The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-27
BUENOS AYRES Is THIRD
CITY OF THE HEMISPHERE
Argentine Capital Leads Phila-
delphia in Point Of Popu-
latiOn.


the Western Hemisphere About one hun
dred out OF every one hundred wen posted .
citizens OF tho United States would !
promptly answer New York Chicago and |
Philadelphia. And according to a com /
rnunication 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 Buenus Ayre.
has grown to 1.7oU.0O0. thus passing
Philadelphia and crowing her out of
third place.
The growth OF the Argentine capital
has been phenomenal In twenty years
1t has almost trebled Its population and
become the largest city in the world
south or the Equator, the largest Spanish
speaking city 10 the world. the second
largest Latin city, Paris alOn, outrank-
ing u, 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, 341 10
the thousand has cut considerable figure
Some OF the interesting questions, the
answers to which are not generally
known, might be asked. For Instance:
Where Is the finest Jockey club in the
world? Where the most expensive theatre
in the Americas? Where the most re-
rnnrkab.e newspaper building In the
world? Where the most deliberately
housed municipal waterworks station?
Whore the most architecturally artistic
business street7 And the answer to each
Is Buenos Ayrea
A few noteworthy facts relative to
the Argentine metropolis are the follow
ing: Not only Is II the greatest South
American seaport but in point OF en-
frances ~
gagged in foreign trade IL IL ahead of
even New York, while In tonnage and
value OF foreign commerce II ranks next
10 New York In all the Americas II
IS IN" greatest wool exporting port In the
world. late returns slowing that IL has
Il crowded sydney, Australia, out of first
place. IN exports OF frozen and chilled
/ beef Argentina leads tin, world next to
l Russia u exports more wheat than any
/ country IN the world iu the production
ana export of lins"ed 1t leads the world :
Will" In the export of corn il more than
Eob''' the United States and, Of course,
leads the world
Relative 10 the newspaper building men
TONED above, In descriptive article in
recent issue OF the Monthly EulIofia Of
| The Pdn-American Union Edward Ablcs
| writes:
THE building Is on the Avcnlda dc
Mayo, not far from the Plaza. and is
/ SAID u have cost over S3,u0u.0u0. In adj
dilou 20 ia" newspaper plant tuc own
ers of In PrcnSd (he PrcSS) maintain at
their own expense a free medical dis
/ pensary. an able physician and assist.
ants who prescribe for and attend char
fty patients: law Office where the poor
may go for free legal advice a FIRE.
library and free employment AGENCY
large concert hall. beautifully deco
rated with paintings and fresCoeS IL main,
ta'ned for its stan OF employees who alsc
81 "A
taurant Finally a suite of rooms is main.
tained,, consisting OF a banquet han
smoking room, ladies boudoir. reception
room and sumptuously furnished bed
rooms for the accommodation OF distin-
guished visitors from foreign countrie.
as guests OF the nation in general and Of
/ La ITcnsd in particular. These apart.
meuts are not inferior in their furnish
iiSs and artistic decoration 90 many o
the renowned palaces Of European roy
atty. Incidentally the paper claims 4
have the most extensive foreign newl
service OF any paper in the world
THE ADenida De Mayo In unquestion
ably one OF the greatest thoroughfzres Ia
the world. 1t Is about lso feet wide ant
/ nearly mile and half long extending
from the Plaza DE Mayo at the lower en-,
II TO the new plaza In front OF the Capito
iii at the upper Along the middle, sus
III pended from ornamental iron posts. Is
II double row Of arc lights. and on eacl
Il side near the curb of the twenty foo
L sidewalks is a row of fine trees eNtendin,
/ the entire length OF the street. The mai,
feature which strikes the stranger. how
/ ever. Is the uniformity in height and IN
III fine architecture of the buildings, Tn
municipal government Offers an annua
II prize for the most artistic building erecte
on the several business streets. and sup
plements this prize by exemptng tn
building from taxation for n certain nun,
Der OF years Again. under the buiidn
iii regulations each new structure must har
III monize in architecture, height and ma
iii terial with its neigheor. Thus no on