The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-02-06

MANUFACTURES OF plrTsBURo.

MANUVACTURES VI PlTTSBURt.
The official census returns of the cities of
Plttsburg and Allegheny of nineteen adjoin-
ing boroughs, and Of four contiguous town
ships that contain manufactures, give The
following interesting information in refer
once to the industrial pursuits of that -four
ishing section of Western Pennsylvania ::
Number of manufactures, 1877. Ia the
manufacture Of iron and steel the capital
invested is 1926, ,692, 686 hands employed,
l5,541 wages paid, $S l02 $685. value
Of raw materials, $14,734883 annoa
product, $50, ,328.7ll. In the manufacture
of wood, the capital invested is So, ,292,-
721 hands employed, 2,s6s; wages paid,
$1,653 ,707; value Of raw materials, $3,-
801,773 annual product $8,032, 1853. In
the manufacture OF tin. sheet-iron, &C., the
capital invested is 1867 ,692; tae hands
employed, 800; wages paid, $2S8 607 !;
value of raw materials, 1881, Oil; annual
product, $1,4l1,43G.
Ia the manufacture of agricultural i'm
plements, the capital is 1887 900 hands
employed, 427 ; wages paid, $223, 778 !;
value of raw materials, $258, AGA annual
product, $953,478. In breweries and dis
tilleries the capital invested is ST, 100, 086 !;
hands employed, 261 wages paid $685.
485 value of raw materials, 1929, 158 ;
annual product, 81, ,508,655 Ia the manu-
facture of glass, the capital is IS 1872, 800 !;
hands employed, 2,733 wages paid, ST.
251, 1877 value of raw materials, 81, 49,
800 annual product, $5, 1925 In the
manufacture of white lead, the capital is
$4,000 hands employed, 112 wages
paid, $51 900 value of raw materials,
$541, ,344 annual product, $771, 1920 la
miscellaneous manufactures, the capital is
$16,531 .075 hands employed, 1854 !;
wages paid, $4,6S9,4l9 value of raw
materials, $13,064,697 annual product,
$23,071,721.
The entire manufacturers possess cap
ital of $54 ,403 $50. employ 33, ,635 hands,
pay every year $17,434, 56G wages, use
raw materials worth $35, 3S8.099, and
yield annual products worth $SS ,239 1856
The value OF the raw materials aided to
the wages, make the SUN of $50, 772 ,665,
which subtracted from the value of thu ar
nual product, gives 1926 ,467, ,27l, which is
Al per cent. on the capital invested. In
the district for which these statistics are
given, there is a population of 1876 $50
persons, divided into 1924 ianilies, and
living in so, 1856 houses. The population
is divided into 1872, l46 white and 1854
coored persons Of the whites, SO, 9s6 are
male, and 95. 100 are females. OF the col
ored persons, 1,786 are male and 1,746 fe-
male. The city of Pittsburg has popola-
tion of. .85,9 ,935 persons, divided into 16, ,339
families, and living in 1883 dwellings,
| The population is divided into "a, 1888
white and 1902 colored persons. OF the
| whites, 42,741 are male, and 4l392 are
| female. OF the colored persons 928 are
male aud 874 are female. Allegheny CRY
has a population of So, 1874, divided into
| 10,130 families, and living in 1926 houses.
| The population is divided ilto 52052
whites, and 1882 colored persons. OF
the white persons, 1856 are male. OF
| the colored persons SOL are male and 571
female. The nineteen boroughs in the vi
cinity Of Pittsburg have a population of
42,6l4, divided into 8,214 families, and
living in 1924 houses.
The population is divided into 42,212
| white, and 400 colored. OF the white per-
sons, 21 57l are male aud 2O,64l are ie-
male. o. the colored persons, 1876 are
male and 206 are female. The population
of Allegheny county, including the cities
boroughs aud townships, is 262, ,686, all
the boroughs having population of 49,
| 937, and all the townships population Of
| 1890.
Would it not be glorious if Richmoud
could be dwaried in like manner