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There are in the city 6,294 young men between the ages of 16 and 40; of these 3,703 are foreign and 2,591 native born.
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There were in this city in 1885, 5,154 families having an average of 5.41 persons to each family. Ward I had 698, with a percentage of 5.39; ward 2, 700 with 6.31 ; ward 3, 699 with 5.31 ; ward 4, 781 with 5.53; ward 5, 612 with 5.26; ward 6, 1,220 with 5.05; ward 7, 444 with 5.18. It will be seen that ward 2 has the largest proportion of persons to a family. The city has 75 families of one person ; 519 of two; 817 of three; 835 of four; 756 of five ; 672 of six ; 523 of seven; 350 of eight; 289 of nine; 124 of ten; 74 of eleven; 47 of twelve; 19 of thirteen, 13 of fourteen ; 8 of fifteen ; 4 of sixteen ; 3 of seventeen ; I of eighteen; 5 of nine- teen ; I of twenty; 3 of twenty-one; I of twenty-two; 15 of twenty-three and over.
There were in 1885, 2,612 dwelling houses, 2,565 of which were occupied and 47 unoccupied, the number of persons to dwellings being 10.88 and of families, 2.01. The number of wood houses was 1,459 and of brick 1,150, the number of wood and brick combined being three. Ward 6 had the largest number of houses, 698, and ward 5 the smallest, 258.
The following table giving the total valuation of the city for the past 18 years, as drawn from the Assessors' books, will give a definite idea of the manner in which the city has progressed from year to year from a valuation standpoint. The showing is very gratifying to all who have the interest of the city at heart. The total valuation of the city in 1870, was $5,556,980, but in eleven years it has gained to such a remarkable extent that in 1881 it was $1,1977,405, an increase
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of 115 per cent. All the factory operatives in Hampden county in 1855, including Springfield and several manufacturing villages, were but 949 ; in 1865, Holyoke, alone, had 2,381 persons engaged in the different branches of manufacture. This number went up to nearly 7,000 in 1875, and is now more than double that number. The capital invested in manufacturing in the city in 1850 was nothing. In 1865 $3,286,580 were invested, an amount that was increased to $6,868,200 in 1875. The capital actually invested now cannot fall short of eleven millions. The value of the goods made has grown from zero in 1850 to $5,171,886 in 1865, $8,788,306 in 1875, and to about fourteen millions in the past year. Stock to the amount of $3,662,396 was used in manufacturing in 1865, while that used in 1875 was worth $4,029,457 ; and by reasonable estimation the stock used the past year was worth at least $6,000,000. These are the figures for the past 18 years :
Valuation,
Am't Taxes.
Rate.
No. Polls
Valuation.
Am't Taxes.
Rate.
No. Polls
1870
$5,556,980
$67,906
16.90
2,433
1879
9,873,821
163,045
15.90
4,840
1871
6,534,365
116,584
16.20
2,806
1880
10,674, 142
188,542
16.80
3,637
I872
7,690,986
123,126
15.30
3,067
1881
11,977,405
217,742
17.40
5,288
1873
8,578, 192
160,066
17.60
3,284
1882
13,372,950
217,222
15.40
5,712
1874
9,244,232
208,537
21.20
2,387
1883
14,397,250
215,139
14.40
6,000
1875
9,681,727
214,656
20.80
3,387
1884
15,427,995
209,954
14.80
6,420
1876
8,688,342
215,432
20.00
3,22I
1885
16,135,125
286,039
17.20
6,45I
1877
9,397,430
169,668
17.40
3,242
1886
16,873,635
319,487
18.20
6,789
1878
9,801,447
155,743
15.40
3,597
1887
18,122,580
319,624
17.00
7,196
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The registration of voters at the last city election was the largest in the history of Holyoke, the total number being 3,281. The ratio of voters is one in every 10 of population, which is much smaller than that of other cities of its size. The number of voters will be largely increased this fall and the re-division of wards will change the complexion of many. These are the present figures : Ward 1, 367 ; 2, 362 ; 3, 404; 4, 316 ; 5, 252; 6, 1,156; 7, 424; total, 3,281.
The following figures show how the city voted for candidates on the State tickets last fall : For Governor, Ames, (rep) 1,160, Andrew, (dem) 1,381, Lothrop, (pro) 80; plurality for Andrew, 221. For Lieut. Governor, Brackett, (rep) 999, Foster, (dem) 1,552 ; majority for Foster, 553. For Con- gressman, Whiting, (rep) 1,316, Currier, (dem) 1,189; majority for Whiting, 127. For Sheriff, San- derson, (rep) 335, Brooks, (dem) 2,248 ; majority for Brooks, 1,913. For Senator, Newton, (rep) 697,
Perkins, (dem) 1,860; majority for Perkins, 1, 163.
For County Commissioner, Sessions, (rep) 1,212,
Hibbard, (dem) 1,346 ; majority for Hibbard, 134. For Representative, 4th District, Wright, (rep and dem) 494, Keane, (ind) 819 ; majority for Keane, 325. For Representative, 3d District, Judd, (rep) 692, Winchester. (dem) 517 ; majority for Judd, 75.
The following is the vote for the principal candidates at the last city election : For Mayor, O'Connor, 1,393, Delaney, 1,365 ; majority for O'Connor, 28. For City Clerk Griffin, 2,796. For City Treasurer, Ely, 1,230, Munn, 1,564 ; majority for Munn, 334. For school committee, Smith,
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1,234, Moore, 1,546 ; majority for Moore, 312; Winchester, 1,341, Bonvouloir, 1,434; majority for Bonvouloir, 93 ; Donoghue, 166, Sullivan, 60 ; majority for Donoghue,' 106. "Yes" vote 1,557, "No," 851 ; majority in favor of license, 706.
