. The city of New York. rminals—the Grand Central andPennsylvania Railroads new stations andtunnel under the Hudson—which cost over$200,000,000—four times as much as wouldbe required to duplicate all the railroads ofthe entire European kingdom of Denmark^. A value of real estate reckoned at $3,391, Average daily transactions at the NewYork Clearing House totaling $253,000,000. A total value of imports at the port ofNew York of $940,000,000 annually. Ex-ports, $775,000,000 annually. A population twice that of the six largestStates in the Union (after Texas), whosecombined area is 754,6
. The city of New York. rminals—the Grand Central andPennsylvania Railroads new stations andtunnel under the Hudson—which cost over$200,000,000—four times as much as wouldbe required to duplicate all the railroads ofthe entire European kingdom of Denmark^. A value of real estate reckoned at $3,391, Average daily transactions at the NewYork Clearing House totaling $253,000,000. A total value of imports at the port ofNew York of $940,000,000 annually. Ex-ports, $775,000,000 annually. A population twice that of the six largestStates in the Union (after Texas), whosecombined area is 754,665 square miles—3,200 times that of New York City. A total population which, if divided intosmaller communities, would make 10 citiesthe size of Pittsburgh. 1,500,000 more people than in the entireState of Missouri. A population greater than any WesternState, any Middle State (except Illinois),or any Southern State. A population exceeded by only threeStates in the Union—New York, Pennsyl-vania and Illinois. 95. A population which equals the combinedpopulation of Florida, Georgia and Ala-bama. 10,640 men in its Police Department. 5,145 men in its Fire Department. Savings bank deposits aggregating 5970,-000,000—about S22S for each man, womanand child in the city. Public schools attended by 900,000 pu-pils, in which 18,200 teachers are employed. It spends daily for ice cream. Counting two glasses to the pint, NewYork consumes daily, all the year round, anaverage of 14,000,000 glasses of beer, at acost of $700,000. Including the importedbrands, 10,000,000 barrels of beer are soldin the Metropolis annually, each barrelcontaining 31^2 gallons. The Citys soda water check amounts toJ6oo,ooo for each 24 hours. This means,12,000,000 glasses. Greater New Yorks Total As-sessed valuation $7,800,180,532 The assessment tolls, 1915. show the totalassessed valuation (tentative) for all thefive boroughs of Greater New York to be$7,800,180,532. The following table, whichinclu
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