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Show Quaker City Designated 1950 Census Headquarters Pennsylvania's Quaker city will be back in business again at a 160-year-old stand this spring. In 1790, when the first U. S. population pop-ulation count was made, Philadelphia Philadel-phia was the spot from which most of the work was directed. Now it has been named headquarters for the 17th decennial census of 1950. The nation's first census takers reported William Penn's "grcene country towne" had a population of some 28,000. The 1950 count is ex- pected to show the number of inhabitants in-habitants has handily passed the two million mark. The enormous growth of the Pennsylvania metropolis is eloquent of the position Philadelphia holds today among the topmost U. S. cities. One of the country's major seaports and the hub of a giant railway system, it has attracted hundreds of widely dfVersified industries. in-dustries. Its plants turn out products prod-ucts ranging from locomotives, steamships and streetcars to carpets, car-pets, hats and leather goods. And there is more to the Philadelphia Phila-delphia story than economics. The city boasts dozens of scientific and cultural organizations, extensive educational facilities which include nationally-known institutions of higher learning, more than 1,000 churches, and some 170 parks and playgrounds. There are even two midtown camp sites set aside in perpetuity for the tepees of visiting Indians! |
