The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
Population Is Gaining Under
Prohibition and Postoffice
Receipts Are Increasing.
WAGES ARE GOOD;
EVERY MAN HAS JOB
Nobody in Colorado Is Idle
Who Really Wants to Work;
More Men Are Needed and
Pay Is Higher.

Denver. Colo. January 2.-Den-
yer today has population OF approx
imately 2es,155--a gain of $4,000 resi-
dents since January /, 1918. These
figures are based upon statistics COM
piled by the postoffice officials. Sta
tistics from the Denver Gas 8. Elec-
trio Light Company indicate twice as
great a gain In population-givins
Denver a population Of approximately
278.00o. But the postofice ofYicials
say there is not the slightest question
of the accuracy OF their figures, unless
1t is upon the side Of conservatism.
During the year Denver letter car
riers delivered mail to s per cent more
houses than in 1918. The superin-
tendent of mails says each new ad-
dress averages three and one-half
persons
Further evidence OF tho rapid
growth of the city is indicated by the
scarcity OF tenantabie houses There
ments in all the city Of Denver. and
not 1000 remarkable houses, as COM
pared with three times this number a
year ago, say realty dealers.
This remarkable gain has been
made in the face Of the clamor raised
by the wet interests that Denver
would become a deserted village with
the advent of prohibition. The
growth which has been made would
indicate that 26,A7S persons figure
that Denver Is a better place in which
to live since 1t has shifted to the
column OF dry States.
Decrease Is shown.
Our list shows an 80 per cent de-
crease in vacant property from the
same period last year says E. p.
Gallup. land there was a correspond
ing decrease from 1914"
The Mountain States Telephone &
Telegraph Company now has 45,b60
telephones in use in the city OF Dem
yer alone. On January 1, 1916. 1t had
only 42.400. This shows a gain OF
$3.50 phones In IL months and a half,
very much above the yearly average.
That Denver is getting bigger every
month--and more prosperous--4s
shown not alone in the calculations
of the agents for houses and apart
ments. but in what the public service
corporation statisticians have 10 say.
Not only have we installed more
telephones the past year" said w. D.
Emerson, commercial manager OF the
Mountain States Telephone & Tele-
graph Company. but the more mod
est homes. which would not consider
the telephone proposition II wages
NSAC low vi iuibC4uCails 6iO
telephones in their homes"
Tho number of vacant houses now
in Denver, moreover. does lot prop
erly reflect the demand for such
premises. the realty dealers assert.
1T should be borne in mind" IL
was said at the Warner Realty Office,
that many of the houses classed as
vacant houses are really not tenant
able-they are old-time premises
which have outlived their usefulness
and will give way with the march OF
the city's progress to modern apart
ments, detached villas and bungalows
or warehouses and factories. as their
localities suggest. Real vacant
houses suitable for occupancy. are
getting more scarce"
Great Influx of Families.
The greatest influx, OF new resi-
dents. according to the figures of the
gas company. which were compiled
by c. Fl. Elliott. came In September,
There was 1.03S new families which
came into the State during that month
or 3,114 more persons. October took
second place when CAT new families
arrived and there were sos in June
For the month of November the
company added 666 new consumers to
its lines and gas mains. Missouri
contributed the largest number of
new residents with IT: California fol-
lowed with 16; Illinois with 16. and
Iowa with the same number. There
were five new families from Canada,
one from England and one from Eu-
rope.
To get another angle OF the labor
situation In respect to prohibition to
refute statements advertised in other
States, w. ]. H. Doran, head OF the
Doran Coffee Roasting Company and
Gaines, lot s. section 2. Oak Park;
1928