Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04
1889.
GROWTH OF GREAT CITIES.
Statistics That Show a Rapid Increase Of
Population and sn Unequnied Accumuln-
tion Of Wealth.

STATISTICS That Show kaptd Increase OF
Population and an Unequnied Accumuln.
tion Of Wealth.
From the Iron AgeJ
There is clustered in and around the port of
New York population Of over 100000. In
1880 Manhattan Island contained /, ,200,00 resi-
dents. This years directory estimates the
population of the city. including the annexed
district. at i, 600 A more conservative esti-
mate would be 1.60o, 900. Brooklyn has grown
very rapidly and contains now population Of
over 100000 In Jersey City and Hoboken,
In 1850, there were 10000 souls;
there tn re is now probably population Of
this city with 1s1s over 5000 1000 population. THESE
figures aggregate 2,55O.000. and to this total
might be added the suburban population on
Long Island, Staten Island, Westchester and
Rockland counties and in the near districts of
New Jersey. Newark, which Is really an ad-
}ancs net OF New York, claims = population tic Of
dents. and Elizabeth over 10000. The estimate
OF 3,0O0OOO for the city and its enyirons, there
lore, does not appear unreasonable In lSyz It
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The Greuf Cities of the Future.
These statistics are of interest now in view of
the agitation of the Worlds FAIR project. 1t
begins to look very much as if Notwithstanding
London's enormous lead in the race the next
generation would see on and around Manhat-
tan Island the greatest mass Of population
known in the history of the world. 1t is already
second only to the wonderful city on the
Thames. After dealing with such stupendous
and matchless figures it seems of lit
tie consequence that an informal census taken
by the directory canvassers shows the popula-
ton of ST. Paul. Mimi, to be 1876, 247, gain of
l5l, IA since 1880 When 1t is considered, how
ever, that Minneapolis, the municipal limits of
which city join those OF ST. Paul. has made an
equally rapid growth now claiming 2S5,0O0 and
an aggregate population of 43O, 900, where there
were less than 90,0OO persons living ten years
before, this instance Of the rapid increase Of
the urban population of the United States be-
going on in the metropolitan district.
Rapid Increase of Population.
The twin cities of Minnesota have reached in
a few decades the point attained by New York
in two centuries What they will do in the
future can only be conjectured, but 1t is GER
tain that there will be many centers of popula-
tion in the interior of the United States larger
than all but very few of the historic cities of
Europe. This is not merely a result of the
rapid growth OF population in the coun-
try as q whole. 1t means an accumula-
tion of wealth and development of diversified
industries unrivaled in any other part of the
ton to the rural population, only where wealth
abounds and civilization is most advanced.
Russia has fewer and England more than any
other country of Europe. Africa has scarcely
region SO sparsely populated. Great cities
bring their burdens and perils. In them vice
testers and poverty abounds but, nevertheless,
they are the focal points of the energies work.
ing Tor the Advancement of mankind, and
where they flourish and multiply progress is
sure to center.