New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-22
WHERE LARGE GAINS wETE MADE,

The greatest aggregate gain in this list is that
made hy Portland. Ore, HO1, which is very httIe
short OF being double fits population ten years ago.
Portland is evidently be OF the great cities
OF the country. Worcester gains 3S726 over the
So1sI Of 1890: Fall River 80 43s; New-Haven. 2'f29
Grand Rapids 27.2S7; Atlanta 2f$3s; Bridgeport
R21sO: Lawrence and New-Bedford ZzVoo eaeH'
somervile the great Boston suburb A,4Sl; Dulu'I'
1864: Oakland IS 27s. and others in proportion
All rbe larger towns have now been bulletined
Eight cities told have been added to the class OF
100 90 and upward: Columbus, Fall River, New
Haven Paterson, Scranton, Syracuse Ioledo anu
Worcester It is not likely that any others can
come so high although there still half dozen
considerable and rapidly growing towns yet to be
reported Albany, Atlanta, Cambridge, L'oweH'
Nashville and Richmond came well up to that hg-
IRE but Unexpectedly failed TO pass The add
ton Of eight cities this class corresponds exactly
with the estimate made in The Tribune of August
g. when the 1abulation of all the cities having lVo-
600 and upward in 1890 was published. All except
two Columbus and Toledo, are in the East. NO
Far Western town has Joined the higher class
Scanning the returns it is obvious that the most
rapid growth of cities has on the average been In
the old Eastern States. In 1890 the reverse ap-
reared to be true. The great depression in agri-
cultural kindred interests in the early part OF
tbe present decade accounts for the difference, the
Eastern States not wholly dependent on one
branch Of industry suffering far less than OF
the States Of the Mississippi Valley.
The returns for the present census make it almost
as many as ffteeRs wi4abe added in 1910 10 the
number having 10000 aab upward, viz. Atlanta,
Bridgeport Cambridge. Camden. Dayton, Grand
Rapids Hartford, Lowell, Portland Ore, and
Reading with Albany Trenton, Lawrence and New
Bedford strong probabilities. OF course there may
be some unexpected Surprises Wilmington, DEL
Is within reach and there several expanding
cities yet be reported, which may show gains
TO warrant the expectation that they too, pass
the lo0o0o figure in 1910 Among these are Memphis
Manchester. n. H; Los Angeles, Saginaw, Dallas,
Elizabeth. Seattle and ST. Joseph.
Among the Southern cities. the increase of At
Ianta has been approximately what was expected,
although q optimists thought 1t would exceed
10000 in aggregate population. Compared with the
disappointing figures from Richmond Charleston.
etc. previously buIetined. the returns from Nor
folk Jacksonville and Little Rock in this table
quite satisfactory, although 1t was expected
that Norfolk would I'D to 5000 5000
people.
GROWTH OF NETWORK CITIES.
Notwithstanding its vast aggregate OF popula
Edon there are all only twenty-one cities IT
the Empire State having 25OOO inhabitants and up
ward. New-York and Brooklyn. including suburbs
are counted as two. OF these twenty-one cities
Amsterdam. Auburn Cohoes. Kingston, Mount Yer
non. Newburg Oswego, Poughkeepsie, Schenectady
and Troy yet to be reported. Several Of thes
below the 5000 limit IN 1890, but it is esti
mated that their natural increase will bring al
Of them above that figure now. and perhaps two o.
three others, not named, which known TO b.
growing rapidly The largest city among them
Troy. had 60.s55 people, according to the census o
1870 Auburn then had 25,S5s Newburg 23Os7
Poughkeepsie 22206, Kingston 21,26l, etc. For tn
New-York State the following the figures 70
1900 and the TWO preceding censuses: