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NEW JERSEY. 



There was no State election, as the State 

 officers are elected for two years, and those 

 chosen in 1869 will serve until the election 

 held in 1 871. On the 8th of November elections 

 were held for Congressmen and members of 

 the Legislature, resulting in the choice of three 

 Republicans and two Democrats as members 

 of Congress, and in giving to the Republicans 

 a majority in the State Legislature, which is 

 constituted as follows : 



Senate. 



Kepublicans 12 



Democrats 9 



Rep. majority 3 



House. Joint Ballot. 



34: 46 



26 35 



8 



11 



The joint use of the Bergen Tunnel by dif- 

 ferent railway companies has at different times 

 been the cause of much trouble on account of 

 quarrels between rival companies. On the 2d 

 of December the disagreements of the Erie and 

 the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Rail- 

 way Companies culminated in what is known as 

 the " tunnel war." The officers of the Delaware, 

 Lackawanna, and Western Railway attempted 

 to make a connection with the tracks through 

 the tunnel by means of a new switch, and 

 workmen were employed in laying down the 

 "frog," when a construction car of the Erie 

 Company was run upon it and left there, thus 

 stopping the work and preventing the passage 

 of trains. Large bodies of workmen were 

 collected by the officers of the rival corpora- 

 tions. Many hours' travel was suspended on 

 both roads, and a fight was imminent. The 

 Governor of the State was summoned, and it 

 was only when he proposed to take possession 

 of the tunnel and compel a resumption of busi- 

 ness that a compromise was effected, pending 

 the decision of the courts. 



At the last meeting of the Legislature, it was 

 directed that all State officers, with whpm it 

 had been customary to make reports either to 

 the Legislative or Executive departments of 

 the government, should, thereafter, report to 

 the Executive, annually, all business pertaining 

 to their respective departments for the pre- 

 ceding year, closing on the 31st day of Octo- 

 ber. This law had the effect of confining re- 

 ports for 1870 to a period of eleven months, 

 inasmuch as the time embraced in previous 

 reports included the month of November. 



The financial condition of the State is very 

 satisfactory. 



The receipts for eleven months ending Octo- 



er 31, 1870, were ........................... $631,303 66 



ber 



, , ........................... , 



The disbursements ........................... 562,123 71 



Leaving a surplus of .......................... $69,179 95 



The principal items of receipts were : 

 From United Companies ...................... $298,128 96 



Dividends of Railroad Companies ...... 28,270 00 



Interest on Railroad Bonds ............. 37,864 10 



Morris and Essex Railway ............. 48,795 31 



New Jersey Central .................... 43,551 20 



Riparian sources ....................... 76,500 00 



All other sources ....................... 98,194 09 



of $1,426.81 on the 1st of December, 1869, and 

 during the year it received $365,030.42, mak- 

 ing a total of $366,457.23. The disbursements 

 were $365,379.73, leaving a balance of $1,- 



The outstanding indebtedness of the State 



(War Fund), on the 31st of October, was.. $2,996,200 00 

 From which deduct assets 1,115,605 42 



Leaving an indebtedness beyond assets... $1,880,594 58 

 The "State Fund," comprised as it is of 

 bonds and stocks of railway companies, county 

 bonds, etc., now amounts to $1,587,370.44. 



If to this amount be added the sum in the 

 hands of the Commissioners of the Sinking 

 Fund, an aggregate of $2,702,975.86 is had, or 

 an amount more than sufficient to cancel the 

 entire obligations of the State of all kinds. 

 The " School Fund " has received during the 



.year- $ 98 ,154 56 



And disbursed 93,516 59 



Leaving on hand $4,637 97 



There were enrolled in the public schools 

 of the State during the year 161,683 pupils, or 

 nearly one-fifth of the entire population of the 

 State. The total number of children in the 

 State between the ages of five and eighteen 

 is 258,227. The total number of children at- 

 tending private schools was 32,447, making, 

 with those in the public schools, an aggregate 

 of 194,130, or nearly four-fifths of all the chil- 

 dren in the State between the ages named. 

 The Farnum School at Beverly had 281 pupils. 

 This institution has not only been self-sus- 

 taining, but, by its surplus earnings, has en- 

 abled the State to become possessed of build- 

 ings and grounds which are now valued at 

 $125,000, and are well located, and adapted to 

 the purposes of their erection. 



The Normal School has numbered 292 

 pupils during the year. No better attesta- 

 tion of the benefits flowing from this institu- 

 tion can be furnished, perhaps, than is con- 

 tained in the fact of a constant and full demand 

 by the school districts of the State for teachers 

 from its well-educated and disciplined gradu- 



Total. 



The War Fund had an unexpended balance 



The State Lunatic Asylum is entirely in- 

 adequate to meet the necessities of the State, 

 and enlarged accommodations for the insane 

 are imperatively demanded. 



The management of the State-prison has 

 been remarkably successful, but more room is 

 required, and the construction of the new 

 wing is being pushed as rapidly as possible. 



The expense of maintaining the prisoners for 



the period of ten months was $61,742 51 



The earnings were 58,331 67 



Showing a deficit of $3,410 84 



The State Reform School at Jamesburg is 

 accomplishing good results. 



The militia of New Jersey is a matter of 

 State pride, and the entire number of com- 

 pany organizations authorized by law is now 

 complete, save in certain counties that have 

 omitted to avail themselves of the privilege of 



