Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-08

IURSDAY, APRIL e,
no doubt prove interesting 10 many
Of our readers. The Davenpoet e.
setts complies Tie following:
st. Losis b Just now Shallsngins
the creduiiity Of the oatside world
by the chim shs h making 10 snb-
stantial progress during . period oi
general Repression. From advance
shests ofGould's st. Louis Directory
for 1878, which hes been given 70 The
public, itappeaEs that the directory
contains ll8, $40 names, not including
the 18th ward--a gain Of over 4,OOo
names within the same territory
since Last year, indicating an increass
/ Of about $4,000 population. Upon
the basis of the estimate adopted last
year the population on the first Of
January 1876, was 100000. In 1870
the censns showed the population 10
be 3l2,9Ge, and the number Of schol-
srs enrolled, 16,sll. There are now
42,068 sqAolan enrolled, which would
make to population, at the same
ratio, a. e,8i6. This 10 . gain Of 81
per cent In Ave years.
This decrease b proved by other
statistics. In 1870 there were but 64,-
425 names In the directory, and &C.
cordingto the ratio Of that year the
present population IL over $50. 900.
Again, within the five years, build
Ing permits for 7.465 substantial
structures of brick and stone have
been issued, costing $34,4l2,466. OF
these 1,0ol were issued during the
year 1874, costing $40, 269, ,23O. It 10
claimed that In New York only 1890
substantial buildings were erected
last year, and In Chicago only 756
such buildings. The records Of food
consumed support these estimates Of
growth. In the three years from 1868
10 the consumption of -four was l75,-
ls7 barrels, and for the three years
'72-74 inclusive ZIG, 1906 barrels, an In
crease precisely corresponding to that
Of popuistion above given. The in
crease Ia the consumption Of potatoes
was stiil greater--from lSO, 900 TO &c.,
600 bushels; of corn meal from 82,-
900 to g, 900 barrels; Of oats, Of oats,
from l,100. 900 to 2,275,00O bushels !;
and Of hay, from s2,000 TO III 200
bales. ..;.,, .t,...., 5g.,qi qi,. y
The growth Of business seems 10
have more than kept pace with the
increase OF population. The bank
clearinrp have incssssed 90 per cent.
since 1910. For the two years, 1S6D
and 10, they averaged s075:0u8, ,z7t
yearly while for 1873 and 1874 the
average was $l,l59,9is,SsO, an in.
crease Of 10 per cent. The cotton
trade has been nearly created within
Ave years. In 1870 the receipts were
IL ,a72 bales In 1874, l53,95s. Other
branches show remarkable growth In
the same period, as the following :
Head Of ca tile, 2Ol, ,422 In 1870, as
against $50, ,S25 Ia IA; hogs, number,
8iO,s5O a. against ,l26, $3.50 lead ibs.,
1s,9oS, 100, against 81. .3Ol $50; sugar,
hhds., 23,2Se against 3s,s37; coffee,
bags, 1I3, $50 against i53,9ls; wheat,
bushels, 8,63s, ,i53 as against s,255,22 ;
-four, bbls, l,4si ,626 as against ,Cs3,.
s9s. Notwithstanding tho depression
last year, the value Of goods received
and shipped is estimated at $50, 600, :
600 In excess Of the previous year.
The growth Of manufacturing, not
withstanding the prostratlon In iron
and other branches, and the legiti-
mate effects Of the panic, Is equally
gratifying. In Touring mill products
the production was loo, 900 barrels
In 1850, and ,573, ,2O2 In 1874. Pork
packing advanced from 24l 600 hogs
to AGA, ,0O0--a gain Of 92 per cent. The
products Of sugar refining increased
from Abs, ,250 to u, 800, 900; manuiac-
lures Of furniture from 2,s63,659 to
$5, ,OOO, 600; pianos from $l03,7O0 to
$500, 600; type foundries sl05,oOO TO
s4J0, 0,0O0. The entire value Of manu-
factured products Of st. Louis for 1874
is estimated at t2Ss, ,6O0, ,0Oo---s gain Of
go ,6O0, 900 over 1873, and OF fifty-One
per cent. In value since 1870.
These results, 30 fiatteriDg TO local
pride, are interpreted ~ proving that
st. Louis IL "impregnable to disas-
teri; while credit IL given therefore
10 new facilities OF communication,
and especially during the past year
to the completion Of the St. Louis
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