The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11

| New York, Jan. lily spending
on new buildings during the past
year sum Of money greater than In
any similar preceding period. New
York has achieved Il new record oi
having added enough structures to
house the whole population OF city
ms large as Savannah. Peoria or Fort
Wayne. These buildings. indeed. ac-
curdinE to figures covering tlls
Held OF expansion. which are no"
being completed. would he sufficient
10 make half IA dozen siNcablc cities
The figures show that close to 1900
new structures. or about 80 day.
wcr. added TO the city last year.
Even We're they all dwellings OF the
one family kind they would easily ac-
commoIat. 10000 persons. As
matter OF fact II very large number
OF til" new structures were build
\ lngs capable OF housing from scores
to hundreds OF persons so that the
cnpacity OF all is probably In III.
neigh borhood OF iI0,Ouo or about
equal 20 the population OF Atlanta.
On the accomplishment, of this Irca,
s:0G. $4,000" WIS expended. being
Tor ahead OF the amount similarly
applied In 1871 and approximately
Ionc-iiith Of the annual expenditure"
OF III. national government. Re-
markabl. as this record for TN" iiN"
borouchs OF the city Is regarded. that
for the Borough OF Manhattan. that
l.. tn. narrow strip extending only
as lnr north as One Hundred and
rw.nty-finb street. Ii looked upon
as even NOR. cNtraordinarv. since In
this limited area $liG.oUv.u0r OF III"
total s.oG. 100000 was expended. n
record which 1t il believed has never
been approached by any similar area
In the world. While Ii Is not easy
TO estimate the average height OF the
city's 1000 new structures. statis-
ticIans are already pointing out hat
~ 10 feet. certainly not an oNtr. va
gan, estimate. he accepted. ;nc new
buildings would. II placed one on top
OF the other. form structure nearly
fourteen miles high.
~
markablc court ruling which has just
been pronounced hero prescribing
how much woman Is entitled to
spend On her clothes. New York hus-
bands are congratulatinE themselves.
In View OF the often repeated charge
that New York women are dcsprrat-
ely cAtrayaEant. the new legal pro-
nounccm.n, finds general favor
among exactly Onc-haIf OF the city's
1000 900 inhabitants. The ruling
applies only to outer. or ncar-outcr
garments. aud provides that &@3.
St:.l0 or Stt nj the outside. II
enough to turn out any woman. The
three alternatives are due To slight
hesitation on the part of the court
to pla," an arbitrary limit ON tn"
amount Ia bc spent for corxcts. II
should say" he said. "'hnt good
suit could he bought for $50. have
seen such advertised have seen them
worn. and have admired them. |
have also seen excellent oycrcoats for
women sold Mt SIS, and they are dis
tiuctly charming. An allowance Of
'si for shoes Is APPLE. So far as cor
sets are concerned. | am sure ! have
seen advertisements OF distinctly
graceful and substantial corscts to
sell at 81 or fi.l0. SO I am forced
to conclude inat 81 for corsGts would
b. ample. and 1t would scem that 81
would be sufficient" While the new
ruling could undoubtedly work large
economies In dress. It has been point
ed out that II II should ever be pu;
in practice tn. afternoon shopping
parade on Fifth avenue would be
come u sad affair. and some have
Ieyen gone 70 FAR us 10 declare that u
movement should be started on be-
half OF the lady whose husband OBJ
tanned the decree.
| The congestion OF vehicles on
iF'if,h avenue. which New Workers u,
least look upon as the greatest street
in the world. is becoming so dense
as seriously to threaten It's tutur:
as thoroughfarc. Figures hav"
Just been prepared. based on actual
lccunt. which show that between two
lgnd six o'clock on u recent afternoon
no less than o.071 vehicles passed
u single point. OF these. "G2. or
eleven per cent. were business We
hicles mostly delivery wagons.
though only one In every twenty
made any deliveries on the avenue,
What traffic OF 2.269 vehicles an
,hour. or IS every minute. really
means. 1t would be hard to picture
for one who has not seen the g"ca
iavcnuc at the afternoon rush hours,
when its whole width is filled solid
lly with automobiles, interspersr
with II few carriages. half faced north
land half south, and each column
moving spasmodically In hasty rush
"s en,nding three minutes waiting
:or The jam 20 break for every hall
mi.riie OF movement. The result oil
all ,li. ruuypstipu has hppn that the