Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1920 — Madrid Jammed With People. [ARTICLE]

Madrid Jammed With People.

Spain’s abstention from the war had not prevented a housing crisis tn that country. In the large cities the demand for apartments is so great that new buildings are leased from roof to basement before, construction is fairly under yay. In Madrid the population has increased 30 per cent since of the war. The recent arfIWTS are not only enriched Spaniards, but also refugees and visitors from belligerent countries, who during the war sought the Spanish capital as a peace oasis. The population of the city is now approximately one million, or an average of seventy-two for every building. Its density of population is believed to be greater than that of any other large town in Europe, or 271 per hectare (more than 100 per acre) as compared with 200 per hectare in Paris and 128 in London. ' In the central part of the city the population reaches 773 per hectare. It should be recalled in this connection that the buildings do not as a rule contain so many floors as in our countrv. —Living Age.