Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-11

., IhS foregoing final tabulation adds
" Ia Pennsy lyania towns to the list
-, u Wing $4,000 people and upward, viz.
" H. Hn6town, McKeesport, Chester, Will
:, ." import and Easton. Added to the II
10 f4fofore taEulated by the Public
.dQar, this gives of that class total
40 ~ Mites to the State, exactly as re-
,1tlX estimated, but the appearance
Easton with enough increase to
=; . 110 10 within the limit was some
", ", ItiR sof surprise. Norristown, on
y" other hand, which was counted on
~ capplete the estimate of II, appears
" b0 fhut out, and so are one or two
WI err hich appeared to be in reach.
w IA possible that corrections and
eso hfldBtlous of the returns may still
o. ng eome of them into the upper
pMe. 1t turns out, after all, that
WI insylvania has four towns the ad-
ar taRe of New York in this respect,
~ estimate for the latter of 81 having
!, an ~ 90 30 10 by the actual figures.
loee Kingston, Newburg, Pough-
las pai8 and several othors having
cd " pass the %, 600 limit, although
hin :, 200 or 5000 of it 10 years ago.
% THE LOSERS.
!, N q pennsylvania city has yet shown
..sT liing off in population. The only
me-, In the foregoing list to show a
,strusr ease is Saginaw, Mich. Out of a
tion n Of Isl cities of all classes having
tile IL tran %, 900 inhabitants which,have
nan v b8en tabulated in the Public
!; n lHer from time to time, six only
= ~ . shown decrease IN population,
added X: Albany, Bay City, Lincoln. Neb. (;
or Joaha, Saginaw and Sioux City.
Mr.. rapid growth of South Omaha,
iealeywn aboye, may In part, at least, ex-
the u 0maha's apparent decrease in
TO %ulation. As heretofore explained.
,ost oahn has not really refrigerated.
ng drew probably swindle in tho
M Pait "a 1890, in order to overreach
said 10 Ike Kansas City and Minneapo-
story ibis has brought its natural
riday ibution. An honest count now
le s aoU her appear 10 have lost some
is "e' 20 Inhabitants IN the last 10 years,
r6As the town is known to have
pAv ally greatly grown.
MAJ. ie fnal bulletins permit the follow
:, a.. WINNING up Of results. In the
u" i'd States there are three cities
:, dnR11, 900, 900 people and upward
n 0t kteE New York, Chicago and Phila-
ne Ems hlo or four if we count Brooklyn
C,P., Vfpfely. So counting it, there would
son; VI Increase of one IN this class.
W. pSSere are three cities having over
m H e1U'and less than 600. 600 inhabitants
Na pa,is Louis, Boston ard Baltimore; five
~ Thdx BOO, 600 and less than 400, 600
mn, Gd'and. Buffalo, San Francisco,
N. HolI matt and Pittsburg; eight with
"a G. NJ and less than 800, 6OO-NeG
=, pH Detroit. Milwaukee, Washing.
: ~. pan ewark, Jersey City, Louisville
l;., u,u an inneapolis, stated in the order Of
,a,s waslation. OF citiss with 100, 0O(
ii alsoIe and less than 100000 there are
ar, sat 'ioyidence, Ind .aGapolis, ST. Paul
,f who Ian City, Koch ester, Denver, Toledo,
gray. hony City, Columbus, Worcester
ne sam ,uee, New Haven, Paterson, Fal
St. Joseph, Los Angeles, Omaha
,,yrEOphis and Scranton.
/, THIRTY-NINE BIG CITIES.
e'noo, told there are 80 cities in tb,
sex ~ Fith 1000 inhabitants ant
he nc an increase of IL such in thu
op'o WI 1ust past, there having beel
. "e IN 1880, counting Brooklyn in
n,l lent OF Greater New York Th,
or goss sowns which have entered thi
ohsl ince 1880 are as follows, in tn
anu Of population Toledo, Columbus
years years, ster, Syracuse, New Haven, Pat
entnus Eall River, st. Joseph, Los An
ser or9 Memphis and Scranton, with
tps. of 1O2 026 for Scranton, up t,
70 Men the population of Toledo.
htIe ~ .>exEected that either st. JOSEPH
ieerea 'Angeles would reach the 100, 90
'fyahs fhough both have always beef
l4-citles Their growth has bee
nISR extraordinary, both hapin,
'era'o'. 20Ht doubled their population o
case ~ Qf thereabouts in ten years
leiu, M Qr8ase shown by Memphis il ais
y INV 9kt, but not qui'e so remarkabl
erue 81 the two others.
le IRAN towns having $4,000 people an,
s1,geIee ilQa000 number ID, viz Lowell
Souoot cambridge, Portland, Ore.
I'd conc rand Rapids, Dayton, Rich
exonet Nashville, Hartford, Reading
MY nton, Dell, and Camden. The
Gilman FINED In order of size, Camden
sta zqst} having 70, 935 people. an,
80 I'D highest, 81, 969. Not les
~ i, .ho these cities will pass tb
tpot 01fk by 1910.
90 v hhsga 80 cities having from 40, 90