Show II Will Surprise se the tIe World IIRan II 11 San Ran Francisco's OR new city directory indicates that tho the present population of that cH city is The Tho population bit tion of or Oakland Is estimated nt fit Berkeley at ot and AJun Alameda at The total p estimated population lation of or tile four bay cities Is 7 Before the lire tin th estimated population population tion of or these cities was C showIng show show- Ing big an nil increase c of or since the thed d disaster San Francisco Is going gainS to surprise the world In the tho rapidity of or Its growth g In iii population within the next Cr few w years yearn II By fly the tho time the next federal census Is JI taken It should be lie bewell hewell well up In rank According According- to the federal census of or 1900 1000 San Francisco's population was wa JI 78 and ami It ranked ninth among among- the cities of or the thin coon coun try Its present population according to the city directory estimate would put it In seventh place provided Clove Clove- land and Buffalo have not riot grown grow more ra rapidly hy than titan San Francisco since 1900 There is good gOal reason to be- be that within tho tue nf next few years San Francisco co will leap to fourth place and be exceeded d In population by New York Chicago o and Philadel Philadelphia phia only Tho The combined population of the four our bay cities would outrank St. St Louis and attain fourth place It Il lOa may roicy be that in the fullness of time Oakland will deride to merge merge- with San Francl Francisco co which would give the combined cities cHips approximately 1000 population and give Ive San Francisco fourth place in population The prospects of or uninterrupted speedy growth In San Francisco are lr very bright A Rood good government go nt I regime will enhance growth As the lie earthquake ike scare seare fades awa away avay there will be bl no ho obstacle to the city's Its de dl I t.-Pa t. Pasadena adna Star |