Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1910 — DO YOU KNOW? [ARTICLE]

DO YOU KNOW?

Trinity corporation is the wealthiest single church organization i n the United States. The postoffice in Manhattan Was erected at a cost between $6,000,000 and $7,000,000. It was opened for occupancy on August 25, 1897. Staten island is about 13 miles long, 8 miles wide and consists of an area of about 57 square miles. It has a population in excess of 50,000. The great Washington bridge over the Harlem river is 2,400 £eet long, 80 -feet wide, cost $2,680,000, and is built of steel, iron and stone. It is 135 feet above high water mark.