Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-08-20

The above table contains r1any sugges-
tive facts. Thus we find that the increase
of the population from 1850 to 1860 was
nearly 1000 per cent. Perhaps no other
city in the Union showed such a steady,
solid and rapid growth. In 1857, how
ever, occurred the disastrous financial
panic which checked immigration, and for
three or four years the population scarcely
increased. Just as it began to recover
from that depression the rebellion broke
out, followed by the Sioux war, all of
which tended to discourage and retard the
growth of the city, so that from
1860 to 1865 the increase was only
about $500. In the latter, however, with
the return of peace and prosperity to our
country, the population again began to
advance quite rapidly, and from 1865 to
1870 showed the substantial gain of 1000.
But the growth during the past three years
has been the most rapid since 1860. In
1880, when the United States census
returns showed st. Paul to have popula-
ton of 41,498, the directory contained
16,399 names, while the present edition
contains 35,351 names, an increas of 49,
$50 names for the directory in three years.
These figures are not obtained from an
estimate made, but from actual count.
So rapid had been the increase last year
that some Of our more conservative citi-
zens were hardly prepared for the directo-
ry announcement OF 1885 inhabitants,
but subsequent data and estimates fully
sustained those figures.
The total number of names IN the dl-
rectory this year is 81, 351, an increase over
last year of 5,017 In the directory esti-
mate of population at Chicago, Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Buffalo, and Kansas City the
total number of names is multiplied by
81; at Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Toledo,
Denver and others by 3. Taking the
multiple of 20 which we have always
used, and which it will be seen is lower
than is used in any other city, and multi
plying it by the total number OF names,
gives ST. Paul population of 8S,37S.
The lowest multiplier used by any of the
above named cities would give st. Paul a
population of 1O6,O53. But we give the
total number of names in the directory
and the multipliers used in other cities and
| leave it to our mathematicians, statis-
ticians and others to make the computa-
tions, deductions, etc.
But whatever may be thought of the
directory estimate of population, the in
crease in names for the current year can
not be disputed, and it is proof positive
of the citys progress 1t is data from which
exact deductions can be made. Here is
st. Pauls showing in comparison with
some of her pretentious rivals:
| Year Ircreast
City. 1888. in Names
| Chicago directory has. =. 18s, 343 names 3,45(
| Detroit directory ...... 81, 480 names 5,06t
Toledo directory ...... 27,255 names 2,14
st. Paul directory ....... 1881 names SOL
Milwaukee directory ..... 1920 names AS
But how striking and forcibly is tn
marvellous growth of this city evidences
by the increase in names during the pas
three years:
1880 Number of names ..............1 6, 39
1883 Number Of names ................-35 , 80
! lHCIedSe ''''.. 40, ~
In still further comparison with western
! cities let US take the total number @
t names as shown by their respective d
rectories for 1888: