870 



ILLINOIS. 



Railroad property aanessed In county 

 boards, equalled ....................... 



Taiik'il.le property of railroads equalized 

 by the Slate Board ..................... 



Capital stock asaeseed ..................... 



$9,568,043 



69.588.987 

 62,608,747 



$1 81,765,7*7 

 $1,186,008,761 

 1.-.' .- ;>l 

 19,696,064 



$1 ,839,570.930 

 510,886,688 



Increase of valuation ove r that of 1871. . . $838,684,567 



Total valuation 

 Property araewed In counties 

 Telegraph companies' (lock 

 Capital stock of other corporations 



Total valuation for 1878 

 Toul valuation for 1872. 



Illinois contains a greater mileage of rail- 

 roads than any other State in the Lnion. In 

 1872, 6,861 miles were reported by the Rail- 

 road Commissioners ; aggregate coat of roads 

 and equipments, $288,584,541 ; capital stock 

 paid in, $140,126,004. 



The assessed value of railroad property in 

 Illinois, in 1873, as returned by the State 

 Board of Equalization, is shown in the follow- 

 ing table. It will be observed that the Illinois 

 Central (705 miles) does not appear : 



The joint commission of the two branches 

 of the Legislature, appointed to revise the 

 statutes so as to make them conform to the 

 new constitution, made their report early in 

 January, 1874. It was believed that this 

 would be one of the chief matters before the 

 adjourned session of the Legislature which 

 assembled in that month. 



The various public institutions of the State 



are reported to be in a satisfactory condition. 



The Southern Normal University is nearly 



completed and furnished. The work on the 

 Northern Illinois Hospital find Asylum for the 

 Insane has progressed satisfactorily. The 

 central building will be finished about April 

 1, 1874, and the south wing by the 1st of 

 September ensuing. The foundation of a plain, 

 neat, and substantial edifice for the Illinois 

 Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary has been 

 laid in Chicago. The new building for the 

 education of the blind is inclosed, and under 

 contract to be finished by the 1st of August, 



