Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-04-06
LEWISTON IDAHO TERRITORY. THURSDAY, APRlI6

to be in successful operation, Of which
the committee are unable to obtain
data. The whole value Of its
man ufacturcs for 1880. as shown by
official reports, was $6.l29,762, far
exceeding those of any other Territory
As far as statistics have been obtain
ed. they indicate large increase for
the last year. Tho number Of vessels
belonging to the Puget Sound customs
district, which comprises less than one
third of the Territory (the balance be-
ing in the Willamette and Oregon dis
trict.) in the fiscal year 1880 were los
AS steam and 60 sailing-with .
tonnage of 29,O29.S2; and in 1881
there were ll7-44 steam, - sailing
and one Other--with tonnage Of 49,
Ol6.22. In 1880 seven vessels, with a
tonnage of 6s2.32, were built in the
district, and in 1881 ten were built,
with tonnage of 2,53o.90. The num-
Der of vessels entered in the foreign
trade at Port Townsend, the port Of
entry of the district, in 1880, was 2S7,
tonnage l45, ,O67; in 1881, 306, tonnage
lO9,l55. Cleared in 1880, 305, ton
mage l60,353; in 1881, 1872. tonnage
l65, 100; and in first half Of 1882, 1874,
tonnage ll0,4lS. The coast wise trade
is estimated to DO fully twice as large.
The exports Of tho entire Territory
during the year 1880 are estimated to
be about 5000, 900 tons, and in 1881
about 100000 tons.
The spirit of railway enterprise, the
handspring of American thrift, is be-
ginning to breathe new life and vigor
into all these other nascent industries,
and atfording better, cheaper and more
adequate channels Of ingress for this
swelling tide Of immigration. Several
hundred miles, more than ever before,
were constructed during the last year
within its borders, and many more are
in progress of construction. The North
ern Pacific-the great transcontinental
railway, whose western terminus is on
the shore Of that magnificent harbor Of
Northwest Pacific Coast, the Puget
Sound, with its 1894 miles Of shore
line, and its innumcrable bays and in-
lets in this Territcry-is rapidly ap.
preaching completion. The Oregon
short line, branching off from the Uni,
on Pacific at Granger, and passing
through Idaho and Eastern Oregon. is
nearing a union with several diverging
shorter lines which ramify every sec,
ton of this Territory. The Oregon
railway, hetween Portland, the com.
mercial emporium of Oregon. and the
eastern portion Of this Territory, will
be finished during the present year.
The building of the Seattle and Walla
Walla railroad, reaching from tide wa.
ter to the great agricultural region OF
the interior, lis fairly under way; and
several others arc already in contem
plation at an early day.
The people Of this young and rising
common wealth-rich in present ac
cumu!ations of money and property,
and richer in grand and varied resour
ces-of all parties and with one voice
are beseeching US through their Dele
gate, by repeated memorials Of thcil
Legislature, by the uniform declarations
Of their various party platforms, b,
their almost unanimous votes directly
and indirectly on the question, and il
every possible way to clothe them viii
power to form State Government ane
admit them into the Union, that thej
may enjoy the rights and privileges
pertaining to American freedom ant
citizenship. Is there any just reasor
why their appeal should be refused1
| Their character, habits and civil in
stitutions are unexccptionable. Thei'
material and financial condition is bet
ter than most of preceding Territoris
communities emerging into Statehood
From the facts given, it is NANTES
that the population Of the Territor!
has increased as rapidly as its prcde
cessors at the same stage Of develop
ment, and certainly at no less rate tina,
between the censuses of 1879 and 1880
which was thirty per cent. At thi
rate, it now has l26,953 inhabitants
aud before its State machinery can pos
sibly be constructed and put in opera
ton it will exceed the number consti
tuting the basis of Congressional rep
resentation. Of the twenty-five nev
States which have entered the Unio,
through the portal of Territarial pro
bations the population by the preced
ing and succeeding censuses, and tn
rate of increase during the decade wer
as follows:
Date Of Popu. Popu- Rat
admis- lation lation pc
sion. by pre- byfol- cen
/ vscen- low'g Of in
i. sus Gems cre's
Vsrmont .l7gl S5,425 l54, l65 8
Kentucky. .l732 1857 22O,955 20
Tennessee ....l196 35,69l, lO5,GO2 10
Ohio ...... 1902 1866 ~. I60 40
, Louisiana. .lSl2 1856 lj2, g23 10
Indiana ..... 1916 24,520 l41, ,l7S SO
Mississippi. .lSl7 aOaol 75,AS An
Alabama. .lSl9 / l27 ,99l
Illinois 1878 IL, 2,2S2 55, l62 35
? Missouri -. 1921 G6,557 l4O,455 II