The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27

upwards of 5000 each: Is wool
len mills and knitting mills, with
an invested capital of ..........S S23.612
Six aerated water factories ----.-.- HOGS
rive oreWerles -----------....-.....s SS9.ol9
Twenty canneries ..-......-........ S66. 70S
Twenty-one cigar factories ....... 151 .426
Twenty-Five clay products $3.50. 1.2se. S22
Thirty creameries ..............--.. 81, $50
Sixty seven flour and grist mills !, 266, SIS
Thirty-four metal manufacturer 333. $50
Eighteen florist establishments 257 $50
Twenty-nine miscellaneous .-..... 10, 1886
The SehooImaster Abroad.
@ 1S.-Gite number of schools, includ-
ing public and private schools, seminar
les and public institutions of learning at
time of admission and at present time?
Ans. (a)-In 1895 there We're 942 graded
schools. a state university and agricultu-
raj college as at present; IS seminaries
mainly under the supervision of the diff
ferent religious bodies; the school popu-
lation was II 40e pupils enrolled LILO:
all public school property was S2471, 331.
/ 0b)-The value OF all public school prop
erty in 1906 had increased TO A,Se5. Og6; the
number of graded schools had fallen 10
! Cos new schools of greater capacity hav-
| ing become necessity): the school pop
ulation was 81 So; number of pupils en-
| rolled. Il .0S3; and the total average daily
attendance 1924 The number of semi
naries had increased to 90 while the reg
| istratiOn in the state university in 1895 was
| 539 in 1866 il was 976 in 1895 the total
I
were $4,000 and in 1906, $4,000. There is
not sufficient available data to give the
value of the university in 1896. probably
three-Gfths of its present value. which is
/ $4,000 Similarly the Agricultural col
lege has increased in registration as also
/ in real property value There is also
state industrial school which required 49,
600 for ;ts educational needs in 1886 and
| So, 900 in 1906. With the increase in pop
ulation came an increase in the expenses
in connection with the hospital for the
! iuc a tai he
penseS of this institution in 1886 were $3i,-
566 and in 1896 S61.oO0-
Record of State Institutions.
O. 14-How much money was invested
| in state institutions at time of adrnis-
| sion. and name them; at present time and
| at time of admission
| Ans.-Since statehood there have been
| upwards of $500. 900 invested in the fol-
lowing named institutions: State univer-
| sity, state industrial school, state pris-
on. agricultural college, school for deaf
and dumb national guard. Utah art in
| stitute, state fair, board of horticulture
board of sheep commissioners-not all OF
| which, however, have come into being
| their scope extended with the resultant
increased educational advantages.
| Q. 15.-Number of children OF school
age, and how many attended school in
| 1907-0S, and how many did not?
! Ans.-On June 80. 1908, the total school
population was 101. 1872: of this number
/ So. S42 attended school Included in the
foregoing figures is the school popula-
| ton of Salt Lake City of 33,e42 with a
school attendance of 3d.
| O. 16.-Per cent of illiteracy at time of
admission and at present time?
Ans.-The percentage Of illiteracy in
| Utah according to the United States cen
sus of 1860 was three and one-tenth: ii is
believed that the census report of 1910
| will show a material reduction in that
percentage, as is indicated by the replies
to queries 13 and Is. The data on this
subject for 1877 is not available.
Big Increase in Railroads.
c IT-Number of miles of railroad in
state at time of admission. number OF
miles at present time. and number of
miles constructed in past ten years2
Ans.-There were l. 561 miles of rail-
road and IS miles OF street railway in
1886; in 1906 railroad mileage had in
creased to 2.2S3 miles. and street rail-
ways to 150 miles.
Q. 1S-Give number of banking institu-
lions, state and national. in the state at
the time Of admission. and at present
time. giving the capital stock and COM
bined deposits?
corporate banks in Utah. with a total
81 5SS. 1892. ten national banks, with a total
capital Of SI.O00O00 and total deposits of
$500 eco There were j private and COR
pOrate banks in the state in 1906 with a
total capital of s.. 227 .55i. and total de-
posts Of 81. 9S5SI II national banks with
ca pital Of Sl,955.o00 and deposits of s14-
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