MCCLELLAND, EGBERT. 



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panies, with $12,590,000 investment, had a net 

 income from 3|- to 5^ per cent. ; eleven com- 

 panies, with $22,210,000 invested, had 5^ to 7 

 per cent. ; eight companies, with $67,965,000 

 of investment, had from 7 to 9 per cent, of 

 net income ; and five companies, with a per- 

 manent investment of $37,299.000, had a net 

 income of 9 to 11 per cent. 



The total expenses of the Hoosac Tunnel 

 and Troy and Greenfield Railroad for the year 

 were $986,257.23, of which $709,627.78 was 

 for interest. The receipts from earnings were 

 $239,295.69; from rents, etc., $28,699.17; total, 

 $267,994.86, leaving the net outlay $718,- 

 262.37. The total cost of the tunnel to the 

 State at the end of the year had been $20,241,- 

 842.31. A contract has been made with the 

 Fitcliburg Railroad for a period of seven years 

 from September 30, 1880, to operate the tun- 

 nel and connecting road at a compensation 

 which shall be the actual expense of such 

 operation. Similar contracts have been made 

 with the Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western 

 Railroad, the New Haven and Northampton, 

 and the Troy and Boston. The Troy and 

 Greenfield Railroad Company is still in exist- 

 ence, and claims the right to redeem the whole 

 property from the State. The claim appears 

 not to be denied, but the terms on which re- 

 demption can be made are in dispute. 



MoCLELLAND, Hon. ROBERT, ex-Secretary 

 of the Interior, was born at Greencastle, Penn- 

 sylvania, in 1807. Through sudden reverses in 

 his family, he was thrown upon his own re- 

 sources at the age of seventeen. In order to 

 pursue his course at Dickinson College, Car- 

 lisle, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 

 1829, he supported himself by teaching school. 

 He was admitted to the bar at Chambersburg 

 in 1831. At'tsr residing a year at Pittsburg, 

 he removed in 1833 to the Territory of Michi- 

 gan. He practiced law at Monroe, and rose 

 with the country. Governor Mason offered 

 him the attorney-generalship, which he de- 

 clined. In 1840 he was elected to the State 

 Legislature. In 1813 he was made Speaker. 

 In that same year he was elected to Congress, 

 where he soon earned a national reputation. 

 He was one of eighteen Democrats who joined 

 with David Wilmot, of Pennsylvania, in pass- 

 ing the famous " Wilmot Proviso," which 

 abridged the further extension of slavery into 

 the Territories of the United States. He was 

 a member of the Democratic Nominating Con- 

 vention of 1852. He took a zealous part in 

 the campaign which resulted in the defeat of 

 General Scott and the election of Mr. Pierce. 

 He had been provisional Governor of Michi- 

 gan in 1851, and in 1852 he was reflected for 

 a term of four years. Leaving the Treasury 

 full, and the State in prosperous condition, he 

 resigned in 1853 in order to accept the position 

 tendered him in the Cabinet of Mr. Pierce, of 

 Secretary of the Interior. This office he filled 

 with honor to himself and credit to the coun- 

 try, during the four years of Mr. Pierce's Ad- 



ministration. He returned to Michigan, and 

 was drawn from his retirement to become a 

 delegate to the Convention of 1867, which re- 

 vised the Constitution of the State. Mr. Mc- 

 Clelland died August 27th, at his home in De- 

 troit. Michigan. 



METHODISTS. The "Methodist Year- 

 Book for 1881 " gives the following estimates: 



The Methodist population of the world is 

 estimated at 23,455,655. 



I. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The fol- 

 lowing table shows its growth by decades: 



