Telegram-herald., 1890-06-02
Tue Nm HRTrIaRY.
Grsnd Rapids Growth as shown
IL rs FrsfaoS.


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AeErs
Messrs r. i. PolkNCo. hsve hnisbed
the eghteenta EDITION II thelr dTec-
toy Of tais city, and next TUESDAY
they Will oegn deayerng u. Ii was
pr.ated by the Dsan Praung Co. ana
TIE pab-lshers lee. Ihag il i the nuest
clifton they have ever presented thelg
patrons IN tAis city. From advance
sheets kindly furnished the TunsRAN-
llERAID' by Resident Manager Carrni-
chaei, the following extracts are taken
from tie preface which shows the mos.
gratifying growth on the ely since
June /, 1889.
"Grand Rapids IS thriving, pro.
gress.ve clty, city in which tie un.
written IA" u 81 Us population, no
matter "a their vocation. lsmprOye-
ment The publishers of tAls. the
Eighteenth Annual Eduon of the
Grand Rapids City Directory for ls90.
ieel u-at IA presenting il 10 their
palons and lue general public,
they have proved tlat they are
fully imbued With tie spirit OF the
community IN which they consider
themselves part, and that ia us gen
etaI appearance, IA the beauty OF us
typography IN the th0rOughness ana ac-
cufacyoi ali Is contents, ln the scope
ana character or the information il al
tords IN the spirit OF Improvement II
eNlnces, they have shown themselves
abreast OF Their neIghhors, zap with the
procession our efforts m times past
nave been received with the utmost
generosltyb 10y ourfrends; the occasional
/ errors that IN spite Of the greatest pos
slole care, wiN creep into 80 large an
undertaking as tins, have been kindly
overlooked and forgiven, and our re-
presentauYes and employees, in all their
l3bOrs, IN the securing of the lnfOrma-
ton embodied IN the directory, have
been treated with a consideration and
and courtesy that have been most graft
lying TO them personally, 10 ourselves,
and we believe useful 10 the people we
Try to serve. lt IS a great satisfaction
thus 10 refer 10 relations 80 agreeable
10 ourselves, and that, we hope
and trust, are pleasing 10 the cner-
Rapids. The contents Of this edition
OF the directory again clearly prove the
absolute necessity of a yearly prOduc-
ton of the work, for they AGAIN show
that Grand Rapids IS maintaining It's
wonderful growth and progress IN pop
ulauOn, in business, in all the lines that
have given II SO enviable reputation,
and that have made II one OF the most
q ,asf ..
suggested that It's recent growth, as de-
plcted year ago, had been go phenOm-
enally large-very few cities IN America
had maintained such a ratio of growth
that a halt would soon cOme-a resting
place-aRd that for a time the develop
ment would be slower and more like
that of the average cities Of the cOun-
try. The statistics presented later Will
show that not the slightest cessation has
yet occurred, and that the growth Is in
deed remarkable in Its unvarying stead
mess. 1t is truly a pleasure 10 note
this fact, and also 10 present other facts
which tend TO show that the ratio Is 10
be maintained through the coming
year.
The publishers pay very handsome
tribute to the printers, mention the
features Of the edition, and then con-
tlnue:
Grand Rapids is maintaining the
growth that has so delighted It's own
citizens and so surprised the balance of
mankind, as already stated. The fact
that it mas made and is making won
derful growth in the suburbs, outside
the limits of the city proper, noted at
some length IN the edition of 1889,
has not interfered with the steady en-
laTgement of the city itself. The pub
fishers, IN the canvass for this edition,
have had the services of a trained and
especially skIIlful corps of gentlemen
who were familiar with both their du-
ties and the city, and SO rely confident
ly on their statistics and other facts Il
contains; this is the more true because,
from the cordial assistance afforded
them by the people, as before noted. It
has been comparatively easy to get
things Just right. This directory con-
tains 33,90l names; the edition OF 1889
had 81 ,434, or 2,467 less. A growth of
almost 5 per cent. in a single year is
enough TO delight the most san
guIne resident of the city, and VIII con-
vince all OF the truth of what has al
ready been said. 4 growth of per
cent. per annum Will double the popu-
latiOn Of city IN Dne years; scarcely
half dozen large cities IN the United
states are growing at any such ratio;
even the most Thrifty and energetic fall
short Of any such lncrcasomcnt. vet
Grand Rapids has maintained II year
after year, and IS now. without a boom.
or the slightest approach 70 one, grow
ing even faster, relatively, than il Did
at the beginning of the last decade.
1T IS not necessary in this connection
TO speculate on the figures that viii De
disclosed by the census which iS beng
taken TINS month. II tls, however. no
more than iaIr to repeat that nearly all
large cites Of the country, IN cstmat-
ing their population On the bass of
directory statistics, use multi
pier Of three and one-half. with
the number Of names presented in
their directories. thus the great figures
for Chicago, Cincinnati. Buffalo. Kan
sas City, and 0theT cities are made up.
Iu Toledo, Milwaukee. Denver. Indian
arOlls and other CItlCs the muitlpiIcr -
three. suppose taat two and Onc-haI
a much sfna Ter figure than any Of them
usc-bo taken for our Citv. and the
Douu.at0u WlIi reach q total ~ f-52
almost s5.@o-a figure THAT viii
nrobabiy te considered barge hv most
ros dents. get much farther within
bounds than any other large ctv 20 the
country would present .n sBch con
meet ton. y or can take vour choice ~
mult C9ors, make your own esf-wat~s. +