University of Oklahoma College of Law University of Oklahoma College of Law Digital Commons American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899 10-2-1893 Report of the Governor of Utah, 1893 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/indianserialset Part of the Indian and Aboriginal Law Commons Recommended Citation H.R. Exec. Doc. 1, 53d Cong., 2nd Sess. (1893) This House Executive Document is brought to you for free and open access by University of Oklahoma College of Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899 by an authorized administrator of University of Oklahoma College of Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF UTAII. SALT LAKE CITY, October 2, 1893. SIR: In pursuance of your request of July 18, 1893, I have the honor of submitting the following report of existing conditions in the Territory of Utah during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893: POPULATION. Censns re-I Estima~etl I' C I Estimated Uounty. popn1ahon County. ensns re- population, port, 1890. I 1893. ' port, 1890. j 1893_ Beaver .................. 3,340 3,550 1 Salt Lake............... 58, 4571 67,000 Box elder ............... .. 7,642 7,910 Stm.Juan................ 365• 475 Cache ................... 15,599 17,100 I Sanpete................. 13,1461 15, JOO Davis·-- · ···-·······-·-·· 6, 469 6, 660 1 SeYier................... 6, 19\J 7, 460 Emery .................. 4,866 7,000 , Summit ................. , 7,7331 S,500 Garfield ................ .. 2, 457 1 3, 520 11 'l'o<,ele ...... _............ a, 700 4, 11 ~ 0 Grand ................... o"4l ,750 1 Ointah .................. 2,292 3,650 Iron .................... 2 683 2 775 1 Utah .................... 1 23,416 2P,GOO Juab .................... 5,' 582 6, 200 Wasatch ........ __ ...... 4, 627 i 4, 850 Kane ........ ... .. .. .. 1 6R5 1 1,R75 " rasldngtou ............. 1 4,0091 4,400 Millard .................. 4: 0331' 4, 050 , Wayne .... _.... _.. ____ .. 1 642 1, 000 Morgan ................. 1, 780 1, 880 Weber _....... _......... 1_____:3, 005 ____28, 500 Piute ................... .. 2. 842 2. 350 1 1 _ I Rich ............ ....... 1, 527 1, 650 j Total.. ............. ! 207, 905 240, &05 On account of the recent financial stringency and the violent decline in the price of silYer, the population of the mining districts has decreased very materially the past six months, while in all other portions of the Territory there has been a steafly growth. The above estimate shows an increase of 32,900 since the census was taken. UNI'l'ED STATES LAND OFFICE. Statement of the business of the United Stctfes land o.ffice at Salt Lake City, Utah, for the fiscal yea1· ending Jnue 30, 1893. --------------------- Kin<! of entcy. INumbe'·l Aon>ago. Am01mt. Ca~ll rnt.ri er (exclutliJ~g area in commuted homestead entries an,l I so ' 8, 883·. 69 $2(i, 025.44 ~f~fl~t~~~~~T\~<>~Y~ >><lY~YU !~ i :Uii!i . i~:~1i! Horoesteat11inal entries ............................................ i 179 2:i, ~~~: ~g l 1, 1~1: ~g rm~f~~~~~f;i~m7:·~.:~.:-~.:- .. ::~::-~.:•::····:•••~••·l :~ ··;;:;~:~-!~. 11 ·;~.~ Railroad selection~ . __ •.. __.. _..... ........ ............... .. ...... , 5 139, 389. 94 802. 00 T<'th~::l r~:: :. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::: · ~· ... ;: ;;; .·~;: ;,;:~·~-9-4-, -~~-~-::-: 389 390 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTETIIOR. SETTLEl\fENT OF PUBLIC LANDS. Statement showing the disposition and settlnnent of public lands in Utah Territory a11d the total business of the land office at Salt Lake City fr·orn the tirne of its opening in March, 1869, to the end of the fiscal yem· ending June 30, 1893. Number. Acreage. Amount. Cash entries . • . • . • . 4, 188 378, 727. 21 $621,841.61 Mi.neralentries....... ... .. .. ... .. ......... ....... .......... 1, 947 22,811.95 109,589.50 22,440.00 ~~~::t~~~h~~fi~~~s- :::::: ::::::::::::::::: :::::: :::::::: :::::: ~: ~~ 7~~: ~~~: g~ 197,690.52 Deaert final entries............................................. 945 176,711.47 1Rl, 651. 55 Homestead entries . • . • . • . • . • . • • . 10, 494 1, 330, 338. 26 160, SIR. 00 Homestead final entries . .. .. • . .. .. .. .. .. 4, 947 609,376.38 32,482.14 Timber-culture eutries... .. .. ...... ...... ...... .... .. ... .. 1, 577 179, 3('3.49 17, 902. 00 Timber-culture final entries.................................... 23 2, 566.20 96.00 9, 236.00 1 35,985.00 tt:~~R~iJt~-~~;~-~i~~:: ~ ~ ::::: ~:: :: ~::: ~: :::: :::~ ~:: :::::::::: i: ~H ·i: t~~:-~:~: ~g- 3, 642.00 Coal cash entries ..................................... '".. .. .. 109 190,493.80 24,54.0. 20 Union Pacific aml Central Pacific Railroad. selections.......... 5 778, 458. 24 8,8-U. 64 Land warrants................................... .. .. .. .. 