| Industries | Miscellaneous Expenses[58] | Value of Product | Population | City Assessed Valuation | Municipal Debt[59] | ||
| All Industries | { | 1880 | $177,223,142 | 566,663 | 232,925,699 | $38,040,000 | |
| 1890 | $14,824,466 | 248,750,184 | 806,343 | 445,038,201 | 34,639,542 | ||
DETAILED STATEMENT FOR 1890 BY IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES IN BROOKLYN ELEVENTH CENSUS
| CLASSIFICATION OF INQUIRIES[60] | Boots and shoes—factory products | Chemicals | Coffee and spice—roasting and grinding | Confectionery | Cordage and twine | Foundry and machine shop products | Furnishing goods | Paper hangings | Slaughtering and meat packing | Sugar and molasses refining |
| Establishments:— | (65) | (36) | (13) | (197) | (3) | (169) | (67) | (5) | (63) | (8) |
| CAPITAL EMPLOYED— Aggregate | $1,327,119 | $8,483,835 | 2,963,392 | 2,923,509 | 2,256,400 | $13,725,518 | $1,507,853 | $1,790,121 | 2,120,822 | $3,999,510 |
| HIRED PROPERTY—Total | 366,230 | 275,000 | 306,300 | 1,047,500 | 1,473,750 | 377,650 | 303,482 | 380,560 | 255,622 | |
| PLANT—Total | 385,934 | 4,888,250 | 546,696 | 1,028,053 | 1,854,300 | 6,046,228 | 427,420 | 401,946 | 918,400 | 1,821,000 |
| Land | 56,700 | 1,196,800 | 198,400 | 251,085 | 303,000 | 1,617,500 | 110,100 | 31,500 | 317,550 | 399,000 |
| Buildings | 113,400 | 1,532,821 | 194,350 | 311,225 | 701,000 | 1,362,670 | 142,550 | 121,584 | 346,752 | 527,500 |
| Machinery, tools, and implements | 215,834 | 2,158,629 | 153,946 | 465,743 | 850,300 | 3,066,058 | 174,770 | 248,862 | 254,098 | 894,500 |
| LIVE ASSETS—Total | 574,955 | 3,320,585 | 2,110,396 | 847,956 | 402,100 | 6,205,540 | 702,783 | 1,084,693 | 821,862 | 1,922,888 |
| Raw materials | 137,612 | 1,365,535 | 721,678 | 207,660 | 175,600 | 1,182,099 | 312,438 | 61,890 | 114,907 | 186,214 |
| Stock in process and finished product | 154,802 | 878,468 | 930,671 | 269,041 | 60,500 | 1,525,807 | 142,902 | 186,974 | 197,490 | 335,016 |
| Cash, bills, and accounts receivable, and all sundries not elsewhere reported | 282,541 | 1,076,582 | 458,047 | 371,255 | 166,000 | 3,497,634 | 247,443 | 835,829 | 509,465 | 1,401,658 |
| WAGES PAID—Aggregate | $1,032,547 | $1,140,475 | $479,036 | $1,096,252 | $650,256 | $5,641,132 | $1,203,461 | $445,510 | $532,120 | $330,558 |
| Average number of hands employed | 2,050 | 1,848 | 794 | 2,237 | 1,612 | 7,753 | 2,218 | 852 | 623 | 596 |
| Males above 16 years | 840 | 1,295 | 477 | 1,387 | 1,012 | 6,868 | 868 | 660 | 607 | 583 |
| Females above 15 years | 326 | 289 | 10 | 552 | 600 | 42 | 485 | 146 | 3 | 2 |
| Children | 24 | 31 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| Pieceworkers | 860 | 233 | 307 | 276 | 841 | 855 | 26 | 13 | 11 | |
| MATERIALS USED—Aggregate cost | $1,432,934 | $7,329,134 | $11,047,538 | $1,833,791 | $4,352,63 | $5,125,183 | $1,443,218 | $1,067,697 | $11,769,741 | $14,816,112 |
| Principal materials | 1,381,752 | 7,050,313 | 10,711,647 | 1,738,998 | 4,206,13 | 4,626,489 | 1,389,325 | 1,042,362 | 11,637,737 | 14,412,045 |
| Fuel | 3,888 | 195,545 | 14,752 | 25,621 | 105,00 | 210,767 | 27,893 | 18,045 | 32,256 | 100,342 |
| Mill supplies | 9,206 | 20,656 | 3,835 | 6,00 | 47,386 | 10,308 | 290 | 15,986 | ||
| All other materials | 47,294 | 74,070 | 300,483 | 65,337 | 35,50 | 240,541 | 15,692 | 7,000 | 99,748 | 287,739 |
| EXPENSES, MISCELLANEOUS—Ag'gate | $73,249 | $612,809 | $84,334 | $194,993 | $63,18 | $799,912 | $84,811 | $300,754 | $130,096 | 227,760 |
| Paid for contract work | 1,450 | 12,000 | ||||||||
| Rent | 25,636 | 22,110 | 21,445 | 73,320 | 117,888 | 26,441 | 22,000 | 34,252 | 20,450 | |
| Power and heat | 3,720 | 900 | 3,800 | 120 | 14,664 | 600 | 900 | |||
| Taxes | 4,494 | 48,950 | 11,439 | 9,981 | 10,14 | 60,267 | 4,429 | 15,863 | 13,902 | 21,877 |
| Insurance | 4,420 | 29,190 | 11,382 | 5,050 | 7,54 | 36,223 | 10,573 | 7,343 | 9,490 | 21,397 |
| Repairs, ordinary, of b'ld'gs and mach'y | 5,842 | 149,644 | 6,635 | 5,730 | 25,00 | 74,565 | 9,502 | 1,700 | 8,387 | 29,171 |
