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Show UTAH INJNE ACT. A Etrdp-r.ya View of lit Matcllera Val bjo, lti Pilvsr Tipped Etllt aid IU Vi'taHa of F.t'Souroi. l.atnre'i Careful'y Laid Foundation for a Snper-Strncture of Giant and U? paralleled Effect, j THE STATISTICIAN'S REVIEW. A Femi-ifs tf th" Million tlmt Annrtall Lo.l in to tha Eipi of the Moroh-o;it Moroh-o;it aud Luborr. I'rndac'i ef Hjiitch anil llftnif l)ntpn of ttia ti R-i - iht l.tcoi'i of Iliur-. Tr kn(.' an I I r lull . of I Ii 111 !; i'mirvMi hii.I ruiilluii I'h. L't of rrr turlal l oiit iin aail lapiialla. vi l0. Territorial Statiticiari Joseph I,ipp man wound up his work last evening and this morning a report covering several sev-eral reams of tirjores and close. y written tn alter, comprehending everything of int.-.'ivst was liled witii Secretary Sells, 'Jim bureau of statistics over which Mr. La miftti wm called to preside and by which this report is provided wae created at the la"t session of the legislature. legis-lature. The task of incorporating the various resource of Utah in one vol. utno has been a fortnidiblo Jona surrounded, ss it bus been, by tho inexperience of thosa to whom the law directed an appeal, and upot. whom the statistician wie forced to call, in the collection of data of every variety. The work, however, has been carefully and conscientiously performed and will Usue from the printing press as one of the most interesting inter-esting volumes that have dealt with the resources of this matchless torritory. It will appeal to thote abroad as well as to those at home, and Secretary Sells will do bis best to cover the da-mauds da-mauds with an edition of fiOOO, wbich will appear as soon as possible. Tha Faints Toanh.d I io. The Crst part of the report is devoted to a condensed description of the various va-rious counties of Utah. Tha second part is devoted to tha consideration of agricultural interests. Following tbie outputs of ranch and range are discussed. Next in order the live stock industry finds a place. The next general divi. liou of the report confine! itself to consideration con-sideration of the mining Industrie! of the territory, including production of the precioui metals, coal and the minor productions such as sulphur, gypsum, lime, granite, etc. Next portion of the report takes up the nonsidoraiioa of tha manufacturing industries of the territory. terri-tory. Following this the commercial statistic! are considered, cenaua li(T-ures li(T-ures are given, the railroad mileage i et forth in detail, the number and nature na-ture of ail of the incorporations of 18ii0 are given, and the report cloiee with a lot of miscellaueoui statistic! of public .xfhoola, freight traflie, ladiaa population, organized labor; etc. Arrlralloral Pfatlults. Araonp; the itrikinfr features of the) chapter devoted to agricultural pro. ducts is seen the following: The aver- . age yield of beets ii S19 bushels to the acre, of the market value in 1890 of 35 cunts per bushel or$S8.80 per acre. The average yield of cotton ii GOO pound per acre, oats 35 bushels per acre, corn l'J bushels per acre. i he total acreage of wheat io 1SD0 in Utah was 110,111, producing 2,401".-454 2,401".-454 bushels. Cache was the banner producing pro-ducing wheat county, the yield bein 517,lol bushels of the total value of S4Ct.704.SO. During the same year 3H,7(i3 acres ol oats produced 1 . 1 H J, 2 f 8 bushels of tha value of i iiiJ.14 ".4li. Utah county lead in lac production of oats, the number ! of bushels being 13.'