The following valuable statistics are taken from Part 2, Vol I, of the census of 1885, and have never been published. The number of married women, married women without children and total number of children, native and foreign, is as follows: Total married women, 5,862; native born, 1,849 ; foreign, 4,013; married women without children 905; native 421, foreign 484. Number of children 24,619 ; native 4,581, foreign 20,038. Children living, 161,14; native 3,323, foreign 12,791. The total illiteracy is proportioned thus : Population, 10 years of age and over, native, 8,899, foreign, 12,902 ; native males 4,260, foreign 4,639 ; native females 5,943, foreign 6,959. Illiterates, 3,485 ; males 1,292, females 2,193. There are 1,292 males and 2,193 females who cannot write and 1,063 males and 1,741 females who can neither read or write. Of these 161 were born in this city. There were 15 school buildings valued at $242,392. Of these 10 were primary, 4 grammar and I high. The number of incorporated private schools was six, and unincorporated, two, all valued at $65,000. There were seven libraries, one city public, two public school, one religious association and three Sunday schools. The number of books was 13,263 and the value $10,721, with an average circula- tion of 34,354. The following table shows the occupations according to the table of the census year :
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CONN. RIVER R. R. STATION.
Occupations.
Males. Females. Totals.
Occupations.
Males. Females. Totals.
Government,
75
75
Photographs,
12
2
14
Professional,
147
148
295
Printing and publishing,
I23
49
172
Domestic service,
149
5,354 5,503
Dye works and bleacheries,
II
I
I2
Personal service,
210
84
294
Rubber goods,
17
I7
Trade,
1,060
90 1,150
Silk goods,
93
158
251
Transportation,
427
427
Stone,
45
45
Agriculture,
228
6 234
Tobacco,
2I
2I
Manufactures,
5,359
3,973 9,332
Wooden goods,
9
9
Boots and shoes,
51
5I
Woollen goods,
684
491 1,175
Boxes (paper),
9
77
Worsted goods,
78
98
176
Brick, and drainpipe,
51
51
Other manufactures,
27
I
28
Building,
850
850
Mining,
II
II
33
33
Laborers,
619
619
32
289
321
Apprentices,
82
3
85
Cotton goods,
808
1,452 2,260
Scholars (public shool), 66 (private school),
714
941 1,655
Furniture,
14
14
Students,
17
7
24
Gas and residual products,
IO
IO
Children at work and at school,
40
24
64
Ivory and bone goods,
9
4
I3
Retired,
140
122
262
Leather,
18
I I9
Unemployed (12 months)
14
14
Lumber,
100
100
Afflicted, etc.,
124
84
208
Machines and machinery,
310
310
Dependents,
83
90
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Metals and metallic goods,
395
6 401
At home,
1,918
12,02
3,930
Models and patterns,
I7
I7
Not given,
129
280
409
Paper,
1,480
1,353 2,833
Total,
13,218
14,677 27,895
Carriages and wagon, Clothing,
1,672
1,459 3,13I
Food preparations,
52
52
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EXPLANATORY NOTE.
GOVERNMENT .- Persons engaged in the service of the national, state and city governments, or in the U. S. army and navy.
PROFESSIONAL .- Persons connected with religious, law, medicine, literature, art, music, amuse- ments, education and science.
DOMESTIC SERVICE .- Persons concerned or employed in the hotel, boarding and lodging service, housewives, persons engaged in housework (without remuneration, generally in own family), house- keepers and domestic servants.
PERSONAL SERVICE .- Persons who render personal service, as barbers, bootblacks, carpet cleaners, companions, janitors, matrons, nurses, stewards, ushers, valets, washerwomen, watchers, watchmen, etc.
TRADE .- Merchants and dealers, salesmen, book-keepers, clerks, agents, bankers, brokers, messen- gers, porters, etc.
TRANSPORTATION .- Carriers on roads, steam railroads, seas and rivers.
AGRICULTURE .- Farmers, farm laborers, gardeners, persons engaged in the care of animals, etc. MANUFACTURERS .- As specified.
MINING .- Persons employed in mines, quarries, pits, etc.
LABORERS .- General day laborers.
APPRENTICES .- Learning trades.
SCHOLARS .- Public and private school scholars, as specified.
STUDENTS .- Persons at college, or studying special branches, as law, dentistry, medicine, etc.
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CHILDREN AT WORK AND AT SCHOOL .- Children at legal school age (10 to 13) who both work and go to school or work only.
RETIRED .- Persons retired from active business.
UNEMPLOYED (12 MONTHS) .- Persons not employed at their accustomed occupation at all during the census year.
AFFLICTED, ETC .- Persons suffering with acute or chronic diseases, blind, deaf, dumb, maimed, lame, insane, idiotic, and other afflicted persons, and paupers and homeless children.
DEPENDENTS (IN PRIVATE FAMILIES) .- Relatives or other persons more or less dependent for support. AT HOME .- Children too young to go to school.
NOT GIVEN .- Young persons or adults, of working age, who, for some reason, have no occupation.
The publisher is indebted to Charles F. Pitgin, Acting Chief, of the State Bureau of Statistics, for valuable information in regard to census figures, and to W. E. Kendall for local statistics.
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