The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-06-07
NINE DAYS IN NEW YORK
First Day.
A SORT OF DIARY BY G. u. H.


got into New York, going over
from Philadelphia in the afternoon,
at o'clock at night. chose the
| Pennsylvania railroad and the Nc
Alpine hotel because the Pennaylya-
mia lands you nearly at the McAlpin
door. You know how we folks from
the country like TO get to the hotel
just as quickly and as easily as poe
sible.
| Tho McAlpin Hotel isn't as aristo
| cratic, hear, as some of those named
after the society leaders Of New York.
but it was quite aristocratic enough
for me. II has twenty-four stories
and is said to be the largest hotel
| In the world.
After dinner l went out for stroll
up q brighty-lighted street that pass
ed the hotel. After walking several
SO / asked a policeman what street
l was on. He replied with a smile,
Broadway, New York" ] laughed
and remarked, We'll. have been
used DO Market street, San Fran.
cisco. and didn't recognize your
| bright lights"
| Broadway is some street, all right.
1t is miles and miles long. Much of
it Is lighted as bright as day long
into the night-all night long for all
Il know. On or near Broadway you
find the theatres, play houses. swell
cafes, gay cabarets and various forms
and places OF amusements.
Pleasure-seeking people throng
Broadway night and day. 1t is the
gay promenade Of New York. Here
nightly pass in review all sorts OF
olks--fashionable ladies. beautiful Ia
dies, modest ladies' properly protect
ed. painted ladies in groups and alone.
and men OF every hue-gay theatre
parties. happy young couples, prosper
Gus looking /, old polks, punches of
young men and boys. city folks and
tourists. all on pleasure bent.
Here was Broadway. New York, so
well advertised by story, play and
song. in all its gaiety and bright lights
unfolded before me quite by accident.
So ] got a good start in New York
the night l got there.
q y
Second Day.
On the second day / began TO fnd
ou, something about the dimesions OF
the City of New York. Ny hotel was
at oath street. One place ] wanted to
go was at IS Broadway. Another on |
i157th street. I found that the, points |
were just about nine miles apart and
neither was anywhere near the ends +,
of the city. ! found that had better
visit different parts of the city on DIFF |
ferent days
The policeman told me that to 30 to
| Is Broadway l had better take the
Subway. Now l had never been in
a Subway, and as matter OF fact
didn't know how to work II. so ] said:
1 A-E ~ ats N(ssf
said could, but II would take all day
to get there. Then he showed me
where to get on the Elevated, which
makes very good time. Later in the
day my friend brought me up town In
Subway and following him man
aged it all right-all simple enough
when you know how.
So in knocking about the city that
day 1 learned something about the
transportation facilities of New York.
After you get used to the great crowds
and appreciate what 1t is to have
| 5000, 900 people living within a few
miles of the center OF the town, then
| the next wonder Is the system which
moves this great population back and
forth each day. Literally millions OF
PEOPLE doing business in New York
| live over in Brooklyn, up on Long
| Island, out in suburban towns or over
| in New Jersey, and go back and forth
each day. The moving Of all these
people Is some job.
| The street cars handle many, but
the surface cars are slow and make
many stops. They are used for short
runs. The busscs carry some and the
bus or stage. with its seats on top is
picturesque way OF riding-a charm
F, ing way for the tourist who has the
time. Automobiles carry many-the
rich chiefly. of course. But the Ele-
waited and the Subways move the great
majority of those who have far to go.
Here are some figures | have gath
cred which help to give some idea OF
the immensity OF New York and the
size of the crowds that must b.
moved every day:
Last year the Subway and the Ele-
\ waited systems carried 6S3. .752.114 peo-
pie. That would be at the rate Of
about .s73.293 people every day of
the year. So these two systems move
every day about twice as many people
as there are in the whole state OF
| Colorado.
The entire length OF the Subway
system Is twenty-six miles. Most OF
I is two or four tracks. SO the total
track mileage is eighty-five miles.
The Elevated is thirty-eight miles
long. with a total track mileage of
/ l29 miles.
II requires considerable equipment
TO move all these people even with the
frequent service given. The Elevated
system has total of 1888 cars and
the Subway 3.521 cars.
| The total amount of income last
year on these two systems, mostly
collected a pickle at a time for fares.
was over Twenty Million dollars.