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Show NEW YOnK HENT3 Ion II lln'pnaiini,r .Vl.Sn V.ith llljl.fr 1I..U I,lulrr. A pnifmilnnal mini In niiotlicr city Muff ofTctail 11 -lo-dtlon in New Yen Is nt double tlio nnlnry I10 una rrcciv input inp-ut homo wni cngiT to nccct.it until lio found, 1111 ltivostl-mtlon, Hint tho lent of n liouso hero as I iriro nml as ell fltu ittil ns tlio uno I111 v as living In Mould pqiial tlio mnoimt of tlio 1 iitlro Kil.try lio v, ns olToivd, nml tin 11 lio dccliuc-l Tlio rant problem is tho most bcrious of nil fiiiiincinl problems to thu limn of mixlontto inonnn In Now York Tlio city lins nn nrca of 41 wiunro miles, lit which, thcro is n imntilutlonuf nearly l,S00,0O0, vvlillo l'lillndi Iplihi, with over l'."1 tuiunro miles of territory, liars nomaliliig over 1,010,(100 itilmlilttints. Thr.ru Is nn Avorngoof CS3 nqunro fret nt kjMW to nidi Irilinbltnnt of Now York, v lillo thuro is nn nverngo of n,4VSHpinrofqe-tforr.aeli inliublt nnt of l'liihulolphlru Thcro is Mill room, however, for ninny tnoto ikh jilo In New York, nltliiiiigli In 0110 iliMiIcttho iopiilatioii Is dvnar thnti in auy other part of tlio world. Hut Now York is loilg nnd naiiow, with tlio buslnuni "1 enter" nt tlioKoutlirni pxticmliy, nnd witli Imperfect nys terns nf rapid transit this lenders thu homo problem much inoro difficult than in other eitli-e It is not surprising, therefore-, to learn from tlio federal census of 1600 that Now Yotk, With 31!,7Cli fiinil llos.liusonlySI.SWdwellliitrs, whllo I'hiltuieliilih, Willi 1!03,I33 fnmlllcs, lins 167,b52 dwellings. In Now Yoik tlicro nro over 181 persona to ovcry dwelling on nn ncmgc vvliilo In l'liihulclplih tlicro nro only n littles over 5J. Theeo MntMics explain in iiicasiiro ,liv It is tint rents nro no high in New York A v.liolft house in New Yoik Is n luxury that com smith riy few jieopto can enjoy Only :),( 01 families nut of 3H.',7CC llvu In houses CHtihiinliiR no other (niiillles Over il per cent of nil tlio dwellings in New York nit) leno tncnt Initios Tlieru nro S.972 dwellings which contain 10 families nml ovcrcncli; there nro 7,383 In which llvo from 7 to!) fnmilicn; tlicro nro I'.DI! which contain G fnmlllos, nml tlieto nro il.SM which contain 5 families. Over otiu fourth of nil thu duelling con tain nil n vera go of over 20 iiersom each Tlio condition of tilings in this city so imreascs tho totals for tho w liolo statu that, whito in tlio entire, en-tire, United Htntcs tlio nverngo uuin-bvr uuin-bvr of iremons ton dwelling Is 5 13, tlm nurngu In New Yotk stnlo li (1 TO, which is moro than In nny other Ktnto nt tlio Union H Is not Mrango therefore) that this city cliould laj tho landlord's jinradUe Hero many a mnn Is obliged to givo ono fourth tu emu third ot Ills lucoino to tho landlord Tlio purchaso of n house, oven on tho installment plnn, becomes hero nn undertaking ashte.li fow inTsons nro courageous enough to enter upon. Artments in a ll.it Iioumj runt for inoro than vvholo housos do In other . cities, nml even tuoorthtcu rooms In n tenement cost ns much ns n littlo dwelling clevv hero It is this condl tlonof things that has contributed to tho rapid grow tli of llruoklv-ii and tho MilnirlH of thu metropolis, wlicru land lselieariiinl rents nro lower than they niuiwvibly lio In tlioclty. - New Yotk Cor Philadelphia Leal Ktr. |
