Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-11-13
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1919
Solitude is the despair of fools, the
torment of the wicked, and the JOY
Of the good. Anonymous.
The Growth of Phoenix

How fast is Phoenix growing? We have ae-
curate gauge but we know it is growing very fast
\ drive about the town discovers surprising num-
hers Of new buildings recently completed, new build
ings under way. the ground broken for other build
ings and piles Of lumber sand gravel and cement
and brick for st other buildings 1t is hard to make
an estimate OF the increase in the past year, but on
the basis of such partial estimate may be made,
we may expect at least "a proporonate increase and
that will be much bigger increase, next year.
The growth Of the school population and that is
ascertanabe, and the increase in the number of
telephone boxes, also definite furnish basis for
estimates OF our present size We know that at the
beginning of the present school year school pop
naton had increased 2S5 per the figures of
1910 when sipshod federal census enumeration in
which curiously, nobody seemed interested, gave us
total population of about 1000 Assuming that the
total population has kept pace with the school pop
uation should at the beginning of the school year
have had population of not less than 10000.
The telephone companys figures are interesting.
The increase in the number Of boxes already put in
This season. is against increase of for the
previous corresponding period. There are now more
than 200 applications for boxes that cannot be i'm
mediately supplied that may say that for the
season we have had an increase of more than 6S5
against LOG for last season. Sometime ago Manager
Mcvey Of the company put in a requiston for 700
boxes for the next season but view the demand
since then he has had those figures dsregarded I'M
in he can revise his estimate Of the needs of next
year. which it is evident 200 viii not nearly meet.
There are now 1894 boxes in the city. In other
cities it is estimated that there eight persons
each telephone That works out so uniformly that
The factors and the number Of telephones are &c
carded next to an actual count most accurate
means of ascertaining population But so numerous
y are telephones placed in Phoenix that has been
thought best to substitute as a factor, that
on that basis we would now have 4OSSs. With the
factor commonly used, we should have 45S72.
The increases of the banks and post office figures
from year TO year indicate much more rapid growth
Cham the school census telephone figures but so
many things Independent OF population contribute
to tho business OF the banks the postoffice that
We cannot regard them as bases for approximately
,ose estimates.
However, much though, we may be pleased with
the splendid showing we know we have made, we
annot convince the world, that is, the people who
have never been here, except by the official figures.
The people those figures everywhere Phoenix Ia
bored for five years under the handicap of that
1000" In 1915 an estimated" enumeration was
published but many statistical lists still give us only
1000.
a popular Phoenix interest should be taken in
the census next year. An organization should be
formed give expression interest until the
enumeration has been completed. This is a matter
primarily for the Chamber of Commerce and other
representative bodies. should be seen that every
man. woman and child within the city limits has been
counted.