. Review of reviews and world's work. ombination of industries,and the people of the entire country have be-come partners in the big mill enterprises. Thegreat wealth released has sought and is seekingnew fields of investment, which promise a futureof exceptional brightness to Pittsburg. Thereare no idlers and no idle capital in the Pittsburgdistrict. Census figures as to population do not tell thetrue story of Pittsburgs splendid growth. Thecitys apparent population is ;559,250 people. Amunicipality of 675,000 souls more truly pic-tures its size. Growth of business demandingexpansion of mill
. Review of reviews and world's work. ombination of industries,and the people of the entire country have be-come partners in the big mill enterprises. Thegreat wealth released has sought and is seekingnew fields of investment, which promise a futureof exceptional brightness to Pittsburg. Thereare no idlers and no idle capital in the Pittsburgdistrict. Census figures as to population do not tell thetrue story of Pittsburgs splendid growth. Thecitys apparent population is ;559,250 people. Amunicipality of 675,000 souls more truly pic-tures its size. Growth of business demandingexpansion of mill facilities has forced manyplants out beyond the confines of the city proper,where sufficiently large sites are available. Theresult is that year by year manufacturing cen-ters of no mean size have clustered about theold boundaries until one compact city is virtuallythe result. That is why strangers are surprisedto find that census figures do not tell the wholestory of Pittsburgs economic development. PITTSBURG—A NEIV GREAT CITY. 59. A viKW OK Ilrrsiiimirt , as kiiom tiik hoith (*ii>e.(The MonutiKahelH Itiver and the Smlthtleld Stn-ot liri(l»(f in tho fon-Krounrt.) FINANCIAL 8TREN0TH SHOWN BY THK CITY SHANKS. The growth is better illustrated in the splen-did bankiiii; progress and in tli«i citys trepidation, naturally severe in an in-dustrial center during the past year, has held incheck the growth which in previous yrurs wassurprising. In 1S!M), Iittsburg had but forty-seven banking institutions, including nationaland State banks and trust companies, with atotal capital of ,il3,750, deposits of $71,-302,5G7, and total resources of ,.n. In the year following, the banking growthwas something which startled even the bankers
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