.Stli. There were STt'ii acres planted to corn yielding a crop of 10i,Oii7 bnshela of a total valuation lof $118,84!j.34. Utah again ranns as the banner county, bavmg produced 4il,(i,i8 bushels, the-value the-value of which was "iGr'J3. In 1 s;jo the acreage ill lucerne wai 101. TUP. production oOii.loo tons, the i valuation of which was $.',715,107. The county- producing the largest number of tons of lucerne was Utah with a total of 4',i!.'l. To total acreage of hay was ' 0.047 and the product l'20..r73 loilfi valued at $l,(ill7.;!'i7. Cache county ! produced the largest amount ruiiniuu its c.ilumu of fignr-a to a total of 17,0"!J. To! re were acres planted to potables po-tables vieldilii; !m:,S71 bushels, the value of which was placed at i-l'JS.Oll!. o "The total yield cf beets for the year j was '-l.i i bushels, value $7,604. The lar;;er portion of the product was con- lined to Suit Lr. I'm county. Toe growth of cotton in Utah thug ! far lias been iartvly experimental witb, 1 the niiiit sttisi'aciory results. The goven acres in Washington county yielded I'.i 0 pounds per acre. 1; is shown bv the table that Utah produced in ISM) K- i'i.OOJ pounds of fruilofthe total vaiua of S-iUti, 151 .55. Utah was the banner fruit growing1 count'', producing :i.i0l,rt:,0 pounds of the total v alue of $7o.iHd.'Jl. The territory ter-ritory produced i'''o.5d0 pounds of grapes v aiucd at i'el.'.t.i;.!. This industry indus-try is practically in its infancy. The total valuation of all agricultural agricul-tural products iu the territory was $3, iUP.705.Ni. Th tVoot Product, Utah's wool product as shown by this report for 1-1)0 was 7,451. 25:3 pounds valued at $!,'?2f).45l).58. Saa-I Saa-I pete county flood at the head the clip, being l,477it)GS pounds. The table shows that there were in. the territory in IN-0. 5'2,0t'3 milch, cowa of the value" of $1,501,980; cattle 234.-458 234.-458 head valued at $3,5cl. 870; swine, 0.411 henl valued at 103,25?. Tha number of horses was 80,003 valued at ?!. ''). 0b The number of sheep was i,: .y-.! :.cv: '- '.;:-4 at 5 ?,b:7,547,45. ! I ,,i '' i i I il.l tf-r, ' ii' ; ' - ' the minirg industry 'i- : 1 : ' b :' a 'oii vniuatioa ,'';...' ; ' i - ' oi.ti d among the loiiowing miuerals: Copper $76,5'!G.64 refined lead $J03.312. unrefined lead $1.K 5.454.61, silver H49'.,,209.44 cold lifiT.O-'O. ' K Uuriuj? the year lSfJO -the four coal pupils. In Utah county 74 teachers wore employed to teach 4!'0T pupns. Lool Kapaml.tur -. The expenditures on publio work in ! Salt Lake City in Ih'jo, are shown in the subjoined table: . Ftewerairit pJia.1iW.19 W.it'Tworks l.Vt,'lv. t.'l J Hlri'ttt Improvements 7 l.'ju U I Kir lej u-.i.'mtimrm;tn!itlmrov) SM.-l K.vi : Water Masier.. ilopartiiieiit M.iVUI j I'np-iia-in ut lanu, U'.vv.al City la-nmtsi v to ii;, NT S:.i'Waik cross n : ll.7:wiO MV;t r .iio'i lotniiMiit and reservoir. . i.t:M ! Lltwi-t par . 7.V-? "I I .- i ! ian IIm , i:. . , j VYa er t mm Is In Ci-y uini-ld'aDon. .. a.ti.it.m i'arir)a ( anon canal I. ..;, H Tot ii ;in--',,)0i.6J) Hid Katluu'i IVar.K. Of tbe total number of Indians being eared for by thu government the follow-inir follow-inir found .shelter and an easy time in tho boundaries of thif territory in 100: Mile. Feiinilt, y,:,ii. Wliitw Iflrer Utes 4 !- L'l.'ltall Jit .:, I uo iiip ihi re M.J "i ..H rijl! '' "I'll li 17 W7 1S.M i mines in tho territory produced 255.811 tons valued at $.17.', 51!). Tha following tatile gives the entire value ot the mineral min-eral output in Utah for 1MIU: I're -loud metal iU.SII.KB.: i t:,l . '." Asphaltum .. .'m.inii.i'O ookuruu li.'oo.Kt CiVpMOIU !onl!.IKI (Vmmit til ', 0,i) (Sulphur 'MO Mmi-stono -. '' l i amti- ti.