The West, from the census of 1880 : a history of the industrial, commercial, social, and political development of the states and territories of the West from 1800 to 1880 . THE WEST IN 1880 —THE PRAIRIE STATES. 69 A glance at the following will show the distribution of cityindebtedness in the five geographical sections of the country : States. New En£;land States ... Middle Slates Southern States Prairie States Pacific States and Utah Totals Bonded Debt. FloatingDebt. Gross Debt. Sinking Fund. $113,931,573 386,861,355 64,082,648 109,9hl,269 7,259,615 $ 6,528,164 12,156,181 6,501,589 3,008,727
The West, from the census of 1880 : a history of the industrial, commercial, social, and political development of the states and territories of the West from 1800 to 1880 . THE WEST IN 1880 —THE PRAIRIE STATES. 69 A glance at the following will show the distribution of cityindebtedness in the five geographical sections of the country : States. New En£;land States ... Middle Slates Southern States Prairie States Pacific States and Utah Totals Bonded Debt. FloatingDebt. Gross Debt. Sinking Fund. $113,931,573 386,861,355 64,082,648 109,9hl,269 7,259,615 $ 6,528,164 12,156,181 6,501,589 3,008,727 244,803 $120,459,737 399,017,536 70,584,237 112,969,996 7,504,418 $21,278,514 81,318,202 5,671,806 7,091,269 1,831,715 $682,096,460 $28,439,464 $710,535,924 $117,191,506 Net Debt. $ 99,181,223 317,699,334 64,912,431 105,878,727 5,672,703 $593,344,418 Taking the net debt column, after having carefully deductedthe sinking fund, I find, that, of the $593,000,000 of net debt ofcities, $105,000,000, or about eighteen per cent, of it, is located inthe ten Western States. Briefiy to summarize the relativecondition, I find that the New England States, with a populationof
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