The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-30
FEW FIGURES.
Which, as it Happens, in This Case
Don't Tell all the Facts,
And HniIe They Don't Exactly Lie,
They Come Very far From
Telling All Of tho
Truth.
Mathematical Items in Regard to
the inhabitants of lsayen-
worth County.
Together With Partial List of the
Manufacturing Establishments
and Their Value.

Below will be found record of
the number of inhabitants in the county, by
townships, the number o; families, the mum
Der of persons to a family, the number of
dwellings, the number OF persons to a dwell
ing, the list of manufactures in the county, IN
and outside the city, besides other inforna-
ton, gOthered from
THE REPORT
in the County Clerks office. The
record is incomplete in every
Tiicular, and is o.e which should hardly
toe allowed to be published with the state re-
cords, as il does our county gross injustice.
For instance, the population of the city
is put down at l5,J59 when there are
AT LEAST 5000 INHABITANTS
within our corporate limits; the number OF
| dwellings I'm the city Is put down at s,Ssl,
when there are in reality, something over
| 300, the total number OF buildings IN the
| city, counting business houses, manuisctnr-
ing establishments, etc., being over 100; Inc
| population OF the county is put AT 2sr5ii,
| which Is at least
| than it ought To be. The returns from The
| county. outside of the city, are also incorrect
| IL. many particulars, although the errors are
| not so glazing as IN the returns from lne cry.
| Tne iauIt does not lie, however, with the AS
| a.,..SSgrs, as they did the best they could,
| probably,
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES,
| having but sixty days from the time oil their
4
| which is very onerOu> and tedious, including
| In. assessment OF each and every individual
piece Of real property, personal property, the
taking of the census, and many other mat
| tiers
or MINOR IMPORTANCE
| which takes valuable time which ought to
| have been devoted TO other things OF more
| value. The matter OF the census OF the city
| and county Is an item OF great Importance,
| as the publication of AN error in this respect
| infllcts untold injury. II belittles city and
| does harm in many other ways. In the mat
| ter of
| OUR MANUF- CTCRING ESTABLISHMENTS,
| but fDrty-four were put upon the list, many
| being omitted. The total value OF the manu-
| featuring interests ofthe city, and county, Is
| put down at 81 o., 20, while their true value
| Is twice as great. Ia the published list but
one brewery and bat one cheese factory Is
| mentioned, while
| THESE INDUSTRIES
| are largely represented; the cigar factories
are mol mentioned AT all, while the true fact
| is that there are more cigars manufactured
| yearly in LeavenwoTth than in all the other
| cities in the Missouri Valley combined; our
| broom factories, vinegar factories, book-blnd
| cr,es, bOttling establishments, jewelry manu-
| factories, and two or three other branches oil
| Industry
| ARE MOST CONSPICUOUS
| by their absence from the list. Leavenworth
| has suffered considerable by such means as
| this. ana while the negligence or inability
| which is the cause is not Intentional, Its
| evil effects are the same. Every other city in
| the West is most careful in this regard, and
| surely
TIE PEISCIPAL CITY
| in the State should be, when il is her We Y
| best interest 10 be so. II is simply suicidal
1 and steps should DO taken 10 see tina, such
| does not occur again.