The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02
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LARGE FACTS ABOUT
A L RGE CITY
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well-posted citizens of the United
States would promptly answer-New
York. Chicago and Philadelphia. And,
according to communication just
received by tie PanAmerican Union,
they would guess wrong. This mes
sage states that the corrected re-
turns OF The recently taken census
show that the population of Buenos
Aires has grown to 100000, thus
Passing fnil; delphia and crowding
her out of third place.
The growth of the Argentine capi-
tai has been phenomenal. In 20
years it has almost trebled its popu-
lation and become the largest city in
the world south of the equator the
largest Spanish-speaking city in the
world, the second largest Latin city
Paris alone outranking it-and the
third largest city in the western
world. immigration is, of course
largely responsible for this rapid in
crease, 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 connection. For where
is the finest Jockey club in the world?
Where is the most remarkable news.
paper building in the world? Where
is the most deliberately housed nun
icipal waterworks station? Where
is the most architecturally 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
greatest South American seaport, but
ir point of entrances and clearances
of vessels engaged in foreign trade
it is ahead of even New York, while
III tonnage and value of foreign com.
merce it ranks next to New York in
all the Americas. 1t is the greatest
wool-eXporting 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 exports more wheat than
any country in the world; in the pro.
duction 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 a descriptive ar
ticle, in recent issue of the Monthly |
Bulletin of the Pan-American Union,
Edward Albes writes:
"The building, is on the Ayenida
de Mayo, not far from the Plaza, and |
is said to have cost over $4,000, 900.
In addition to the newspaper plant,
the owners of La Prenza (The Press) |
maintain at their own expense free
medical dispensary, an able physician
and assistants who prescribe for and
attend charity patients; law office
where the poor may go for free legal
advice; a free library; and a free
agency. A large concert
hall, beautifully decorated with paint
ings and frescoes, is maintained for
its staff of employees, who have also
a gymnasium and a private restau-
rant. Finally a suite of rooms is
consisting of a banquet
hall. smoking room, ladies' boudoir,
reception room, and sumptuously fur
nished bedrooms, for the accommoda-
ton of distinguished visitors from
foreign countries as guests of the
nation in general and of La Prenza
IN particular. These apartments are
not inferior in their furnishings and
artistic decoration to many of the re-
lowned palaces of European royalty.
the paper claims to have
he most extensive foreign news ser
ice of any paper in the world.
"The Avenida de Mayor is unques- ,
ionably one of the greatest thorough
ares in the world. 1t is about 12O !
eet wide and nearly a mile and half
ong. extending from the Plaza de ,
'Tayo at the lower end to the new ,
,laza in front of the capitol at the
lpper Along the middle. suspended {
rom ornamental iron posts, is
Iouble row of arc lights. and on each ,
ide near the curb of the 20-fOot side
valks. is a row of fine trees extend e,
ng the entire length of the street.
he main feature which strikes the :
tranger. however. is the uniformity :