The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-29
PROSPEROUS KANSAS.
Some Interesting Statistics Furnished BY
the Census Bureau as to the Growth and
Rrnsneritv nf 4 nnsas y.

the Census Bureau as to the Growth and
Prosperity of Kansas.
The census returns furnish some in
teresting facts as to the growth and
prosperity of Kansas, which the To
pe,l:: Capital sums up as follows:
The total population of Kansas, 1890,
IS l.+2T.O0G, the increase since 1880 be-
ing AL 900, or 4S.27 per cent. The pco-
ulatiOn. lSSO, was 996,096. The state
stands nineteenth in population among
the states and territories and eighth
among the states comprising the north
central division. Among the counties,
Wyandotte stands first ga, ,407), Shaw
nee second (4g, l72) and Sedgwich third
(43,e26j. Morton county has the small
est population (424. The colored pop
ulation, 1890, is returned as 81, ,251; 1850,
4S,107; increase, s, IA, or 1880 per cent.
The total land surface of Kansas is
81, 700 square miles. The water area is
shown as $50 square miles, making a
gross area of sa,0SO square miles. The
largest county is Butler (1,42S square
miles, and the smallest Wyandotte (160
square miles, Kansas ranks thirteenth
among the states and territories in land
area.
According to returns received in and
completed at the census office, the num-
Der of pupils enrolled in public schools
in Kansas, 1890, was 399,S23, including
200, ,3S6 males and 1887 females, white,
and 4,611 males and 5,OOS females, col
ored. In 1850 the number was stated to
be 246, 12S. This shows an increase of
153, t94 or 1924 per cent. The gain in
population during the same period was
1927 per cent.
The aggregate of teachers in public
schools June 80, 1890, IS reported rs 12,-
$50. including 4,S52 males and 1898 fe-
males, white, and IS males and ~ fe-
males, colored. The aggregate of PU-
pills on the same date is given as 399, 81.
1t is said in the tabular statement that
there were June 1, 1891. 525 teachers and
11.5S2 pupils in private schools. For
parochial schools the returns show 2l5
teachers and 9,01S pupils.
From the statistical abstract, 1890, re-
Gently issued it is ascertained that there
were in 1889, 3OG, ,O33 children from six
to fourteen years of age. The average
daily attendance of pupils for that year
was 244,G97; the average duration OF
school in days being 12S. For 1883 the
estimated total of salaries and superin-
tendents and teachers was S2,9S6,90
The total expenditures for public
schools, 1889, is given as s5,137, 4Gl.
The total state debt of Kansas con-
sidering the state as unit distinct from
counties, cities, towns, villages and
other minor civil divisions is reported
as being Qess sinking fund.- 1890, 81, 49,
701. Kansas ranks eighth among the
states comprising the north central di-
vision. The increase in state debt since
1850 is given as s104, 4,291. The bonded
debt of the state as unit, 1890, is placed
at sSO1, 900; floating debt, s31S, T91. Ac-
cording to the foregoing figures the
state debt (less sinking fund.- per capita,
1850, was s1.02 and in 1890, s0.7S.
The aggregate bonded debt of the
counties as units, distinct from cities
and other minor civil divisions, 1890, is
shown as s14, 1863, ,15S; floating debt, $685.
4OS; sinking fund, s124,S15. The total
debt of the counties, less sinking fund,
is therefore S14,593, 751, as against 81,
95O,921 in 1880. The county debt, less
sinking fund, per capita, 1850, was S7.9S;
1890, S1O.23.
The aggregate municipal debt of
twenty-seven cities and towns in 1890 is
recorded as S3, ,207, ,11O, being an increase
for the same twenty-seven cities and
towns since 1850 of 1910, 400. The bond
ed debt in 1890 gives total of s., 139, ,622.
An increase is shown since 1850 in bond
ed debt of SS77,3 $40; in floating debt,
S67, ,4SS; increase since 1850 of S33, IA.
The aggregate sinking fund for the
above municipalities, 1890, is returned
as 1854, showing an increase of S6,974
since 1850. The total available resources
of these twenty-seven cities and towns,
including cash in treasury, 1870, ap-
pears as S555, ,261, the increase since 1850
being s444,045. ~
In one of the summaries issued from
the census office statement is made
showing the public school finances of
Kansas, 1890. Under ordinary re-
ceipts" the following figures are given:
Taxation, s3,573, ,042; funds and rents,
s5O2, SOB; miscellaneous, sl69, 40; total,
s4,245,O15. Ordinary expenditures for
the same year, 1S9O, are given as under
teachers wages, 1902, ,O66; construc-
tion and care of buildings, SSI4, ,221;
libraries and apparatus, s77,077; miscel-
laneous, $1,000, sos; total ordinary ex-
penditures, s4,972, ,967. The value of
buildings and other property is reported
nc SIO ar Half 1acc SfnI-in~r
fund, S5,610,4SS.
The total assessed valuation of real
and personal property in the state of
Kansas, 1890, according to the census
office reports, is $3.50, ,593, III being an
increase siuce 1850 of 1929, ,702, ,022. Cal
culating on the basis of the figures just
given the assessed valuation per capita,
1890, is S2Oj.G3 as against S1G1.52 in 1850.
The increase per cent. of assessed
valuation is thus S0.61, the increase per
cent. in population during the same
period having been 1921.
The number of horses on farms is
given at T2G,31s, valued at $40, III, $50;
mules, "a, IA, valued at s., 49,, ,907; mich
cows, 750,S15, valued at S14, ,032. .I32;
oxen and other cattle, 1929, ,422, valued
at ST, ,563, ,96T; sheep, ABS. .313, valued at
$50 ,271; swine, 2,734, 195. valued at S15,-
256,S10. From the same book, given as
for 1891, the following figures are avail
able: Horses, 75S, los, valued at S43, ,5SS.-
SIT; mules, S9,97S, valued a. 81, $50. .343;
milch cows, 75S, ,323, valued a. Sl3. ST.
311; oxen and other cattle, 1920, s93,
valued at S32. l6S, 49,; sheep, Al 079,
valued at S1,0O1, ,04G; swine, S,144. .324,
valued at 1886 .295.
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