Middletown transcript., 1921-09-10
new YORK CENTER
Of POPULATION
More People In Preccribed Area
Than in English Capital
GREATER LONDON 623 MILES
"City Of London" Has Resident Popu-
Iation OF Only $4,000 Persons
Extent Of "Greater
London"

Washington.-Which is the largest
city in the world?
"The question arises again with the
British census announcement, which
ascribes to Greater London 7,476,163
people," says a bulletin from the Ma
tional Geographic Society.
Since the 1920 census gave New
York City population of 5,62O,04S
there would seem to be no question re-
garding the relative size of the two
cities. But if one seeks to know what
is the largest population center in the
world then New York can advance a
tenable claim against London for the
| honor.
Strictly speaking the municipality
of New York has more people than the
municipality of London. For legally,
as municipal unit, London refers only
to the area within the boundaries OF
the County Of London. Thus the mu
nicipal London, which corresponds tC
the municipal New York, comprises
about 116 square miles and in 1911
had population Of four and hall
million. Only the Greater London fig
ures are carried in dispatches, but at
the rate of growth they indicate Lon
don proper still is under the 100000
mark.
I'm passing it should be noted that
not only is there a distinction between
Greater London and plain London
but that the City of London is some
thing yet again The city OF London
covers only 675 acres and has a resi-
dent population Of fewer than $4,000.
The day population, however, exceeds
100000. The City Of London is the
London Of history, with it's quaint gov
ernment forms, including it's lord
mayor, which is installed annually
with a time-honored ceremony known
as the lordmayors show.
New ork of today Is an agglomera.
tion of towns. All have been amalga-
mated with the original New York,
comprised in what now is the borough
of Manhattan, or the county of New
York. The New York which includes
the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn,
Bronx, Queens and Richmond is a mu-
nicipal unit with an area of 326 square
miles and population of 5,62O,048.
"The Greater London includes all
the suburbs within a radius of Is miles
around Charging Cross. BY this def
milton New York also should include
Jersey City, Hoboken and Bayonne,
across the Hudson, and Yonkers,
Mount Vernon and New Rochelle to
the north.
Suppose New York were to add to
it's present area the aggregate 273
miles Of Hudson, Essex and Union
counties in New Jersey. 1t still would
be 100 square miles smaller than
Greater London but would pass the
100000 mark in population. Were
it then to add portions of Westchester
county (north Of the Bronx and Of
Nassau county ION Long Island; 1t
would pass London's population well
within like area.
Summing up then, municipal New
York Is larger than municipal London.
A mythical Greater New York. ex-
tending as far into its environs as does
Greater London would be larger than
Greater London Aside from munich
pal definition, New York and the terri
tory about it constitutes greater pop |
ulation center than London.
within so miles of the City Hall, |
New York. there now live more than |
100000 people, and within 100-mile |
radius lives one-ninth the entire popu.
lation Of the United States"