The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-19
LONDON STILL
BIGGEST CITY
Claims to Have 7,411,885 to New
York's 5,477,966

London Jan. 1.-THE Times con-
lroverts the view that New York has
passed London Ia population. II
quotes a New York paper as saying
mat New York now leads London by
nearly million inhabitants, and that
Mr Guilfoy of the Board of Health
estimates that Greater New York has
today population of 5.47G, $3.50, where
as the estimate on July /. 1913, cred
tied London with population of a.
51S,19l"
What is this London which has a
population of only four and q half
millions" asks The Times writer. He
"ral Londons 10 the statistician and
the geosrapher. There are the Metro
rolitan Police District, the Central
Criminal Court District the main
Crainasc area, ana the water area
Even the census statistics recognize
three Londons: the central area, the
County Of London, and Greater Lon
don The administrative County Of
London had population Of 4.521 .GS5
lat the census of 1911 This is obvious
ly the London to which the American
writer refers, for the Registrar Cen
eral, i'm his last quarterly return Of
births, marriages and deaths, esti-
mates that the population of the coun-
~ in the middle of 1913 was i,51S.191.
Eut 1t IS not London. If it were ii
would be i'm bad way, for the esti-
mated figure is lower than that of the
last census which i'm its turn showed
a decrease on the census of 1901 This
particular London, which the enter
prising New York journalist takes as
his standard Of comparison, is sim
ply a unit for purposes of loval GOV
eminent 1t is hemmcd in ON every
side by other such units with a COM
bined population of nearly three mil
lions, who are just as much London
ers as those living i'm the county area"
After describing what constitutes
Greater New York, The Times says:
There is a Greater London, too, and it
is much more homogeneous com
munity than Greater New York
Wandswcrths naturally coalcsces with
Wimbledon; the boundaries of the two
are indlstinguishable. But Wimbledon
IS outide the County of London. ana
so are 9cton, Willesdcn, Horncy. Tot
tcnham, West Ham, East Ham, Ley
ton, Wathamstow, llford and other
districts, which are as much London
suburbs as Streatham. Hampstead ami
IIammersmith. Tho case is different
with New York. Nobody doubts that
the rapid growth of the population of
the bor6ughs of Brooklyn, Queens and
Richmond is primarily an outgrowth Gf
New York. But New York with its
geographical limitations, cannot ex-
pand like London, which simply ex-
tends it's streets on every side. The
borougns of Brooklyn and Queens are
divided b ythe East River from New
York proper, ana the Borough Of
Richmond is conterminous with Stat
en- Island. Still, accepting these five
borOughs as constituting Greater New
York. the only possible comparison
with them is Greater London. This is
Il recognized area used i'm the Census
and other publications of the Registrar
General, and is the same as the Met
ropolitan police district. The popu-
lation o. Greater London at the last
census was 7.251,35S. The Registrar
Generals estimate Of the population
in the middle of 1913 was 1,4l1,SS5. We
are told that the estimated population |
Of Greater New York is 5.4i6 $685. So
New York is still nearly two millions /
short Cf It's ambition
/, is admitted, however that in due
course. if the present rates of increase
in the two cities continue, another
record" will go To the other side Of (
the Atlantic"