Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-07-09
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Washington Special.
II will DO some time before the popu-
lation by the new census can DO sscer'
tanned with accuracy. bot the population
Of many cities Ii already known With
reasonable certainty. New York has
shown extraordinary growth, an IN
crease In ten years moro than equal to
the entire population Of Cincinnati. The
per cent. OF growth In New York 10
larger than that Of London or Paris. or
any large European city. and 1t 10 possi'
BILE that the city ID to become the me-
tropolis Of the world during the nsxt
century. Holders Of uptown real
estate seem to take that view OF It. 1t
10 noted that the growth Of the country
ID more eastern than calculated upon ct
the census ofncs. New England and
New York show agrowth much greater
than anticipated. Nearly all the New
England cities show rapid growth. Bos.
ton shows S65. 900 population, an actual
increase Of about ll5. 900 In ten years.
which 10 extraordinary for an old eastern
city, where the public had not been led
to expect % large an increase. 4 few
cities In New England and In New York
and Pennsylvania barely hold their own,
bot the most OF them fairly rival some
Of the western cities. Lowell, Mass,
increased more than atty per cent. The
only Pennsylvania town OF any note TO
show a decrease 10 Lock Haven. which
falls OF over 1000. On the other hand,
Bradford, Pa, In the oil regions. run up
from about 400. in 1870. to about l2,000
In 1880. But such growth cannot b
depended on a. . steady thing.
Rochester. N. Y. runs up to 81, 200.
On increase Of about IS per cent. Provi.
depcs, B. l.. has 104. 200. An increase OF
about So per cent. Msriden. Conn,
shows an increase OF about 60 per cent.
Minneapolis, MIMI, runs up from lS..
600 to $4,000 In ten years; 81. Paul
shows an increase Of 100 per cent. Nil.
wsukre also shows extraordinary growth.
jumping from Il 1000 to $4,000 In ten
years. Denver. Col went from 5000
to "a, 900. The largest increase. extent
OF territory compared. was In New York
aud vicinity. New York and Brooklyn
have together over n and thrss-quar.
tiers millions OF people. and counting IN
Jersey City and the immediate outlying
towns, there 10. In that neighborhood.
about 1895. 900 people. The growth OF
Cleveland. O.. II quite extraordinary.
aud there are those who predict that she
10 to be the coming city In that part oil
the country.
There 10 muoh amusement at the GEN.
sus Office over complaints from cities
where, IL 10 alleged. there has not been
. '.iair count" II was the same way
In New York and Philadelphia In 1870,
and 30 much fuss was made that the
census In both cities was retHken 10 the
fall, when everybody was supposed To
be at home, and all latitude given the
city authorities to help And people. yei
the result was an increase OF less than
two per cent, which could partially be
accounted for In newborn babes alone.
It Was q strikipg testimony to the aeou'
racy Of the census.
There are loud complaints received
here from 81. Louis, bat the trouble
seems to be that there are not % macy
people living there - generally expected,
In Q general way the cities on the
lakes. like Buffalo. Cleveland. Milxau'
kss and Chicago. grow much faster thar
those on tho great rivers adjacent 10 the
Southern territory. The path OF empire
prefers . cool climate. and the tendency
Of population 10 northward and north
westward. The actual increase In popu'
lation 10 Cleveland and Chicago. two
lake cities, IN ten years aggregates nearly
. quarter OF Q million.
The center Of population Of the whole
country will be found this year very
near Cincinnati, almost 10 sight OF the
hill.top beer gardens and only . few
miles porthsastward.