The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-15
SOON HAVE MORE PEOPLE
Better transportation, More Sky
scrapers, Bigger Bridges, Boasts
of American Metropolis.


| greater than the biggest-London
The British capital, with its score of
centuries behind it, may boast of a
population of 7,537,lo6, as against the
American metropolis 4,7668S3, devel-
oped in only 800 years. But that's
about all it really can boast of, as a
casual digging about in comparative
statistics proved.
Take, for instance, the value of the
exports of the two world-leading
cities. London's exports last year
amounted to $373,S41, l90 which seem
ed like an immense sum until New
York's exports were looked up They
reached 500, 239. 481-alinost twice as
much.
Then look at the land value of the
rivals. London, with an area Of about
900 square miles, estimated its realty
in 1909 as worth $30OOOO0,0OO. New
Works realty, compressed within
space of only 800 square miles, was
valued as something above $o,000000,-
0OO-again twice as much.
! To those who look upon such figures
with calm disinterest because they
haven't any considerable part of the
millions or billions) this comparison is
offered: London has 143,644 paupers
within her confnes-and New York
hasn't more than one-twentieth of the
number. Also, one person out of every
twenty in London dies in charitable
institution-and not one out of every
| 2,40O does here.
In the matter of buildings, tall.
broad or any way you want to take
them, New York has London looking
like an upstate, third-class town. The
tallest structure in the ancient British
town is St. Paul Cathedral, which rears
its spire 800 feet in the air. 1t would
take pretty nearly two cathedrals like
that to overtop the big, white Metro
politan tower, whose peak is 700 feet
3 inches above the level of Madison
avenue Any decent office building
constructed within the last couple Of
decades in New York would loom up
above London's highest architectural
point.
A few years ago the Britishers made
great boast of their wonderful new
Waterloo bridge, which extended for
1880 feet over the Thames, and was
! 142 feet above the water New York's
Greensboro bridge stretches for 7,449
feet and is los feet above the East
! river.
AS port of great travel London has
long had reputation Yet last year
the number of alien passengers who
arrived there in vessels was 63,12o.
Alien passengers arriving at New York
numbered Isl ,786-and 1909 was sort
of an off year at that, usually more
than 100000 entering this port.
In the way of amusements New
| York outstrips her rival once more.
London has So legitimate theatres
excluding the combination amusement
and drinking places whose type New
York has not New York has 90 le
ultimate theatres-and scarcely day
passes but the Shuberts or Klaw &
Erlanger announce another one.
New York is far better protected
from fire than is London Over there
they have only 1,424 fremen to guard
their city Though it was almost com
pletely wiped out by fire back in 1900
This city, which fortunately has never
faced an all-consuming blaze, has
4,2S7 men and the finest apparatus in
the world.
The religious may feel proud that
New York is us we'll equipped with
churches as London is New York
has $40. The exact number of houses
of worship in London was not avail
able in the casual statistics looked
over, but it is Approximately 900.
Size for size, New York's educational
facilities are far superior to London's.
Last year London had 750,121 children
in all her schools, public and private.
New York had 584.57o in public
schools alone.
Speaking of children, anti-race sui
eide enthusiasts may again crow over
their British brethren. London's birth
rate last year was 263 per 1000. New
York's was I'll.
In hotels, clubs. Libraries, railroad
stations, art galleries and banks the
two great rivals stand about equal in
in the matter of police protection they
are about equally equipped, London
having 1900 hobbies" to New York IS
10,ll6 "coppers" But New York's no
tells surpass London's. Her libraries
and railroad stations soon will dc like
/ wise, and already her banks can hold
their heads up with those of the Brit
ish capital.
There remains, therefore, only one
big thing ahead of New York to be-
come the unquestioned greatest city
the world ever knew. That's the sim
pie matter of getting together a few
more millions right quickly-and the
experts say this will be done, and New
York will jump into the lead before
the present generation of school chill