The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-14


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81 corFse. New York. at tlle topt -
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81 ciffes between 2s5,0O0 and 50e u
there are 17B. with the list yet tncc9l1s
pIete. Thase@are distributed thronsl 9
lfI,irtvs en- states. NGassae 1tlleftsi
.Fieads the list With twenty; Pennsy va
MA comes next With seventeen; 3 eB
Yofk foiIoyFs with sixteen: New -sget-.
sSey ana Illinois have eleven eael9;. g mo
ma nine. Texas and Iowa each have
eight: MICHIGAN and wisconsin each
1b6asts seven: California and Connectl-
eut each claims hves indiana, ~
and Rhode Island each contains 1gtE
Georgia, KENTUCKY, a tssour4 and Ran
sag follow with. ghree each, While tne;te
are twelve states with two each ana
six with one each. OF cities below
25.OOO the number IS legion. In fnts
class the returns as yet are scattering
Smaller Cities Grow.
on-the whole, the smaller cities have
grown more rapidly than the larger
ones. The rate Of increase in those
above 100000 has been BIB per cent.
while the showing Is 1874 per cent IN
those between $4,000 and 100000. SIX
teen OF these smaller cities have more
than doubled their population In the
decade. The largest growths have
been that of Oklahomn City, which
has the enormous percentage OF 49,
increase to its credit Afuskogee, IN
the same state, is but little behind
Other cities in this group that have
trebled or doubled their growth are
Pasadena, Berkeley and San Diego.
Cal; Flint, Mich; Fort Worth, ~
Paso and Dallas, Tex; Tampa and
JacksonviIle. Pla.; Huntington. w.
va; Schenectady, n. Y; Tacoma.
wash: wichita, Kan, and Waterloo.
In.
The largest growth in cities OF over
100000 is that Of Birmingham. Ala,
which increased at the rate OF 245.4
per cont. Los Angeles was close
second with 211.3 per cent. Seattle
had 1914 per cent. Other cities in this
class that more than doubled their
population were Portland. Ore; Spo-
kane, Wash, and Oakland. Cal. Notable
gains were also made by Cleveland,
Detroit, Minneapolis. Denver, Atlanta
and Richmond.
One most gratifying feature of the
returns is the growth of the south
especially OF southern cities. Charlotte.
IN. G.; Chattanooga, Tenn; Lynchburg'
va: Macon, Ca; Norfolk, Va; Ports
mouth, Va; Roanoke, Va; Shreveport
La. and several other cities, in addt-
ton to those already nnelottoned, show
something OF the advance movement
in the new south.
San Francisco Undaunted.
Another pleasing fact is that despite
her disastrous earthquake and fire San
Francisco has increased from 342,7S2
in 1900. to 41G,912 III 1910. oakland
and Berkeley are virtually parts of
San francisco, and, both have grown
prodiciously. If the two be added TO
the larger city the total population is
increased to more than, 6oO,oO0.- More
over. the enormous increase Of Los
Angeles and other California cities
shows something of the growth that
might have tnlSen place In San Fran
cisco had It MOTH for her disaster
Taking the cries OF Los Angeles, Oak
land. Berkeley, Sacramento, San DIE
90. san jose and Pasadena. they show
M, aggregate increase from 260.252 in
1900 to 653, 317 in 1910. or ISL per
cent. If San Francisco had enjoyed a
like growth she would have had In
1910 total of S60,3S3
While it is too much to- claim that
but for her calamity she might have
reached this result. since large city
is not apt to show as great percent
age of Increase as n small one under
similar conditions, it is entirely within
bounds to say that the city beside the
Golden Cate would have gone up TO
a half million OF 100000 but for her
disaster. The more force Is lent to
this contention by the fact that some
Nof the increase in other California
cities is due to the fugitIves from San
Francisco.
Boston's Suburbs Separate.
The Bostonians claim that the cen
sus figures represent only part OF
De-