St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-04-03

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s1snsingly naps6 OsoueA.
Whateyer the fate of the farming a.,
sricts Of New England. il = ev1dent
that the cities ara destined to expert
eace = continuous expansion TOR some
time to come. The movement toward
the suburbs, ,occasioned largely BY theex-
tension of the trolley roaals, haschecAeo
the growth Of poPulaaaoa W1snan tne
municipal limits In some tnstAee -
here in Providence, but this = sufS - :.
be followed at mo- distant day by the ~.
nexa4ion Of tn neighboring dists1ee.
Providence Is much smaller IN actuM
area than many other American CT
ies Of less population. and could take
in considerable outlying territory
without creating . bulky and unw1elF
" municipality. Hartford, Haverhiiis
Manchester, New Bedford, Newton,
Springfield and Worcester are among
the New England cities which spread
over . greater extent Of territory than
we.
When the federal census wa1 takes
In 1890 only nine cities east Of the hud-
a0n has . population Of $1,000 or overs
They were Boston, with ~, ATT; Provf
dence, 132, lag; Worcester, 81 ,6SS; New
Haven, 81, ,29S; Lowell. q, sos; Fall River.
"A, ,3o8; Cambridge, 70yO1s; Lynn. sss7
and Hartford, 0,230. Seven years Atef
NO less than 16 have reached or passed
the 1000 mark. From estimates made
by city officials, it appears thatth epfes-
cnt population Of the first 10 cities 81
New England in: Boston, $4,000;
Providence, $50, 900; New Haven, 1O6,-
QUO; Worcester, 102, 900; FAN River. 90s-
COO: Lowell, $1,000; Cambridge. 5000;
Hartford, 10000 (another estimate says
:2,000); Lynn, $1,000; New Bedford. co.
14s; bridgeport, 60.O0O: Manchester,
$1,000; Somerville, 5000; Springfield
5000; Lawrence. s4.5oo. and Portlandi
$4,000
New Haven has passed Worcester In
the interval since 1890, and regained its
old position Of third in the Iaee. Lowell
nas sunk from fifth to sixth, and may
be overtaken in the next few months by
Cambridge, while Fall River has risen
from fifth to sixth position. Hart
ford has experienced remarkable
growth. leaving its old rival. BridGs
port, far behind, but the greatest pro
p0rtionate gain Of Ill has been made
by New Bedford, which has increased
nearly 50 per cent. There il something
especially gratifying in the growth Of
this old whaling port. At one tims
engaged more extensively in the whak
ing industry than any other American
town. it fell into rapid decay. in com.
mon with the other whaling ports Of
New England, in the early afties- The
famous ships Of the preceding decade
rotted - its wharves and its streets
were strangely quiet. But all this i
changed. The town has taken ON new
life. and il at present one of the most
prosperous in New England. II ~
growth since 1890 i maintained dur.
ing the next three years and = hall. u
viii have $4,000 people or more when
the next federal enumeration il Dsde.
There Il group Of smaller cities
which are rapidly approaching the 5ns
O09 mark, and win probably reach Is
before many years have rolled by. Hcsr
yoke il already town of a, 900 inhabit
ants, and Chelsea, Haverhill, Brockton.
Waterbury, Salem and Nal
den run all the way from 10000 to 81
OOO. And what il true Of the cities Of
New England II true Of the cities oi
the rest of the country. They show.
almost without exception, consider
able gain since 1890. and the census Of
1900 will inevitably lind > much larzes
Of the total population %
he United States centered in the cit
ies and large towns than ever before.
The proportion of urban population to
Inc whole in 1890 was 29.12 per cent.
Il will he more than 80 Is per cent
when the next census is taken.-Provf
1ence Journal.