The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-07
ONE TOWN WILL
OCCUPY COAST
City Hundreds Of Miles IN
Length viii Exist In 1875
SAYS PROFESSOR GIDOlhGS.
II VIII Stretch From Lynn, Mass" 10 MOUNT
Vernon, Virginia, and VIII Come
Before 1875.
SAYS PROFESSOR GIOOIHGS

Nav York. April TIN 80 or 70 years
M the rate this part OF the county
hetng settled, IL seems hishiy piopeOIe
,hat we will have a continuous city iroi'i
Ix-nn Mass. 70 Mount Vernon. va saiu
Dr. FRANKLIN II. Giddfngs, OF .oiuino.n
university. yesterday. obviously va,
he the largest city that has ever exis'eu
or ia likely TO exist. for in no other par
q, tho world are the conditions whlch DIV
producing IL duplicated. - succes-
..The twelfth census shows seIah-
.,o,, of large cities. each with an eia
crate system of suburban viiisess Oh o,.a @
shoots. stretching along the peit pdntop
indicated Between Lynn anu anu 20 ana
are several large towns ana Vlnas IeS prov.
hatween Boston and Fall River and frVhe ~
idance are a series OF large toMhS;s .na
suburbs OF one running into those Vi '0
other. -, tho country he
,x,aan Providence. New London. Ston-
ington, New Haven. BridgeporI; .arlt
ford. New York. 1eTssy,, Tpsssy,,adeiphia, Ches,
Ter Wilmington. Baltimore. washington
and Mount Vernon
TROLLEY BRINGS THEM CLOSER
.srbe distances between these cities are
so small that practically all the ylllAees Likes
that lie between them are supui .'es,, os,,
poInts of one city or the other, alIu a., 80. ~
the trolley companies are ,hat NE
theso points in such fashion that We
shsIi soon be able TO ride by trolley from
LINN TO Washington and Mount Nesh ~, !.
ssRoston affords "A good example OF uIe
onepsIon Of suburbs. Within a com
paratfvely short radius are Chariesss,,o,w ss,u,sr ~
chelsea Brighton. Cambridge, ip,a
Roxbury. Quincy and many o.no 81 t;oston
itself, so closely are they connec'eu w
railroads and trolley lines.
philadelphia affords another exceIiu,n. ,.lt,n,
axauple Its suburbs extend many rhiies
from the city proper. but all are intimate-
ly connected with II. and these sunurpar,
places all within a mile or two OF eacn
other. and the spaces between them are
Constantly filling up with new residences:
From Newark TO Trenton Is aimos'
an equally numerous succession OF VII,
lagos. and all along the rev a Ens nros.
nerous villages, whose confines are con.
tinually approaching each other. Ihs'
this part OF our coast Is Destined TO ps
the most densely populated district In the
Even hack as far as 1890 Manhattan
Island below the Harlem river had
tweIfth census these figures were raise'
10 1he7 an acre. This Is the denses
population In the Western world.
WHERE POPULATION IS DENSEST'
"The most densely populated portion Q
the city OF New York is the Elevent
ward, bounded by East Fourteent
street the East river: , Evinston sI,e1
also the most densely populated spot J
the civilized world Its average Is NOR
than 700 souls TO an acre. and there ar
some places I'm the ward where thos
figures are almost doubled.
New York. by conditions social an
geographical is destined to become IN
financial and commercial centre OF tn
world. A recent census shows that y
per cent of the population OF the Unite'
States dwells i'm that region whose river
drain into the Atlantic ocean. as agains
per cent In the region that drains q
the Pacific ocean. This, OF course, In
cludes the whole Mississippi valley
which drains to the Gulf OF Mexico. Tn
most densely populated river basin In tn
United States IL along the Merrfmac riv
er, In New England"