MISSOURI. 



Salmon, Democrat ; Auditor, George B. Clark, 

 Democrat ; Registrar of Lands, Frederick 

 Salmon, Liberal ; Attorney-General, H Clay 

 Kw ing, Democrat ; Judges of the Supreme 

 Court, David Wagner, llenry M- Vories, Wash- 

 ington Adams, Thomas A. Sherwood, Ephraim 

 B. Ewing ; Superintendent of Public Schools, 

 John Monteith, Democrat. 



St. Louis. According to the census of 1870, 

 St. Louis ranked third among the cities of the 

 United States as a manufacturing centre, being 

 surpassed by New York and Philadelphia. 

 The capital invested in manufactures amount- 

 ed to $61,689,826 ; hands employed, 40,700 ; 

 wages paid during the year, $20,414,036 ; value 

 of materials used, $72,474,369 ; of productions 

 $131,192,670. The prosperity of the city dur- 

 ing 1873 is shown by the followng statistics: 



During the year there were erected 1,599 

 buildings, including 1,228 dwellings and 331 

 business houses, the whole valued at $6,765,- 

 875. The sales of real estate aggregate $16,- 

 455,117, an increase of $4,000,000 over 1871. 

 The assessed value of taxable property is 

 $180,000,000, the true valuation being about 

 $475,000,000. The total tax collected for the 

 year was : State, county, and city, $3,760,926 ; 

 internal revenue, $3,327,655; customs, $1,376,- 

 466 ; total, $8,465,047. The total receipts of 

 the United States sub-treasury were $16,716,- 

 656; disbursements, $16,732,357. Of the dis- 

 bursements, $871,318 was to pensioners. The 





value of foreign goods entered in the custom- 

 house was $1,120,455, being an increase of 

 $147,631 over the preceding year. There was 

 smelted during the year 185,738 ounces of 

 silver, 200 ounces of gold, and 1,816,080 

 pounds of lead, the whole valued at $314,694, 

 Tin- receipts of cotton were 59,709 bales, l.cin^ 

 an increase of 23,388, bales over the preced- 

 ing year. The amount of flour manufactured 

 was 1,884,180 barrels, an increase of 89,882 

 barrels over 1872. The receipts of flour w ere 

 1,283,116 barrels, an increase of 23,183 barrels; 

 of wheat there were 6,160,217 bushels, an in- 

 crease of 150,000 bushels; of corn, 7,674,186 

 bushels, a decrease of 1,795,201 bushel- 

 oats, 5,809,561 bushels, a decrease of 57.249 

 bushels ; hay, 252,724 bales, a decrease of -2-2.- 

 355 bales ; hemp, 16,567 bales, a decrease of 

 4,223 bales; tobacco, 13,037 hogsheads; of cof- 

 fee, 142,963 sacks; sugar, 38,432 IIOI:S!K>:I.IS, 85,- 

 814 barrels, and 50,656 boxes ; cattle, 279.678 

 head, an increase of 16,274 head ; of hogs, 978,- 

 613 head, an increase of 214,537 head. The 

 number of hogs packed was 538,000, an increase 

 over the previous year of 18,978. The zinc 

 product was $604,000 ; the lead product was 

 26,491,000 pounds, valued at $1,854,42-1 ; white 

 lead, $2,228,000. 



At the municipal election in April, Joseph 

 Brown, the Democratic candidate for mayor, 

 was elected by a majority of 4,472 over G. 

 Bain, Republican, the former receiving 15,364 

 votes, and the latter 10,892. The present City 

 Council is composed of 20 Democrats and 6 

 Republicans. 



The magnificent bridge across the Missis- 

 sippi, at St. Louis, an illustration of which is 

 given, has reached substantial completion. 



OVKH THE MISSISSIPPI, AT ST. LOUIS. 



Thin structure was designed by James B. Eads, 

 and begun in 1869. The superstructure, which 

 is mainly composed of steel, is supported by 

 four granite and limestone piers, resting on 

 the rock-bed of the river, to which they were 

 gunk through the sand, in one instance as 

 much as 120 feet, by the use of wronght-iron 

 caissons and atmospheric pressure. There is 

 one span of 520 feet, and two of 516 feet, each 



over the water-way. The height of the arches 

 is 60 feet, and were designed to be sntlieicntly 

 high to permit the passage of steamboats at nil 

 - of water. The two road-ways, one lor 

 carnages and one for railways, are carried by 

 four arched trusses, connected with cndi other 

 by diagonal braces, the top iinil bottom chords 

 of which are composed of steel tubes 16 inches 

 in diameter. These tubes are made in sections 