| Interest on cash used in the business | 1,549 | 43,651 | 13,462 | 22,009 | 1,895 | 61,833 | 3,691 | 65,449 | ||
| All sundries not elsewhere reported | 26,138 | 318,364 | 29,633 | 87,330 | 20,50 | 462,296 | 31,371 | 192,015 | 60,374 | 68,516 |
| GOODS MANUFACTURED—Aggregate | 2,813,209 | $10,467,109 | $12,247,162 | $3,731,202 | $5,625,79 | $15,350,776 | $3,315,691 | 2,143,023 | $13,317,789 | $16,629,982 |
| Principal product | 2,770,689 | 10,425,949 | 12,044,967 | 3,721,071 | 5,622,91 | 14,222,090 | 3,268,994 | 2,143,023 | 13,118,381 | 16,623,134 |
| All other products, including custom work and repairing | 42,520 | 41,160 | 202,195 | 10,131 | 2,88 | 1,128,686 | 46,697 | 199,408 | 6,848 |
STATEMENT OF CITY DEBT, DECEMBER 31, 1893
| Title of Loan | Amount Dec. 31, 1892 | Amount Dec. 31, 1893 | Increase | Decrease |
| PERMANENT DEBT PAYABLE FROM TAXATION: | ||||
| Prospect Park | $8,697,000.00 | $8,697,000.00 | ||
| New York Bridge | 10,013,000.00 | 10,013,000.00 | ||
| Soldiers' Aid Fund | 112,000.00 | 60,000.00 | $52,000 | |
| Arrearage Fund | 2,350,000.00 | 2,350,000.00 | ||
| Local Improvement | 200,000.00 | 200,000 | ||
| Certificates of Indebtedness | 505,160.93 | 434,160.93 | 71,000 | |
| City Bonds (Arrearage of County Taxes) | 549,000.00 | 549,000.00 | ||
| Main Sewer Relief and Extension Fund | 1,250,000.00 | 1,250,000.00 | ||
| Local Improvement (Laws of 1888) | 1,300,000.00 | 1,300,000.00 | ||
| Local Improvement (Laws of 1889) | 900,000.00 | 900,000.00 | ||
| Local Improvement (Laws of 1892) | 300,000.00 | 445,000.00 | $155,000.00 | |
| School Improvement (Laws of 1888) | 400,000.00 | 400,000.00 | ||
| School Improvement (Laws of 1889) | 800,000.00 | 800,000.00 | ||
| Public Site, Purchase and Construction | 500,000.00 | 500,000.00 | ||
| Municipal Site | 265,000.00 | 265,000.00 | ||
| Fourth Precinct Station House | 50,000.00 | 50,000.00 | ||
| Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument | 220,000.00 | 205,000.00 | 15,000 | |
| Park Purchase | 650,000.00 | 650,000.00 | ||
| New York and Brooklyn Bridge, § 4, Laws of 1891 | 1,000,000.00 | 1,000,000.00 | ||
| New York and Brooklyn Bridge, § 5, Laws of 1891 | 1,400,000.00 | 1,450,000.00 | 50,000.00 | |
| Public Market | 750,000.00 | 750,000.00 | ||
| School Building Fund | 304,000.00 | 606,000.00 | 302,000.00 | |
| Certificate of Indebtedness, ch. 48, Laws of 1892 | 162,844.92 | 54,830.18 | 108,014 | |
| Certificate of Indebtedness, ch. 50, Laws of 1892 | 125,000.00 | 148,852.55 | 3,852.55 | |
| Certificate of Indebtedness, ch. 45, Laws of 1891 | 15,000.00 | 15,000 | ||
| Asphalt Repavement Fund | 37,000.00 | 37,000.00 | ||
| Museums of Art and Science | 8,000.00 | 8,000.00 | ||
| Total | $32,818,005.85 | $32,932,843.66 | $575,852.55 | $461,014 |
| WATER DEBT | $14,566,000.00 | $15,316,000.00 | $750,000.00 | |
| TEMPORARY DEBT PAYABLE FROM TAXATION, ETC.: | ||||
| Fourth Avenue Improvement | 51,000.00 | 34,000.00 | $17,000 | |
| Eighth Ward Improvement | 650,000.00 | 650,000.00 | ||
| Twenty-sixth and adjacent Ward Sewers | 315,000.00 | 499,000.00 | 184,000.00 | |
| Sewerage Fund(1892) | 50,000.00 | 119,000.00 | 69,000.00 | |
| North Second Street Improvement | 15,000.00 | 15,000.00 | ||
| Tax Certificate (Contagious Disease Hospital) | 7,000.00 | 7,000.00 | ||
| Total | $1,066,000.00 | $1,324,000.00 | 75,000.00 | $17,000 |
| TAX CERTIFICATES | 2,700,000.00 | $3,400,000.00 | $700,000.00 | |
| RECAPITULATION | ||||
| Permanent Debt | $32,818,005.85 | $32,932,843.66 | $114,837.81 | |
| Water Debt | 14,566,000.00 | 15,316,000.00 | 750,000.00 | |
| Temporary Debt | 1,066,000.00 | 1,324,000.00 | 258,000.00 | |
| Tax Certificates | 2,700,000.00 | 3,400,000.00 | 700,000.00 | |
| Gross Debt | 51,150,005.85 | 52,972,843.66 | 1,822,837.81 | |
| Sinking Fund | 4,636,893.90 | 4,935,344.55 | 298,450.65 | |
| $46,513,111.95 | $48,037,499.11 | $1,524,387.16 | ||
| Less 3 and 8 months' Tax Certificates | 700,000.00 | |||
| Net City Debt | $46,513,111.95 | $47,337,499.11 | $1,524,387.16 | |
[FOOTNOTES]
[1] Stiles, i. p. 326.