THE COMMERCIAL YEAR BOOK. Manufactures in Wisconsin. CAPITAL INVESTED, STOCK USED, GOODS MADE AND WORK DONE, AND WAGES PAID, BY -Capital Invested- Stock Used Estab- Industries. Flour and feed. 86 $6,449,116 $7,411,133 Per Cent. of Increase. 14.92 Lager-beer.. 71 33,943,545 35,539,091 *4.66 3,270,795 3,702,671 13.20 Leather. 33 10,394,318 12,124,012 16.64 9,789,314 11,320,816 15.64 Lumber, laths & shingles 168 44,989,633 45,642,002 1.45 9,861,062 12,187,522 23.59 Machines and machinery 86 8,244,923 9,038,030 48.77 3,059,369 3,333,014 8.94 Paper and pulp.. 34 8,224.977 9,014,723 9.60 Sash, doors, blinds, etc.. 3,392,882 3,481,577 2.61 73 5,504,932 5,541,357 .66 2,680,742 2,879,007 7.40 Other industries... 694 58,153,680 65,450,321 12.55 39,083,692 42,500,886 8.74 -Goods Made and Work Done Wages Paid Estab Per Cent. Estab Per Cent. lish of In lish of In Industries. crease. Flour and feed.. 86 $19,186,233 $22,016,981 - 14.75 86 $547,830 $586,731 $6.73 Lager-beer.. 71 15,394,071 16,945,217 10.08 71 1,649,640 1,686,468 2.23 Leather 33 13,445,346 15,153,361 12.70 33 1,790,571 2,028,342 13.28 Lumber, laths & shingles 168 18,322,764 22,043,162 20.30 168 3,904,245 4,566,264 16.96 Machines and machinery 86 7,662,023 8,155,581 6.44 86 2,195,742 2,343,671 6.74 Paper and pulp.. 34 6,592,166 6,555,806 8.55 34 1,243,243 Sash, doors, blinds, etc.. 1,240,476 $.22 73 5,002,045 5,260,706 5.17 73 1,086.510 1,159,449 6.71 Other industries. 694 69,548,258 73,815,859 6.14 948 19,332,041 22,971,643 18.83 Total.... 1,245 $155,152,906 $169,946,673 9.53 1,499 $31,749,822 $36,583,044 15.22 Per Per Per Per .0107 .192 .0064 .230 .0055 .0059 .106 .0035 .143 .0034 Cutting.. .117 Husking .0161 .117 .0039 .930 .0221 Shocking. Stacking. .140 1.340 .0319 .0078 .296 .140 Thrashing Shelling... .0169 .0047 .296 .0076 .296 .0165 .480 .296 .0274 .0099 Marketing. .680 .0174 .510 .0283 .240 .663 .0221 .0137 .300 .0077 .230 0128 .380 .0657 .550 Taxes.. .0031 .256 .950 Maintenance of horses... .0146 .0317 .256 .080 .0066 .0019 256 .0142 .867 .256 .0085 Fertilizing (2.3 loads of .0495 .256 .867 .0222 .0061 .867 .0482 .867 .0289 .867 .0207 manure)... Other expenses. .500 .690 .0286 0230 Depreciation in value of .500 690 .0128 .500 .0278 .0164 .500 .0119 machinery.. .429 Depreciation in value of horses.... .125 .0071 .125 .0069 .125 .0042 $6.123 $0.3498 $6.113 $0.1567 $5.793 $0.3218 $6.246 $0.2082 $7.912 $0.1884 chinery.... Interest .0066 on value of horses.. Interest on annual in .0019 vestment.. Interest on value of land 2.640 .1509 .355 2.640 257 .0143 .257 .0086 .0025 .0121 Total cost.... $9.450 $0.5400 $9.440 $0.2420 $9.100 $0.5056 $9.581 $0.3194 $11.359 $0.2715 *Figures here apparently should be 4.70; those given are, however, according to the original. + Figures here apparently should be 9.62; those given are, however, according to the original. Figures here apparently should be 7.10; those given are, however, according to the original. § Decrease. On the basis of 42 bushels to the acre, figures here apparently should be $0.0113; those given, are, however, according to the original. On the basis of 42 bushels to the acre, figures here apparently should be $0.2705; those