The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-25

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porated Ot the Iss largest cities Of che conn-
try. has the largest area Of any city In the
United States. covering J2sa square miles,
a. compared with IS0'S In Chicago and 1871
In PhiladelphiA. The land AREA Of New
York comprises eOa.is acres. What =
known a. the Port Of New York has Q
total water front on rivers. hay. sound and
Ocean Of 4ssH miles. equal to the distance
between this city and Roanoke. Va.
The streets Of New York have q mileage
Of nearly s.7so. which n exactly tho distance
between New YOrk and London. There
are lsOS miles Of paved streets. which n
placed In a connected line would reach from
New York TO Amarillo. Tea The sheet and
block asphalt paved streets aggregate s0s
miles. equal TO tho distance between New
York and DsirOit. There are also ssS miles
% macadam streets. The paved streets of
New YoFk In 1907 amounted In square yards
TO 20 per cent % the area Of all the paved
streets In all the cities Of the United states
having more than $40 900 Inhabitants In
that year over 20 per cent. Of tho paved
streets OF New York were asDhalted. to over
p per rent. in Chicago.
The city of New York has . population
estimated In 200 10 be t.S6A. 7o3. Federal
census h 90 hs taken this year. The Fed
eral census Of Ip0o showed a population OF
=. t17. 3O2. 50 that New York has In nino years
added about I2s 90 inhabitants every year.
n divided up u could make three ctties OF
the sire NJ ChicaGo. Philadelphia and Pitts
burg Boston. Baltimore. Cleveland. Buf-
falo. San Francisco. Cincinnati. Detroit,
Milwaukee. New Orleans and Washington
are all large and splendid cities with many
metropolitan activities. and got New York
In population h equal to the aggregate OF
them all Berlin and vienna com blned
would not make a New York. Sc. Louis
could be added to Greater Paris and stu
not equal New York Greater London. the
colossus Of ctties. r.. however. big enough
10 contain both New York and Chicago
Barring London. however. New York has
no equal a. . metropolitan city.
az the I.i?S.IS7 passengers arriving In
the United states from foreign countries In
S0s s4S. sol landed at New York. or about
rs per cent Of the whole. In 1910 7AI.AIt
allen Immigrants and iS7. ast alien cabin
passengers were admitted az the port OF
New York.
The number OF children Of school age
tbetween s and ~ years. In New York 10
.OtT .Oi2. more than all the Inhabitants OF
~ Louis and Buffalo combined.
OF the population a. Computed In the
census OF 1870 n per cent. or i.27O.Ooo were
foreign born. making u perhaps the most
cosmopolitan city in the world.
The hArbor Of New York IL one % the
largest and best In the world, and one OF
tn. very few which can bs easily and
ch.aply adapted to the increasing sire of
ocean steamers and the enormous growth
Of international commerce. There are
only three or four ports In the world that
can receive boats OF the size OF the Maurs-
tAnia The ship channels are dredged to
. depth Of forty feet from the city line on
the North River 60 the deep later Of the
Atlantic Ocean. OF tn. s4s'S miles OF water
front ItS,, are In Manhattan and Bronx
boroughs. and hfty-siI miles are In actual
commercial use.
~ the piers on the waterfront $50 600 feet
are owned by the city FROM them u de-
rived a revenue ~ ~. $50 .Oso In 1909. in Rddi-
ton to sos. ts4 from leases for ferry pur-
po-e- The piers owned by private inter
ests measure I. go. 900 feet. There are $50
wood piers and two stone piers.
The Congressional appropriations for the
Improvement Of the New York hArbor from
sss TO 1907 inclusive from report Of Chicago
Harbor Commission amounted TO ts.52a.-
tal Per capita Of population this amount
IT, with the exception 81 Chicago. the small
81 made nv Congress for any Of the ports
1be poTt q, New York covers a district
larger Than the political Units q the city
ReSSeS counStes In New Jersey for entry and
many place. along the Hudson River and
long Island Sound a. points OF delivery
Th. chicago HarhOr Commission reported
in Ispa that the Valu. of goods In foreign
comm.rce a; New YORK .I S go. sijS 1, I S"S
o. ao OlO OBJ In Liverpool and u .aa .O90.e o
ia Hamburg. In 1879 Their. w-r. l1I5s
~ were Ia the foreign trade and se5s IN
the cOa-tWt~ trade.
Of the total foreign commerce Of she
~ Ne" N-1 YORK Sas So q Il per cent. or nearly
one half over 81 per cent. OF all the I'M
ports and nearly - per ccnt % AL the "a
In, total value OF New YOrk's foreign COM
mer,.. IN ie1s was o. .s2i .o6s Oeo.
The New York tofnmSrce omnis-'on r.
borne comnerc~ Of New York was valued AZ
g. .Os ,sa 1s0 and Waz increasing at the rate
81 per cent a year. whichl~ ould seem very
modsrat.. estimate tnA-much a. the traffic
Of the country h doubling every ten years,
hut even on this basis the total value oI In ns
domestic water borne trafiic OF the port would
NOV ~ considerably over sio.s0. UO 90
and this cot al docs not include large aggre-
gate 81 freight handled ny shs Ia siir ,.i
not figuring In the harbOr traffic. This total
alone amounts 20 considerably over one
third Of the estimated inland trade q the
,.-t,Sra,.si the water borne traSfic. including
forat ~ trade of the port. az lis 800 VS. tons
According 10 the census OF lSs there
we're IN New York 70. sas manufacturing
embellishments, nearly one-tenth of the en-
Tire number 10 the United States. these had q
Capttal Of 81. Ot2. Rse. tsf, constituting over
uqT cent Of the total Industrial capital OF the
\ nird States. they employ tet,Jie waRe-
saTner- who with their families conatt-
,,,t.-i over ~ p@r cent of the city's popula-
zion. there T. pa u I'm wages e7As, i1s $50 year
20 these workmen, a sum equal to the entire
Internal revenue reCeipt- OF the United
stais~ The total value Of manufacturing |
products In New York city In Is0s vas o. ~ |
S9g $50 a sum almost exactly equal 70 the
total foreign commerce ~ the port OF View
NnTk In IpOs and amounting To 10 ~ per
cent of the total value OF manufactures
prOducts In the United states.
There are more manufacturing estA olssh-
msnis more manufacturing capttal and /
New YORK ctty than In any other State In |
Inc 'T,pa except the state Of Penney anfA, |
and Of course the state Of New York. OF
which tits city - = part
NewsYork's manufactures Of mems and |
worrn'a clothing alone amounted In value |
of proriuct TO ss0s .b1a. 7a5. which IT, one-hah
81 the total product q this trade IN the
nted States
New YORK 10 the publishing centre q the |
Tinted states The aggregate circulation
IL ali new~pap~Ta and periodicals IN the city
in lens Was W aeO as7 az the total capital,
aYae kIs spa engaged in publishing and
printine in the United States, esi .10s .0iS
vas in this city, over p per cent Of tho |
total value of the product Of publishing
and print ing IN the United States over ~
per cent OF eiis.sTT .s7s vas in this city. |
There were 500 publications Of various !
issue published in more than twenf y-Ons |
different Languages. striking pivot ~ the 4