Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-09
Census Exhibits.

WASHINGTON, June 2g.-It will be some
time before the population by the new CEN
sus can be asceuained with accuracy. but
The population u many cities Is already
/ known with reasonable certainty. New
l0pk has shown extraordinary growth, an
Increase 10 ten years more than equal t0
the entire population of Cincinnati. The
per cent. OF growth in New York is larger
lhan that Of London or Paris. or any large
European city, and 10 is possible that the
city Is 10 become the METROPOLIS OF the
world during the next century. II is not
ed that the growth Of the country is more
eastern than calculated upon at thr cen.
sus Office New England aud New York
show growth much largerthan anficipat-
ed. Nearly all the New England cities
show rapid growth. Boston shows 3Gj.
600 population, 800 actual increase " about
llJ,OOO in ten years, which g. cEfr0rdina-
~ Tor an old Eastern city. where fhc pub
lic had not been led tO expect -D large an
increase. few cities 10 New England
and IN New York and Peuuaylvania bare.
ly hold their own. but the most Of them
fairly rival some Of the Western cities.
Lowell, Mass, increased more than fifty
per cent. Bradford, Pa, IN the oil re-
giOns, run up from about 400 in 1870. 90
about 1900 in 1880. But such growth
cannot be depended on as a steady thing
Rochester N. y, runs up to 50, 900, an
increase OF about 30 percent. Providence,
X. l., has lO4O an increase Of about
20 per cent. Meriden Conn, shown an
increase Of about 90 per cent Mrnneap-
oils, Mimi, runs up from -. 900 10 As. $50
in ten years St. Paul shows an increase Of
100 per cent; Milwaukes also shows ex-
traordluary growth, jumping from 1000
to 10000 10 ten years. Denver, Col,
went from 5000 to $4,000. The largest
increase, extent Of territory compared,
was in New York and vicinity. New
York and BrOoklYp have together over
one and tbge5-guarters millions Of people,
ead counting in Jersey City and the immc-
diate Outlaylng towns, there is in that
neighborhOOd, about 2, 22j, 900 people.
The growth Of Cleveland, o., is quite ex-
traordinary, aud there are those who pre-
dict that she is to be the coming city in
that part Of the country.
There is much amusement at the Census
Office over complaints from cities where,
it is alleged, there has not been a "iair
count" It was the same way in New
York and Philadelphia in 1870, and so
much fuss was made that the census in
both cities was retaken in the fall, when
everybody was supposed TO BE- 70 home,
and all latitude given tie cts Authorities
to help find p4Olie et ths result was an
increase 9f lhs tlan TWO per cent, which
cotld partially be accounted iorin new
born babes alone. Il was striking tesJi-
mony TO the accuracy OF the census.
There are loud complaints received from
St. Louis, but the trouble seems ~ be that
there are not as many people Dylug there
as generally expected,
In a general way the cities on the lakes.
like Buffalo, Cleveland, Milwaukee and
Chicago, grow much faster than those on
the great rivers adjacent to the Southern
territory. The path Of empire prefers a
cool climate, and the tendency OF popula-
ton IS nbrthward and northweStward.
The actual increase in population ia Cleye-
land and Chicago swO ltke cities. in ten
years aggregates nearly a quarter Of a mil
| ion.
Tue center Of population Of The whole
country will be found this year very near
Cincinnati. Commercial,