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CONNECTICUT. 



of the twenty-sixth amendment to the State 

 Constitution " ; " proposing a constitutional 

 amendment to prohibit the manufacture and 

 sale of intoxicating liquors " ; " providing for 

 the issue of $500,000 of three and a half per 

 cent twenty years' bonds, to take up and re- 

 deem outstanding State bonds"; "imposing 

 a State tax of one and a quarter mill on the 

 dollar, to be assessed on the grand list of Oc- 

 tober, 1881 " ; " providing that railroad bonds 

 shall be taxed on their par value, unless they 

 are below par"; "providing that all life-in- 

 surance companies may do accident-insurance 

 business " ; " providing that when twelve per- 

 sons petition for temperance-instruction in the 

 public schools, it shall be considered and de- 

 cided upon by the school visitors " ; " provid- 

 ing for the erection of a statue of Governor 

 Buckingham in the Capitol Building." 



The amounts of money from the State Treas- 

 ury appropriated for various purposes at this 

 session, besides the two items before mentioned 

 relating to agriculture, are as follows : $5,000 

 for the use of the Fish Commissioners; $3,000 

 to buy additional land for the State Hospital 

 for the Insane ; $5,000 to Thomas Lamb for 

 work done on the Capitol building; $5,000 for 

 grading the Capitol grounds; $2,500 for the 

 State Library ; and $1,500 to the commission 

 on the revision of the liquor laws, for services 

 and expenses." 



STATISTICS. In obedience to the provision 

 of the law enacted in 1878, " that the treasurer 

 of every savings-bank in the State shall annu- 

 ally deliver to the Comptroller a sworn state- 

 ment of the name, with amount to his credit, 

 of every depositor who shall not have made a 

 deposit, or drawn thereon for a period of more 

 than twenty years next preceding," the Society 

 for Savings at Hartford, a bank incorporated 

 in 1848, has made this year the required return, 

 the depositors unheard from for above twenty 

 years, and named in the list, numbering 572 ; 

 the aggregate amount of deposits unclaimed 

 being $74,817.21 ; the largest sum of single 

 deposits, $6,878.97 ; the smallest, $1.39. There 

 are in this list 22 names with $1,000 and over 

 placed to their credit ; 62 with $100 and over ; 

 and 51 with $50 and over. These banks have 

 on deposit over $84,000,000, the largest amount 

 ever held by them. There are 187,471 depos- 

 itors, each having less than $500 to his credit, 

 and 50,522 each having over that sum. 



The statistics of the railway lines operating 

 within the limits of Connecticut for the year 

 ending September 30, 1882, with the exception 

 of the New York and New England, the Nor- 

 wich and "Worcester, and the New Haven and 

 Northampton roads, were as follows : 



THE NEW YORK AND NEW HAVEN RAILROAD. 



Gross earnings $5,937,807 64 



From passenger transportation.. .$3,893,518 86 



From freight transportation 2,065,855 52 



Total operating expenses 8,803,678 97 



Net earnings $2,134,128 67 



The total number of passengers carried was 



6,397,385, and the total number of miles trav- 

 eled 3,697,211. It should be borne in mind 

 that the returns of this road this year include 

 the Shore Line division. 



THE CONNECTICUT WESTERN RAILROAD. 



Total operating expenses $316,470 20 



Gross earnings 807,106 79 



From passenger transportation $110,110 30 



From freight transportation 184,078 24 



Netdeficit $9,363 41 



The total number of passengers carried was 

 241,707; and the total miles run, 309,489. 

 While the earnings of this road are $4,681.65 

 more than last year, the operating expenses 

 have also increased $49,892.54. This large 

 outlay has been expended in improving the 

 road, greatly bettering its condition. 



THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY RAILROAD. 



Gross earnings $195,873 61 



From passenger transportation $102,699 25 



From freight transportation 77,930 18 



Total operating expenses 195,083 62 



Net earnings $789 79 



Total number of passengers carried, 330, 984 ; 

 and total miles run, 228,024. 



THE AIR-LINE RAILROAD. 



Gross earnings $308,026 4T 



From passenger transportation $74,845 01 



From freight transportation 74,065 09 



Total operating expenses 113,262 86 



Net earnings $194,768 61 



Total passengers carried, 94,378 ; and total 

 miles run, 170,506. 



THE OTHER ROADS. The gross earnings of 

 the New York, Providence and Boston were 

 $1,065,650.31, and the operating expenses, 

 $561,375.62, making the net earnings $504,- 

 274.69. Total passengers carried, 1,026,495 ; 

 and total miles run, 641,353. 



The gross earnings of the Shepaug road 

 were $62,931.83, and the operating expenses, 

 $54,393.83, making the net earnings $8,538. 

 Total passengers carried, 16,524 ; and total 

 miles run, 9,930. 



Gross earnings of the New London North- 

 ern, $587,384.48, and total operating expenses, 

 $519,312.18, leaving a net earning of $68,- 

 072.30. Total passengers carried, 420,066 ; and 

 total miles run, 565,968. 



Gross earnings of the Housatonic road, $746,- 

 327.76, and operating expenses, $567,200.58, 

 making net earnings $179,127.18. Total pas- 

 sengers carried, 340,478 ; and total miles run, 

 539,470. 



Gross earnings of the Naugatuck road, $714,- 

 898.01, and operating expenses, $463,865.10, 

 making net earnings $251,032.91. Passengers 

 carried, 415,391 ; miles run, 362,746. 



Gross earnings of the New Caanan road, 

 $15,108.63; operating expenses, $9,268.56; net 

 earnings, $5,840.07; passengers carried, 41,- 

 369 ; miles run, 18,240. 



Gross earnings of the Danbury and Norwalk 

 road, $200,993.90 ; expenses, $128,002.67 ; net 