-'iim Sandstone w,ikuu Total r.f.:i. 151 Induatrlal Statltlo4. Under thin head has been Riven a column of liguros relating to oaoh particular par-ticular industry in I'tah in 1800. There warn in operation during that year 3i0 concerns employing 3274 hands, paying wages to the. estctit of $1,517,177, having hav-ing plants valued at $;I.S lo,.M 1, using raw material to the amount of if ', loi, :ol, turning out a product valued at $1,-KS't.KM. $1,-KS't.KM. and hneit.g uu invested capital , nl if I. 1 ')5. s v t . Among tlin most prominent promi-nent industries thu full, ming tigures a:'e shewn fiji- the territory: J-,,.-,, It . r. .1 . j There was decrease of .1 mnniii; tho i While Itivcr t ies. Ii among the I inlaln, j and arnoiigthe I neompahgres in lSi. tjiiuclutlon. The linai page of thu report shows the number of professional person In s"lt 1-alvdCity in i -'M was: attorney, mi. bind aitornoy 10, architeots, it1), iieiiliata lid, doctors U'i. insurance -igcnu, .', specialists (i, venriuary surgeons a, total .'Ul. Hnc.N an I ylen-i -t I '. ri.i t.'t ITm k in:iklll:,' !! Wl. ' ' I'-1. " I- lour tiii.l' IM :.l:.' ' tfi ! Jl,.l.-r nulls I.i w.l'l ? J' ome. n- lift M Vt- .'' K ii 1 1 1 u i..",ieios I-:." tfl. Ice in.ikini' -i in.-HI I. s.i;,!-. Ilai'ti- s- nnlti'ic .'ill l" -"i j It a- ii-iiiithmi! I .'. i I I l.iunli' r. kii.v nil!" .elr . !:) W !' ! I'rintlnt;. piilillsiim-M.te . IW fil.t t I'l.iMiit' mills IIJ I'M. i s :ui Suit M iiiiil.vtiirni i Ill '.i fc' - I 8-xla water in n't ir Rl S-V-w situif anil m;r i!ii wiiritu, 11" -l .'.'i' .J.roi t:enr.H '.'I ;.M0 l'."3l T.iiuieriiM a. II 'Ml 4-,:M 'I'm warn 11 i. i.'i i 'i. .7 Ciili k.'l' taet..r' 11 l i I'-, " I 'a:'on k r n-naH works . M Jj.i.ie ll..M) I 'U'tir l.'H'tiirii s h; '', '0 .'ii.no : . .Kneil lllillM . I7 He.'-- 'I l'.i.,.e-; ! -niiit. Hie ami piaster, im T'.s.'H l":j, i0 i MlK-ellalltfiMlS iijiKH. -I.i '.'I', ill 7 J. 'i'l ! Total ,'IJ, lH;'.'?,IV7:4 li'.i,sn ('ommiiroial StMlUtliti. The returns of the county assessors show that in H'.K) there were lTW stores in I'tah, having if.'II.C'-il.iilis invested. in-vested. The annual sales of all these rstablishiuents iiuioiitilo'l to $l.i,blM,-"lio. $l.i,blM,-"lio. Tho stores hud TK-s? employes, and the wages paid them amounted to H.'sli, 11','. During 'lie year, according to K. Ii. Dunn i: Company's Mercantile Mercan-tile agency. Uteris were forty business, failures, the liabilities amouuti.ig to $I.VJ..ViO aud tho actual assets fS7,o()ll In Salt Lake county thero are .Hi7 utorcs, isiTi of the number being in (salt Lake Citv. The amount of capital ' invested in all the stores in this county is $1 1, 70.1, (17 7; annual salos, J.'II.hii:!, . fill; number of employes, .1H71; wages paid, $ !,lsjv;,fi71. Weber stands secon tl in tho list of counties in which tho largest number of stores are located, she having lhti, with a capital of 171, .WO. Th Kilromli. in 1SII0 thoro wore l.iol.50 miles of broad and narrow-irauge railroad tracks in Utah, divided as follows: Uiv- T nlon J'arllli' Kystsm irti-M K to i ramie Western , :i'.y i( Southern I'a-ltle us. a.