given are, however, according to the original. Gross Receipts of Theaters and Places of Amusement in Paris. nal. *This percentage, apparently, should be 77; the one given is, however, according to the origi Previous to 1893, the receipts of the café-concerts and other establishments, such as the PôleNord, Bullier, Le Moulin-Rouze, etc. THE COMMERCIAL YEAR BOOK. Electric Light and Power, Gas, and Water Plants in New York. COST AND VALUE OF ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER, GAS, AND WATER PLANTS, 1897. Plants Reporting. Cost of Plant. Present Value Depreciation. Character of Plant and Ownership. Public. Electric light and power: Private... $80,250.00 28,136,745.15 Total $28,216,995.15 *$2,921,207.59 Electric light and gas: Private.. 9,382,022.40 2,049,772.59 Electric light and water: Public.. 46,825.03 Private... 2 119,025.86 96,600.00 22.425.86 Total Gas works: Private.. Water works: Public. 87,838,523.72 428,234.33 127,017.201.18 4,055,822.17 Private.... Total 79 14,663,338.74 10,714,046.46 3,949,292.28 149 $145,736,362.09 $137,731,247.64 $8,005,114.45 SALARIES AND WAGES OF OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYÉS OF ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER, GAS, AND -Total Yearly Wages-- ing. ployés. Amount. Electric light and power: per Official Plants ployés Average per Em Wages. Amount. ployé. $617.50 Private.. 68 242 234,032.23 967.08 87 1,106 $4,900.00 $612.50 743,754.70 672.47 Total Electric light and gas: $748,654.70 $672.04 Private... 352,715.92 627.61 Electric light and water: Public... Private.. 8 3,674.00 459.25 + Total $595.85 Gas works: Private... Water works: Public.. Private... 74 200 896,127.82 123,092.38 993.49 615.46 36 37 220 80,256.80 364.80 1,102 $1,019,220.20 $924.88 73 1,701 $849,544.21 $499.44 The Navies of the World. The following table, taken from the report of the Secretary of the Navy for 1897, shows the strength of seven principal navies: France. Russia. Italy. Germany. U.S. The number of patents issued in the United Kingdom between 1881 and 1898 shows the following extraordinary rate of increase: Endowm. nt Assurances. £ 1.947.752 1,962,952 6,207,155 152,073,819 1,785,024 6,487,564 147,187,937 Miscellaneous. Total. £ £ 11,247,063 165,988,493 1,612,181 5,440,166 144,142,569 1,635,278 4,480,773 128,064,110 1899....440,927,106 121,565 036 25,415,664 587,907,816 1899....152,793,678 1898....435,247,048 102,72,460 24,368,460 562,344,968 1898....143,903,712 1897....430,551,541 1897....139.915,349 1896....137,090,222 1895....121,948,059 1896. ...423,344,137 98.799,984 22,293,887 551,645,412 1894.. 1895. 412,866,559 .408,167,052 1893. 1892. 405,630,862 .396,787,796 1891....392,215,642 67,955,919 19,243,588 500,006,066 64,769,652 17,919,378 490,856,082 57,336,223 17.229,245 480,196,330 1,005,400 42,483,492 15,912,817 455,184,135 1892. 87,825,402 1,142,684 35,866,867 15,279,719 443,362,228 1891. 83,257,485 1,129.745 1,816,643 86,203,873 1890.. .392,838,625 34,307,580 15,490,061 442,436,266 1890. 83,005,085 1,099,582 1,815,992 1889. .391,186,142 31,368,522 14,955,848 437,510,512 1889. $1,000,223 1,090,574 1.800.823 1888....380,752,944 25,980,743 14.328,081 421,061,768 1888.... 