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OHIO. 



lows: Mainline, single track, 4,630-78 miles; 

 single-track branches, 3,707'55 ; double-track, 

 183-23; sidings, 1,118-01; total rail, 6,302'57. 

 The capital stock of these roads is as follows : 

 Authorized, $368,991,039.71 ; paid in, $273,- 

 383,871.56. The funded debt of the roads 

 amounts to $284,489,425.82, and the unfunded 

 debt to $23, 182,750.82; total, $307,799,307.20, 

 of which Ohio's proportion is $170,726,770.82. 

 Of the lines laid 2,842*46 miles is with steel 

 rails, of which 1,503-31 miles are in Ohio. 

 There are 9,450'40 miles of telegraph along 

 these roads, of which 5,822*72 miles are in 

 Ohio. The roads operate 2,413 locomotives, 

 479 express and baggage cars, 1,047 passenger 

 cars, 88 parlor and sleeping cars, 50,152 freight 

 cars, and 1,617 other cars. The employees on 

 these lines number 47,294, of whom 25,146 are 

 employed in Ohio. The loss and damage paid 

 by these roads on goods or baggage was $114, - 

 948.61; to passengers, $6,473.95. The total 

 amount of car mileage for the year was 807,- 

 227,286 miles. Passengers were carried as fol- 

 lows: Local, 13,076,923; through, 1,366,820; 

 total, 16,626,151. The number of miles traveled 

 was 59,003,887. The freight tonnage was as 

 follows: Local, 16,050,210 tons; through, 10,- 

 676,055 tons; making a total of 31,209,771. 

 Total movement of tons carried one mile, 42,- 

 863,885-92. The tonnage classified is as fol- 

 lows: Coal, 7,480,478 tons; stone and lime, 

 850,030 tons ; petroleum, 1,191,978 barrels ; 

 ores, 1,484,715 tons; pig and bloom iron, 638,- 

 761 tons; manufactured iron, 711, 739 tons; lum- 

 ber, 2,573,498 feet ; grain and flour, 7,410,042 

 tons; live stock, 1,809,395; animal products, 

 1,244,068; manufactures, 1,669,445; merchan- 

 dise, 1,467,559 ; miscellaneous, 1,688,484; total 

 30,720,192 tons. The earnings for the year 

 were as follows: Passenger, $14,636,435.76; 

 freight, $41,218,493.18; mail, $6,663,654.39; 

 express, $1,244,512.66; other sources, $1,126,- 

 551.87; total, $59,889,643.77. The operating 

 expenses of the roads were as follows : Main- 

 tenance of way and structures, $9,841,207.09 ; 

 maintenance of cars, $4,555,518 ; motive power, 

 $5,702,671.36; conducting transportation, $16,- 

 650,180.69; general, $3,584,371.04; total, $40,- 

 533,948.18. There are operated in Ohio 4,790'- 

 72 miles of road. The net earnings were $19,- 

 730,461.20. The list of casualties was as fol- 

 lows : To passengers by accidents beyond their 

 control, 7 injured ; by their own carelessness, 

 > killed and 9 injured. To employees by acci- 

 dents, 22 killed and 64 injured; carelessness on 

 their part, 41 killed and 173 injured. Over 

 )0 persons were killed and 77 injured while 

 walking tracks, and 25 were killed and 27 in- 

 jured while stealing rides. The total killed dur- 

 ing 1878 was 194, and injured 367. 



The agricultural statistics show that during 

 the year 1877 there were sowed 1,746,084 acres 



' f W e rL With a yield of 27,306,566 bushels; 

 rye 74,580 acres, 914,106 bushels ; buckwheat 

 22,243 acres, 225,822 bushels ; oats, 923 444 

 acres, 29,325,611 bushels ; barley, 56,165 acres, 



1,629,817 bushels; corn, 3,135,959 acres, 101,- 

 884,305 bushels. Of the hay crops there were 

 1,739,813 acres sowed to timothy, yielding 

 2,160,334 tons of hay, and 334,877 acres to 

 clover, yielding 286,265 tons of hay and 251,- 

 984 bushels of seed. About 44,890 acres of 

 meadow land were plowed under for manure. 

 There were 42,541 acres of flax under culti- 

 vation, yielding 369,703 bushels of seed and 

 7,343,292 pounds of fiber. There were 127,- 

 685 acres of Irish potatoes, yielding 10,504,278 

 bushels, and 7,252 acres of sweet potatoes, 

 yielding 126,354 bushels. Over 29,407 acres 

 were planted in tobacco, yielding 24,214,950 

 pounds. Ohio produced 50,003,162 pounds of 

 butter and 27,973,055 pounds of cheese in 1877. 

 Nearly 16,105 acres were planted to sorghum, 

 yielding 7,507 pounds of sugar and 1,180,255 

 gallons of sirup. There were produced of 

 maple sirup 324,036 gallons; of maple sugar, 

 1,625,215 pounds. About 142,363 hives of bees 

 produced 1,534,902 pounds of honey. The fruit 

 products were as follows : Orchard, 418,288 

 acres: apples, 6, 248,677 bushels; peaches, 483,- 

 085 bushels ; pears, 80,254 bushels. There were 

 1,274 acres of vineyard planted in 1877, making 

 a total acreage in Ohio of 8,695 acres. There 

 were gathered 11,119,401 pounds of grapes, and 

 488,419 gallons of wine were made. There 

 were 15,747,040 pounds of wool shorn, and 

 27,390 sheep, valued at $83,820, killed by 

 dogs. The injury to 19,820 sheep by dogs is 

 placed at $30,984. The taxable land in Ohio is 

 as follows: Cultivated, 8,664,791 acres; pas- 

 ture, 5,603,895 acres; woodland, 5,206,348 

 acres; waste land, 586.640; total, 20,965,371 

 acres. There were 740,200 horses, valued at 

 $36,771,500; 1,568,878 head of cattle, $25,- 

 794,802 ; 3,909,604 sheep, $8,578,123 ; 234,411 

 hogs, $5,464,465 ; and 27,304 mules, $1,522,- 

 226. Deaths of animals from disease during 

 the year : about 306,349 hogs, valued at $1,334,- 

 655; 59,106 sheep, $148,700; 16.420 head of 

 cattle, $280,481; 11,047 horses, $747,213. 



The report of the Board of State Charities em- 

 bodies a great quantity of matter valuable for 

 the study by legislators and citizens interested 

 in the workings of the vast system of benevo- 

 lent, penal, and reformatory institutions, which 

 is now carried on under State and local manage- 

 ment. The statistics of relief afforded in con- 

 nection with infirmaries present the following 

 aggregate for eighty-two counties : Whole num- 

 ber of inmates remaining September 1, 1877, 

 6,526. Whole number received during the year 

 ending September 1, 1878, 6,072. Whole num- 

 ber born in the infirmaries during the year, 249. 

 Total number of inmates for the year, 12,765. 

 Whole number discharged during the year, 

 5,030. Whole number remaining September 1, 

 1 878, 6,475. Whole number of children under 

 sixteen years of age during the year, 2,078. 

 Number of children remaining September 1, 

 1878, boys, 799 ; girls, 522. Number of chil- 

 dren helplessly crippled, 38. Number of in- 

 sane, males, 220; females, 243. Number of 



