Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-20

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- Uu1tod 8eateo With popnlatim q
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NJ nrst. with 120W. Philadeiphia
n.vsnG drOpRed back 10 the eeoond
p.ane. Nth IN 90. Weae OF the Alls-
enany Aountains theRe was no D 90
oi9n!nsd by ne name Of city. C5uoin-
nau naa - than i0,0o9 s.. Louis -
snsn o01 fitxno0rR lea than 500.
lnere va no eaeh place - Chicago
I'll afssf lbd0. and ite population a. late
g tc10 vas - than the one half Of
osooksone - ls5Q Nsu Orleans had
l0Ee nan trsoteo ner inhabitants from
zoe opening q the century to he end
q tne escond decade and RANKED a.
ne nxtn c1ty: and next aftsr Boston.
~ to5u nou York showed above O8.00c,
a1o fn1lnoeipn1. oat 10. 90 Baltimore
ssIu eneaa q n0stons oet not half
eqaai 20 fn1ladelpnfas and Nov Orleans
Ill nNolnR me nftn plaee. There we're
.s,h oat $40 c!liee with 100. 000 and over.
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Ge.pq1a oou1s natt1moro I54.OUO, New
Ofscans ~ 49, ana Boston out s. 90.
1ayin& esonan&eo rank with New
osssan: Onesnnan coming next % noe-
49, w. Wy ,n!y nsiI - many innaou-
rnsI Av sue popuietlcn OF o.
10en Va eus io,soS, Ana tnefe we're
s:.k1sse1 olts - - sneaa OF nef. wash
i.aso1s ~ 1SuOs oen4 one Of them
1ue mio,centuty decide 0ensue re-
sufneo " caties vlto iuy.uU and over
I've ys1 mofe IMAM 5NuO ana one,
new Iofk. witn ol0,OH. Boston. with
Ico.u nad shpped past New Orleans.
.nlon nas nos ycs iegaineo aef rank OF
Los0. N we mioaie OF sne century
snore were ~ cataee wsst OF the Ale
snan,ss, noiuoine Nev Ofleans and
Sao kfanolsoos Kateo ABOVE S4uuos and
Sniceo w.e nos one OF them. d.
L y. mac fleen % H,Nuu Louisville 70
s5vO ana oan tEancaeco from go IN
icsu to ossHo ~ LOU he popuIation
q Onaoa&o - MA yeak was 0ut xS,S6S.
ono nes anoeo ovor oAup % " IN the
lass tnikty- IouK yeek9 ascending 20 her
latest local census Ine whole urban
population o. the nlssIseipu1 valley,
lnciudinR f1teso1rR, New Orieans and
counting IN San trancisoo, vas N lsbO
nus 4o4.z4z OF cisies ABOVE 5ouUO. NEW
York alone nao 81 suuU more than AL the
uities west OF the Aiieknanies over 5O,OO0
eacn. 90 far tnero nad Deem nothing OF
tnat pnenomenAi CROWN wnich has
anco made some OF the western cities
me wonder OF sne world.
In lo6u tne cities OF the Union ranked
70 this order: New York nrst, Philadel-
pnta second, brooklyn tnaro Win ZOO
l00, Baltimore fourth. Boston nth, New
Orleans eixsns Cinclnnan seventh, st.
Louis eighth and bst 40 behind Cincin-
natl, and Chicago ninth VIA l09. 600
an increase OF 6O,UOO, or nearly 80 per
cent. In ten years. The increase Of New
York In the same years was but 30 600,
Or about 81 per cent. The seventh de-
oade OF the century was ushered in with
The accompaniment Of the most appall-
lnR civil war OF the historic era Of the
human race. For four years II was
'heck upon the urban growth as well ~
The general increase OK population
the country. Hitherto the
ratio Of increase hal exceeded 81 per
sent. per decade. But in the decade
from 1860 to 1870 Il fell to bat little
over III per cent. for the whole country.
In this decade New York increased but
l36, 600, or less than Is per cent,
but Chicago's addition to her popu-
lation from 1860 TO 1870 was lS9. 600, or
IA per cent, and she took rank a. the
fifth city Of the nation, having passed
Baltimore, Boston and New
Orleans. San Francisco had advanced
from q, geo to 149. 000-an increase OF
$500, or nearly l6S per cent. in the de-
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