80,552,116 1,089,610 1,792,761 1894....120,738,147 1,615,050 4,444.507 126,797,704 4,152,951 122,760,631 2,015,675 90,983,761 85,920,639 83,891,620 83,434,487 Suez Canal Traffic. (See under "Egypt"; also Commercial Year Book," Volume IV, page 542.) English Bank and Stock Exchange Holidays. BANK_HOLIDAYS.-Good Friday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday, first Monday in August, Christma *The above figures are based on returns deposited for the most part during the five years prior to the years given, and are therefore merely an approximation to the amount of contracts in force. THE COMMERCIAL YEAR BOOK. Statistics of 139 Principal Cities in United States. DEBTS AND ASSESSED VALUATIONS. -Debt Cities. Sinking Akron, Ohio. Bonded. Floating. Total. Fund. Net Debt. $564,100 Assessed Valuationof Property. Real. Personal. Albany, N. Y.... $25,000 $589,100 $42,004 $547,096 $11,748,080 4,688.390 $4,804,580 Allegheny, Pa...... 4,688,390 1,394,260 3,294,130 59,159,515 7,525,425 6,920,658 851 6,921,509 Allentown, Pa.. 1,211,970 5,709,539 80,386,575 1,214,725 765,300 765,300 Altoona, Pa.. 114,227 651,073 19,799,163 67,045 1,070,138 21,000 1,091,138 Atlanta, Ga.. 79,537 1,011,601 15,741,525 2,927,500 2,927,500 Auburn, N. Y.. 51,168 2,876,332 41,906,514 10,614,568 768,762 768.762 Augusta, Ga.. 768,762 11,993,870 1,749,800 1,573,993 Baltimore, Md.. 1,749,800 1,749,800 13,536,602 5,243,474 37,570,683 Bay City, Mich... 37,570,683 5,299,730 32,270,953 238,145,993 31,754,396 676,500 Binghamton, N. Y 676,500 34,620 641,880 8,502,242 2,114,931 630,500 Birmingham, Ala. 630,500 630,500 18,553,240 2,251,365 1,610,000 193,295 Boston, Mass.. 1.803,295 1,803,295 13,000,000 82,595.971 4,000,000 Bridgeport, Conn.. 82,595,971 28,373,786 54,222,185 830.233,900 205,865,518 1,625,000 Brockton, Mass... 14,500 1,639,500 329,824 1,309,676 53,452,514 6,425,316 1.918,120 Buffalo, N. Y.. 1,918,120 264,000 1,654,120 23,215,811 3.054,576 16,079,629 Butte, Mont.. 16,079,629 1,257,846 14,821,783 230,425,520 15,249,110 240,000 331,546 Cambridge, Mass.. 571,546 41,500 530,046 *15.700,000 +. 7,261,500 Camden, N. J. 7,261,500 1,125,758 6,135,742 72,908,100 2,196,800 16,642,990 20,000 Canton, Ohio.. 2,216,800 35,103 2,181,697 21.965,630 1.766,300 881,532 881,532 Charleston, S. C. 34,011 847,521 8,248,150 3,189,840 3,799,550 Chattanooga, Tenn.. 3,799,550 1,350 3,798,200 12,357,348 5.004.063 931,000 931,000 Chelsea, Mass. 100,000 831,000 *12,889,725 t. 1,409,700 Chicago, Ill.. 1,409,700 251,685 1,158,015 20,988,600 2,303.808 19,755,950 7,512,310 Cincinnati, Ohio. 27,268,260 1,817,815 25.450,445 31,084,894 178,801,172 42,165,275 Cleveland, Ohio. 31.084,894 5,379,261 25,705,633 159,525,490 40,213,590 13,636,810 1,395,255 Columbus, Ohio.. 15,032,065 2,395,314 12,636,751 104,932,280 8,102,800 37,358,000 53,974 Covington, Ky. 8,156,774 1,898,642 6,258,132 50,351,560 12,952.360 2,197,500 2,197.500 Dallas, Tex.. 93,800 2,103,700 19,000,000 5,000,000 1,905,000 Davenport, Ia..... 1,905,000 171,125 1,733,875 17,376,173 4,835,125 275,000 48,564 Dayton, Ohio.. 323,564 323,564 7,811,060 6,312,780 3,912,400 Denver, Colo.. 3,912,400 579,083 3,333,317 31,745,160 10,051,020 1,950.300 996,111 2,946,411 Des Moines, Ia. 128,814 2,817,597 *61,443,210 +. 