The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-07-22
THE WORLDS
GREAT CITIES

With a population of 7,252,0oo, Lon
don maintains its lead as the world s
largest cit. This is for 1911, the count
having been made few weeks ago and
now announced. New York in 1910
had population of 4,766,000, which is
close TO 100000 now. With the re-
cent annexations of populous suburbs,
which have added over 100000 to its
total. Berlin has 3,5O0,000 inhabitants,
aud is thus the third city. 1t has
mmped not only above Toxic and Chi
cago. which were only a few thousand
ahead of it in the census count, but by
taking in its suburbs it has gone be-
yond Paris, which was more than 6oo,-
600 in advance of it a few months
ago. Unless Paris annexes its own i'm
mediate outposts, which, in the aggre-
ate have 400. or 100000 people, she
will have to surrender the leadership
permanently to the German capital.
II must be understood that the term
London. when used in the population
figures. means much more than the eity
~ that name. The city and county OF
London have fewer people than has
New York. ssGreater' London com
nr;ses MANY suburbs which rave only
very teuuous connection with the big
e;ty II trere we're a "Greater" New
VAN in the sense of the Greater,
London il would have over o,ooo,ooo
naonle This would cover the entire
np,s,rnnolitan district, and extend not
only into Westehester county put cross
the Hudson into the state OF New Jer-
sev state lines and even county hnes
f,rn;sb obstacles to the extension OF
,ann;e;nal limits such as are unknown
=. E,ronean countries. A simple act
80 .hs pnssian Diet added 900,00o peo.
n,o a Berlin's total The consent OF
a.,hsy the old city nor the suburbs
'os asked regarding the annexation.
p' w." a. mare process Of accretion ana
~ occasional moving OF oouhua.les ,:s
.utward London may at some ',''e
,a'.n,;se half or a third of England.
~ ~, while New York is only the sec.
"a, IN the world in population, ~
~. .no S,st in wealth and the flrst IN
y. valume and variety OF IT'S ac,
W. ;as a. port New York passed
rendon in 1908. The transactions VI
~ hanks exceed London's by 81 per
@ aan. and the number of passengers
ea,r;ed on its street ears ana oshet
ea,''e' a.,',;e vehicles is 40 per cent ahead OF
rop' raon,s Moreover. Vile the gam IN
aan,lat;on Of Greater London was o"'y
pop" 7" uar cent in the last decade, that OF
Mew ~ York city was 3s per cent r.ven n',
within its present boundaries dsers Sem
Will" Will e;ty will pass London before
,oos. "'n Int there are projects on TOO ioo'
,y. mh;eh will add much more tnan e., ioo'
onn wao''h 70 It's population by anneNa!lons ns
wv " vorI ;s the financial metropolis OF
New "nntrv which has double the popula'
s:an : almost double the wealth, anu ana
uon' times the natural resources anu
many ma yoom for growth of Great br'5aln. onn :.
I'M Ine ,v ,uorid has ten cities of over l,ooo''
aon n"e nonulation, and three OF ,nese
wv Ws,, York York. Chicago and Phiiadelpniahm a..
ne" NE n the United States; huss,a Tsanos nas
are ~ ..h cities, and England, France,
nsvnsny 5wu , Austria and Japan nave nave ons os
derman the annexation project OF
eaea, naa.o, = goes through, the un,,ea .S;a
G.a.ss Dos.Ua vii have fourth city OF Tn. .n,'
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