UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



savings institutions, 17. Statement of capital 

 Banks, $8,774,380; savings institutions, $110,200 

 trust companies, $41,682,615; total, $50,507,195 

 increase over 1899, .$5,450,577.50. Surplus: Hanks 

 $6,517,978.50; savings institutions, $7,758,754.99 

 trust companies, $21,932,994.30; total, $3(1,209, 

 727.79; increase over 1899, $9,013,809.54. Depos 

 its: Banks, $79,031,082.19; savings institutions 

 $107,621,381.19; trust companies, $1(58,824,909.11 

 total, $355,477,432.49; increase over 1899, $30, 

 596,726.65. 



Insurance. From the annual report of the 

 Insurance Department it appears that the life in- 

 surance business done in the State in 1900 was as 

 follows: The companies of the State issued 8,480 

 policies, insuring $23,562,971 upon the lives of 

 residents of the State, an increase over the pre- 

 ceding year of 864 policies and $3,467,512 insur- 

 ance. Companies of other States issued 637,944 

 policies in Pennsylvania, insuring $195,165,204. 

 The total losses paid by all life companies in the 

 State in 1900 was $12,458,677.49, of which home 

 companies paid $1,485,217.90 and companies of 

 other States $10,973,459.59. The expenditures of 

 Pennsylvania companies in 1900 were $13,905,- 

 739, of which $9,423,616.35 was paid to policy- 

 holders. 



The fire and marine insurance business of 1900 

 is thus summarized: Number of joint-stock com- 

 panies, 36; assets, $45,468,198; liabilities, except 

 capital, $23,611,707; capital, $11,702,875; surplus, 

 $10,166,584; premiums received, $17,971,288; total 

 receipts, $20,633,184; losses paid, $11,978,839; 

 dividends paid, $1,248,969; disbursements, $20,- 

 747,335; risks in force, $2,802,971,128. The in- 

 crease in fire risks over 1899 was $1,227,174,817; 

 in marine and inland risks, $553,772,260; in fire 

 losses paid, $3,902,212.95; decrease in marine and 

 inland losses paid, $1,473,349.62. 



Railroads. The report of the State Bureau of 

 Railways, covering the year ending June 30, 1901, 

 gives the capitalization of the steam railroads of 

 Pennsylvania as $3,086,690,205, which is nearly 

 one-third of the entire railroad capitalization of 

 the United States. The assets were $3,200,353,- 

 755; total mileage, 26,975.86; mileage in Pennsyl- 

 vania, 10,697.68 more than in any other State 

 except Illinois; locomotives, 12,133; passenger- 

 cars, 10,930; -freight-cars, 537,409; employees, 

 335,865, an increase during the year of 28,128; 

 compensation to employees, $189,204,533, an in- 

 crease for the year of more than 7 per cent ; total 

 income, $534,214,627, against $498,012,493 in 1900. 

 The total expenditures of all kinds, excepting 

 dividends, were $467,159,172 ; dividends paid, $38,- 

 610,816. 



The same report says: "This year the total 

 earnings of street-railways from operation were 

 $26,424,396; income from other sources, $973,- 

 747. There were paid out for operating expenses 

 $13,111,492; for taxes, $1,676,746; interest on 

 funded indebtedness, $2,336,753; rentals, $6,473,- 

 729; other expenses, $938,170. To this may be 

 added dividends paid, $1,506,289, making a total 

 of $26,038,159. Now the length of single-track 

 and branches operated is 1,768.90 miles, with a 

 total length of all tracks of 2,167.91 miles. 



Industrial. The annual report of the Bureau 

 of Industrial Statistics, submitted July 1, 1901, 



fives these figures for the pig-iron production in 

 900: Capital invested, $72,188,784; gross tons, 

 6,371,688; realized value, $105,499,923; average 

 realized value per ton, $16.55; average days in 

 operation, 323; working people employed, 15,785; 

 aggregate wages paid. $8,500,194; average earn- 

 ings for the year, $538.50; average daily wage, 

 $1.67. 



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 crucible, 64,500 , 

 6,256,775. 



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is reported as follow.-.: <api!.i] n, , -,,| .ins*' 

 3()r>,0<;<i; total net Ions, in .,, ..',,,,', 17 -, 



total value, $249,736,207 ; avci.i ..',,. -i t !,''. 



$37.56; average days in' opcr.n |., h . /, i..i.i".- 

 number of working people employed, 7.; .,7:1 ; ,T, 

 gregatc wages, $42,476,589; average '.MI mi,- 'i,~.r 

 the year, $577.20; average; daily wag*-. .-_'.] 7. 



The combined production of tin and it MM jii.,;,' 

 by the black-plate works (17 plants) and Hi. dip 

 ping works (6 plants) was 297,854,000 pound,, 

 having a total value of $13,044,487, and an aver 

 age value per 100 pounds of $4.38. 



For the year ending June 30, 1900, there wen; 

 127 glass factories reported as having plants, 

 machinery, etc., valued at $22,162,429, and em- 

 ploying 23,033 workmen, a little less than half 

 of whom were classed as skilled. The aggregate 

 wages amounted to $10,548,257; average earnings 

 for the year, $457.96; average daily wage, $1.95, 

 varying from $3.03 for skilled workmen to $1.32 

 for unskilled, 84 cents for women, and 60 cents 

 for children. The market or selling value of the 

 products was $21,186,240. 



The report of the Bureau of Mines for 1900, pre- 

 sented May 1, 1901, states that the strike in the 

 anthracite region, in September and October, 

 caused a decrease in the production of anthracite 

 from 54,034,224 tons in 1899 to 51,217,318 tons in 

 1900. The production of bituminous coal in 1900 

 was 79,318,362 tons, an increase of 6,251,419 tons 

 over 1899. The combined production of anthracite 

 and bituminous coal reached a grand total of 130,- 

 535,680 tons, an increase over that of 1899 of 

 3,434,408 tons, and the largest production for a 

 single year. In 1900 the production of coke was 

 12,185,112 tons, a decrease of 7,458 tons from 

 that of 1899. The number of employees in and 

 about the anthracite mines in 1900 was 143,826 

 3,243 more than in 1899; in and about the bi- 

 tuminous mines, 109,018, an increase of 17.578 

 over 1899. The reduction of fatalities, compared 

 with 1899, was 103, or 0.39 per cent, per 1,000 

 persons employed. 



As reported by the Secretary of Agriculture, 

 the number of horses and mules returned in 1900 

 was 618,234 probably fewer than half the actual 

 number owned in the State of which the value 

 was given at $24,520,924; number of neat cattle 

 under four years of age, 637,109, valued at $12,- 

 070,073. The cows were estimated at about 

 1,100,000, producing nearly 100,000.000 pounds of 

 butter annually, from which the income was 

 nearly $20,000,000, while the milk product was 

 valued at $35,000.000. 



Legislative Session. The general appropri- 

 ation of the Legislature of 1901 carried more than 

 $15,900,000 for payment of the ordinary expenses 

 of the State Government for the ensuing biennial 

 period. The appropriation for public schools was 

 $11,000.000. The grand total of all appropriations 

 was $28,427,575.33. From this amount a reduc- 

 tion of about $2,250,000 was made by the Gov- 

 ernor for the purpose of keeping within the est 

 mated State revenues for the biennial period, 

 which were $26,500,000. 



There were enacted 541 laws, of which 3; 

 repeals, and 40 resolutions were approved by I 

 houses. Some of the measures enacted were: 



Providing for submission at the next 

 election of three constitutional amendments 

 Requiring personal registration of votes 



