very hopeful that we will
Sg' What We need" New York's har-
DOT facilities are almost as much over
taxed as the Dostoffce. however. and
ue snare i'm the regular annual appro-
t@uon OF S50000.000. which the ma
,0Lu rivers and harbors congress is
Using with such excellent prospects of
~. esS' would be as great a boon as a
Rocky Mountain Club.
ghly one other place. il is believed.
g. az lnat one is never mentioned in po-
society has bigger percentage
az, az New York Of those exiles from
ana country who believe that
r otner place is the only one fit to
I'VE Inland refuse 20 prove IL Near,v,
state In the Union. from Maine
Oahiornla. has it's society in the
vpoiiS and once year the mem
Set together and drown their rnu-
SoiIoW IN libatiOns 70 the only star
u' nag that counts. The latest adj
y" this list Of organizations tx
nade On Of exiles from the va
ROCKY mountain statos. and is
organized under the leadership
n. 81. Seligman OF Helena. Mont. The
peS,lll@ation VIII be known as the
,o,,.' Nountain club. It's object pur-
49,, 10 nc 10 provide q home for "all
49, ana present residents Of Cali
ldst.' oregon. Washington. Montana,
roSa Eomins. Utah. Nevada. Colo
No., Arizona and New Mexico" who
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