Harbor of the City of New York - 1898
The Harbor of the City of New York. Panoramic illustration by L. Graham, copyright 1898 by Truth Company. Taken from the Liberty Island. Source: Popular and applied graphic art print filing series / Library of Congress.
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Enlargement of the central part of the illustration above. Name of buildings taken from the bottom.
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Some data about the City of New York at the bottom of the illustration:
Population: 3,195,059.
Annual tonnage New York Harbor: 8,848,000.
Annual exports: $416,388,942.
Annual imports: $486,536,700.
Votes cast (election, 1897): 526,556.
Area in acres: 193,850.
Area of parks (acres): 6,587.
Assessed valuation, real estate: $2,377,277,825.
Personal property: $415,268.927.
Bonded debt (net): $185,081,855.
Value of public property: $360,187,933.
Annual expenditure: $60,000,000.
Employees of City: 33,000.
Salaries, City employees (annual): $33,000,000.
Miles of water front: 353.
Miles of sewers: 1,156.
Miles of paved streets: 1,002 (stone: 695, asphalt: 132, macadam: 175).
Daily water supply (gallons): 330,000,000.
Miles of street railways: 531.
Number of public schools: 342.
Number of public school teachers: 7,857.
Number of public school children: 359,668.
Cost of maintaining public schools (annual): $9, 110,637.
Annual exchanges through New York Clearing House: $31.337,760,947.
Factory employees (estimated): 635,000.
Wages paid factory employees (estimated) $400,000,000.
Harbor of the City of New York - 1898