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The New Car Has Seating Capacity for Eighteen Men. The Motorman Sits 

 in the Center and Does Not Have to Change His Position to Reverse the Car 



was jurit about compleled ii was decided 

 that a "subway" under the parking 

 between tiie Capitol and the building 

 was a thing to be desired. Behold, it 

 was done. It is nearly a block long. 

 At first the Senators were satisfied to 

 walk. That was too slow, especially 

 when they were hurrying to the Senate 

 chamber from their offices to vote. An 

 electric automobile, with a capacity of 

 about twelve [)ersons was then installed. 

 This was well enough for a while, but 

 even this was slow. The monorail car 

 was then put into operation, which has 

 been fast enough up to now, but e\'en 

 that was slow and so the latest product 

 has just been installed. 



And It Looks So Small On 

 the Map! 



EVERY four years New York city 

 takes unto itself a city the size of 

 Boston or St. Louis. 



New York is the largest Jewish city 

 in the world. It is the largest Irish city, 

 there being 674,721 of Irish blood here. 

 There are 723,333 (Germans, 306.422 

 Austrians and 735,477 Russians. 



There are 3,087 miles of water piju's 



under the city; the capacity <jf the 

 reservoir is 170,000,000,000 gallons, and 

 the conclusion of the Schoharie project 

 will add 80,000,000,000 to this. 



Every day 290,000 persons arri\e or 

 depart from the citj' through the railroad 

 stations. 



The railroad systems terminating in 

 New York have a mileage of 45,323 

 miles, or 18 per cent of the total mileage 

 of the country. 



Every thirty minutes a new business 

 corporation is formed in New York and 

 every forty-five minutes one is dissolved. 



Every four minutes a new being is 

 born, to have the proud distinction of 

 being a native New Yorker. Babies to 

 the number of 150,000 were born there 

 last year. 



New \'ork has 38,000 factories. They 

 employ capital amounting to $1,800, 000,- 

 000 and turn out $2,900,000,000 worth 

 of goods a year. 



Every day the traction facilities carr\- 

 4,967,680 jiersons. 



The cit\- has 198 parks, with an acre- 

 age of 8,615. It has 1,500 hotels. More 

 than 500 con\-entions are held there a 

 \-ear. There are thirty-one post offices. 



