With the newly annexed territory the portion of the city above the Harlem River is double the size of that below, and if you can put two millions on Manhattan Island, there is surely ample room for a million and a half in twice as much space. -In 1874, when the original 2:5(1 and 24th wards were annexed to New York, the total assessed value of the property was about $23,05. 000,000. The total assessed value for the year 1896 was .fS<>,405,4 valuation The first large increase after 1S74 was in 1890, when the went up to |44,000,b00; but from 1890 to 1897 it ran up to $96,000,00 transporimproved the with years seven in doubling than --more tation facilities, while it required sixteen years for doubling prior transit to the creation of such facilities. In ten years, when the rapid road is built, the assessed value of the property in the city limits north of the Harlem River will be $200,000,000." In Westchester Countv proper there has been a steady and quite noticeable uniform development during the last decade. The most on in feature of this growth is, of course, the advance in populati New the along Rochelle, New and Pelham, Vernon, Yonkers, Mount

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York City line -- an inevitable concomitant of the great strides made in the annexed territory. A potent factor of the general improvement in this section has been the introduction of trolley roads, affording quick transit and a practically universal " transfer " system. In 1894 the elevated railway established a uniform fare of five cents from the Battery to the end of its suburban line at Tremont. This produced a vast increase in the trans-Harlem traffic: in 1893, while the ten-cent fare still prevailed, the suburban branch of the elevated road carried 5,867,848 passengers, but in 1897, after a brief trial of the five-cent rate, the number had increased to 11,145,134.