Show new worth only f we often hear that peter minni in 1020 1620 paid the indians only 1 I ry rn manhattan island we tire are apt to think of this its as a sn 30 IT um sum for what Is today tile the most v I 1 bable piece of land of its size in the world orld but we do not stop to that if this original 24 had bad been in vested by peter minuet at the rate of seven per cent per annum and cona con pounded every six els months to ditte it 1 I would have earned a sum suin eq to the assessed value of the entire city of new york so it is said inchild ing its streets sewers railways ml u ways theaters hotels skyscrapers and palatial homes says thrift magazine |