i\ ^ ■ \ , r - ^< ^ ,;\ 4 .* *%\ 1^ ^i HI THE PROGRESS OF A CENTURY 37 at the time of the great conflagration, in October, 1871, nearly 350,-000 souls ; and now the census gives the number as 1,698,575. (Seeillustrations.) San Francisco, sixty years ago, was a barren waste,but to-day contains… … New York in 1648 The industrial growth of the country has been no less remarkable.In 1792 the United States had no cotton mills ; in 1890 there were225,759 looms, employing 174,652 hands. In 1900 the total woolclip in the United States was 288,636,621 pounds, with 17,938,000spindles in operation.…
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