The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-11-05
KANSAS MORTGAGES.

KANSAS MOH 0A0eSs
Anot,,.r Doeome,t From the Census once
"A Rapid Increase Up to 1887 and ."
Rapid decrease For the Next Two Years
WASHINGTON, Oct 29.-The census
Office has arrived at some more inter-
esting conclusions respecting the mort
cages on farms and homes in Kansas.
The total number Of mortgages re-
corded during the ten years was &C.,
049, of which SIS. 422. or 67.0S per cent
of the total, were on acres. and 2O4. 42'.
or 81 81 per cent, were on lots The
yearly totals exhibit the fact that in
1880 the amount of recorded mortgages
was SIS, 625. 2s4; in 1881. s21. S4S. 40; in
1852, So. 40, $40; in 1888. sa7. 697. 400; in
1884, $50. 579, S54; in 1885. $50, 20S, 0s7;
in 1856, SIC, 259, 4O3; in 1887 the amount
reached So, $50, 069: declined to $685.
S77,S22 in 1855. and to $780,
Osa, PA in 1889 Mortgages to the
number of 34.774 were recorded
il 1850, S5.161 in 1881, So, 1876
in 1882, 81. 95S in 1888. so. O91 in 1884. H.
474 in 1885, 81. 1875 in 1886. In 1887 the
highest number was reached. when
ITO, 500 were recorded In 1855 there
ASO~
g., $50 In 1870 the amount OF mort
cages recorded against acres in the
state was s15. 425. rs; in 1881. S17,514,-
735; in 1882, Sl7,634.O OF; in 1888. ST.
1853, 1873; in 1884. S31. PAL. Ssh; in 1885. S42.-
1881; in 1886, $50. 723, 122, and the
largest amount, SCI. 227. 479. was in 1887,
! from which year the amount decreased
| to s44, Sos, 279 in 1888 and to SIS, COG, 54S
in 1885, The number of mortgages re-
corded against lots began the period
with S3,19S, 500 in 1850. increased to
$50, o42, $50 in 1887 and fell to ST.
O75. 7O2 in 1889. The number OF
mortgages recorded against lots
and acres show the same rise and
fall. During the ten years IS. 76s, 100
acres were covered by mortgage. the
increase being from 8, 602. 149 in 1880 to
1901. 343 in 1886, from which time there
was a decline to 4, $685. OCT in 1889. The
number of lots incumbered during the
ten-year period was $50 SOS, and the an
nual tendency was from 1901 in 1850.
to 121, 453 in 1887, after which the num-
Der fell to 74.9lS in 1889. Acres and
lots covered by mortgage, not stating
the amount of debt, are included in
these totals. The average mortgage
during the ten years was S77S.49; for
acres, SS25 81; for lots, $685.. O6. The
average number of acres to mortgage
was 129. 80; lots, 2 60, while the average
of incurred indebtedness per acre Gre
ated during the period of ten years was
6.39, and per lot S262 so.
There is a per capita existing debt OF
s165. In the following coun ties q. SO
per cent of all the existing debt of the
state is owed: Cowley. Dickinson.
Reno, Sedgwick. Shawnee. Sumner and
Wyandotte. These counties have 1s. 81
per cent of the states population. In
Sedgwick county. containing Wichita.
| where real estate speculation was very
active few years ago, the debt is S16,-
$50, 053. This is a higher amount than
is shown for any other county. Wyan-
dotte county, containing Kansas City,
adjoining Kansas City. Mo. is second,
with S12, 629, 946, and Shawnee county,
containing the capital of the state.
stands third, with S11, 1882, 900. In these
counties, possessing 10. 30 per cent. OF
the states population, the existing debt
is L. 40 per cent of the total debt OF the
state.
In Decatur, jefferson, Lincoln, Lyon
and Pawnee counties special investiga'
tions were conducted Decatur is an
agricultural county. in the northwest
ern part of the state, where crops have
failed for several years. Its populatio on
is s,414 The debt of this county is ST.
O99. 223. and the number of mortgages
in force is 1889; average debt in force
per mortgage, $3.50. The debt of JET
ferson county, in the northeastern par
of the state, is s1,317, O29. secured by
1,4S6 mortgages, with an average deb
of 1856 per mortgage. Its population
is 16. go.
Lincoln county is near the middle o.
the state, and its residents are repre-
sented to have suffered through severa
crop failures Its debt is 81, 692, $40
: the number of mortgages in force i!
. 2, 234, and the average debt to q mort
gage is S75s. The mortgages in force
in Lyon county, situated in the eastern
part of the state, are securing deb
l of Ss44, 233, an average debt of 5000 to
:. mortgage The population is %. l96
In the western part Of the state, Paw
nee county, with a population of 5. "a
l owes 81, IT'S, 666 on 1881 mortgages, thu
, average debt to a mortgage being 1852
The purchase of the mortgaged ant
l other real estate. improvement
, and business, when not combined will
1 other objects were the inducements TO
mourning S. % per cent of tn
I original amount of the existing
. mortgage debt in Decatur county. 80 2
I per cent in jefferson county, IS pc
cent in Lincoln county, IS. II per cent
in Lyon county and IS 81 per cent. il
Pawnee county. A considerable POI
, ton of the debt was incurred for thes
3 objects in com bination with other oh
{ iects, and in such cases is inseparabl
8 from them. Farm and family expenses
were frequent object of Indebtedness
) but they are more or less combines
: with the object of real estate. of pur
l chase, improvements, and with others
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