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Show City Now ties 803,108 Names on the Directory j Chicago Aug, 17. With a ne w di- j rectory giving the namos of SOu.JOS i f hlcagoaas and accounting for a total oi $2.rj2f,01 3 Ly the uual methods of computing pnpulAilnnx of cltie, publishers of what Is said to be the biggest directory In the world announced an-nounced yesterday then- belief that Chicago had 2,o.P0,000 people claim-1.15 claim-1.15 It as home. Tho directory company compared tho 80.T.10S nams found in Chicago' in 1910 with the total nuinlier of rarnea found In the city la 10O0. and, comparing the tatter to the census hiirean'e finding of that year, reached an average. From this they reached a conclusion that Chicago's population popula-tion Is 2,320,013. and, allowing for er-I er-I tors bound to creop Into the most i carefully prepared work, K. J. Dillon, i m direct charge of the issuance of the directory, said he thought an estimate es-timate of 2.500.000 was not too larf.e The Smith no longer enjoy the distinction of neing ih most numerous numer-ous In the directory. Th .lohn-jons have put all others far b?hind tliom, ?ud the new book Fhows there are c.205 of them In f'hicago. to eay nothing noth-ing of 51S JohnPtors. which might be included. The Smiths aie easily second, sec-ond, having 5.T!o to their creJlX. |