| Show THE GREAT CITIES the ef efforts fortis put forth by a large and respectable element in new awk otty to annex ex to it all of its immediate surroundings roun dings were doubtless hi inspired to no little extent by the fact that chicago Chi caico in point of population la in rapidly gaining on and threatening to overtake if toot surpass it there is however another consideration all cities want to be bigger gnau they are and bigger than any others ana with the additions spoken of new york would woula be the second city of the globe only hibdon exceeding it As it is it is questionable whether it ranks fourth or fifth london paris and in the order named surpassing it and berlin having within a few thousands either way of an equal number they are also of nearly the same age oscar oacar writing in a paris paper regarding the growth of the german metropolis says those who have not veen there for a number of years can hardly imagine the progress alt it has been making of late he shows it to have gone ahead ata at a pace only approached in the new world perhaps only in the united states in fact berlin to is called the now new york of the continent two centuries ago the capital of the elector of prussia had not more than ton ten thousand inhabitants it increased when the dragon nadea nades of loula louis XIV drove from france the huguenots Huguen who were warmly welcomed at berlin and increased by their industry its prosperity in 1861 the population was halt a million this figure at the pro pre sent day is more than tr tripled iDled the figures being about this in the course of thirty years and the town swallowing its suburban corn com munee has baa double il the superficies super floes of its territory to berlin flock all those to whom the city offers or promises means of enjoyment all ail who wish to try their fortune fir tune and still more lesions legions of working pent people le who want work for kneir hands and wages to supply their wants berlin is said to be a state within a state as now new york is in fact face a sep rate rate government for the latter with its surroundings has often been aavo buted berlin has a yearly expenditure of francs franca and through it more mor than ethan half a million foreigners pass within the same time tima altogether causing it to rank ama ig the great states of 0 germany Jm immediately mediately after the three powerful po kingdoms kinu doms and before the kingdom of wurtem berg and the grand duchy ou of baden honcan how can this extraordinary fortune of berlin be explained la Is asked almost en 1 by its obien in ie in many respects respect is a model the population increases every year by more than inhabitants two third of this increase to la due to migrations immigrations im yet the fact that one third of the annual increase comes from the of births over deaths dei ithe ably the excellence of the administration very few indeed are the ibe great cities 01 ties of the world in which there are not inot every year re as many deaths as aa births in respect to systematic government good order and some other respects there are few of our american cities that could not profitably imitate beilic perhaps in no place in the world is such emulation needed more than in new york and chicago the great rivals whose desire lor for further greatness seems to estand in but one dire direction action only |
