TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



759 



spring wheat, 32,041 of Indian- corn, 55,077 of 

 barley, 679 pounds of wool, 3,417 bushels of 

 peas and beans, 575 bushels of Irish potatoes, 

 800 pounds of butter, 14,500 of cheese, 4,800 

 gallons of milk sold, and 109 tons of hay. 



COLORADO. The progress of Colorado con- 

 tinues to be very rapid ; but her application 

 for admission into the Union as a State was 

 again denied by the last Congress. Her popu- 

 lation is now about 80,000, and the valuation 

 of her property is over $30,000,000. She has 

 no public debt, and at the end of the year 

 there was a surplus of $50,000 in the Treasury. 

 The last Legislature provided that no tax 

 should be levied for the past year, and fixed 

 that for 1873 at li mill on the dollar of tax- 

 able property. 



The natural resources of the Territory are 

 almost beyond calculation, and rapid progress 

 is made in their development. A Board of 

 Immigration was provided for by the last 

 Legislature, to publish information and take 

 the necessary steps to induce settlers to take 

 up their residence there. Railroads are con- 

 structed as fast as the capital and labor at 

 command can build them. The following are 

 already in operation : 



Miles. 



Kansas Pacific, Eagle Tail to Denver 210 



Denver Pacific, Denver to Cheyenne 106 



Denver & Boulder Valley, Hughes to Boulder 27 



Colorado Central 36 



Denver & Rio Grande, Denver to Pueblo 117 



Denver & Rio Grande, Pueblo to Canon. City 45 



Total.. 



. 541 



The following are in course of construction : 



Miles. 



Extension of Denver & Rio Grande to the City of 

 Mexico, total distance, 1,720 miles ; miles in Col- 

 orado, Pueblo to Territorial line 100 



Denver & Julesburg (via Fort Morgan) 185 



Golden & Julesburg (via Evans, Longtnont, and 



Boulder) 210 



Colorado Central, Big Hill to Black Hawk 8 



Colorado Central, branch to Georgetown 20 



Kansas Pacific, Kit Carson to Fort Lyon 5i 



Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Territorial line to 

 Pueblo 150 



Total, under construction 727 



A number of colonies have been formed in 

 different parts of the Territory, made up of 

 settlers who located themselves together. 



A tolerably complete and efficient school 

 system has been established. During the 

 year, there have been 175 public schools in 

 operation, with 230 teachers and 5,640 pupils. 

 The value of the school -buildings is $186,645, 

 and the amount of the school-fund $121,372. 



There has been little or no trouble during 

 the year from hostile Indians, The Indians 

 now within the Territory are the Tabequache 

 band of the Utes, at the Los Finos agency, 

 numbering about 3,000, and the Yampa, Grand 

 River, and Uintah bands, of the White River 

 agency, numbering 800. They have a reserva- 

 tion of 14,784,000 acres, in the western part 

 of the Territory, but a few still roam about. 

 There is a school at the "White River agency, 

 attended by 40 scholars, but there is little 



inclination among the Indians to accept the 

 conditions of civilization. 



The ninth session of the Territorial Legis- 

 lature occupied about six weeks at the begin- 

 ning of the year, but none of its acts were of 

 general importance. 



The election for Delegate to Congress and 

 members of the Legislature occurred in Sep- 

 tember. There were 13,856 votes cast for 

 Delegate, of which 7,596, or a majority of 

 1,336, were for Jerome B. Chaffee, the Repub- 

 lican candidate. There is a Republican ma- 

 jority in both branches of the Legislature. 

 The Governor of the Territory is Edward M. 

 McCook. 



The population of the city of Denver is said 

 to have nearly doubled in the last year, and is 

 now about 14,000. Five railroads centre 

 there, bringing in an average of 20,000,000 

 pounds of freight per month. There are five' 

 banks, carrying an average of $1,500,000 in 

 deposits. The value of new buildings and 

 building improvements for the year was $2,- 

 510,000, and the business of the year amount- 

 ed to over $14,000,000. 



According to the census of 1870, of the to- 

 tal population (30,349) ten years old and over, 

 there were engaged in all classes of occupa- 

 tions, 17,583 persons; in agriculture, 6,462; 

 in professional and personal services, 3,625; 

 in trade and transportation, 2,815; in manu- 

 factures and mechanical and mining industries, 

 4,681. 



The Territory contained 6,446 horses, 1,173 

 mules and asses, 25,017 milch-cows, 5,566 

 working-oxen, 40,153 other cattle, 120,928 

 sheep, and 5,509 swine. The chief produc- 

 tions were 255,939 bushels of spring, and 

 2,535 of winter, wheat, 5,235 of rye, 231,903 

 of Indian-corn, 332,940 of oats, 35,141 of bar- 

 ley, 178 of buckwheat, 890 pounds of tobacco, 

 204,925 of wool, 7,500 bushels of peas and 

 beans, 121,442 of Irish potatoes, 392,920 

 pounds of butter, 33,626 of cheese, 19,520 

 gallons of milk sold, and 19,787 tons of hay. 



The total number of manufacturing estab- 

 lishments was 256, using 49 steam-engines, of 

 1,433 horse-power, and 31 water-wheels, of 

 792 horse-power, and employing 876 hands. 

 The amount of capital invested was $2,835,- 

 605 ; wages paid during the year, $528,221 ; 

 amount of materials consumed, $1,593,280; 

 of products, $2,852,820. 



The whole number of newspapers and peri- 

 odicals was 14, having an aggregate circula- 

 tion of 12,750 copies, and issuing annually 

 1,190,600 copies. 



The total number of religious organizations 

 was 55, having 47 edifices, with 17,495 sit- 

 tings, and property valued at $207,230. 



COLUMBIA, DISTRICT OF. The District of 

 Columbia, under its Territorial government, 

 is flourishing, and great public improvements 

 have been made during the past year. Charges 

 of fraud against the Commissioners of Public 

 Works, in making these improvements, have 