23,957.00 615.00 Agricultural college scrip...................................... .. .... .. 84,912.00 2, 232.00 Valentine scrip................................................. .. .. • . 280. 12 14.00 Chippewa scrip . .. • .. • • .. .. • . .. .. .. .. .. .. • .. .. ... .. 479.82 10.00 Supreme court scrip • • • • . • . • . 4, 530. 02 Sioux half-breed scrip.......................................... .... ... 360.00 6.00 'l'imber soltl ........................................................................... 127.08 Timber dApredations ..................................•.............•.................. 15,422.31 Testimony fees ...•.•..............................•.•.................................. 17,759.20 Total. ............................................................. ·I 6, 245, 869. 20 1, 469, 941. 75 REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS, 1893. Statement showing the assessed valuation of real and personal property and irnprovemenfs in the several counties for· 1893. Countks. Real Improve· Personal Total1893. property. ments. property BcaYcr .............................................•. $315,362 $242,285 $515,431 $1,073,078 Box"lder ........................................... .. 1, 248,218 415,445 55,770 1, 719,433 Carl1P .......................................... .. : .. 3, 771,740 1, 376,030 19!1, 783 5, 347,553 Davis .....•.......................................... 2, 083,740 589,775 228,025 2, 901,540 Emfrv .............................................. 405,339 170,240 1, 635,774 2, 211,353 Garfit•hl. ••........................................... 29,349 15.075 223,779 268,203 Grand~--········· ................................. 56,997 20,905 258,091 3il5, 993 }run ............. · .... ······························· 273,390 159,604 406,322 839,406 JnalJ ................................................ 56J, 775 1, 108,867 754, 1R6 2, 427,828 JCnuo ...••.....•.............................. · ·· · •· 89, 3R2 119, 256 414, 617 623,255 J\1 illanl ............................................. 238,949 1, 0-H, 741 398,257 1, 678,947 ~ror~an~-·--· ........................... - ..... - ........ - .... 317, 518 129,825 U2, 889 590,232 l'iute ............................................... 91, 117 40,730 157. 195 289,042 Rich ................................................ 532, 266 81,445 260,039 873,750 SaltLnkc ........................................... 31, 45!i, 678 9, 232,105 8, 400,328 49,089,111 Sau Juan ........................................... 2, 400 8, 770 370,221 381, 391 1, 815,455 859, u:lo 462,816 3, 137,901 ~~~l~~t~::::: ~: ~:::::::: ::: ~ :~ ::: :: : :::::: ~: ~: :: ~::::: 437,601 294,710 544,884 1, 277, 195 Summit ............................................. 1, 760, 880 861. 112 1, 340,744 3, 962,736 'l'ooele .............................................. 545,975 277, 525 408, 900 1, 232,400 Utah ................................................ 4, 293,025 2, 000,896 1, 548,005 7, 841,926 Uintah ............................................. 181, 143 99,462 302, 3R5 582,990 \Vasatch ........................................... 5-!8, 260 279,618 286,715 1, 114, 5!!3 \Vashington ....................................... 277,639 265,080 441, 00-! 983,723 \Veber .............................................. 10,628,143 3, 629,777 3, 523,311 17,781, 2Hl \Vayne ............................................. 54,411 44,850 196,040 295,301 ----------1---------1---------:-----·---- Total . • • • . • . • • . • . • • . • • • • • • . 62, 019, 752 23, 364, 848 23, 475, 511 1108, 860, 111 TERRITORY OF UTAH. 391 Statement showing the assessed value of the prope1·ty of the inCOl'POI'ated cities and tow11s of Utah 1errilory, and the indebtedness of the same, for the years1892 rwd 1898. Assessed valuation of property. Amount of indebtednesg. Incorporated cities aml towns. 1892. 1893. 1892. 1893. Cities tmder special cha1'ter. American Fork ......................... $325, 000. 00 $354, 730. 00 $2, 500. 00 $1, 130. 00 Alpine City ............................ 40,000.00 *(0, 000. 00 300. 00 *:.!00 .• 0 Beaver ...........................•....... 312,412.00 *312, 412. 00 911. 00 *911. 00 (13,410. 00 *413, (10. 00 24, 000. 00 *24, 000000 139,868.00 *139, 868. 00 450. 00 450. 00 g~~f~~~~?~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 261, 287.00 261,287.00 None. None. Corinne ...•....•......................... 182,235.00 *162. 235. 00 6, 000. 00 6, 900. 00 252,190.00 *308, 495. 00 2, 000. 00 1, 000. 00 ~~i~~~~!· .........· .· .· .....· .· .·: :::: :::::::: :: :: :: : 143,200.00 138,350.00 None. None. Fillmore ................................ 100, oeo. oo 92,494.00 200.00 None. Grantsville ............................. 150,