El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-03
HAS REG0RD IN
EATING and
BUILDIN.6
House Is Built in New York
City Every Fifty nine
Minutes.
EAT TWO POUNDS OF
FOOD PER DAY EACH

TEW YORK. n. Y, May 3.-One
IN lew building erected every SO
minutes and more than two
pounds of food per capita consumed
every day, or more than 5,000,000,0O0
pounds a year, are two MARKS which
this city has now reached. which it IS
believed exceed anything of the sort on
record. The real intent of these gigantic
figures Is better understood when it is
realized that in the course of year New
York IS now erecting nearly 10000 new
buildings, which 1t an average of only
five stories would equal one structure
$4,000 stories or so miles in height
There are many good sized cities in
the country, 1t Is pointed out which do
less building IN a year than New York
does in a week, while the yearly con-
structiOn here is sufficient to house the
population Of all but few of the larger
cities. The new figures covering the
food consumption are even more stagger-
ing, since the 5.00O,000,0O0 pounds con-
sumed would be more than sufficient
TO supply a number OF European pTin-
eipalities. Curiously enough in this huge
total milk IS the biggest single item,
totaling nearly 1,40O,000.000 pounds.
Next in order come meats with 684,315.-
900 pounds, followed by vegetables with
684,S15, 900, bread with 456,250, 900.
canned goods with 1893 $50. fruit Tin
Guiding nuts with 28,125,O0O sugar
Including candy with 142, 578,125. eggs I
with IA, ISIS, 125, pastry with 114,062,-
500, butter with 1902. 800 salt with
57031 $50, coffee with 57,031, $50, poul-
try with 114,062, 500.
Queer Old Vessel Arrives
New York has had an opportunity
this vraal- n 1ool- ovav Of bo
strangest vessels which has entered this
port of queer craft in decades. This is
the ancient British convict ship "Suc-
cess" which was built in 1870. or nearly
a century and a quarter ago. Construct
ed Of teak with sides two and One-half
feet thick and length of 135 feet, this
vessel, which was a monster In her day,
could now be swung from the davits of
one of the big ocean liners. She has
been patched up a bit since the days
when she transported across seas to the
penal colonies of Great Britain hundreds l
of felons, and carried in irons hundreds /
more who persisted on the voyages, still |
In irons.
The Success went out of commission |
as a convict ship after the exposure OIL
1857 of the inhuman treatment of pris-
Oners under the bulk system. From
1860 to 1859 she was used as a women's
prison and later was a refoTmatOry ship
and ammunition store
Auto Vigilantes Needed.
That New York Is in real need of a
band Of organized automobile vigilantes. |
similar to those which exterminated the
gangs of horse thieves in the early DAYS
OF the west, is evidenced BY the discOv-
cry that at least one motor car Is stolen
every day along Broadway alone BY a
gang OF organized auto bandits. This re- /
markable situation was brought to light |
by tour Of the indemnity companies |
which insure cars and accessories.
The operations of the gangs have been
so extensive, it was learned. that during J
the past year nearly 100000 worth I
OF machines were stolen from the CITY /
streets. From the companies If was as
certained that every day during the past (
year an automobile has been stolen. The /
average original value of the cars / : /
placed at $500. although some automo- !
biles worth $4,000 or over have been /
stolen Unable to obtain any assistance /
from the police, the insurance companies !
are offering liberal rewards for the ar /
rest and conviction of the thieves.
May Breed Game Birds.
Something which seems really to be a |
new industry, so far as this state is con
cerned, IS now under discussion. The
is that the state shall 90 into
the breeding Of game birds, not to stock
preserves for the use of its legislators.
but for real business reasons. As mat
ters now stand, with game birds RAPIDLY
vanishing, about 100000 birds are i'm
ported every year from other parts and
sold at fancy prices.
The establishment Of a game farm out
on Long Island as IS now proposed.
would, it is claimed, enable local breed
ers to secure this highly valuable trade.
English pheasant, quail and black and
mallard duck are to be raised if the plan
goes through, and it has already been
proved that all these birds, with the ex-
eePtion OF quail, can be grown with good
profit.
A bill has been introduced at Albany
$4,000 for the establish
ment of a game farm on Long Island.
which. IN view of the possibilities in
this field. Is receiving strong support.
not only from spoTtsmen. but also from
persons who believe that this industry
once established would prove a profIt-
able one.