The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-07
BIG CITIES OF WORLD.
Comparison in a London Magazine
Gives Population.

The following statistics of the popu-
lation and area of the largest nine cities
in the world are taken from an article
by Arthur 7. Dolling in the Strand
magazine:
London may mean the city of Lon
don, which comprises only 673 acres,
or IL may mean the administrative
county of London, which boasts nearly
III square miles, or 1889 acres; or
greater London, which embraces the
metropolis police district and has an
area OF no less than 692 square miles.
or AS, 42e acres. Within the boundaries
OF the county Of London there were
1855, 541 souls, living in GIG. 461 houses.
Within this area must also be counted
12,054 acres of grass, Including the pub
lie parks and gardens. In the greater
London are 6.5S0,000 inhabitants. ana
the area for ms a city far more honoge-
neous and compact than greater Chi
cago or Greater New York
Great New York covers S0T square
miles, with q population of S,434 ,2e2-
1t has 6,766 acres Of parks and open
spaces, little more than half that OF
London; yet the proportion OF unoccu-
pied land not under control of the city
is, of course, many times as great The
actual agglomeration of buildings III
Greater New York-excludirg Staten is
landowners barely $1,000 acres, or SO
square miles. Less than 5000 acres or
Staten islands 57-19 square miles is
built upon.
Paris has an area of a little more
than 81 square miles, with a popula-
ton of 100000 living in 5000 houses.
This is within the ramparts, but If
the actual agglomeration of houses be
taken, including the suburbs, the area
is 20 square miles and the population
3. 500. 600.
Berlin, a mere village a century ago.
is now the third city in Europe and the
fourth in the world in point OF popu-
lation, having 1857 900 inha bitants in
its 50 miles of territory It's actual
increase from 1900 to 1900 was SIS per
cent There is an enormous suburban
district ciamoring to be annexed. and.
with this added to the population of
the present city. the total of inhabitants
is about 2.430. 900.
Chicago is spread out over 1908 miles.
with 1.69S.575 inhabitants. but only
about IS square miles of this territory
is improved, and less than 80 miles
built upon. It has 2,232 acres of parks
and open spaces.
Vienna. enlarged in 1891 by the adj
dition of the so suburbs outside the
second girdle of Notifications. has now
/. So, $50 inhabitants in So square miles
of territory. She is now reaching out
for the adjoining town of Floridsdorf.
across the river Danube, and four other
towns, with a total population of 50 900
more More than five-eighths Of Wen
ma is woods, pastures and vineyards,
while more than one-tenth IS parks,
gardens and squares.
st. Petersburg covers an area Of 81
1S5 acres, OF which 12,S20 are part of
the delta OF the river Nev9, and 1880
acres are submerged The population
is now 1,24S, 739, with 100, $50 in the sub
urbs.
Picking and Boston are about the
same population, 1000 .000 The former
is walled city and contains an area
or about 80 square miles. The large
area in comparison with the popula-
| ton is accounted for by the enorm Gus
space taken UP by the imperial palaces
and gardens. The area Of Boston is
$4,000 acres. Of which > sos are common
open spaces and 126 acres ponds and
rivers. Boston IS reaching out for the
suburbs within a radius of ten miles
Of her city hall. which wouiS give her
a population of about 1859 0OO