New-York tribune., 1910-09-02
NEW FORK,s SPLENDID PROGRESS

NEW TORK'S SPLENDID PROGRESS.
New York's gain in population in the
last decade shows surprising even
ness and SteadneSS in growth, the rate
Of increase from 1890 H. 1900 being 31.S
per cent. while the rate of increase be
tween 1900 and 1910 is 3S.t per cent.
Probably no other city i'll the county has
come 50 near repeating the expansion of
the first decade in the second decade.
Dispatches from Washington suggested
that the census experts were somewhat
surprised at the total shown by the
count. They probably ASSUMED that he
growth between 1900 aud 1900, e1hib-
tied i'm The New York state census Ct
1895. would remain constant jill the fol
lowing five years. The rate OF increase
from 1900 10 1905 was anout Il per
cent There has therefore been Il slight
acccleration in growth in the last half
of the present decade. producing
total in 1910 Of i. .766.SS:; instead Of Il
predicted one Of about 46a0.eea.
As WIS 10 be expected. the various
horoughS have grown at somewhat diff
ferent rates Brooklyn maintained its
pace rs the great home building section
of the city. and showed the fiattering in
crease of 1p.1 per cent a little more
than its gain between 1890 and 1860.
Manhattan's comparative losses were
made up by gains in The Bronx, and
the rate of growth for the county of
New York was :54.G per cent. Richmond,
being isolated and as yet practically
unused as a base for manufacturing en-
terpriseS. IaeS behind the rest of the
city. Its increase was % per cent.
Queens Borough on the contrary. is in
the midst Of great industrial develop
ment and it made the exceptional gain
of S6.1 per cent.
New York presents field for eXpan-
sion in population. industry and com
merce which is beginning 10 be worked,
Though shut in. unfortunately by state
lines Oh the west, it has in Queens,
Richmond. The Bronx and territory in
| WeStcheSter County subject 10 future
annexation enormous p0tentialities for
supporting and employing its popula-
ton. lis rate OF growth III the last two
decades has been cqualled by that Of
few other great cities. and its primacy
aS the American metropolis is now more
than ever firmly established. There
seems 10 he no good reason why this
city's population between two and three
decades from now should not reach tea
millions
The substantial gain Of the last dec
ade puts New York in fact III posi-
tion 10 contest Lond0nS supremacy as
the greatest centre of population in the
world. In its own territory and the ter-
ritory beyond its legal limits. but prop
erly tributary TO ii. nearly as large a
population is gathered in practically one
urban community as is contained within
similar area in the British metropolis.
London has various boundaries. The
City OF London. within municipal and
Parliamentary limits. has an area of 613
acres and a population Of about 2J.GOO.
The county of London has an area of
14.S1G acres and Il population, estimated
III the middle of the year 1909, of f.
s;3;5 $50 The Central Criminal Court Dis
trict is nearly four times AS large as
the county Of London, including
269, l4S acres. and had in 1901 Il pOpu
lation OF 6,10l. .664 The metropolitan
and city police districts cover an area
of 443.419 acres. and had III 1901 a
population Of 6.5s1,372 The population
of this largest area in 1910 is estimated
at 7,537196.
London in lis EXTREMIST limits covers
more than twice as much ground as
New York. New 0ork-s area is 219.21S
4
York could be expanded SO as 10 include
within its boundaries most of Hudson
and Essex ccIntieS and parts of Passa!c
and Bergen counties. in New Jersey.
and the lower part of Ncstcbcst'r
County. in New York. IFS population to-
day would bc nearly equal 10 that IF
1 IDndon'S metropolitan district in 1901.
At the enumeration of 1900 Hudson and
Essex counties had 745101 inhabitants.
They have over a million now. PaSSaic
and Bergen had 30. 81, i'm 1900. and
the parts 10 be Included in Il metropoIi-
tan district here equal in size to that
Of London would probably furnish to-
day about 225,O00 inhabitants. West
chester County mad 1920 in 1900
most of them in the southern half-and
an inclusion IN New York City of
Yonkers. Mount Vernon. New Rochelle
and the neighboring Westminster towns
would add about 175,00o inhabitants.
The urban community here correspond
ing in size to London's would there
fore have a population Of 6,175,000 All
this area is well developed and is grow
ing rapidly and evenly, while Of Lon
d0n's population estimated at 1851 900
IN 1910 $4,000 was massed in the
county OF London. covering only one
sixth of the whole metropolitan district.
Though falling considerably below Lon
don when established legal boundaries
are considered. New York as real
centre Of population il nearly on q
par with il pou and in three or four
decades will probably outrank II. be
comm. the largest urban community on
he globe
Compared with other cities NeH Yorl.