The Detroit times., 1911-08-14
CITYs POPULATION
NOW PLACED At
$4,000
This ID Estimate Of Directory Pub
Usher, Furnished for Inclusion in
New Municipal Manual--In-
4 crease Heavy in Past Year.
Little Booklet Published by City
Clerk Replete With information
On Civic Matters.

Detroit now has q population Of
$1,000. This Ia the figure gwen City
Clerk Charles A. Nichols, by n. L.
Polk, publisher OF the city directory
and is the very latest information ON
the growth Of the city since the
United States census.
The population of Detroit for 11EI
years and almost up to the minute;
OF going to press IL one Of the inter
esting features In the new municipal
manual which will be out IN shout
three weeks
MIR. Polk informed me that there.
never has been q year In which they
have had 80 many new names to add
to the directory" says the city clerk,
-and II 10 apparent that the city H.
growing at o wonderful rate, faster
In fact than anyone can realize un-'
I'll the actual figures are offered In
evidence. II looks TO me as though
We are going to have q million popu-
lation inside Of ten years"
The new manual again presents
some extra features besides the vast
detail Of ofiicial information A COM.
piete list OF all the ID. u. r. fran
chises, with the exact day Of expirar
ton forms an interesting section ana
Is supplemented by the Bancroft ap-
praisal OF the d. u. r. physical
properties. condensed from 500 pages
In the printed report to one page Of
the manual.
For use In the city.s little book.
City Clerk Nichols had count made
of the registered voters Of the city
and this information, available for
the first time In printed form, shows
the voting population Of every dis
trict in the city. total Of 92,541 for
the Is wards.
For those interested In changing
the city laws, the manual presents
home rule bill OF the last Legislature.
amend the city charter, manner OF
| ber OF signatures necessary to initi-
late charter Legislation, etc.
| Every patrolman In the city re-
ceiyes q copy OF the city's ht.le hand
book Of official data and thousands
OF questions that are put up to the
officers OF the law, from the exact
cost OF a dog license to the charge
for q circus permit, date or expira-
LlOn Oh GNtIy City OulClhA tEhA ~
ONCE or personnel OF the new gas
commission, are included In tho
knowledge the officer may acquire
| from the city clerks publication.
In addition to giving the latest up
to-the-minute information on the in
crease In population City Clerk
Nichols has also obtained the very
latest tabulations on the number or
school children In each ward, the
figures being as follows:
First ward, 1855: Second, 1,s63;
Third, 5,316: Fourth. 3,742; Fifth,
7,44l; Sixth, 1928; Seventh, 5,39l;
Eighth, 4,672: Ninth, 10,29s: Tenth,
6,226; Eleventh, 1895; Twelfth, g.
l81I: Thirteenth. 1904: .Fourteenth,
6,2Se; Fifteenth, 400; Sixteenth.
I10,15s: Seventeenth, 11,132; Eign-
teenth, 7,259. This shows q total Of
114.420 children over Ave years Of
| age In the city,
Some unique information on the
city's building statistics is offered in
the manual. For instance, the city
clerk shows that were all the build
lings that were erected last year plac-
ed together they would completely
MI 40 city blocks, or II erected on one
street would nll both sides Of q
lthoroughfare, Is miles In length