Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-01-20
Chilly gress and 9akotaian
SATURDAY. JANUARY 20, 1888.

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FACTS AND FIGURES.
Itsms Of Interest Pertaining TO the Pro-
posed State Of Dakota, All Of Which arc
i Fally Relisbls.
|p Correspondents Chicago lnter-Ocean.
The sssessed valuation (ranging about
% per gently OF property, in 1881, was
l6,49A,224.B3, not including railroad
! property, which il taxed directly on the
gross earnings Of the roads. The valu.
alton for 1882 has been variously esti.
mated from $50. 900 to $5O,OOO,OO0. It
would be safe to say that there will be
fully the latter amount of property as.
seesed this spring Q683).
There are nine national banks and
fortY-two privste banks in the proposed
state.
The number Of organized counties is
thirty five, which will be increased event.
ually. in all probability, to 100.
The revised code Of the territory
shows Dakota's lsw.makers to have been
in the main wise and efficient. With
statehood, the expediency of further or
amendatory legislation will assert itself.
The defined state of Dakota had last
year 1.16O miles of rAilWav. being a
greater mileage than that Of each of
twelve states, viz: Maine. with 1904
miles; Oonneotiout, 9S1 miles; New
Hampshire, 697 miles; Vermont, 1886
miles; Florida, 776 miles; Oregon, 76O
miles; Arkansas, $50 miles; Mississippi,
458 miles; Nevada, 443 miles; West
Virginia, 227 miles; Delaware, PIG miles,
and Rhode Island with 1853 miles.
The lines hsving the principal mileage
in Dakota are those embraced in the diff
ferent divisions Of the Chicago and
Northwestern and the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul railways, which have
both reached the Missouri river, the for
mer at Pierre, in the center of the new
state. and the latter ct Chamberlain,
about forty.dve miles south by sixty
miles east Of Pierre.
The opening Of the Sioux reservation,
lying beyond, will create the necessity
for an immediate construction of one, If
not both, of these two great railroad
lines, headed for the Black Hills, their
Eldolado in common. The completion
and extension of lateral lines and con-
Meeting by both these roads, each of
which il fast developing strong system
of its own in Dakota, will alone add sew
eral hundred miles OF track every wear
Tor some time to come, and branch. OF
perhaps two branches, of the Northern
Pacific, will be extended down through
the great central wheat belt to the Mis-
souri, river, probably within the present
year.
The Missouri river is nsvigable through.
out the territory and for q distance of
l,4O0 miles above Pierre. A feet Of
steamboats,, nine in number, of from $50
to 600 tons burden, is owned in Dakota,
and there are some thirty of the same
class, in all, engaged in the carving
trade between Yankton, Springfield,
Chamberlain and Pierre, and the upper
Missouri forts and towns.
A penitentiary, costing $4,000, the
government having appropriated $50, 900
and the territory expending $4,000 OF
its own means, and an insane asylum
costing 100000 have just been completed,
and are referred to with pride by Cover.
nor Ordway in his message to the legis.
lature.
A year ago there we're sixteen court
houses in the state of Dakota as defined
since which time no report has been re.
ceived: 1t is known, however, that pro.
vision has been made by number of the
lesding counties developed BY the immi
grafton OF the past two years for the
speedy erection of as many substantial
court houses, to cost from $50, 900 to $50.
600 each. :
There are 600 school buildings in th,
proposed state, valued at 100000. II
the more populous school districts tht
primitive sohool.house with q sinel,
small apartment hes been fast givinf
way to the commodious two story struc
ture, lifted up with modern school furni
ture and facilitating the system of graded
school.
There are now sbout 200 church build
ings completed and Q number under con
tract. All the principal denomination
are represented and all have received
equal encouragement in the shape OF pub
lie support and subscription.
Several OF the denominations hav.
either commenced or are about to under
take the construction Of universities anl
seminaries. The Oongregationalists vii
have q $4,000 college at Yankton ant
the Baptists another of about the sam,
class at Sioux Falls. The Sisters O
Mercy have q costly school structure a
Yankton. where there is convent also
The newspapers of Dakota are credit
ably conducted, and are generally pros
porous. There are dozen dailies anon,
them, taking itelegraphlc dispatches an,
edited with commendable ability. TIL
number of weekly papers in additio,
was between 80 and 100, according to
count made on Dec. !, 1882, but ther
are new publications being started al
most every week, and very few suspen
sions of expended enterprise in this dl
rection that hear Of.
Dakota is already listed second amonl
tho gold producing territories of th
United States, and yet the development
of the Black Hills country, prosecute,
under difficulties and retarded by it
comparative isolation, has hardly beel
begun in eernest. The total mining an,
agricultural area Of the Hills embrace
5000 square miles, lying between th
north and south forks of the Cheyenn
river, and situated mostly in Dakots
projectinga short way into Wyoming.
The output Of gold for 1852 was $5
100000. and Of silver. $5OO.0OO (esti
mated).
The Homestake mine alone produce
over "a, 100000 Of gold annually. It
!. worked BY the largest mills in the worlt
and is one Of the richest gold mines o
the face OF the globe.
There s.a are forty-three stamp mill