Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-06
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Tne laAt quarter of . century has
besn nstsd for nothing so much A.
II the extraordinary growth Of
olflos, NOR has this pheno omenon
been confined to any one country.
II hes been 10 marked In Europe
- In America, and In Australia
~ Wonders Of increased popula.
tleh and wealth recorded Of Chi
oaeo and San Francisco have been
glvAled IN Sidney and Melbourne.
he growth Of London has been
slmply marvellous, while Leeds,
liverpool, Glasgow. and other
Engllsh cities, have almost equal
"a Chicago and st. Louis in their
rapid ratio Of increase. Paris al.
NEST keeps pace with Londsn;
while Berlin, under the impetus re-
saltine from German uniflcstion,
~ within the past decade nearly
1eublsd her population. Peter the
0reat tried to master the secret Of
city bulldog. Had he lived IN the
present age he would have been
able 10 create an artificial capital
with but . tithe Of the labor and
oxpones required. ono hundred and
olghty years ago, whom he project.
- his darling st. Pstersburgh on
~ Island near the mouth Of the
Neva.
The strength Of that modern gre
9afious instinct which causes poo
ple y herd In cities 10 strikingly
illustrated In the case Of the State
e 4asDachusstts. The census re.
turns - published are full of spe.
o)al interest because they exhibit
~ tendency Of population in that
Q1ate of the ,Union which more
oAnn any other resembles the ripe
Aad stable countries Of the Old
Wesjd.
Massachusetts, now has one Of
The dsnsest populations on the
Gloee. Only Belgium, Great
0eltaan and Italy support more
psople to the square mile. The
Number In Belgium is 48s; in Great
Britain and Ireland It 10 1858; In
Italy It 10 2l3. The present census
shows that there are l, 7s3, liz peo.
pie living cd the 1890 square miles
q Massachusetts,, or 22S Co the
square mile.
Throughout . large portion Of
this thlckly settled State, where
life partakes Of the acteristics
Of the -oldsst communities OF Eu-
rope the traveller passes 80 rapidly
from one large city or town to an.
oshsr that hs is strongly reminded
of England, for instance, aud the
fsaturss Of the landscape. particu-
1asly In Berkshire county, tend to
make the reminiscence more vivid.
Not only In the density of its pop.
uiation and the aspect. OF their ma
tural surroundings does Massachu-
estts suggest the old country. The
principal occupations of the peo.
pie are also very similar. Both In
EuglAnd and In Massac husetts ag.
riculturs 10 struggling hard against
heavy odds, while the manufactur.
Ing towns are constantly growing
10 population, and bringing the
people more closely together.
Since 1870 the population of
Massachusetts, has increased $780,.
4el, or 222 per cent; and of this
inofease about three fourths has
besa furnished by the eighteen
clties Of the State. They have.
gainsd 2S4. .5lS residents. II the
inefsass In the large towns, those
which come next to the cities In
slss. 10 added. this total IL swsllsd
70 go. o.952. or about ive.sixths Of
the whole gain during the decade.
Outside Of the eighteen cities aud
sixtssn largo towns, therefore,
MASSACHUSETTS has made only o
tss2lug advance. in population,
about $1,000. These cities and
towns have an aggregate popula-
tion Of 1.05l.s9l or nearly two.
thirds Of all the Inhabitants.
Moreover. while every city has
increased In population, and every
oee Of the large towns with the ex.
ssptiou Of Marblshead, the agricul-
tural counties and the seaboard
countisss In which there are no
populous csntrss, have increased
only sllghtly or not at all. The
two counties which have actually
declined In the number OF their In
habitants are Barnstable aud Nan.
tnoket, both on the seaboard.
In the inland and agricultural
counties OF Berkshire and Frank.
In the gain has been much less
than the percentage Of the State 20
. whels, being 10 the one case only
eeeut 1000 In . total Of over SO, 900,
and In the other about 5000 In q
tetal of about SO. 900; and In each
60 the larger towns have been
Tho ouIY portions OF the counti..