(a)State only. (b) Estimated. (c)From latest report, not always year named. (d)Estimated cap ital cost of Holland's railways not given since 1897 (e) Including taxes. (f) Valuing the Indian ruppe at 33 cents (.324}). DISTANCES ACROSS NEW YORK CITY. From Pier 1, North River, via Battery place and Whitehall street to East River, one-half mile; from foot of Dey street, North River, to foot of Fulton street, East River, three-quarters of a mile; from foot of Chambers street, North River, via Chambers, New Chambers and James slip to East River, one mile; from foot of Canal street, North River, to Broadway, three-quarters of a mile; from foot of Canal street, North River, to Bowery, one mile and an eighth; from foot of Canal street, North River, to foot of Grand street, East River, two and an eighth miles; from foot of West Houston street to foot of East Houston street, two and an eighth miles; from foot of West Fourteenth street to Broadway, one and an eighth miles; from foot of West Fourteenth street to foot of East Fourteenth street, two and three-eighths miles; from foot of West Twenty-third street to Sixth avenue, one mile; from West Twenty-third street to foot of East Twenty-third street, two and three-eighths miles. North of Twenty-third street the average width of the Island of Manhattan is from two to two and a half miles. SUMMARY OF THE WORLD'S RAILWAYS AND RATIO OF MILEAGE TO AREA AND POPULATION IN EACH COUNTRY IN 1909. SUMMARY OF THE WORLD'S RAILWAYS AND RATIO OF MILEAGE TO AREA AND POPULATION IN EACH COUNTRY IN 1909-Continued. RELATION OF RAILWAYS TO AREA AND POPULATION (See page 241.) Although this table is favored by railway statisticians in comparing railway conditions relatively to area and population, it is doubtful whether it conveys an adequate impression of the exceptionally favorable transportation facilities enjoyed by the inhabitants of this continent, and especialy those of the United States and Canada. For instance, the figures mean that the United States with 800,000 square miles less territory and not one-quarter the population. has 36.000 more miles of railway than all Europe, while Canada. having a territory in which the United Kingdom could be lost thirty times, and only one-sixth the population, has actually more railway mileage than the parent kingdom. |