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November 16, 19~ WILME TE LIFE _55 · · · . ' UNTIL THE CHICAGO FIRE ST. LOUIS WAS LARGER THAN CHICAGO 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1020 1,500.000 1---+--+-+--+-~-+--+--1---+--Y I I '?I wo CHICAGO ~~~~~~~~~.~ ~~~ ~~!---+--+-+--+-~-+--+---~~~ Outlying Communities Now . Growing at a Rate Three Times as Rapid as Chicago 1)e Clabio Aeeodecioa ol c ICI .... 160 ddee . . . . . . withia 3S mila Oil <:hbp. Of ddt oaaher. 44 line a papc'.1ol 5,000 or IDOI'e. ThelollowiJai populaciaD ....... cowdlc .ay ccamUDitiet Oil over 5.000 popul.doa, atb. .._ Cldc.p. ellow 11t what m ...,...ebia1 pece the metropalilla II ....,..... ~~~4--+-~-+--+-+--wl~-+-~ ( ~~4--+-4--~4--+~-+ )+-~~ ~~~4-~-~-+--+-+-~ ~~--+-~ J.?IO,,OO 1,100.000 ,..ILAMliHIA 1--4--+-+--+-~--fl---+----,.1~-=t=-~ i 1/ ~-+----+--+--+--/-H-/....a.,4----'-t---t----i I c..-., c-.1910 ~~4--4-~~-4~4-~~r-+--i ~~~~-+--+-~~+--+-~~~~ /Vj v l';;_ P EOPLE living today remember when St.Louis was larger than Chicago. Only 58 years ago, when the population of St. Louis was 310,864, that of Chicago was 298,977. Even as late as 1880, Chicago~s population was but baH a million. Today the city of Chicago houses more than three million people, and well in exCISS of another mil· lion live within the metropolitan area. No modem metropolitan center bas ever grown so large in so short a civic lifetime. Every year, ·Metropolitan Chicago increases its population by 125,000, or more than the entire population of Albany, New York! Who can say what our population will be in ten years1 In twenty? B.tavia ...............436 ............. 4.395... ·· ··... . · 5.100 Berwya ......···.. 5.841 ............ 14.150............ <46,000 Blue JU.ad ....·... 8.043 ...... ...... J1,G4 ........ , ··· 14.750 Brookfield ...··.·.. 2.185. ··--# ·····.· 3.589... ·· ·· ·· .. · 7.7SO Cahuaet Cit,. . . . . . . <4.948. · · · · · · · · · · · 13.650 Cbic:aco liefclua .... 1...SZS ···········. 19.69············ 711.325 Cicero .. .·.··.· ... 1...557 ··········.. 44.995 .······ , ···· _,.,., . J)ee ......... ..... 2.348 ... · ........ 3...51 ............. 8,800 I>owaen Grove. . . · 2.60l. · · · · · · · ·.· · . 3.543 ......······ · 1G.-400 E.. C!bicaao ....... 19.098 .········· .·. 3S,9fi7 ······· ····· 51.000 Elpa. .·.... . ..... . 25,976., ·········. 27.4S4 ············ 35.500 Elmllunt . . . . . . . . . . 2.360. · · ·· ·· · · · . . 4.594. · · · . · · · · · · · 13.500 Elmwood Parlt. . ..................... 1,380....... ··... 7.350 EvaDtltell ......··.. Z4.9?8 ············ 37.234············ ·65.000 Forett Park .·.·..·· 6594 ··········.. 10,"7M············ 1.._750 C.ry·...·..·····.. 16,80Z ··········· :55.378············ 102.500 Glencoe .. .· ······· 1.899 .··········· 3.381.. .......... 5.950 Cleo EllJD . ........ 1.763 ........... . 2.851............ 7,450 IUmmcad. . ....·... 20,925 .·········.· 36.00-4~ ·······.··· 61.'700 1-larvey .·.......··· .7.227.......... . . 9.216 ............ 20.100 Hichlaod Park. ... , · 4.209. · · · · · · · · · · · 6.167 ·· , ·· , ... , · · · 14.500 Hmedal. ........... 2.451' ..............042..... .. .. · · .. 7.450 Hob.rt..... .· . · · · · . 1,753 .·· : · ·····.· 3.450... . · · · · · · · · 5,2100 Joliet .··. .········. 34,670 . ....... o · · · 38.442. . . · · · · .. · · · 42;150 La Craage ... , ····. 5,282 .·.······ o ... 6.S2S .···.· ······ 10,400 Lake Forese . . . · · · · . 3.349. · . · · · · · · . . . 3.657. . . . · · · · · . . . S.6SO Maywood .....··· ,. 8.033 .········.·. 12.072 .....···.·.. 2S,SOO Melroee Parlt. .·· ,. · 4.806 ............ 7.1.fl ............ 10,750 Naperville. . . . . . . . . . 3.449. . · · · · · · . . . . 3.830. . . . . · . · . · . . 5.075 North Chicaao.. . . . . 3:,306. ; · · · · · · · · . · 5,839 ..··. 9.200 <lUt Parlt. ...·..... 19,444 .········... 39.858 ............ 66.500 Park Ridce , ........ 2.009. · .. · · · .. .. · 3.383.... .. . . . . .. 9,000 River Forett. ....... 2.456 ............ &200 · Rivereide ···.······. 1,702 . ··········· 2.532.... .· · · . . . . 6.650 Sc. Olarla . · .. .. .. ""'04 :i.. .. .. · · .. .. 4.099... .. · · · .. .. ·5,250 SummiL. ..... .... .. 949 ............ .4.019.... ........ 7;JJJIO Villa Park ·.······ · ·.......····· , . . . . as.... . . .. .. . . . 5.900 W aukepo , , ···· ·· ··. 16,069. o · · · · · · · · · · 19.226. . . . . . · . . . · . 30.?00 Wheltoa. ....... .... .3.423. · · .. · · . . . . . ...137. . . · . . · . · . . · 8.2SO AUl'Onl .··········· 7/IJJI¥1, ··········· 36l97. . . . . · . ·. . . . <46,600 c.-... ........ ,..,..... <O.C..O A.Ociatioa 01 c-, 1..-. .. .. .. ..... o...... ·A,358............ Wilmeae .......... <t.943 ...····.. . . . 7.814 . ........... 1<t,OOO Wiooecb ·. . ....... 3.1M ......·..... 6,694 .. .......... 11.300 ZicJD · · .. .. .. · · · .. · .... . .. . .. · .. .. · 5.$80............ 6.300 10TAL·· : .· · ··· .351/!1¥1 . .......... 577.186 ... . ..... · ·· 971,6SO Tocal, aU -cki.IIDd ' COWDI Wbitiol . ..· · · · · · .. · 6.Sf¥1, ·· 0 · ·· · · · · · · 10,145 . . . · . . · · · . . . 13.750 in area escepe Chic:aao. . .Sfll.sn . ··········830.o84 ··········.1.%57.000 PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS Suj)plying Eledricit, and ~to 6~000 ~rt '!'iles, i~uding the Metroj)oli~n .Art4 i.to ~-Chicago_ ..~ .&1'~'!'·.. ·Jlehof»olitan CJaicaco hac I u d u th' c·t 1 CMc4 ao ' 7 o Atul tlae tcnitOTJ within SO to 75 miles of the ChteAao CU7 H~a. c!)