Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1905 — In Old Indiana. [ARTICLE]

In Old Indiana.

Import ant Facts Concerning the Old Hoosier State. Following are some facts concerning Indiana in 1904 that have been compiled by Joseph H. Stubbs, ohief of the bureau of statistic *. Indiana has a population of 2,616,462 Indiana haa an area of 35 910 fqnare miles or 22,335,6 i 9 acres. Indiana hss taxable property whioh amounts to $1,576,743,660 Indiana has personal property which amounts to $337,416,730 Indiana has corporate property whioh amountß to $196 850,021. Indiana has 10,192 miles of railroads assessed at $165,873,369. Indiana has 993.17 miles of interurbau and street railway lines, assessed at $13,702 394.

Indiana has 145,749 miles of telephone lines, assessed at $7,249,198. Indiana now has more than 15 - 000 miles of free gravel roads, 1,025 miles of whioh were constructed daring 1904. Indiana spent $1,455,082.19 in building new bridges duriog 1904. Indiana has three counties with* out a railroad. Indiana produced 182.859,473 bushels of corn in 1904, and now ranks fourth in the Union as a com producing state. Indiana produoed 4*2 802,909 bushels of oats in 1904 Indiana leads in the production of poultry and eggs. Indiana has farms asse3eed at $621,317,039. Indiana has fifty-two cities the population of eaoh of whioh is over 4,000. Indiana leads the world in building stone. Indiana ranks fourth in the production of coal, the amount in 1904 being 11,886,023 tons, « Indiana racks seoond in the amount of its school land. Indiana ranks seoond in the amount of its school fund, Indiana leads in the manufacture of farm machinery, Indiana employs 124,954 people 'in factories. Indiana paid $53,020,776 in wages to faotory employes in 1904.