Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-02
PASSENGERS UNDER
GROUND BREAK
ALL RECORDS
.250, 000,0 900 SUBWAY
TRAVELLERS ANNUALLY
New YOrk'S Subterfanean Way
farerS in Year Reach Enor-
nous Total New Workers Big
Eaters.

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ispec'"' 'orrespo"ue"'s !" wv" '
New York, May 3l.-That the sun
ways in this city carried last year
more passengers thar the total pop
uiltion OF the United states, Canada
Mexico, Fance and Germany comhln-
ed, and three times the present popult-
ton Of THIS country Is The astound-
ing fact just brought to light through
figures compiled by the public service
commission. During the twelve
months covered by the report no less
than $50, 76S,9Sl persons were carried
by the underground lines. In other
words the number OF tickets purchas-
cd would provide three rides Tor eV-
cry man, woman and child in the
United states. and the tickets them
selves would make a strip long enough
to stretch from New YORK to San
Francisco and half way back again,
or 5000 miles in all. The greatest
point of congestion continues TO be
down town. since more persons pnr'
chased tickets ut Brooklyn Bridge
than at any other station. Al this
point l G,9S0,4 7I persons bought tick
cts during the year, but in spite or
the fact that it is the terminus for
the great downtown ana Brooklyn ira
sci, its lead owe more northerly
IDliliS WIS tAllfiiitlN TiiiAtlt IL
Grand Central station, on Forty-sec-
aud stree. was q close second while
the Times Square station only three
blocks away had two-thirds as many.
Together these two uptown stations,
Which only a few years ago would
have Leen considered as lying in tho
outskirts OF the city. accounted foe
over "a. 900, 600 passengers, or fifty
per cent more than Brooklyn Bridge.
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Illustrations Of the northward growth
OF the city. Taking into account tfe
passengers carried by elevated and
SURFACE ears. it is probable that nearfN
n bil|liOn persons are carried by the
local transportation lines every year
thus eiNina to New York by o VICE
narsin the greatest traffic of its kind
Of any city in the world. Indeed whaa
the ncw subways now planned nre
completed, it is estimated by experts
that within a few years the number Of
PASSENGERS handled annually viii
cGra' the population of the whole
world
Figures which have lust been COM
piled here dealing with the cost Of
living in his city as compared to the
country In general not only show, for
the first time. lust how any given inr
come il distributed. but also reveal
ktffllt ANiOIllNlllilE utiAllS vi Ilt llltlii~I
cd OF living among the classes which
they cover. The figures deal with in
comes ranging from $500 n wear to
5000 and arc divided into five classes
500 apart. Based on all five classes
the figures show that the average part
of the income spent for rem is 81
pcr cent in Now York as compared
15 per cent for food as a.
nor cent for the whole county. while
eor clothing the figure is the same in
cases. hat is IA per cent. In
the casc of ncomes of $500 or 5000.
Tho balnnen IL mrcb hpovicr against
New York. rent taking
more than and food con-
sidcrahlv less moi because food is
rhroner bnt hncouea there is Ices TO
sncnd for If Details or Tho mode of
noesiblo with rho ncomes men
toned loads to ne conclusion that
CONSIDERABLY loss is a|ctnally gotten for
The money horo rs comnarpd 10 Tho
vhola country This is horne ont by
~anncarinp in the report
which shovg thnt In This CITY hair The
$500 families md more than one-third
Inc $500 families cannot afford TO
Inv fuel but gather II on the streets.
of tho 5000 families can
not afford cas-. ONLY one family in
In the 5000 group and only ono
in six in the $500 groud spends
ANYTHING on the care of the teeth.
Pcrhaps the most astonishing fact Of
an Is that to more than t~hree-fourths
of the families with incomes OF 5000
or less bath tubes are beyond their
q ns-that is. are not included in
standard of living.
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In spite Of the fact that New York
just been given its first chance
20 view n of the new Dreadnaughts
If The American navy IN the shape or
HE new battleship Michigan, the
Mighty fighting machine mas mad to
AXE second place in popular interest,
tltklng way Tor a niue Sixty 1907
'chooner. ltut small as shc IS the
liua Ncssel IS uhdoubtedly me most
htcfestihI marine VISITOR Whlch mas
10 TINS harbor III a great many
care, ior she pears inc d~lstlnctlon
nVl"s ihe "luesI sup IN l"e hiteu
cars since II Poly, Tor mat Is the
inule ol the Neher"pl" Nisltor, was
'iliit, ana IN spl,c 81 her century 81
rfNice sue ~ sun IN puSiH's t"uiY.
ne history OF tllls rehlarhapie
chooiler covers practloHlly ~ lIelus
u american actiNlties on the hiSh
Gus bullt l"r peacelul service she
'eNeftheless al the tehder age OF sew
II t"pk u prominent part III tue Nhr
lHi-. As a priNateer uh1er con- I
lanu 81 Naptaii Iuutt.nnh .pt"N sue