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Show . orowfhU.S. Cities I U,lll I i III ft rrk M l tote Mre More WmM&&&? Sim 100,000 VW? i .Population o A.--''-v ' ; : .,i By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN 2 1LEVEN cities of the United Estates have passed 'be KV.OOO mark In the last e;. year, according to esti- j; i,, mates by the census bu- a. 5; reaa- Tht gives us 70. .. ? g s tin birer. New York -1 'laS P21'1 t;ie fii-millloa 3 mark- t'hli-aco Is ap- I ; Y proachiag thive million. " Philadelphia will s.xn -jt. Uve rwo million. Detroit, for which v. CO estimate was made, has probahly passeJ the million mark. Other rap-i-.v growirg cities for which no estl-M estl-M ca:es were made are Los Angeles, ,r Seattle, Denver, Akron, Bridgeport, Houston and Spokane. r; r:i estimates make several changes i7 In the relative rank of the cities. New Orleans has passed Cincinnati. Rochester Roches-ter has outgrown Jersey City. Provl-iahas Provl-iahas fallen behind St. Paul, which las torn has been passed bj Oakland, ji; ".prbgCeld, Mass., is now ahead of i!k Gn-nd Rapids. The 73 cities : c'J 8 015.504 f nuadel.ku '- Detroit -.1.-ll.o.S (.!. . : No estimate 912.502 J3 8I2.6SS , .. Baltimor Tu, I; Boston -t- A P,tt,barsh :5916 -an Francisco , :zA ral, S4S.I73 w w"k 432.087 Wishlnstoa 4!9.93 u!War 445 609 ;r Mioneapolii 417 2S0 Orlean. i.."."!! 409!6S4 " Clicinnatl 407 835 cn7. mo. 35:6$o JB TSttle No estimate It41"aP0ll ,50.425 f Rochester 3,5.211 Jewy city 312.157 tie "rtlaud. Ore 273.002 xl t fVr No estimate I0"50 276.359 . '.OltlKfcllJ 709 3," umTiu, 25s:4fi5 r.tal1 246?33 f35i il PauI 243.946 . Providence 243.745 . rfn No estimate i"1"' . 227.710 all nahl 2 OS. 02 5 r.,. lnKhara 200.7S5 r-- Worcester 195.405 Antonio 191 313 . (:-mond 1S3 723 .i-je W Haven 175.947 n ffiPh'3 172.276 I'0' VHn 169.236 Z ::::::::: :.-:::c5 reV?C L,ngstow 155.153 & 'd- Ma93 14" ''2 - . ;r,n1 Rartda 14 8 322 that gn w, -. -. v.'. il. : ,7 i' m016"' 145,053 N. r 140.637 Tren, ""0rd "8.602 Satntt 129.705 , Ca'k' Cltr ,28.564 Nhvm-12 6.39 9 Wllmr 121.034 b:ea- "Wnjton, Del 119 8S8 t Albany H5527 K.inial City, Kin 117. 72 Lowell 115.755 Cair.brlise 111. 944 R-mdlns 111.S13 Tuls 1U.32S Tonkfrj 109. SIS Spokane No estimate IHiluth 10 395 lt:ca 105.315 Oklahoma City 103 9S0 Lynn li3 693 Tacoma 103.093 Canton 102.754 Jacksonville 10.741 FT! Paso 100.624 Schenectady 100,457 Somepvllle, Mass 100.440 STATISTICS, say you? Just population popu-lation statistics and dry as dust? Not so. Quite the contrary. Read between be-tween the lines and you wtil And It a fascinating list. It spells the three hundred yeurs of our history; the march of the Amerlcun people across the continent ; our territorial. Industrial Indus-trial nnd commercial development from a new land to the wealthiest and most powerful nation on earth ; the triumphs tri-umphs of both war and peace; glimpses of the contrasting civilizations civiliza-tions of colonial and Twentieth century cen-tury times. In proof of this, run through the list and note what each city suggests to you. New York likely says, "Broadway, Wall Street, Tammany Hall. Woolworth building." Chicago prubably suggests Windy City, stock yards. Great Fire, grand opera and phenomenal phe-nomenal growth. There are living native-born Chlcagoans who have seen It grow from about 2,000 when Incorporated Incor-porated In 1S37 to the fourth city of the world. Boston means baked beans and culture. Detroit shouts "Flivvers!" "Fliv-vers!" Minneapolis spells flour; Grand Rapids furniture, and Tulsa oil. Philadelphia Phil-adelphia takes us back to the Declaration Declara-tion of Independence, the