The chronicle=news., 1913-09-06
VISITORS SPEND
100000 DAILY
IN new YORK

New York. s-pt. Out OF town
visitors ore contributing to the
wealth of New York ~ the rate OF
more than S?.oOo. 900 = day. or the
enormous sum OF three qusrtsrs Of
biilioa dollar . year. These are
the remarkable figures which have
just been complied as the result Of .
special iaysstigaii0n here. The daily
population OF out Of towa visitors v
now over 100000 or about equal 10
the porssiasioa of ~. Paul or Denver.
The average expenditure fonts UP to
about so earh per day. Their din-
ners cost $4,000. Their hotel or
boarding house rooms with break
last and luncheon cost $4,000.
They are spending $3.50. 900 In the
shops for rlath~s. furniture. jewel
~. antiques and novelties; S:0o.o 900
In the theatres: S.s0.oOc on water
triI,s' beach exeurisonA. baths and
other smusem~nts- New York. ar-
eordinE to these latest figures. lin It's
capacity tn accommodate strangers
beats Chicago 4: to l: BOSTON 3: to
!: Philadelphia - to !. and Gin
einnati 100 To I. The city now has
200 hotels with more than 10000
rooms. about 1000 Of which are
available for transl~ats. On . basis
Of two In . room the nambes Of visi.
tors becomes 10000. More than
half ~ many find accommodation
In boarding hous~s. The others are
the visitoSA for the day who depart
before night. In the matter OF
steamship arrivals In this port the
latest Figures are representative.
During the year :oss passenger ves-
sells arrived In port. besides 1850
freight steamships and 1850 saiiine
vessels. many carrying passengers.
There discmbarkcd from passenger
ship. i.io:.s&: persons. that is to
say i:s each hour or more than two
passengers \ minute. No other city
In the world. II Is pointed out. APP
prosehes this record for visitors and
its enormous expenditures.
A worthy successor to the crown
10 long worn by Diamond Jim BRADY
~ King OF Gourmandy seems to have
arisen here In tho person Of Chris
Granger Of Brooklyn. who IL engaE-
I'd ~ yacht steward when he can
connect with yacht large enough TO
carry provisions necessary for . crew
that includes hImesif. The other
night on = $40 wager he put away
no less than thrity.nin. Holsters. av-
eraGinE over n pound each. not to
mention the necessary accompani-
mcnt Of bread. salads. condiments
and many quarts OF beer to wash II
all down. That this was merely q
light lunch for Granger Is evident
from his after-remsrk that he could
have taken eqaully good care Of thir-
ty-nine more Holsters had Il been ne
'ruS0ty III OtueT 70 utbt8uGc NE COtI-
petitor. On a former occasion Gran
ger 10 credited with devourinE o fif-
teen pound blue fish along with nine
large potatoes. two loaves OF bread
and six green PEPPERS. washed down
by ten battles Of beer. On both these
occasions the previous record Of six
teen pounds OF beefsteak was appar-
entity eclipsed not only as to actual
weight but even more so AZ to vol
ume. A city alderman characterized
as merely an appetizer the ten and
half pound steak and fourteen cups
OF coffee which he recently consumed
before dinner. but In the abecncs OF
dinner figures Granger seems to have
q clear title to being New York's
heatritest eater.
The hard times in the wildcat
ters' row" crows harder in spite OF