Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1898 — A GIGANTIC CITY. [ARTICLE]

A GIGANTIC CITY.

Japan's Capital Already Ranks aa tkt World’s Fourth City. We do not know that more than tw« large cities in the United States or fai the world have grown more rapidly in this generation than the city of Toklo, the capital of Japau. Its population has more than doubled within the past twenty years. According to a statement made In the year 1374, vhich ws believe to have been c< ; •?!, its population then was 800,00: cording to the Toklo official sai- report recently issued, its pop- . last yeai was over 1,858/100. Tm ■■■ is a marvek ous growth, just abou. ,-nml to that of New York City d. J g the samt time. The population of i'okto follow! close upon the heels of that of th« Empire Oity of the United States, and It is far greater than that of Chicago, as given In the school census taken two years ago. In the last four years Toklo has gained over half a million in numbers. Toklo is now the fourth largest city *n the world, larger than Vienna, 1f not han Berlin; larger than Canton, and surpassed only by London, Paris and New York. It is a city of high civiliza, tlon, of exceeding enterprise and Industry. It Is an extraordinary healthy city, the death rate for last year being a fraction less than 20 in the I.OOQ The latest report of Its “health director” contains a very satisfactory ao count of Its sanitary condition. The growth and Improvement of Toklo within recent years may be largely attributed to the liberalization of the political institutions of the countrj and to the vast increase of the city’s industries and commerce. As the residence of the Emperor, the place of assemblage of Parliament, and the headquarters of the Imperial Government offices, It Is a place of great political activity. As the seat of an illustriouv university and numerous other educacational institutions, it is a center ot learning. It has a serviceable harbor, which has been Improved. It is a city of theaters, temples and railroads, electrio lights, and all the other modem things. There is not any reason to dMM continued growth of the prngioo I •Ivo Japanese dty of Toklo. New XM hast, at the lea< keep up with B