New Britain herald., 1919-12-30
NEW BRITAIN'S GROWTH.

NEW BRITAIN'S GROWTH.
 Recording to the annual issue of Nv Britain's directory we are able
 on which will reach the ncighbor-
 pd of 57,000. there is Il ''somcthing"
 the air which tells us that the
 bal manner of estimating popula-
 ls by multiplying the total number
 names in the directory by the fig
 two and a quarter is wrong, and
 t our population will reach well
 kr the result thns obtained. IL
 ms that the figure set in other cit
 where it is easier to compile a di-
 tory may not be used here, aS
 re must have been more than the
 lal number of people to slip
 ough the fingers of the publishers.
 0 Post Office estimate of 60,000
 nulation appeals, moro to one who
 been in a position to observe the
 pwth of the city, though the popu-
 ion figures Of over 70,000 obtained
 or tho draft of 1917 may be a lit
 too large.
 At the time of the Connecticut mill
 ry census, before the war, there
 re over twenty thousand mon of all cs registered by the local bureau Id it did not gel all of the names, ,ugIl Il accomplished it's purpose in
 n,irable fashion This figure would iicate q larger population of men, brncn and children than the direc
 " estimate shows. In addition, the " has undeniably grown apprcciably bce that time
 However, WIG arc preparing 10 un- rtake the national consus which is ken every ten years and should re- hyo some reliable data from this |urcc, when all compilations arc mplete.
 This city from 1900 to 1910 lad a ypulation increase, according To
 
 nsus statistics of 17.91S souls or a owth Of sS.e per cont. Our total
 pulation in 1880 was 11,S00; 1890, ,519: 1900, 25,99S; 1910, 43,91G. ae increase from 1900 to 1910 was Q largest in the state, proportionate-
 Our growth, through all of the 1,I II h,.. nll D with the increase of any city. . There is no particular reason to .ppose that the city has been retard ] in its normal growth during the st ten years. in fact tbere is every aron to expect that it has not. Its ctorioS have prospered amazingly, hcrc is q great increase in the num- |sr of hands employed at each one, | |c firmly believe. There has been no Etup in the business of a factory | |hich would seriously affect tho labor |tuation, there has been no big con |eople to seek work else~ where. keyond doubt we have grown. Every kjns points to il. values of real lssatc, deposits in banks, and growth h postal business.
 Admitfing. then. that we have |rnwn, let us look over our record |uripg the past thirty years. Tn 1890 |ge increased 40 per cent. in popula |lon over 1880. In 1900 the increase kas 57 per cent. over 1890, and in |qto. as already stated we gained 6S.9 Der cent. ovor our population at the kith Q. 90 per cent. increase during he past ten years, our population |hould now be 65,S74 Providing the |lrectory figures are correct we havc Increased but about 34 per cent. There must be something wrong With the directory figures, we canno believe, with the evidence Of progrcs: bout Us, that our increase has been ks low as that percentage. II may be proved that we arc wrong, but it re mains to be seen. It will be some lime before the census registrars arc hble to get their figures properly com. piled, but they will. Meanwhile, we are sure of New Britain. The place Is going strong, there is no doubt, oI jt.