. The Street railway journal . THE COURT HOUSE. characteristics and operating conditions of the street rail-wa}^ system itself. St. Louis is situated on the west bank of the Missis-sippi River 600 miles from New Orleans (1240 miles byriver) and 265 miles from Chicago—its two nearestcompetitors for the business of the great West and South- THE NEW WATER WORKS. On page 563 is .seen a diagram .showing the rapidgrowth in population .since 1820. As near as can be judgedfrom the results of a house to canvass made by thecity in 1S96, and by which the number of males of votingage was ascertaine
. The Street railway journal . THE COURT HOUSE. characteristics and operating conditions of the street rail-wa}^ system itself. St. Louis is situated on the west bank of the Missis-sippi River 600 miles from New Orleans (1240 miles byriver) and 265 miles from Chicago—its two nearestcompetitors for the business of the great West and South- THE NEW WATER WORKS. On page 563 is .seen a diagram .showing the rapidgrowth in population .since 1820. As near as can be judgedfrom the results of a house to canvass made by thecity in 1S96, and by which the number of males of votingage was ascertained, the total population of vSt. Louis isto-da} about 521,000 although 600,000 is locally distribution of this population over the citj area isshown elsewhere. St. Louis was originallj- afur-trading post established in1764, by the New Orleans firmof Maxent,Laclede & early .settlers were Frenchand their dcscendents are foundto-day in some of the leadingfamilies of the city. During thecomparatively b
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