Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-02
THE NEW PITTSBURG.
Dinenbacher's City Directory for This
Year Will Show an
INCREASED POPULATION OF 5000.
East End and Alleghenys Outer Wards
We're the Gamers
INTERESTING POINTS FROM THE BOOK

The city directory, to be issued to-mor
row, will show big increase in population
for Pittsburg and Allegheny, and especial
ly for the former. Within one year nearly
5000 people have taken residence in thu
two cities.
The directory for 1892 will contain mum
Der of new things or facts. Yesterday
afternoon q DISPATCH reporter found J. f.
Diffenbacher in his Office, on Fourth av.
enue. In his hand he held the volume he
and his 100 assistants have been working
on for the past several months
''This," said he, holding the book up,
81 consider the best directory have ever
issued. 1 have followed out the style
pretty closely of former books, but I feel
safe in saying there is not a thing that
should be in the volume which is not there.
The boycott the labor organizations placed
on the directory did not hinder me to any
extent The first issue of the book will be
in the hands of the subscribers just two
days later than the scheduled time
Big Increase in the Population.
"Among the many things the directory
wi show is the increase in population of
Pittsburg and Allegheny During the past
year Pittsburg has had a steady drain on its
population aud it was thought this years
directory would show a decrease instead of
an increase. Kensington and Wilmerding
have taken many people out of Pittsburg.
Walls Station, since it has become the great
transfer station of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, has taken wonderful amount of
people out of this city. During the past
orl % h. h.
steel business has been extremely bad. Then
there were numerous other little
contingencies to combat with, but with all
these odds Pittsburg comes out of the battle
several thousand souls ahead. The South
side has shown little or no growth. ALLIE
gheny has been rather active in the outly-
ing wards, but East End, Pittsburg, es-
pecially, has experienced food OF people
into its wards, which has been phenomenal
They are the kind of people who add to a
city. For the most part they have been
business men and mechanics OF the higher
class To show that there has been an in
crease in population, look at the number of
new streets opened in Pittsburg in the past
year.
Wonderful Growth In Pittsburg.
"In this city alone there have been over
1,S00 new thoroughfares opened to the pub
lie. 1t took man a whole week of hard
work going through the records in City
Hall to locate and collect the names Of the
streets. Three days were consumed in get
ting them in place on the map, We are
putting in the directory this year.
1.-The Southside is the dead letter of the
two cities as far as the directory is con-
cerned. To-day 1 have been figuring it up
and find that the patronage given the
directory in Birmingham will not pay for
the canvassing of the names. The people
over there seem to be anxious enough to
have their names in the book, but when
the business men are asked to take the vol
ume they to great extent refuse. The
Southside people do not seem to grasp the /
usefulness of the book.
''The Smiths, Joneses and Millers are