UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (K A 



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credited to surplus and undivided profits than 

 they have in capital stock. With but a few ex- 

 ceptions these are in small towns, with good agri- 

 cultural surroundings, their capital ranging from 

 $5,000 to $35,000. 



Education. Kansas has a school population 

 of 508,854, and enrolment of 389,582. The average 

 daily attendance is 261,783. There are more than 

 11,600 teachers, whose combined annual salaries 

 are in excess of $5,000,000. In the past year 175 

 schoolhouses were erected, at a cost of over 

 $140,000. In proportion to population, Kansas 

 has a school enrolment larger than that of any 

 other State in the Union. There are 24 denom- 

 inational colleges. During the year Campbell 

 University, at Holton, formerly non-sectarian, 

 passed into the control of the Baptists. There 

 are 3 independent normals Salina Normal Uni- 

 versity, Salina; Central Normal College, Great 

 Bend; and Nickerson Normal College, at Nicker- 

 son. There are 14 academies and 15 business 

 colleges. There are 10 county high schools, which 

 employ 60 teachers. The present enrolment ap- 

 proximates 1,800. The total value of the property 

 in the public schools, denominational colleges, and 

 State institutions is more than $20,386,000. There 

 are now 26 counties in which women are super- 

 intendents of public instruction. Two of this 

 number are serving fifth terms. 



The State University, at Lawrence, has 80 in- 

 structors; enrolment, 1,095; value of property, 

 $930,000; appropriation by the last Legislature, 

 including money for new buildings, $210,000. 



The State Normal School, at Emporia, has 44 

 instructors; enrolment, 2,150; value of property, 

 $490,000; last appropriation, $159,000. 



St. John's Military School, at Salina, has 8 

 instructors; value of property, $87,000; enrol- 

 ment, 73. 



Midland College, at Atchison, has 15 instruct- 

 ors; value of property, $80,000; enrolment, 153. 



The College of the Sisters of Bethany, at To- 

 peka, has 16 instructors; value of property, 

 $400,000; enrolment, 194. 



The College of Emporia has 12 instructors; 

 value of property, $100,000; enrolment, 106. 



Baker University, at Baldwin, has 32 instruct- 

 ors; value of property, $125,000; enrolment, 750. 



McPherson College, at McPherson, has 20 in- 

 structors; value of property, $55,000; enrolment, 

 330. 



Kansas City University has 76 instructors; 

 value of property, $214,000; enrolment, 327. 



Bethany College, at Lindsborg, has 40 instruct- 

 ors; value of property, $165,000; enrolment, 800. 



Lane University, at Lecompton, has 7 instruct- 

 ors; value of property, $30,000; enrolment, 140. 



Ottawa University has 23 instructors; value of 

 property, $220,000; enrolment, 603. 



St. Marys College, at St. Marys, has 28 instruct- 

 ors; value of property, $200,000; enrolment, 323. 



Traveling Libraries. The traveling library 

 department of the State Library contains nearly 

 10,000 books. Libraries to the number of 153 are 

 in actual use, being sent wherever they are asked 

 for. Each of the little libraries contains 50 books, 

 the 153 cases now in use being equivalent to 

 7,650 books in service in 153 communities. The 

 majority of them are in the hands of district 

 schools, but they are sent out also to study 

 clubs, literary societies, teachers' associations, etc. 



Insurance. In 1901 the taxes and fees from 

 insurance companies turned into the general 

 revenue fund aggregated $115,063.71, against 

 $109,962.66 for the previous year. In 1900 the 

 department collected for the Firemen's Relief 

 fund an aggregate of $20,640.26. This sum for 



1901 will be slight I v wt-ctb-A. There are 204 

 insurance organizations operating in the State: 

 Stock fire companies, 7:1 ; miitiKil fin- companies, 

 17; mutual hail <-omp:mie-, - : mut.ual and' 

 straight life coiti]mnies, :;s ; ompiinies. 



20; fraternal beneficiary soejei.ic . '.,!. In jjjol 

 there were admitted to 'do l,u-im- . state 



3 fire, 8 life, 2 casualty, and s t: :'_'an 



izations. There were withdrawn f> .' , lent, 



and 3 fraternal concerns. The dopjntmeni i--u<-d 

 for 1901 10,293 agents' licenses. 



Charitable Institutions. At the St?i!e 

 diers' Home, Atchison, there are: officers a/ ( .l 

 employees, 43; inmates, 155. The lndust.ri;il 

 School for Girls, at Beloit, has: officers and em- 

 ployees, 17; inmates, 125. Topeka Insane Asylum 

 has: officers and employees, 142; inmates, 901. 

 Osawatomie Asylum has: officers and employees, 

 166; inmates, 991. The Deaf-and-Dumb Institu- 

 tion, at Olathe, has: officers and employees, 54; 

 inmates, 244. The Reform School, at Topeka, 

 has: officers and employees, 31; inmates, 179. 

 The Imbecile Asylum, at Winfield, has: officers 

 and employees, 38; inmates, 220. The Blind 

 Asylum, at Kansas City, has: officers and em- 

 ployees, 34; inmates, 90. 



The State Penitentiary, at Lansing, has: officers 

 and employees, 95; inmates, 985. Hutchinson 

 Reformatory has: officers and employees, 36; in- 

 mates, 226. The State Soldiers' Home, at Dodge 

 City, has: officers and employees, 31 ; inmates, 416. 



Railroads. The latest available returns for 

 the year 1900 show for Kansas 8,716.62 miles of 

 main track and 1,476.56 miles of side tracks. The 

 total assessments of railroad, telegraph, and tele- 

 phone properties is $59,320,032. But little rail- 

 road-building was done in 1901. The Rock Island 

 made an extension of its line from Liberal, in 

 Stevens County, to El Paso, Texas, only about 

 20 miles of the road being in Kansas. A charter 

 was granted to the Fort Scott, lola and Western, 

 an organization believed to be backed by Mis- 

 souri, Kansas and Texas interests, and a road is 

 partially constructed between Fort Scott, Bour- 

 bon County, and Piqua, in Woodson. Only 5 of 

 the 105 counties, and but 7 county-seats, are 

 without railroad communications. 



The Omaha, Kansas and Gulf road has received 

 articles of incorporation. The avowed purpose 

 is to build a line from Emporia to Omaha, Neb., 

 the route extending through Lyon, Wabaunsee, 

 Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Jackson, Geary. Mar- 

 shall, and Nemaha Counties, in Kansas. The in- 

 tention is to build from both ends of a north and 

 south independent line 8 miles in length now in 

 operation in Pottawatomie County, the shortest 

 line in the West, which gives Westmoreland, the 

 county-seat of Pottawatomie, connection with the 

 Leavenworth, Kansas and Western at Blaine. 



The consolidation of the Kansas City, Fort 

 Scott and Memphis and the St. Louis and San 

 Francisco was effected in the summer. The for- 

 mer road had a mileage of 258.37 miles in Kansas, 

 the latter 362.81. 



In May, 1900, the Kansas City, Mexico and 

 Orient Railway was chartered in the State of 

 Kansas with a capital stock of $25,000.000. Bonds 

 of the State of Kansas to the amount of $250.000 

 have been voted to this corporation. It is pro- 

 posed to build the road from Kansas City to 

 Port Stilwell, on the Gulf of Mexico. About 240 

 miles have been graded. 



Products. In common with other States of 

 the West, Kansas suffered from extremely dry 

 weather during the crop-making season, yet. not- 

 withstanding the diminished corn-crop, reports 

 made by the secretary of the State Board of Agri- 



