The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-02-16
FACTS AND FIGURES.


Fine veins of marble have been dis
covered in Union County, Ark.
1t is estimated that 37S, 151 persons
are employed in coal mines in Great
Britain, working in galleries extended
over at least 5S, 744 miles. The greatest
depth of the cod mines is estimated at
2,500 feet.
The income of the world is $I3,
00O 900, 600 year, its aggregate debt
| SO, 600. 900. 600 and its capital $50, ,0o0,
900, 900. How should you like to be
''silent partner with the world2-NetO
HaUen Register.
-Twenty-three years ago Flora Tenn
pie electrified the world by beating 2:2O.
| Would it ever be beatenP was the -ques-
| ton. Since then eighty-four horses
| have tr0tted in 2:20 or better, and quite
a number have come within u fraction
Of it.
The average size Of farms in the
United Kingdom is seventy acres. In
England only, the average is greater
than this, but small holdings in Scotland
and ireland counterbalance the excess.
| In America the average size is taken MS
| 40 acres; France, So; Germany, 40;
| Belgium, 10; Holland, so; Russia, 30i
Austria Hungary, 45; Italy, 30; Spain,
25; Portugal, 20; Turkey, 80; Greece
and Switzerland, Is, and Sweden, so
| acres.
There were 72,276, ,312 bushels Of
grain shipped from New York during
| 1881, 53, 900, 900 bushels being carried
by steamers and the rest by sailing YES
sells. The shipment in 1880 was ll8,-
| 5t8, 1863 bushels, 41,000, 900 bushels
more than last year. The freight for
last year was about $8,000,000, all.of
which went to foreign ships, not n
| bushel having been sent BY American
ships. British vessels carried sixty-two
per cent. OF the entire shipments. 4
"A new bridge, costing 81, 900,
has been finished at Albany, N. ",
since last June The main span is nine
hundred feet long, and there are three
spans. The draw extends six hundred
feet. The total length is sixteen hun
dred feet 1t is intended chiefly for
highway traffic on the lower floor, but
it has provision for double-track rail-
F6ad service on the upper floor, the to-
tai width being siXty-One feet. Over
one thousand tons of iron were put into
the draw, which is the heaviest mass
moving on a center in the world.
The steady progress Of tho telG-
graph is made apparent by the follow
ing facts and figures. In 1874 there
were forty miles of line and no wires.
In 184S there were 1000 miles of line
and 5000 miles of wire. In 1858 there
were 4,675 miles of line and 22,Ol3
mikes of wire In 1860 there were 17,-
58z ffiiles of line and $3.50 miles Of
wire. In 1850 there were %, ,4i2 miles
of line and so, 294 miles of wire. In 1870
there were SO, ,403 miles of line and 107,7
245 miles of wire. In 1877 there were
Ill ,652 miles of line and 257 974 miles
of wire. In 1880 there were 142, 264
miles Of line and 350,018 miles of wire.
The first line In. the United States was
established between Baltimore and
Washington in 1874. 1t was constructed
on the Morse plan, which has since be-
come the almost universal system Of the
world In theyear 1880 there were fifty
million messages sent. The various
companies have 14,O00 offices, and they
have in their employ no less than 24,OOq
individuals. 4