The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-15
MONTPELIER GAINED
800 IN FIVE YEARS
Population Now Is s,165, According t.
Report of the City Census--Barre
Street Has the Most Dense
Population, Having 300
People.

The census of the city OF Montpelier
taken under the authorization OF The
| city council by Charles Def. Bancroft
| has been completed, and the following
statistics have been compiled:
The population Of the city taken in
September of this year was s,l65, gain
OF 300 over the census of 1910. Montpe-
ler became a city in 1895 and in this
period of 90 years it has gained in popu-
lation 1888, which is more than the en-
tire population of the town Of Montpe-
lier in 1880, when it totaled 3,2l5.
There were only 10 vacant houses in
the city found, five of these were unin-
habitable, five were for sale and five
were occupied Oct. l. There were only
seven vacant tenements Oct. !.
The following questions were asked,
the census being taken by wards Mum
Der of dwellings in ward, number of fam
lilies in ward, street and number of house,
name of person in full, age, place OF
BIRTH state or country, nationality, oc-
cupation, If male over 2l years of age,
if naturalized, if soldier of the Rebel
iiOlls tue toiitpdHg anu ISSiiHtHbs anu II u
veteran of the Spanish war
Twenty years ago there were 4s6 less
houses than at present and there are 54s
more families now. The per cent OF
gain in houses is 2s 2-33, in families
"a 20, in population, SO. The biggest
increase is noted in ward 2, where the
number of persons has increased a20 in
the score of years. This is the largest
ward in the city.
The increase in the valuation of real
estate is surprisingly large. the valua-
tion in 1890 being Sl.702,2 ,230, and now
it amounts to S5,0os,3ls, a total gain
of S3.305, ,a6S for the quarter century.
The gain in the grandlist for the same
period is $43.775.57. The area OF Mont
pefer is eight square miles and this
gives population of ,o2l to the square
mile, and the grandlist per capita is
Sg.39
Barre street is the most densely popu- |
ated section OF the city, SOC people liv-
ng on that street from Main street to
he Sabin bridge. The largest population |
N any one building is the Blanchard
,lock, containing 30 families and 65 peo-
,le.
A score of years ago there were l62
'eterans of the Civil war in the city, ll3
O years ago and at present but 81. OF
he so surviving veterans, five are over
% years OF age, 3s between 10 and so,
nd seven under 20. The average age
5 73 years. 0rrin Daley is the oldest
'eteran, having seen 81 summers, and
he two youngest are Charles d. Mather
nd John w. Ryan, 81 years. Ten were
orn in Montpelier.
There are 3l3 persons over 20 years
age in the city. 1873 males and $50 {
emales. There are six that are over 80
ears of age and all but one reside in Z
'ard 5. Mrs. Marinda r. Dodge is the !
ldest woman, being o. having been born :
/ March, 1919, The others over 90 years c
( age are Mrs. Angeline Gonyeo, "a, 10
trs. Martha +. Wright, %, Mrs Anna c
.napp. 90. Mrs. Farna Gleason, co. Jo- {
,ph Roppe, 90. Albert Johonnott viii c
10 next january. fl
OF the males over 81 years Of age a
$50 were born in the United States a
II were foreign born, 4s0 are natural I
ed and 267 are aliens, but 75 Of this
Imber have taken out their first pa.
rs