New-York tribune., 1910-09-02
NEW Works. GROWTH BY
DECADES.
rErnn The Tribune bureau


Washington. Sept. 1.-The population
of New York City is 4.166,SS3, according
to the official figures made public to-
night bv E. Dana Durand. Director OF
,be Census This is a gain in the last
decade of 1929. .6s1. or 3S-I per cent
The wonderful increase in the last ten
wears establishes beyond question Ne"
Works place as the second city OF the
world. The percentage of increase
as+onished the experts of the Census
Rureau This percentage is higher than
for any of the other large cities or the
United States whose population mas oeen
made public with the exception OF De
troit, Newark. Kansas City. CoLurhous
and Atlanta
The figures for the boroughs are as
follows The Bronx, 43o9sO; Queens.
2s4O41; Brooklyn. 1.624.351; Richmond
81 o6o. Manhattan. 2.331.o42
In 1901 the population Of London. in
Guiding its metropolitan and city ponce
districts was 6.5S1.312. 1t is estimated
that the present population OF LONDON IS
T196 London and New YORK are III
a class by themselves among the great
cities. Paris ranks third. with a popu-
Lot tion in 1901 of 2114.O6S. II is not I'M
nossible that Chicago has passed Toxic
and Berlin and will rank as the fourth
largest city in the world. The results OF
+ba Cbicazo enumeration will be an
nounced In the near future. Ten years
ago the population of Chicago was. l.
6a95I5. Two years ago Tokio's poptla-
ton was 2.OS5. 16O. and in 1895 the
population of Berlin was 2.O4o,14S. Other
cities reporting 100000 or more in
habitants are. in the order Of their size.
as follows: ST. Petersburg. Vienna. Can
ton. Peking. Moscow. Philadelphia. Con
stantinopIe Osaka. Calcutta. Buenos
Ayres and Shanghai.
Seven More Representatives.
On the basis OF the present ratio Of
representation in the House of Repre-
sentatfves. namely 1874. 1S2. greater New
York will be entitled to twenty-four
Representatives Under the apportiO1
ment act of ten years ago New York
State increased it's membership in the
House from thirty-four TO th1rty-sev7n
Greater New York now has seventeen
REPRESENTATIVES in Congress. exclusive
of Representative Cocks, whose district
embraces three wards in Queens County
and the counties Of Nassau and suffolk
According 10 the officials of the Census
Bureau the enumeration Of New YOrH
this year was the most accurate cEer
made The work Of the New York NJ
CiaIs was highly satisfactOry- A bctt
Falck was in charge OF the IS District
which embraced New York CountJ.
while the ID District which embraced
the counties of Kings. Nassau. Queens.
Richmond and Suffolk. was under the
supervision of William Lieberr1an-
Messrs. Falck and Lieberman had the
aid of twenty supervisors. 123 special
agents and 8. 161 enumerators.
The enumeration was begun on April
Il. and was finished on May I. The
supervisors received $500 each. and
Will be paid 81 additional for each 1000
persons counted by the enumerators un-
der their Jurisdiction. The pay OF the
enumerators for their fifteen days work
ranged from SO TO 500.
1t is the belief of the census officials
that in future censuses there will be
very small increase in the population
of Manhattan and The Bronx. as com
pared with the increase in the boroughs
of BROOKLYN. Queens and Richmond
Increases in the Bcroughs.
The figures show that while the great
est total increase in the last ten years
was in Manhattan Borough. the greatest
percentage of rease was in The
Bronx The population of Manhattan
Increased 4S1 449 or 26 per cent. az
with an increase for the pre-
ceding decade of 40S.S71. or 2S4 per
cent; that of the Borough of The Bronx
Increased 23O.473. or 114.9 per cent. as
with an increase from 1890
TO 1900 of Iii 800. or 1853 per cent
The increase for Brooklyn Borough was
461. 100. or 40.1 per cent. as compared
with an increase for the preceding de-
cade of 32S. .O35. or 391 per cent. Rich
mond Borough increased 1S.94S. or NO
per cent. as compared wi an increase
from 1890 TO 1900 of 15.32S. or 81 per
cent, and the Borough of Queens in
creased 131. .042. or 500 per cent, as
with an increase for the pre-
ceding decade of 65.949. or 1913 per cent
New York has uniformly held the rank
of the premier city of the country IN
point of population at each decenniaI
census since and including 1880 One o.
the accompanying tables shows the pop
ulation, the gain and the percentage OF
gain of New York since the first census.
Samoset Hotel.
Rockland Breakwater. Me. The nnest sea-
shors and mountain resort in New Eng
land both in location and appointments.
and the demand for September accomnlo-
dations remain open until September 3otn
Every facility for MOTORISTS goLI I,qIn N S3S