PENNSYLVANIA. 



phone, 4. The aggregate length of all tracks 

 in Pennsylvania is 12,765 miles. Twenty-seven 

 companies reported the length of their lines 

 without giving any trackage in the State. Most 

 of these are new enterprises, with roads in 

 various stages of progress, while others are old 

 enterprises that have never made much head- 

 way, but whose projectors seem indisposed to 

 abandon them. The company reports show 

 $726,322,549.79 of capital stock paid in at the 

 close of 1884, an increase of $32,288,996.69, 

 compared with 1883. Funded and unfunded 

 debt, $775,438,674.42, an increase of $51,926,- 

 033.49. The total of stock and debt reported 

 is $1,501,761,224.21. The cost of roads and 

 equipment, as reported, is $975,313,784.35, or 

 $526,447,439.86 less than the stock and debt. 

 There has been an increase in the number of 

 passengers and a decrease in the quantity of 

 freight. 



State Institutions. The institutions that are 

 owned and controlled by the State consist of 

 the Eastern Penitentiary, the Western Peni- 

 tentiary, the Industrial Reformatory at Hunt- 

 ingdon, five hospitals for the insane, viz. : 

 the Lunatic Asylum at Harrisburg, the "West- 

 ern Pennsylvania Hospital at Dixmont, Alle- 

 gheny County (not strictly a State institution), 

 the Hospital for the Insane at Danville, the 

 Northwestern Hospital for the Insane at War- 

 ren, the Southeastern Hospital for the In- 

 sane at Norristown ; the Pennsylvania Reform 

 School at Morganza, Washington County, and 

 the Hospital for Injured Persons of the An- 

 thracite Coal Region at Ashland, Schuylkill 

 County. There are several institutions not 

 under State control, for the care and support 

 of the defective and delinquent classes, in 

 which State aid is extended to the indigent 

 class. The Institutions for the Blind, Deaf 

 and Dumb, Feeble-minded Children, and the 

 House of Refuge, at Philadelphia, are included 

 in this class. 



Criminal Statistics. An analysis of the returns 

 of prothonotaries or clerks of criminal courts 

 for the year ending Sept. 30, 1884, shows the 

 criminal proceedings of grand juries, as com- 

 pared with the preceding year, and court pro- 

 ceedings have increased, thus : 



PERSIA. 



685 



Insane. The number of insane confined in 

 institutions of all classes in Pennsylvania, Sept. 

 30, 1884, was 5,374 (2,683 males and 2,691 

 females), of whom 3,331 were native-born, 

 1,948 foreign-born, and 95 of unknown birth; 



1,032 were private patients and 4,842 indigent; 

 557 curable and 4,817 incurable; 89 were in- 

 sane convicts and 259 criminal insane. 



Tha number of criminals of all classes in 

 confinement on Sept. 30, 1884, was 5,289, being 

 an increase of 355, or 7'20 per cent., on the 

 number in confinement at the corresponding 

 date of the previous year. 



The system of labor in the penitentiaries is 

 entirely on State account. Contract labor was 

 abolished by an act of the Legislature, June 13, 

 1883. 



Poor Belief. There are 63 almshouses in the 

 State, 34 of which are county institutions, and 

 29 are local or district almshouses. The ag- 

 gregate of inmates of all classes in these insti- 

 tutions (excluding the insane in Blockley Alms- 

 house, Philadelphia), on Oct. 1, 1883, was 8,- 

 930. To these were added during the year 

 13,527, making a population of 22,457. There 

 were discharged during the year 13,162, leav- 

 ing, Sept. 30, 1884, 9,295. The number of 

 persons in receipt of out-door relief during the 

 year ending Sept. 30, 1884, was 18,980. The 

 summary of the "Unfortunate and Indigent 

 Classes " does not include the vagrants assisted 

 in almshouses, or by out-door relief. The 

 total -number relieved during the year was 

 43,057. 



Political. The Republican State Convention 

 met in July, and nominated for Treasurer Mat- 

 thew S. Quay. The Democratic State Conven- 

 tion assembled in August, and made Conrad 

 B. