Guide and souvenir of Detroit .. . s and facilities will largely gather to themselves thegrowth of the future, and all such cities will increasein wealth and population much faster than in formeryears. Detroit, with its exceptional opportunities and advan-tages, is certain to obtain its full share of the gain result-ing from the conditions named, and as a manufacturingand residence city it will inevitably take a still moreadvanced position. In the way of elegant business and commercial structurethe city has gained more in the last twenty years than inall its past before that time, and the same
Guide and souvenir of Detroit .. . s and facilities will largely gather to themselves thegrowth of the future, and all such cities will increasein wealth and population much faster than in formeryears. Detroit, with its exceptional opportunities and advan-tages, is certain to obtain its full share of the gain result-ing from the conditions named, and as a manufacturingand residence city it will inevitably take a still moreadvanced position. In the way of elegant business and commercial structurethe city has gained more in the last twenty years than inall its past before that time, and the same is true with re-gard to the adornment it now enjoys through its hun-dreds upon hundreds of elegant residences, more in numberproportionate to the population than is possessed by anyother city in America, and when the attractive surround-ings are considered, more than are to be found in Phil-adelphia or New York. The growth in population from time to time is indi-cated in the following : 42 ? .JMM.^IiKtKmiilllilHili;... IMF. AUT Ml SKIM Years. Population. Years. Population. 1796, 500 1850, 21,019 1810. 770 1854, 40,127 1812, 800 1860. 45,619 1817, 900 1864, 53,170 1819, 1,110 1868. 68,827 1800. 1,442 1870. 1828. 1,517 1874, 1830, 2,222 1880. 116,342 1834, 1884, 134,834 1840, 9,192 1890. 205,876 1845. 13,065 The number of families in 1890 was 42,150, and therewere 65,120 children between the ages of five and twentyyears. The municipal statistics all indicate an unusually wellmanaged city government. The Fire Department num-bers a force of 261, with 17 steamers, 6 hook and laddercompanies, three chemical engines and upwards of 250 firealarm boxes. The police force includes 371 persons, with11 buildings and nearly 200 signal boxes. The Public School buildings number 52, with sittingsfor 25,000 children. The letter carriers number over valuation of personal property in 1891 was $39,423,070,of real estate, $136,026,640, a total of $175,450,31
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