New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-03
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bulk among the great cities Of the
IL world That is to say, "the greater
Toxic does. According to the 1920
census, Ii had 3,0s0,707 people living in it.
That did not count in the soldiers in the
barracks and the floating visitors within its
rates. And these people were scattered over
about 2i2 square miles. The present city
proper is nothing so large as that. 1t is a little
more than thirty-one square miles, within
which there were more than 2,159,300 people
living at the time the 1920 census was
taken 1t is growing, and growing much
faster than the worldwide advertised in
crease of the Jaranese Empire From 1909
10 1919 the greater Toxic" grew at the rate
Of $4,000 year. Since 1919 the rate of
Increase has been much greater, naturally.
into a confident prophet in this matter of
Tokio's growth and declares that within thirty
years from now it will pass the 100000
mark As prophets figure he thinks it is
extremely modest.
But we shall leave prophecy to poets. At
present and as matters actually stand, there
are something like three millions and quar-
ter people scattered over an area bigger than
the Boroughs Of Manhattan, the Bronx, Brook
Ign and Richmond put together, good deal
bigger than the City of Chicago. For the
area of the greater Toxic takes in every
thing within the radius of ten miles, with
the Nihonbashi as the center. To serve the
millions scattered over it's PIP square miles,
TOXIC to-day has an electric tram with total
rackage of ISL miles. In addition the I'm
peria Railways operate ten miles of elevated
roads. But these elevated lines are not the
rapid transit service made to serve the peo-
pie Of the city. With the exception of "a
miles running from Shinbashi to Manseibashi
al the rest is nothing but elevated tracks Of
we railway system entering the city. They
80 around the outer edge of the city. They do
aos cover the main line of city traffic They
90 not serve the transportation needs of the
city at ALL therefore.
Toxic also has automobile bus service. The
motor pus service of Toxic is failure so sad
Sias ehe good people, even in the depth of
sner desperate transportation needs. have
gwen up all hope of seeing ray of saliva
u0n from that direction. There are tw,
'anoamental obstacles which doom the auto
n00lle bus service to be an expensive joke for
'0ne years to come. First and foremost is
'ne unspeakable condition of the roads and
streets OF the city. Most of them are utterly
Ne's' u stone, asphalt, macadam, concrete
= @ood pavements When automobiles tear
y tae streets with no surface dressing into
y endless series of holey traps municipal au-
-s''''es sprinkle gravel into the holes and
VNio civic conscience and let it go at
nat But more serious even than Tho had
- ana streets OF Toxic is the operating
4 psi'se OF the automobile bus. 1t is WE'LL
~ prohibltive. The Toxic City and Suburban
lPe.hy Enjoys the monopoly
ne passenger bus transportation of the
s.eA' city. And it passed it's dividends
@'s sinae ago; it is allowing it's equipment to
S !" rack and ruin. The people connected
- 'ae enterprise do not seem any too cheer
= 2 spite of the monopoly the company
~ ana IN spite of the promise of the five
- s0ad construction and extension program
,.sa the city is carrying out at the expense
's'ooo,ooo yen (s1s,75o,ooo).
nus municipal enterprise would 90 a long
soWard rectifying the shameful condition
~ streets of the city, of course. The
ss's Of more than thirty six feet in widtf,
= % taken in hand first of all. They are
D 3. y paved with stone, wood blocks, asphalt or
&, Taan' best suited to the local conditions.
Il 'ss SIDEWALKS are to be of concrete The
3 would change the aspect Of something