. The city of New York. ced, and completed through the effortsof Cyrus W. Field and Jay Gould in years later saw the greatestbridge in the world stretched acrossthe East River, the Brooklyn Bridge. In 1898 greater New York was estab-lished, giving New York City an area of318 square miles. Its present immensepopulation, its new bridges, subways, rivertunnels and great buildings, are elsewheredescribed and pictured in this book, andare of fascinating interest, and will supple-ment and complete this altogether toobrief a sketch. In the pages which follow we have addedmuch general infor
. The city of New York. ced, and completed through the effortsof Cyrus W. Field and Jay Gould in years later saw the greatestbridge in the world stretched acrossthe East River, the Brooklyn Bridge. In 1898 greater New York was estab-lished, giving New York City an area of318 square miles. Its present immensepopulation, its new bridges, subways, rivertunnels and great buildings, are elsewheredescribed and pictured in this book, andare of fascinating interest, and will supple-ment and complete this altogether toobrief a sketch. In the pages which follow we have addedmuch general information regarding thecity, so that a visit to the big town will bemade more interesting, and more under-standable. New York is so huge andchanges so rapidly that even its own peoplehave hard work to remember how certainstreets looked even a few years ago. Weare certain, however, that a perusal of thiswork will amply repay any person whovisits the town and desires to retain somelastii^.g impressions of his 83. 1 he first Department Stoie, R. H. Macy, Avenue near 14th Street. In New York— 340 million people travel every year inthe subways, and over 250 million in thesurface cars. A passenger train arrives every 52 sec-onds. There is a wedding every 13 minutes. Four new business firms start up every42 minutes. A new building is erected every 51 min-utes. 350 new citizens come to make theirhomes every day. 4 transient visitors arrive every second. A child is born every 6 minutes. 30 deeds and 27 mortgages are filed forrecord every business hour of the day. Every 48 minutes a ship leaves the har-bor. Every night Si,250,000 is spent in thehotels and restaurants for dining and wining. An average of 21,000 persons pass dailythrough the corridors of the largest hotel. people are at work daily for thjcity in one building—the Municipal Build-ing. 300,000 pass the busiest points alongBroadway each day. More than 1,000,000 immigrants landevery year. 85
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