The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-02-09

| New York, Feb. 8. Especially
most precocious child the world has
over seen---that is the title Individually
conferred ON Greater New York on
his her tenth birthday. since the con-
lolidation by which the greater city
vas made q reality took place just
decade ago In 1898.
A comparison OF the city then and
low shows an undreamed Of growth
lever before approached in this or any
Ither country. Since 1898 the popula-
ion has increased IS per cent until 1t
low stands at 100000 persons. The
Iity's area has grown to S27 square
niles, the new metropolis being in
his respect twice as large as Chi
laeo, nearly three times the size Of
Philadelphia and ten times larger
han Detroit and Baltimore. But as
treat as It IL this Is the least impress
live feature of Greater New York's
kfowth in the first decade OF it's exc
Htence.
During the last ten years have come
practically all the skyscrapers, great
public buildings like the new $1,000
BOO Custom House, and the new Aston
library, the subways, the tunnels and
fozens Of great hotels and theatres.
ZEN years ago the assessed valuation
BIZ taxable real estate was S2.e40, oo0.-
boo. Today It has reached the total
BIZ $s.2so, 200. 900.
Sold at this valuation Father Knick-
erbocker's real estate would bring
enough money to pay all the public
expenses OF the United States Cow
eminent for eight years. Or 1t would
pay the national debt and leave enough
over to purchase all the property in
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont.
Massachusetts, and the District Of CO.
tumbia.
nj the first decade Of it's history
Greater New York's schoet children
have increased so per cent, now num-
million and the item in the city budget
for school expenses has increased
from 100000 annually to S2i,o0o.o00
The police and fire forces have in
vreased about 80 per cent and Il Is
a significant fact that the $13,000.o00
which IL costs the national government
every year to run it's legislative branch
ffould not pay for this city's firemen
IL is interesting to note In this con-
nection that the city Is no better or
worse than IL was in 1885, judged by
the number Of arrests. These dor last
year totalled $4,000. an increase Of 20
per cent over 1898, or exactly the same
ratio Of increase as shown by the en-
tire population.
Ten years ago New York had ont
bridge In operation. valued at SAL.
100000. Today the value of bridges
erected since then and in the course
Of construction Is $s4.60o,00o. City i'm.
provements under way, planned and
contracted for. total about 500, 900,
600 exclusive OF the $162,ooo.0 900 to 81
expended for the new water system
Big and large, every dollars worth
Of value In 1898 has grown to eoai
cellars now. In all this the New
Yorker finds much to I'll him witt
nfide.
There Is another side Of this aSllaz
ing growth, however. which he carno
view with competency, and this is thu
staggering increase in the expense o.
running the city. While the population
has increased 2e per cent in ten year,
the city's budget has increased zoo pei
cent, exceeding today those OF London
Paris and Berlin combined. AS vel
as being the biggest and most preco
cious and one Of the youngest cities
in the country, Greater New York to-
day is also without doubt the most ex
pensive to live in that the world hal
ever seen.
is New York In danGer of q con
narration even greater than tina
which devastated San Francisco afte'
the earthduakef
This question, astonishing as Il
vsaw aAaxVn an ana VvhiNh IA Vzovy pArafv.