The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-08-07

shows that the population of Buenos
Aires has grown to 1,700, 900, thus
passing Philadelphia and crowding
her out of third place.
Phenomenal Growth.
The growth Of the Argentine capt.
tai has been phenomenal. In twenty
years 1t has almost trebIed its pop
ulation 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 Of 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 r not very
generally known might be asked IN
this connection. For instance. where
Is the finest Jockey club In the world?
Where the most expensive theater in
the Americas? Where the most re-
markable newspaper building IN the
world? Where the most deliberately
housed municipal water works sta
tion? Where the most architectural
ly artistic business street? And the
answer to each is Buneos Aires.
Ahead Of New York.
A few other noteworthy facts rel
.ative to the Argentine metropolis are
the following: Not only is It the
greatest South American sea port but
in point of entrances and clearances
of vessels engaged IN foreign trade
1t Is ahead Of even New York, while
in tonnage and value Of foreign COM
merce 1t ranks next to New York in
all the Americas. It is the greatest
wool exporting port IN the world, late
returns showing that 1t has crowded
Sydney, Australia, out Of first place.
Argentina leads the the world; next
to Russia 1t exports more wheat than
any other country In the world; in
the production and export Of lfnseed
1t leads the world: while In the ex-
port of corn 1t more than treb1es the
United States, and, of course, leads
1.-THE world.
Relative to the newspaper building
mentioned above, in a descriptive ar
Iticle in a recent issue Of the Monthly
Bulletin OF the Pan American Union,
Edward Albes writes:
The building is on the Aven1da
de Mayo, not far from the Plaza, and
is said to have cost over S%3,000,0O0.
In addition to the newspaper plant
the owners of La Prensa (The
Press) maintain at their own expense
a free medical dispensary. an able
physician and assistant who prescribe
for and attend charity patients; a
law Office where the poor may go for
legal advice; a free library and a free
employment agency. A large concert
hall, beautifully decorated with
paintings and f%rescoes, Is maintained
for its staff employees, who also
have a gymnasium and a private res
taurant. Finally a suit of rooms Is
maintained, consisting OF a banquet
hall, smoking room, ladies' boudoir,
reception room and sumptuously fur
|nished bedrooms for the accommoda-
tion OF distinguished visitors Of the
nation In general and Of La Presna'
in particular. Those apartments are
not inferior In their furnishings to
many Of the renowned palaces of
European royalty. Incidentally the
paper claims to have the most extern
|sive foreign new service Of any pa
per in the world"
Street 100 Feet Wide.
1.-The Avenida de Mayo is unaues-
tlonably one Of the greatest thorous-
fares in the world. It is about 100
feet wide and nearly a mile and a
half long! extending from the Plaza
de Mayo at the lower end to the new
plaza in front Of the capitol at the
upper. Along the middle, suspend-
cd from ornamental iron posts, is a
double row Of arc lights, and on each
side near the curb Of the 20-foot
sidewalks is a row Of fine trees ex-
tending the entire length Of the
street. The main feature which
strikes the stranger, however, is the
uniformity in height, and the fine
architecture Of the buildings. The
municipal government offers an an
nual prize for the most artostic build
ing erected on the several business
Streets, and supplements this prize
by exempting' the building from tax