The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1856-07-08

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EFcas HINTS Anehaats ahgaaiae
ssprogressiye Crowns Cities.
.'wlssswaEb THE .s1'A as EarIRESf4.:E 1T
/ swAY.
4. en1ic7 Snow tile greatest concentration q
huys7 jsleasorld has ever know. Wi
its;a9E 9EFemacy lie permanent or Whit, likeit
preds be eclipsed by western rivals? Is
4 q ~ lSwSK Korkers do not doubt; and indeed, hay
dno ds@ea to, doubt that their city, now mum
befl iittie more than one third of the popu
l1atiolsof London, will within the next fit,
1 yearsbe greater than the metropolis of TIN
tBrtls Empire. =:
4 York, with her immediate dependencies
numH about 100000. Since 1890 shell
established q law. of growth which doubles he
Popst On eaee in. fifteen years IF this Law
t1seens operate sse, my BE expectedsti a
fposs 800, 600 ir 1s71;-3 GOO, 600 in 1886
and yao0, 900 in 1901 If twenty years be
tallostd New York as her future period of du.
EplicaIbn, she would still overtake London By
these dof ffty years. London may then have
five Hons; New FORK will almost certaiuly
heye more Than 8atsnumber. -, Z IS
w the Star OF Empire become stationary at
New York; ,S -. ~
The Interior plain of North America has with.
in it's ff more means TO sustain dense popula.
ton ihciyilised comfort than any other region
ofthssxofld. Tie star Of empire cannot be
arres fd its western course before it reaches
this glzins LIS most promising city at present
is CbIcago. The law Of its growth since 1910
seehrtto be . duplication. within four years
In 1910 0sits1nmbered 4,479. In June of2this
year viii contain 81, 600. AT the same rate
of siMgea carried FORWARD, ,iit would oyertake
New, Yofk within twenty years. II six years
be al! 58ed Ior each future duplication. Chicago
woulss sssferaake: New York in thirty three years.
&c t6eF gsowthsof Chicago should in future be
n,easts BY q duplication, of every seven years,
1t I'D epniisain 1900 in forty two
years. 81 e & "a s.. : I.
S Il 1909, forty Eve years from this time tho
ceBtEil plain, incl cludiugI the Ganadas, will con-
lain q fsai eighty 4niltons of people. It's chief
city Gr be reasonably expected, TO contain
iabous spestentli of Stliss population. =. Before
tle e,il5of tbs century tie cities and towns Of
the cSitfal plaip will ieohtain, with their subaf4
BIS, M lssstIan half tIf the entire. populations;
that 30 say, f,rtyt millions How these,
mill r shall be apPoItiqhed among The cities
offlf dayis q, subject for curious spseEla-
ton: 4. 80 . = & ;s:fs. III Z Z
S2lS twenty eight years ag Sd was predict.
edbYsl Rswriterthat one or more interi 81 cities
effsSE Americas wol.ld, within fit wears,
AZ. 81 n
tely leae eely e N!sa York. ensslaslh s
favored points. About sixteen years ago can.
ais and railways gave Indications of their abili.
ty to transfer the seats of commerce Of the in.
terror plain from the river. to the lake. borders.
1t was then confidently asserted that the great
est cities would grow up at Chicago, Toledo,
and other commercial points on the great
lakes 1s -: -.
Tomost men, at that time, the idea that
any hike, city west of Buffalo, could become
large than that chief receptacle of lake com.
merc.. seemed as preposterous as did the opin.
ion, dozen years earlier, that New Orleans
coulo be rivalled by Cincinnati. 10 him it
appelred as certain as The movement Of time,
that Chicago; Toledo, Cleveland and some
Other commercial points on the lakes, would
become greater than Buffalo. Chicago leads
the recession, having passed Buffalo the pres
ent year, Cleveland and Detroit are to follow
nextto be succeeded by Tolelo, which will
certainly pass these, and be only second to
Chic'yo, if indeed she becomes not success,
ful riHlsof that city in The long race for supre.
macy
Be.seen ls4O and 1850 the chief cities Of
the eetral plain, taken together, increased at
the annual rate Of II per cent compounded.
This lite was much exceeded by the most -four.
ishina ST. Louis had an average annual
iucrese of Is per cent; Chicago Of over 20
per q IT.; and Milwaukee OF 26 per cent. Since
ls5oIor six years to June, 1856, Chicago has
contined to increase at the average rate of 20
per Get. compounded yearly. Toledo has a
little Exceeded that rate. Det:oi, and Cleve.
land hive had like annual increase of l6 per
cent. or the Canadian cities of the plain, no
one, sccpt perhaps Montreal, can claim to be
numtred among the future great marts Of the
world