The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-06
The Progress Of Utah.

Although the next session OF Congress
will be crowded with business during its
less than three months Of working time.
there is little doubt that the petitions of
the various Territories for admission to tho
Union will receive consideration. What has
been accomplished at this session is to de-
velop the facts on which each application for
admission rests.
Tho facts in the Cnse OF Utah, as set
forth in official documents laid before the
House Committee on Territories, are par
ticularly striking. BY the census OF 1899
Utah had population Of 207.905 people. oc-
cupying all area Of o4.070 square miles. 1t
had 374.340 acres under cultivation, $40. 159
irrigated, and 2O5.S05 under enclosure for
pasture. It's assessed valuation. exclusive
OF mines. not taxed. was 1921 04S last
year. The valuation Of the incorporated
towns and cities was about $S5. 900. and
their Indebtedness less than $l.2o5.O00. Tho
Territory has 5000 miles of irrigation ca
mails. and from 1O. 900 to 1000 Of wagon roads
The dwellings, and business houses erected
for the year preceding July !. 1891. num-
bered 1850 valued at nearly $G.000.000.
During the census year there were in the
Territory 305 Industrial establishments.
with plants worth S9.5G9.01. paying $2.05O.-
SOL in wages. on a little more than double
that amount of capital. to 3.90S hands. and
turning out products worth $G.36G.4 400. In
the stores OF the Territory the invested
capital was s2O.Ol3.l3o. and the sales were
$4S.620. G8i. The agricultural products. as
reported by the county assessors. We're
valued at $l0.2lS52T: tho live stock ut
$9,sG2.4T. The value OF tho mining
products. computing gold and silver at
their mint value. and other metals Mt their
eeaboard values was $lI.3i6.7S3. AS to tho
mining interest. the Governors last report
declares the present to be a phenomenal
period In the history OF mining In Utah.
New discoveries have been made in tho old
miuing camps OF Park City. Yntic
and Bingham Canon. and at Dusway. Fish
Springs. La Plata. and Ohio mining dis
tricts. and in other places" OF coal. over
8GJ.00O tons was mined in 1890. and of salt.
evaporated from tho waters OF Great Salt
Lake. $4,000 tons. The Territory also has
Iron, sulphur. asphalt. and mineral wax.
Utah has l.lS7 miles Of railroads and the
freight traffic Is very diversified. 1t has
fOrty-three banks. which reported last year
capital OF S3,l4S.232. and deposits of s., $685.
68i. Salt Lake has sixty miles OF electric
street railway. and with Ogden. Logan,
Park City. and Payson, it is lighted by cleo
tricity. The value of school property In
tho Territory is Sl,l37.54l and the School
Commissioner reports that last year there
were Gd .O09 children of school age in the
Territory. of whom 1904 were Of Mormon
and 1906 Of nom Mormon parentage Al
salt Inka Ia Desoret University and nj
Logan Is an agricultural college.
These facts. and such as these. show. as
majority OF the House Committee on Terri
tories has reported. that the people OF Utal
are not nomads or itinerants. but are
permanent residents OF the Territory anC
identified with its interests. Such facts
prompted President ELIOT of Harvard t.
his recent tribute TO what had been accom-
plished there by industry and thrift.
Nevertheless. the true solution Of th,