[From table prepared by O. P. Austin of bureau of statistics, department of commerce and labor Washington, D. C.] Area*. .sq. miles Population.. Wealtht. Debt... ..dols. 79,336,916 3,967,343,580 12.180.501,538 20,514,001,838 827,844 2,980,959 3.025.600 3,025,600 3,025.600 3,025,600 5,308,483 23,191,876 50,155,783 76,303,387 81,752,000 83,143,000 .dols. 7,135,780,000 42,642,000,000 94,300,000,000 107,104,211,917 ..dols. 82.976,294 63,452,774 1.919.326.748 1,107,711.258 967,231,774 989,866,772 Money in circulation..dols. 16,000,000 973,382,228 2,055,150,998 2,521,151,527 2,587,882,653 Deposits, bankt. ...dols. 2,134,234,861 7,238,986,450 10,000,546,999 11,350,739,316 12,215,767,666 Deposits, savings... ..dols. $19,106,973 2,389,719,954 2,918,775,329 3,093,077,357 Farms, valuet. 3,026,789 84,154,009 964,435,687 2.736,646,628 3,299,544,601 43.592,889 37,165,990 War...... dols. 2,560.879 9.687,025 Navy... Pensions. ..dols. 64,131 1,866.886 333,526,501 567,240,852 186,522,065 233,164.871 124,009,374 295,327,927 169,090,062 447,553,458 38,116,916 134,774,768 13,536,985 55,953,078 56,777,174 140,877,316 667,954,746 849,941,184 835,638.658 1,394,483,082 36,000,000 79,171,000 39,200.000 74,533,495 63,822,830 240,789,309 1,104,017,166 2,661,233,568 3.835.191 13,789,242 1,247,335 10,188,329 27.000 270,588 369,319,000 1,063,678,053 232,500,000 288,635,621 498,549.868- 522,229,505 Corn. bushels 592,071,104 Cotton. ..bales 155,556 2,333,718 5,761,252 9,436,416 10,011,374 13,565,885 11,345,988 Cane sugar... .tons Railroads.. miles 110,526 9,051 18.417 5,499,985 2,526 92,802 93.267 42,989 33,315,479 102,354,579 Telegraph lines.. .miles Messages. Telephone lines.. 4,480,564 5,698,258 Patents issued. .No. 30,399 31,965 1.026,499 1.100.735 *Exclusive of Alaska and insular possessions. No official figures for other than census years. +All kinds. ESTIMATED TRUE VALUE OF PROPERTY IN THE UNITED STATES (1904). 360,330,089 194,931,444 22,585,624 7,915,414 14,304,651 6,726,289 4,956,578,913 3,243,498,159 799,349,601 1,414,635,063 8,823,325,592 5,506,508,204 New York.. 14,769,042,207 New Jersey 3,235,619,973 Pennsylvania 11,473,620,306 6,591,055,583 160,190,227 54,175,943 Continental U. S...... 107,104,211,917 62,341,492,134 4,073,791,736 844,989,863 3,297,754,180 1,998,603.303 *Exclusive of railroads and telegraph and telephone systems, which in certain states are classed as real property. DISASTERS TO SHIPPING. On and near the coasts and on the rivers of the United States and American vessels at sea and on the coasts of foreign countries. $2,443.410 1896. 1.191 743 10,728,250 1,740,515 2,593,010 1902. 2,577.870 1903. 2,003,855 1904. 7.011,775 1,722,210 WORLD'S SHIPS, RAILWAYS, TELEGRAPHS AND CABLES. [Report of the bureau of statistics, Washington, D. C] Development by decades of carrying power, commerce and means of communication from 1800 to 1905. FASTEST VOYAGES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. New York to Cherbourg, 5 days 16 hours, by the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, Jan. 4-10, 1900. Southampton to New York, 5 days 20 hours, by the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, March 30-April 5, Havre to New York, 6 days 1 hour 12 minutes, by La Provence, Sept. 6-13, 1907. New York to Southampton, 5 days 17 hours 8 minutes, by the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, Nov. 23-29, 1897. New York to Havre, 6 days 2 hours 48 minutes, by La Provence, May 31-June 6, 1906. New York to Plymouth, 5 days 7 hours 28 min. utes, by the Deutschland, Sept. 5-10, 1900. Plymouth to New York, 5 days 15 hours 46 minutes, by the Deutschland, July 7-12, 1900. Moville, Ireland, to Cape Race, N. F., 4 days 10 hours, by the Virginian (turbine), June 9-13, 1905. Distances: New York to Southampton, 3,100 miles; to Plymouth, 2,962 miles; to Queenstown, 2,800 miles; to Cherbourg, 3,047 miles; to Havre, 3,170 miles; to Hamburg, 3,820 miles. ROBERT FULTON'S "CLERMONT" (1807) AND THE "LUSITANIA" (1907). same route. The Deutschland's best day's run was 601 miles. Following are records made over the various leading routes across the Atlantic: Queenstown to New York, 4 days 18 hours and 40 minutes, by the Lusitania, Nov. 4-8, 1907. New York to Queenstown, 4 days 22 hours 46 minutes, by the Lusitania, Oct. 19-24, 1907. Hamburg to New York, 5 days 11 hours 54 minutes, by the Deutschland, Sept. 2-8, 1903. Cherbourg to New York, 5 days 11 hours 57 minutes, by the Kronprinz Wilhelm, Sept. 10-16, 1902. Carmania Deutschland Kronprinz Wilhelm.. La Provence .19,524 21,000 .16,500 37,800 ..15,000 .14,744 18 2312 35,000 2316 211/2 322 2222 ..11,629 22,000 20 *The Lusitania made 25 knots an hour on her trial trip. |