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Show SALT LAKE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IMPROVE-MENTS AND OTHER STATISTICS. STATIS-TICS. Latitude, 40 deg. 4G mln. Longitude W. of G., Ill deg. 54 mln. Elevation above sea, 4,354 feet. Population, 70,000. Population U. S. Census 1890, 44,841 Area of city (Including reservation), 51.4 square miles, Miles of streets, 275. Miles of streets graded and paved, 130.7. ' .Number, of railroads entering city, 4. Miles electric street railway, 90. Miles public sewers, 45.57. Miles gas mains, 22. Miles water mains laid, 153. Capacity of water supply per day average) gallons, 15,000,000. Number of electric street lights, 507. Number of telephones used In city, 15,000, Number newspapers, dally, 4. Number newspaper, weekly, 9. Number church bodies, 15. Number of churches, 44. Number of volumes In Free Public Library, August 1st, 1905, 20,739. Number of acres in Liberty park, 100. Number thermal and mineral springs, 4. Number nubile schools. 27. Number teachers In public schools, 370. Number of pupils attending public schools, 13,742. School population, 10,849. Per cent In attendance, .94. Value of school property, ?1,218,-CG4.80. ?1,218,-CG4.80. Cost of city and county building. 1955,000. Cost of Mormon temple, ?3,500,000. Tax rate, state, 4.8. Tax rate, city, mills, 9. Tax rate, city schools, mills, 8.4. Tax rate, state, city and county, total to-tal mills, 31.9. Assessed value real and personal property, $30,873,045. Salt Lake City is especially noted for its diversified attractions, being adjacent to Great Salt Lako, and surrounded by a largo number of valuable val-uable mines and Industries. Its beautiful beau-tiful drives and parks making It ono of tho most attractive and healthful cities In tho United States. It has tho highest birth rate and lowest death rate of any city of Importance Im-portance In the United States. o |