The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-05
CITIES AND THEIR N1oKNAMEs.
An Interesting Popularity Of Ameri-
can Centers Of Population.

can Centers Of Population.
New York Sun: BY the last federal
census Of 3,715 cities. towns and villages
in the United States separately organ
ICED, only 1874 had population In ex-
cess Of 5000. They were the American
cities for usually place having $4,000
or more inhabitants makes claim TO rec
ognltIon as "city." whereas place of
a smaller number of inhabitants IL call
ed Uhough the residents don't always
agree In calling it so), a town" Every
one, or nearly every one, is familiar
with the designations, Empire City. as
applied 10 New York; Monumental City,
as applied to Baltimore; Elm City, as
applied to New Haven; Quaker City. as
applied to Philadelphia; the City Of
Churches, as applied to Brooklyn; For
est city, as applied to Cleveland, and
Crescent City, as applied to New Or
leans, but every one is not familiar with
the fact that nearly all Of the other cit
les, claiming a population in excess Of
5000 make claim to some distinctive
mark.
Thus, Denver. Colo has the distinc-
ton OF having more bicycles In propor-
lion 10 population, than any other city
In the United States-4O,O0O in a city OF
10000. 1t has come to be called. In
consequence, the bicycle city. In simi-
lar fashion, though on account Of their
manufacture. and not their use, New
ark has come TO be known as the Trunk
city, or City Of Trunks, Providence is
known as the jewelry city, Lowell as the
city Of spIndles, Lynchburg, Va, as the
tobacco city. Peoria as the diSullery
city, Virginia City as the silver city, and
there has come recently to Leavenworth,
Kas., the seat OF the United States mill
ltary prison and OF the Western Sol
diers Home, new distinction, not ottl-
clal but agricultural, for II stands at
the head Of American cities In the ship:
mcnt OF apples. There are two cold
storage plants In LcaVenworth, kas.,
one OF which is to built to accommodate
az. 900 bushels OF apples and the other
50, 900.
Joplin, Mo-, has come to be known as
the zinc city, since the very extensive
development OF the zinc mines In the
nelghborhoOd this year, and the extern
sion Of the work OF the smelter concern
thereabouts Louisville has long been
known as the city OF falls, Cincinnati as
''Porkopolis." though Its Importance as
pork packing city has ben eclipsed by
Chicago, Omaha and Kansas City
and the diStIllery interests of Cincin-
natl are now very much more import
ant than those connected with pork
packing. Wheeling. W. Va, is known
as the glass city, Rochester. formerly
known as the flour city, has surrendered
that distinction TO Minneapolis Mil
waukee is the beer city, st. Louis Is
sometimes Called-erroneously. Its In
habitants say the sauerkrnut city. Ell
gin, ILL.,. IL the dairy city; South Bend
Ind, the wagon city: Wilmington, Del,
the match city; Wichita, Ras., the corn
city: Grand Rapids, Mich, the furniture
city: Elizabeth, N. j.. the sewing ma
chine city; Holyoke. Mass. the paper
city: HaVerhlll Mass, the shoe city,
distinction which Brockton and Salem
dispute; Kalamazoo, Mich. the celery
city; Barre, VT, the granite city;
GAINESVILLE, Ohio. the brick city; Pater-
son, N. j.. the silk city; GlOvcrsvllle, N.
Y, the glove city; Amsterdam. N Y,
the carpet city; New Bedford. Mass.
the Goldfish city: Savannah. the cotton
city: Pittsburgh. the steel city; Troy, N,
Y, the nail city: Danhury, Conn. the
hat city; Napa, Cal, the wine city, and
Salem ore. the hop city.
The list might be extended indefinite
ly. for there are very few American cit
los which do not lay claim to Mt least one
distinction, though In the variety OF It's
claims New York, OF course. stnnds first.
Among the large states. Illinois IL the
one whose cities have fcwest dlstlnc-
tInus