St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-09
We GROW RAPIDLY.
A Splendid Showing Made by
the City Directory for
1893.
BY a Very Small Multiple, st.
Paul Has a Population
Of 190,262.
Greatest Growth Shown in
the Districts Where Fac
tories Are Located.
Finance, Manufactures and
General Business Evidence
Prosperity.

| Tor delivery next Tuesday. The dI-
rectory contains S4.461 names, which,
multiplied by 24, the figures used to
represent the women and children
whose names do not appear in the VOL
ume, gives the city population of 190,-
262. In all former years the multiple
used to represent the women and chill
dren whose names do not appear in the
directory has been 21E: and, if the same
figures were used this year, the total
population would be shown as PILL
A GLOBE reporter yesterday asked
| Iheo +. Smith, the resident partner of
the directory firm, why the multiple of
| 213 should not be used this year, and
was answered in this way:
The multiple of % should be used,
but If we used 1t this year we would
show st. Paul to have a population of
2ll,OOO, and there are great many
skeptical people who would not believe
it. AS far as l am concerned personally,
Haven't the slightest doubt that the
city has about 211,0O0 people, but some
people have altogether too much regard
! for Mr.. POrter'S census to believe as l
| do. The census of 1890 was
A Gigantic HuInbug.
eve have published the st. Paul city
| directory for great many years, and
| have always used the multiple of two
| and half i'll estimating the population.
| 1t is the figure used by directory pub
fishers everywhere. and experience has
| proved it to lie a fair figure. In 1880
and 1885 our directory estimate of popu-
latlon, made by multiplying the number
! of names in the directory by two and q
| half, tailed almost exactly with the
government census. But when we
multiply the number of names in our
1898 directory by two and a half we get
total of about 2l1 900, which IS such an
| immense increase over the census of
1890 that some people will not believe
our estimate is correct. The fact of
the matter is that the census is not
correct However, in order to be alb
Solutely conservative, we have used the
multiple of 214 this year, which is the
lowest figure ever used in any city.
Even with this low multiple, we show
that the population OF st. Paul has in
creased very rapidly, and that the city
is i'll most tiounShing condition. The
1898 directory is the best we have ever
issued, both i'll contents and binding.
The binding this year is all cloth, while
heretofore the covers have been of
paper"
lie following matter, which is taken
from the preface of the new directory,
shows the city to be in a most eX cellent
condition:
A Mirror of the Metropolis
of the Northwest and an exponent OF
the city and its condition. its people and
its institutions, is the 1893 edition of the
directory. In its new dress, with its
long record of new Institutions and in
creased number of names and general
appearance of prosperity, it bears no
evidence OF the storms of business de-
preston, uncertainty of the future and
lack OF confidence which rage beyond
our boundaries, extending over the en-
tire country; but it speaks In unmiS-
taxable terms of the sOlIdity of this city
and the confidence of her business men
| in the~future of ST. Paul and her ability
to withstand adversely.
Tie mercantile agencies report the
recent failure of 175 banks and trust
companies i'll the United States, with
| liabilities Of S43, 1000 not one of these
have occurred i'll st. Paul, nor have we
| had any failures OF Importance. This
| period of depression has been d severe
| test of st. Pau's financial condition,
and clearly indicates her superiority as
a financial and business center.
The standard measurement of a city's
| success and prosperity is the increase
in population. Only few days ago it
was announced that Chicagos new di-
rectOry will contain $500 names, from
which it was estimated that the city had
population of 2, 100000. This sudden
aggregation. of people at Chicago has
| drained all of the cities in America to a
| certain extent. A large number of per-
| sons whose names were in the last St.
| Paul directOry.this year appear in the
| Chicago directory: but, Notwithstanding
this fact, this city has had a healthy
| growth during the year.
| This volume contains 81, 461 names. an
| increase of 1917 during the year. from
which the most conservative estimate of
| population is 190,262. This is widely
different from the census estimate of
| 1890, but when the methods Of taking a
| government census are considered it
will clearly be seen that the directory
estimate is more reliable. Besides, there
is gain Of $3.50 names in the directory
since 1890, and of course a correspond
| ing increase in population. Nearly all
OF the increase during the past wear is
| i'll the manufacturing districts. The dis
trictS north of the Northwestern Cord
| age works and the Union Brass and
Metal works, around the Northwestern
Wheel and Foundry company, and the
Walter A. Wood Harvester company, all
show large increases in population as a
direct result of the establishment of
| these new manufactures. The Har-
vester works district will doubtless
double in population during the ensuing
year, when the company begins opera
| tons " 18th $500 men, most of whom will
come from other cities.
Era of Development.
Five years have now elapsed since the
elimination of the real estate boom in
st. Paul, and it is indeed gratifying to
know that during this half-decade the
city has experienced a healthy growth
and Increased prosperity. Statistics OIL
real estate transactions and building
operations are not so large now as they
were six or seven years ago, but the
city has developed into stately metro
polls, and is IN healthier condition to-
day than it ever was. There is nothing
fictitious about the real estate market
now, and building is being regulated by
the actual demand, as it should be.
The resources and surplus funds of the
banks have been enormously increased
since the boom days, the jobbing trade
has shown steady and never ceasing
growth, the products of the manufac.
turers have more than doubled, trans
portation facilities have been greatly
enlarged, the financial condition of the
municipality has been improved, the
sanitary condition of the city has been
Dettered, public improvements have
been numerous, and, in fact, st. Paul
has shown uniform growth and pros
perity IN every direction.
Real Estate Operations.
Like most other Western cities. ST.
Paul has had real estate boom-a
period of speculation, when the demand
for outside property was largely i'm
aginary, and the price paid abnormally
large. 1t is gratifying now, after an
elapse of five years, to observe that the
city has endured the boom and that she
is now free from the evil effects of it,
and that realty transactions are again
being regulated by an actual demand
| Tho hOon eliminated in 1897 and thara