The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-05
HOW MINNIE
IS GROWING
The Present Population Of
the City Estimated at
247,525.
An Increase Of 14,482 Over
the Estimate Last
Year.

Minneapolis now has a population Of
247,525, according to the new city direc-
tory, which will be ready for distribution
not later than next Monday.
@There are 110,011 names listed and.
using the directory company's multiple
of IN, the result is the above figure.
Compared with the directory population
estimate of last year, this years total
shows a gain Of 14s4S2 in the twelve
months. f--,at !&@F< -
The introduction to the volume says:
We present this, the thirtieth volume OF
the Minneapolis city directory. to our patrons
and the public generally with the utmost con-
hdence In its being received by them with
the same favor and approval that our pre-
yious works have received.
We have used every means that years OF
experience can suggest to make this book ac-
curate and complete, and the result Is
city directory which, in these essential points.
is surpassed by none and equalled by few.
Regarding our city, we deem it useless to
tell our citizens of the advantages, in q
business OF social way, which 1t possesses
for every inhabitant of this great city u
keenly alive to them all, but all people are
not fortunate enough to be located here, and
as this book goes into the directory library
of every prominent city in this country Spd
Canada, we will give few facts brief, for
the benefit Of the unfortunates who have not
yet come in -s.1 : ..-e.-.
In 1901 Minneapolis sawmills cut SIS, ,914, ,056
feet of lumber; Minneapolis flour mills put
out 1921 $3.50 barrels of -four: Minneapolis
| manufactured agricultural machinery to the
value Of $6,O00,000; Minneapolis jobbing houses
sold over $2O0,O00;000 worth of merchandise;
Minneapolis bank ,clearings were s626, ,020, ,457.
These mammoth figures will give some idea
| of the magnitude Of the business; operations
| of Minneapolis. go :. - -
/ For health and pleasure there seems moth
! ing left to be desired. The salubrious climate.
| soft spring water, four large beautiful! lakes
| within the city limits. upon aud around which
| one can enjoy every moment of leisure time,
Minnetonka, the most beautiful lake in the
| world, within twenty minutes ride, coun-
| try which Ia a sportsman's paradise at our
very door, the most cultured. society, the
| best Of schools, graded all the way from the
| small Kindergarten" to the grand old state
university, with an enrolment of $3.50 stu
dents, the best of social clubs, where one
can find congenial society with luxuries and
Furnishings of the finest, transportation every
where furnished by the best. electric system
on earth, all combine to make Minneapolis ths
most desirable OF homes. s.: -
These facts cannot be overlooked. Outsiders
3 are looking up Minneapolis and they afe
4 coming to us by thousands. ~
II Our last book contained 103,575 names, sex-
elusive of deaths, removals and business
1 firms, showing total population of 233,043
while this volume contains 110,011, counted
in the same manner, which, using the low
multiple of ~, indicates present population
of 247, $685. a gain of IA, ,4S2 during the past
year. .--EL
MINNEAPOLIS DIRECTORY CO.,
II &C. Wright Dawson, Pres.
! -. ~ i e .- F.. c.. Barrows, Vice Pres.
d e. -. j. C. F: Ely, Treas. & Mgr
Directors-C. W. Dawson, F. c. Barrows
4 C. e. Wales, j. c. F. Ely. --~-.--5-