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road, insurance, and mining companies have 

 increased their capital stock $5,864,000. 



Manufactures. The Secretary of State gives 

 the aggregate for the State, of " Selected Sta- 

 tistics of Manufacture," as follows : 

 Number of manufacturing establishments . . . 11,050 



Number of hands employed 101,005 



Amount of capital invested $126,672.0 10 



Total value of products $228,568,812 



The aggregate for the entire manufacturing 

 industry of Ohio, as ascertained from Colonel 

 Harrington, Acting Superintendent of the Cen- 

 sus, Washington, is as follows : 



Total number of manufacturing establish- 

 ments 22,773 



Total number of hands employed 137,200 



(Besides steam-engines equal to 174,300 horse- 

 power). 



Total amount of capital invested $141,924,000 



Total amount of wages paid 49,066,500 



Total value of material used 157,131,700 



Total value of products 269,714,000 



The Secretary says : " From a careful ex- 

 ! animation of the tables of selected statistics 

 published on the preceding pages, I am satis- 

 fied there are many important omissions in 

 every class of manufacture. This fact is recog- 

 nized by the Census Bureau in "Washington. 

 The total value of manufactured products in 

 Ohio is doubtless $300,000,000 yearly. This 

 is almost three times the value of the entire 

 grain-crop of the State." 



Railroads. The reports of railroad com- 

 panies, having track in Ohio, are made to the 

 Commissioner for the year ending with June 

 30th. By these returns there were 270 miles 

 of track laid in Ohio during the year ending 

 with June 30, 1872. Since that date, to De- 

 cember 15, 1872, there were 322 miles of track 

 laid, and nearly 400 miles of road-bed were in 

 advanced stages of readiness for the ties and 

 rail. The following table, compiled from the 

 returns to the commissioner of railroads, gives 

 in the aggregate, and in condensed form, the 

 capital stock, debt, earnings, passenger and 

 freight traffic, dividends, accidents, etc., of all 

 roads operated in this State : 



Year ending June 30, 1872. 



Capital stock paid in. . . . 



$219,161,127 55 



217,171,755 12 

 10,733,179 72 



7,408 miles. 



$338,113,494 48 



65,603,078 12 



45,034,708 21 



20,568,369 91 



12,068,832 



Funded debt.. 



Floating debt 



Length of line and 

 branches, as proposed 



Cost of road and equip- 

 ments 



Gross earnings 



Operating expenses 



Net earnings 



No. passengers carried . 



Tons freight carried 



Interest paid on bonds- 

 Dividends paid 



Number of persons killed 



Number of persons injured. . . 



Number of animals killed 



Amount paid for same 



Number of employes 



Per cent, increase of gross earnings for 

 the year 



Average cost per cent, of operating 



Per cent, increase of net earnings for the 

 year 



Increase of rail laid in Ohio, including 

 siding. 



Entire Lines. 



$9.726.359 06 

 7,554,032 09 



$122,721,526 87 



120,222,072 00 



5,945,700 98 



Bail, 3,787 mis. 



$206,352,805 71 

 34,257,799 67 

 23,502,739 38 

 10,755,060 29 



358 



1.926 



$45,573 46 



12.74 



11.93 



375 mile?. 



The report of the Ohio Penitentiary shows 

 a great diminution in the number of convicts, 

 the average being 947, which is 67 less than 

 during any year since 1867. This is attributed 

 to the influence of the reformatory institutions 

 for juveniles. The Reform Farm for Boys is 

 reported highly successful in its operation. 

 During the year, 148 boys were discharged, 

 98 of whom were returned to their parents 

 and friends, and the remainder permitted to 

 care for themselves, or placed out in proper 

 employment. At the close of the year there 

 were 364 inmates. The Girls' Industrial 

 School is also progressing satisfactorily. Dur- 

 ing the year, 15 were discharged and 145 still 

 remain. In the Soldiers' and Sailors' Or- 

 phans' Home are 402 children, two-thirds of 

 whom are boys. The average age is ten years. 

 In the Deaf and Dumb Institution are 338 pu- 

 pils 197 males and 141 females. In the In- 

 stitution for the Education of the Blind the 

 average attendance is 111 56 males and 55 

 females. Of this number 69 are totally blind 

 and 42 partially so. 



On the 25th of September, the main portion 

 of the Northern Ohio Lunatic Asylum, at 

 Newburg, was destroyed by fire. The asylum 

 was full of patients, none of whom were in- 

 jured, though, in the work of saving them and 

 extinguishing the flames, five lives were lost. 

 The Central Lunatic Asylum, at Columbia, 

 destroyed by fire in a previous year, has not 

 yet been rebuilt, but the work has been com- 

 menced. The destruction of two out of the 

 three State institutions for the insane has 

 caused great suffering among that unfortunate 

 class. Those portions of the Northern Asy- 

 lum not entirely destroyed have been fitted 

 up for the accommodation of as many as 

 possible. 



The General Assembly met January 1st, the 

 Senate having 18 Eepublicans and 18 Demo- 

 crats, and the House of Representatives 57 

 Republicans and 48 Democrats. The Senate 

 effected an organization by the Lieutenant- 

 Governor giving the casting-vote for the Re- 

 publican nominees wherever a strict party 

 division was made. The House organized by 

 electing N. H. Van Vorhes as Speaker. 

 On the 8th, Governor E. F. Noyes, and Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor Jacob Mueller, took the oath 

 of office. January 9th, the Senate took an 

 indecisive ballot for U. S. Senator, and the 

 House gave a majority for John Sherman. 

 Next day the two Houses, in joint convention, 

 reflected John Sherman to the United States 

 Senate amid great excitement ; the vote stand- 

 ing, John Sherman, 73; G. W. Morgan, 60; 

 J. D. Cox, 5 ; Perry, 1 ; Schenck, 1. February 

 16th, there was an exciting scene in the Senate, 

 upon a resolution declaring Senator Kemp 

 (Democrat) not entitled to his seat on account 

 of the improper rejection of the votes given 

 his competitor, James Sayler, by the inmates 

 of the National Soldiers' Home, at Dayton. 

 Kemp was voted out, and his seat given Sayler, 



