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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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January 17, 1903.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 117 I a I 8 8 ? o i p g » b ♦ I g 1 o 3 ji I ^ o g g I J b g a g Si of -
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the transportation business as do depressed times indecreasing them or prosperous times in augmentingthem. POPULATION INCREASE IN OTHER CITIES In order to arrive at a basis on which to estimatethe future growth of Chicago and the future grossearnings and requirements of the street railway Hnesin Chicago figures were obtained and curves plottedfrom the leading cities of the world. It was found that Chicago has increased in popu-lation at a much mqre rapid rate than any otherlarge city, but it cannot be hoped that it will perma-nently maintain its present rate of increase. The increase in the population of London from1800 to i860 was at an average of 1.8 per cent perannum; from 1861 to 1891 at 1.22 per cent per an-num; from 1891 to 1901 at 1.55 per cent per annum. Paris, between 1800 and 1900, increased 1.675 P^^cent per annum. Berlin, from 1861 to 1900, increased 3.225 per centper annum, or the highest rate of any European city. Philadelphia, between 1800 and 1900, increased 3.5per cen

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