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Show NEW YORK TRULY GREAT CITY Larger In Population Than 8lxteen Different Dif-ferent 8tates and Territories. Some one who Is apt at figures has shown that New York city tc-day is larger In population than 1C different states and territories, and further that tthln a radius of 40 mllos ore living 10.000.000 pcoplo. Improved methods of trauspor-vblch trauspor-vblch are fast widening the limits of Now York's buslnoss energy, will soon embrace a radius of CO miles, within which ere located 2.361 different differ-ent townB and cities whoiio total population, popu-lation, with that of dreater New York, Is equal to fully one-fifth of the population popu-lation of the United States. When It Is realized that tbo permanent perma-nent increase In population of New York last year was about 100,000, a city the slzo of Cleveland, O.. some - ... i nrr , i, Idea ot the tremendous growth ot tho city can bo appreciated. Ono of tho assurances ot a continued and permanent perma-nent growth Is to bo found In tho CO,-000 CO,-000 marriages that take placo every year. llosldes this permanent Increase New York Is entertaining an avorago ot over 150,000 transient visitors every day, ond nt some seasons, when the hotel accommodations aro taxed to their utmost fully 300,000 people are chrnonlcled In their homo papers as "spending u few days In New York on pleasure and bUBlnos." National Magazine. |