The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-01-19
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GREAT CITIES OF THE WORLD.

THEIR RELATIVE GRowTH.-The present.
century has witnessed an increase in the pop.
ulaton of great cities, mcXampcd within
| the historic period, and doubtless unrivalcd
| since the world began. 4 few statistics,
compiled from the census reports Of Great
Britain and the United States, will exhibit
| this.
| To begin with England. In 1901 the pop
| untion of London was about nine hundred
thousand. BY 1910 it had risen to more than
a million by 1920 to million and quar-
ter: by 1880 to II million and half: and
finally, by 1880, to two millions and a third.
But the growth of other English cities has
boon proportlonatcly even greater. Man
chester, in 1901, had a population of only
elghty-four thousand; it numbers now over
three hundred thousand. Liverpool, at the
beginning of the century, had but eighty
thousand Inhabitants, while fifty years later
they had increased to nearly four hundred
thousand. Birmingham, in 1901, had a
population of seventy three thousand in 1850
it had two hundred and fifty thousand. The
chef cities of Scotland increased not less "a
pidly. Glasgow, which had but seventy
seven thousand inhabitants in 1901, had
three hundred and siXty-scvcn thousand half
a century afterwards. Even ireland exhibits
a growth, though to less degree, in city
populations. Dublin had but one hundred
and eighty thousand inhabitants in 1900; in
1850 it had two hundred and fifty thousand
On the contin cnt Of Europe, as a general
rule the great cities have likewise increased
in population though the ratio has been in
irrior to that witnessed in England and Scot
land. Paris spite Of the revolutions which
have convulSed it, has steadily risen, from
population of half a million, at the beginning
of the century, to over million at the pre-
sent time. Vienna. which had two hundred
and thirty thousand denizcns in 1900, has
nearly five hundred thousand now. The pop
ulation of Berlin, in 1900, was about one
hundred and fifty thousand it is now three
hundred more ; in Other words, it has trcblcd
in fifty years. Even Naples. spite of ty-
ranny almost without parallel, has increased
its population, in the same interval, from
three hundred thousand to four hundred and
sixteen thousand. Turin has one hundred
and thrtyivc thousand now. against eighty
thousand half century ago. Odessa, which
had but eight thousand in 1903, is estimated
to have had over hundred thousand when
the existing war began. a few great cities
only have remained stationary, or rctrogradrd
OF which Moscow. Amsterdam AMI Ro ter
dam are the principal. Venice itself, so long
declining, increased from ninety-sevcn thou,
sand i'll 1887, to one hundred and twenty-six
thousand in 1852.
But the cities of the United States have in
creased In population more rapidly than those
either of Continental Europe or of England.
In 1900, the inhabitants OF Philadelphia were
but little over seventy thousand, whereas now
they may he fairly computed at over half a
million. In 1900, New York had a pbpula-
lion of sixty thousand, now it has SIX hun
drcd and twelve thousand Boston had
twcnty-four thousand denizcns half century
ago in 1850 it had about one hundred and
forty thousand. PittSburg had fifteen hun
drcd i'll 1900: at present it has over fifty
thousand, exclusive of Allegheny CITY, which
is really a suburb oft. Cincinnati hal seven
hundred and fifty in 1900 it had one hun
drcd and fifteen thousand in 1850. Baltimore
had twcnty-siX thousand in 1900: it has
overa hundred and seventy thousand now
Buffalo was a wilderness in 1900, and even
50 late as 1910 bad only fifteen hundred in
habiants; it has now more than forty five
thousand. In addition, there are scores of
towns in the West, which were not laid out
even 50 late as twenty years ago, which have
now ten twenty thousand daniZens.-PAi!-
mdtiphm Ledecr.