-, r-anp'-tH V ale J r.iUroail ;: Lull (V'uual Mini Total 5u Mlit.Kl- liAtl.tidAUS, The horse car as a common carrier was practically abandoned in the terri-t terri-t iryiu lsoo, aud was succeeded by the electric an I steam motors. Tho table shows a total street car mileage in lM'.lO of S3, which has been considerably increased in-creased since that time. Tho trackage was distributed as follows: Mil Ocden v.!", i'lovo 7 bait Li.ku 6I' Total w I'rivat ftntl PabllQ ImproTamtiiiti. During the year ISilO there was expended ex-pended in tho erection of private buildings build-ings in Utah $380,323 and in the erection erec-tion of plibiio buildings $17.750. Iu ISalt Lake City $1,-115,1-21 was expeuded for private buildings aud .1(),uu() for publio buildings. Iu Sugar House if 105,-1100 105,-1100 was expended for private buildings. InProvo City $220,1171 was expended for private buildings and 9 Kit), sou for publio buildings, iu Ogdon il,-HS,S15 was expeuded for private buildings aud $75,000 for public buildings. H.l anil l'rsoDl I'ropfirt. Another chapter in the report indicates indi-cates the assessed valuation of real and personal property, value of iinproye- ments, etc., iu the various oouuties in 1800. The total assessed valuation for that year ou real estate was as follows: Kent property I 6H,Ssr..at.W 'ronal property 2i,'0.s,4'.in.ii; Improvements ltv:M,?"l. 43 Total lS'.'O iil,;.iS,Tjii.iio Trrrlinrlnl lnanrjioratluiia. During the year 18'i0 there wero filed with tho secretary of the territory ISO articles for the incorporation of as many different companies. Of the total J there wore 175 miscellaneous corpora- turns tho aggrea-ata capital stock cf which was $l3(i,S.'4.5M, divided in 10.. HLs.odo shares. There were eleven railway rail-way incorporations the capital stock of which amounted to ?:t'3,710.(IOi), divided Into :i-'tii,500 shares. I'r.der the hcul of railways the following incorporations are covered by tho report: l A"., Fast Ilen- h Street Hallway ro M 00J Cn-iu Salt Luke .V. Hot Springs Kail way I'o 'Jtn .wi ( 'sr.irn .t a -tie Va:iey i: nil way Co . . i.i. ,.,o rovo Strot-t Kailsvay Co Kii'.-m-.l i'o ipertou l'Iaio.v Ft. i.iou-llas Kail- w.iv Co UU' o S Ot La .e liapM Transit Hallway Co. ,'xm, -ma SiiiL.iko alley , Kaistern Ki lway Uu 4,ll,(XO S ill 1 aki- . : Eastern Kallw ay Co 4.Ai.i)u) Wall, Nevada .V California- Itailnay Co ' ),i A) mi . tVyoitilnir & Western Hallway Co.... a,.7.i.il West Side Rapid Transit Co aui.uuu I Total t :!..', 7& i.oo i The l'ipultton of I lull. In l!i(J the United States census figures fig-ures made up to June 1st, showed a population in I'tah of 207,!'P5. The county assessors in some instances iu giuhcring their statistics in isui for this report made a house to house canvass and got results that wero nearly accurate. accur-ate. The population by counties was: Leaver, ;',U7; Box Elder, 011115; Cache, 1,2:; Davis, H37!); Finery, ,1700;(irand, V.'i; Iron, LV.10; Juab, 570J; Kane, 211.'; .Millard. -1.100; Morgan, KiOO; Piute, MW. ltich, 14SU; (iartiold. 221 1; Salt Lake, .VJ.201; San Juau, 3"2; Sanpete. LS.MO, Sevier. 7101; Summit, 82,12; Toole. ol00; I'intah, o000; Utah. 27.:i08; Wasatch, :j22; Washington. 4:151; We-Ler, We-Ler, 2:i,17'.t. Total in Utah teritorv, j 215,417. The population of Salt Lake I City was 44.002; Ogden, 14,!)1U; Provo, j 02(ib;Logan,4tlfi:i;Park City,42();i;Spanisli Fork, 8470; Springville, 3200; Lebi, S'.IIO; Payson, 240; American Fork. I 2:100; Mt. "Pleasant, 22.1.1; Manti, 202.'!,' Tiutic, 2588; Nephi, 2101; Brigham citv, t 2:i50. " I Srbonl Htatutioa. '1 he total number of pupils enrolled j in the public schools of Utah in 1800 j was 3li,:i72, of the number 18,8.10 were; male and 17,010 female. Total number ; of teachers employed C,t0. malo ;;17, ' female atjlL In Salt Lake eouutvlluj Uaoliers were arnplyy ed to teach " 71bJ I |