Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-22
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The courtesy Of Hon. Caleb W. wrst
has plncoJ the News in early posses.
sion Of a copy his report a. Governor
Of Utah 10 the Secretary Of the iulc.
rlor ior the y ar 1893. lis = valuable
and interesting document, its statistics
being especially fruitful Of congraiu.
lation by reason Of the c3mparlsota
showing the steady Advancement Of
the Territory IN material property.
These portions Of the report only pro.
fees 10 give existing conditions durlug
the nseal year eHding June 80, 1893,
though the report Itself bears date Of
October .. A summary Of tho leading
features Of tho document m rlts the
perusal and confederation OF every
citizen; for more detailed figures, the
specialist may refer 10 tue report
Itself
The United States census report Of
1890 credits Utah with population Of
2J7,9O5; the GIvernor estimates Il this
year ut iO,SO5--a total reached upon
returns from tho 20 counties Of the
Territory. Thc years. business Ia the
U. >. land Office In THIS city shows the
number Of entries TO have been 1919;
the acreage Sis, 1855 90 acres, ana ia,
amount OF funds handled s9i,7l7.i3,
Since it, establishment until the emu Of
the last fiscal year, tue land office has
done business to tho amount OF O 2ij,-
s6g.20 acres OF land and 400, 0ll.75 1Ol-
lars Of money.
The total assessed value Of real and
personal property and improvements
In the several counties Tor 1898 h
slOs, s6O,lil; and the assessed vAiua.
ton Of the incorporated cities snd
towns for the came year Is sOi, 1888, $50
with total Indebtedness 81 s2,Uo5,.
$50. Thcse latter figures show that ~
compared with the previous year, the
assessed valuations have increased
S1,3ss,g7O AZ, while the aggregate In.
deDleinvss mas decreased sl76is.5s.
The territorial aud school tax tor 1902
amounted to $500, 1000, as against
s8,8s0.3l for 1854, the first year thai
the report deals with.
OF horses and mules, the Territory IL
credited with $1,000; Of cattle $50 .og5;
and Of sheep 1874. $50; the latter being
aslight increase over tue number iu
ls92Rnd a slight decrease over the re-
turns for 1891; while Ia horses anu
mules anu cattle the Increase has kept
on unbfokcn.
The banks Of the Territory show the
state Of their business on June 80, 1898.
10 have been: Capital, S5,0lO, .5O;
deposits, $685. 1900. Il Ia also NJ.
nouucod that our railroad system In.
oludes ,ls7.0l miles Of standard gauge
and 1908 miles OF narrow gauge rolu,
with street railroad system OF Us miles
Of electric and o milea OF Steam motor
lines (lhs latter In Provo).
Interesting arc tho figures as 10 the
mineral product Of Utah for the year
1899. They were prepared by Mr. j..
Il. Dooly, Of Wells, Fargo a Co., ard
can DO best presented briefly Ia this
Erc,ruuLNoSi
is22Ul6 pounds copper at cents
sl,n. 80 poanis uufcancd lead, al ''
per NHussss .ss.sss........ 1GII.tr0 a.
5000 oauce, nnt sil,cr.at $3.50.
per uNutr .....H ssss.. sss..t sssss. t.ttlIfH Ul
,,,ls. ouucga Inc sold. At So per
ouhtu.. sssss tU' $40 90
Total export yaluo............g l.li-.si3 si
Computing the gold and silver 90
their mint valuation and other metals
at their value 1t the scsboarL, Il would
increase the value Of the pr0iuc, TO
Sl0,976,slsO3.
The Governor then proceeds to com.
mont briefly but IlainIy upon the
eject Of uuf,v1gable legislation upon
the mining AMI commercial interests
Of the Territory; the abundance aud
rkill " our Labor the public buiIdingf,
the various educational institution.
and school lands, tho reform school,
peuiieuuury INSANE asylum, utc. lilo
recommends that the old "state houapp
at Fillmore br Hrau.e the Irrrit0rg
10 DO disposed or or school ar other
public Uuu. ga Anpr touching up3u
the suJecfaf agriculture, timber aa4
our uuuuyyiol,i resource, th.
Governor boldly taoslcs tine matter of
"ugIsIHtou." un0n which, anor oh.
luding to lho old conditions p.ovHIiur
here, "the abandonment of .nr nr,c.
Tee Of polygamy AMI the ui-uaud.
moutoftne Peoples or Church party
and pointing out that tho Mormon
people arc doing all within their
power to establish and IN inluiu hur.
monious relations with tho people o..
The whole county, ami tuat "thcy
should DO encouraged. n not by literal