St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-08
Indicating an Increase Of 49,
4O2 During the Past
Directory Year.
The Marvellous Story of
Growth Told by the Davi-
son Compilation.
No City in the World Can
Show an Increase Rela-
lively So Large.

Inere is no SuDJecU III WHICH Mllne-
Apolis takes SO profound an interest as
that which bears most nearly upon the
themes so near the popular heart-the
city'S population, enterprise and growth.
The first of these, the population, is of
paramount interest and Importance. No
one knows what it is. The Wisest head
in the city can not tell how many peo-
pie live in and call Minneapolis their
home. The number can only be ap-
proximated and, Minneapolis, like all
other rapidly growing cities, has
the estimation OF business down
very fine. Once in ten years
the general government ascertains
the exact number and to relieve the
;edium of the decennial count, the state
government steps in at the middle and
makes little count. In the off years
the estimators and mathematicians get
IN their work. In census years these
calculators ascertain
THE RELATIVE PROPORTION
the population bears to certain other
enumerations and having verified this
proportion, by several census returns,
very reliable basis is given. 1t has been
found, for instance, that the rela-
ton between the census enumeration
and the number of names in the
directory has been as 2.94 is to 1, and it
IS therefore regarded as a logical as
sumption that when the directory has
10 many names it is only necessary to
multiply that number by 2.94 and get
;he population. That is why the annu-
ally recurring directory total is so
eagerly sought.
For thirteen years the Dawson di-
ectory has been standard authority for
the population of Minneapolis. The
proportion has been borne out for so
many years, that it is now regarded as
!nfallible. The directory has been
made on one and the same system.
,hroughout,and the unerring proportion
still exists, so the presumption is not un-
reasonable. The directory is out, and
yesterday came the scramble for names.
The result was genuine and enjoyable
surprise. Every year produces
records which eclipse all others,
but the directory record leads every
thing. The increase of names is
30 per cent greater than the largest in
crease in its history. In the new di-
rectory are 74,350 names, an Increase of
1909 over last year. Using the multi
e17, ,662. Other cities use the multiplier
8. which would
GIVE MINNEAPOLIS 223, ,050,
but Minneapolis prefers to be conserva-
tive, and claims a population of at least
217,662. OF all of the recent directories
IN the large cities, but one, that of Chi
cago, shows as great an increase of
names; and that city, with its popula-
tton of $4,000, leads Minneapolis but
1.500. The following figures are re-
liable:
ST Iouis increase names 1893 di-
rectory over 1887. .............. 1884
Baltimore, increase names 1883 di-
rectory over 1887 .. ......... 9,4ss
Brooklyn, increase names 1888 di-
rectory over 1887. ss7................:s $3.50
Memphis. increase names 1888 di-
rectory over 1887 ........,, 1924
Denver, increase names 1888 directory
over 1887. ............... 5,s66
over 1887 ......... ..........: s,135
Minneapolis, increase names 1888
directory over 1ss7..... ........... Is, ,O6e
Portland, Or, increase names 1888
directory over 1887. 1850
rectory over 1887. .............:.... 5,2se
Atlanta, Ga, increase names 1883
directory over 1887. s7................:. 5,sOe
rectory over 1887 s7.................... 6,37s
Chicago increase names 1888 directory
over 1887 .......................16,6 Ii, ,6Is
1t may be interesting to observe that
this mere increaSe-15. .069-in the mum
Der of names in the Minneapolis direct
orv for a single year, multiplied by the
usual directory multiplier, would exceed
the total population of such cities a:
Dayton, o.; Hartford, Conn.,; Spring
field, Mass; Portland, Me-; Utica, n
Y: Des Moines, To-, etc. The follow
ing table shows the number of names
and the increase by years in the Davi
son from 1876 to 1888, inclusive:
1t will be noted tnat the increase in name