1,088,000 144,161 Detroit, Mich.. 1,232,161 9.748 1,222,413 14.264,710 5,128,042 2,334,460 35,250 Dubuque, la... 5,163,292 1,483,145 3,680,147 169,087,260 38,549,600 998,514 Duluth, Minn... 303,931 1,302,445 1,302,445 16,011,503 8,025,008 4,456,250 695,941 5,152,191 Elizabeth, N. J.. 106,337 5,045,854 22,779,274 4,142,669 3,280,880 Elmira, N. Y. 3,280,880 36 3,280,844 $15,112,515 1,020,000 $1,892,995 Erie, Pa.. 1,020,000 1,020,000 15,600,716 966,500 1,588,637 Evansville, Ind. 966,500 128,668 837,832 19,158,588 2,155,000 Fall River, Mass.. 2,155,000 4.829 2,150,171 20,760,580 6,533.845 4,624,000 78,830 Fort Wayne, Ind.. 4,702,830 1,083,048 3,619,782 44,710,850 26,869,436 669,800 Fort Worth, Tex.. 669,800 29.763 640.037 17,830.775 1,969,000 5,008,585 512 Galveston, Tex. 1,969,512 1,969,512 11,131,895 3.967,825 3,681,082 45.103 Gloucester, Mass.. 3,726,185 852,000 2,874,185 22,424.494 4,582,477 326,000 461,391 Grand Rapids, Mich. 787,391 195,819 591,572 12,402,640 3,288,196 1,997,500 Harrisburg, Pa..... 1,997,500 116,176 1,881,324 1,023,000 21,981,455 5,776,546 Hartford, Conn... 1,023,000 137,211 3,960,000 885,789 *25,000,000 +. 282,211 4,242,211 Haverhill, Mass. 380,326 3,861,885 46,265,130 17,594,593 1,894,250 46,091 Hoboken, N. J Holyoke, Muss Houston, Tex.. 1,940,341 426,998 1,513,343 20.307,669 1,285,000 5,194,814 117,431 1,402,431 37,464 1,364,967 25,184,900 2,457,000 1,761,290 2,457,000 853,010 1,603,990 28,239,530 2,257,300 8,176,270 62,561 2.319,861 2,319,861 *22,528,103 +. 2,017,400 2,017.400 Jersey City, N. J.. 2,017,400 *119,856,680 +. 18,497,879 1,239,074 19,736,953 2,746,794 16,990,159 82,934,859 7,510,141 395,000 7,326 402,326 15,445 386,881 12,552,017 269,910 161,400 78,527 Kansas City, Kans.. 239,927 239.927 2,151,864 709,268 1,100,000 100,000 Kansas City, Mo.. 1,200,000 80,000 1,120,000 6,962,332 774,092 4,947,900 Knoxville, Tenn. 4,947,900 259,393 4,688,507 50,454,365 17,355,220 1,288,600 83,266 La Crosse, Wis. 1,371,866 17.988 1,353,878 9,688,190 1,061,830 539,500 539,500 Lancaster, Pa.. 138,471 401,029 5,110,367 1,134,958 2,381,952 Lawrence, Mass.. 1,134,958 515,458 619,500 2,031,500 *15,553,660 +. 2,031,500 Lincoln, Neb.. 280,106 1,751,394 29,142,675 8,434,123 1,594,100 112,384 Little Rock, Ark.. 1,706.484 32.500 1,673,984 4,503.152 518,805 118,500 46,369 164,869 Los Angeles, Cal.. 11,530 153,339 9,283,180 1,627,450 3,004.775 19,441 Louisville, Ky. 1,646,891 94,926 1,551,965 *61,099,307 +. 9,648,000 283,000 Lowell, Mass.. 9,931,000 564.492 9,366,508 96,433,149 22,423,204 3,454,950 425,000 3.879,950 Lynn, Mass.. 506,870 3,373,080 55,626,980 15,350,323 4,226,950 McKeesport, Pa.. 4,226,950 1,009,414 3,217,586 442,100 41,575,536 9,384,798 28.717 470,817 64,236 Macon, Ga. 406,581 14,520.000 65,396 975,000 27.193 1,002,193 Malden, Mass. 250,000 752.193 8.922,878 5,101,064 1,675.700 1,675.700 Manchester, N. H. 205,872 1,469,828 22,975,200 3,172,460 1,855.000 123,212 1.978,212 Memphis, Tenn.. 2,980,000 2,980,000 184,157 1,794,055 26.265,034 3,442,654 2,953,707 *39,855,401 +. * Including personal. |