The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-06
MANY KENOSHANS LIVE THERE
Buenos Aires Said to be Third Largest
of the Americas and in Many Ways
Is Worthy Rival Of Amy City in the
World-Famed for It's Beauty.

oil . Interested III bueuOS Aires, bHab
wonderful city Of Argentine. In the
past few years lot of Kenosha people
have gone south of the equator and
have found homes in Beunos Aires and
they are enthusiastic in proclaiming the
wonders Of this great city. Of particu-
lar interest to the friends of these peo-
pie will be the story of the capital city
of Argentine which has just been sent
out by the n-American Union. 1t fol
| lows
What are the names of the three 1arg-
est cities in the Western Hemisphere2
About 100 out of every 100 we'll posted
citizens of the United States would
promptly answer New York, Chicago
and Philadelphia. And according to a
communication just received by the Pan
American Union they would guess
wrong. This message states that the
corrected returns of the recently taken
census show that the population of Bue-
nos Aires has grown to 100000, thus
passing Philadelphia and crowding her
out of the third place.
The growth of the Argentine capital
has been phenomenal. In 20 years it
has almost trebled its population and
become the largest city in the world
south of the equator, the largest Span
ish speaking city in the world, the sec
ond largest Latin city-Paris alone out
ranking it-and the third largest city
!
! in the Western World immigration is,
of course, largely responsible for this
rapid increase, but the city's birth rate,
34.1 per thousand, has cut considerable
figure.
| Some more interesting questions, the
answers to which are not very generally
known, might be asked in this connec-
ton. For instance: Where is the finest
Jockey Club in the world? Where the
most expensive theatres in the Amer
icas? Where the most remarkable news
paper building in the world? Where
the most deliberately housed municipal
water-works station? Where the most
intellectually artistic business street?
And the answer to each is Buenos Aires.
| A few other noteworthy facts rela-
tive to the Argentine metropolis are
the following: Not only is it the great
est South American seaport, but in
point of entrances and clearances of
vessels engaged in foreign trade it is
ahead of even New York, while in ton
mage and value Of foreign commerce it
ranks next to New York in all the
Americas. 1t is the greatest wool ex-
porting port in the world, late returns
showing that it has crowded Sydney,
| Australia, out of first place. In exports
of frozen and chilled beef Argentina
| leads the world; next to Russia it ex-
ports more wheat than any other coun-
try in the world; in the production and
export of linseed it leads the world;
while in the export of corn it more than
trebles the United States, and, of course
leads the world.
| Relative to the newspaper building
mentioned above, in descriptive ar
ticle in a recent issue of the Monthly
| Bulletin of the Pan American Union,
Edward Albes writes:
''The building is on the Avenida de
] Mayo, not far from the Plaza, and is
said to have cost over $3,000,000. In
addition to the newspaper plant the
| owners of La Prensa (The Press) main
tain at their own expense free medical
dispensary, an able physician and assist
ants who prescribe for and attend char
lity patients; law Office where the poor
may go for free legal advice; a free IL
brary; and free employment agency.
A large concert hall, beautifully dec
grated with paintings and frescoes, is
maintained for its staff of employees,
who also have a gym and private
restaurant. Finally a suite Of rooms is
maintained, consisting of banquet
hall, smoking room, ladies boudoir, re-
ception room, and sumptuously furn-
Fished bedrooms, for the accommodation
of distinguished visitors from foreign
countries as guests of the nation in gen
eral and of La Prensa in particular.
These apartments are not inferior in
their furnishings and artistic decoration
to many of the renowned palaces of
European royalty. Incidentally the
paper claims to have the most extensive
foreign news service Of any paper in the
world. -
stThe Avenida de Mayo is unques-
tionably one Of the greatest thorough
fares in the world. It is about 40 feet
wide and nearly mile and half long,
extending from the Plaza de Mayo at
the lower enc to the new plaza in front
of the capitol at the upper. Along the
middle, suspended from ornamental iron
posts, is double row of arc lights, and
on each side near the curb of the 90
foot sidewalks, is a row of fine trees
iextending the entire length of the
street. The main feature which strikes
1.-THE stranger, however. is the uniformity