Revolution and the Constitution. San Antonio recalls re-calls the Alamo ; Richmond and Atlanta At-lanta the Civil war. Washington means congress and Uncle Sam. And so on. STUDY of the names of these cities is Interesting. A few are purely Indian: Chicugo, Place of the Wild Onion; Seattle, an Indian chief; Kansas City, Omaha, Tacoma and others. oth-ers. Several are Spanish : Neustra Senora La Reina de los Angeles, San Francisco, San Antonio, El Paso. The French are represented by Detroit (Strait), New Orleans, St. Louis, Des Moines and Duluth. The Dutch lost New York (Nleuw Amsterdam) and Albany (Fort Orange) to the English, but gave names to Yonkers and Schenectady. Sche-nectady. There are classical names, like Philadelphia, Phil-adelphia, Utica, Syracuse; descriptive names, like Grand Rapids, Fall River, Salt Lake City; made names, like Indianapolis. In-dianapolis. Boston, New York, New J C -t , j ts i Bedford are named after cities In England. Eng-land. Cities named after men often open up whole chapters of Interesting historic his-toric associations. Houston, for example, ex-ample, bears the name of Sam Houston, Hous-ton, the hero of San Jacinto, a most rvmarkable character. Jacksonville Is named after Gen. Andrew Jackson, who, before his election to the Presidency, Presi-dency, took possession of the Spanish territory of Florida, Cincinnati, one of the oddest names In the list, commemorates com-memorates the S'clety of the Cincinnati, Cincin-nati, organized In 17S3 by regular Officers Offi-cers of the Continental armies, with George Washington as its first president, presi-dent, RELIGION", It Is Interesting to note, bulked large In the founding of several cities. Boston (1630) was founded by the Puritans who came over to secure religious freedom. New Haven (163S), the "Bible Commonwealth," Common-wealth," was a Puritan experiment In government, according to the Bible. Providence (1636) was founded by Roger Williams, who was persecuted by the Puritans because he believed that church and state should be separate. sep-arate. Baltimore (1030) was established estab-lished by Lord Baltimore as a refuge for Roman Catholics who were anathema an-athema as were Episcopalians, Baptists Bap-tists and Quakers among the Puritans. Philadelphia (1632) City of Brotherly Broth-erly Love was founded by William Penn, leader of the Quakers. San Francisco and Los Angeles were Franciscan Fran-ciscan missions. Salt Lake City (1847) was founded by the Mormons, seeking asylum from persecution because of their religious belief. ADEQUATE Inquiry Into the why and wherefore of the settlement and development of these cities would of course take volumes. La the case of Boston and San Francisco, doubtless the harbor was the attraction. The gold rush of 1S49 changed the latter from a mission to a city almost In a day. New York, Philadelphia and New Orleans have a combination of river and sea. In the early days of a new land Interior travel and trade follow the big rivers ; hence Cincinnati, St. Louis, Louisville, Omaha and Kansas City; the latter was the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail and St. Louis the center of the American fur trade up to 1S43. Special conditions account for certain cer-tain Inland cities. Discovery of gold and the "Pikes Peak or Bust" rush of 1S59 settled Denver. The Mormons literally lit-erally made Salt Lake City to blossom like a rose In the desert. Find out why Detroit, Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver, Akron, Bridgeport, Houston aad Spokane Spo-kane the cities not estimated are growing so rapidly and you have something some-thing Interesting. |