. Providence : the sovthern gateway of New England, provd of its honorable history, happy in its present prosperity, confident of its fvtvre. FIRST COTTON MILL ESTABLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES 26. DISTRICT KROM COURT HOI A CITY BUILT ON SEVEN HILLS Reckoned by similar methods of enumeration, the official population of the city of London is onlyabout one-fifth as great as that of Providence. Moreover, that of London is constantly , because its corporate limits are not quite as restricted, has not yet begun a retrogrademovement, yet like London it finds a constantly l
. Providence : the sovthern gateway of New England, provd of its honorable history, happy in its present prosperity, confident of its fvtvre. FIRST COTTON MILL ESTABLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES 26. DISTRICT KROM COURT HOI A CITY BUILT ON SEVEN HILLS Reckoned by similar methods of enumeration, the official population of the city of London is onlyabout one-fifth as great as that of Providence. Moreover, that of London is constantly , because its corporate limits are not quite as restricted, has not yet begun a retrogrademovement, yet like London it finds a constantly larger proportion of its real population living beyond itslegal boundaries, and thus, like London, she is a city u^ithin a greater city. The metropolitan district,which includes the immediate environs, is the real Providence. In only one or two other Americancities is a statement of its population so misleading as to its size and real importance. It may soundparadoxical to say that the growth of Providence is largely outside of Providence, but this is literallytrue for while the growth of Providence during the last ten years has amounted (Census report 1910)to per cent, the cities and towns
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