Show New v Yorks York's Growth in Cent Century Phenomenal New Tork York June C. C Ono r-Ono One hundred years ago New York In population was something like 1110 the present city of ot Albany N N. Y a little more than The city which has bas since grown to be bo probably tho the largest in inthe tho the world did not pass th the mark until 1880 when the government census gave it a population of or In 1900 with tho the annexation of ot Brooklyn and tho the incorporation of ot the greater city into five tive boroughs the three million mark was passed the exact figures being Tho upward stride was pronounced after that with tho the four tour million mark I left leU behind In less loss than five years cars Before Bo- Bo fore tore the end of ot the decade five tive millions were In sight the figure in 1910 being and by 1916 1915 this had grown I Ito to I In the tho population estimated h in to 1 i 19 only one ono state In the United States was ne larger than New York Pennsylvania with an estimated population population lation of or Tho The dominion of ot Canadas Canada's 1910 population population lation is but little more moro than that of ot New York Tork City in 1920 whit ir 1 v two South American countries Brazil and end Argentina hare hara as JU man many people Outside of ot London no other city inthe Inthe in inthe the world is I. half bait BO so larr largo In to population population tion as IS New Now York which has nearly as IDan many people as as' as Paris Berlin nn and anal V Vienna combined The metropolitan district of ot New NewYork NewYork York with its more than eight millions million represents the most moat oon concentrated concentrate gro grouping of ot people in th the world which Is estimated to overreach the population population tion of ot London and its metropolitan district by fully tully a million The British capital retained h her r eminence eminence eminence emi emi- nence In population until th the last decade and In 1850 1860 the period during daring which New York began beg to forge UPward upward upward up UP- ward materially Lon London on had n a huge start tart with a II population of or nearly I J |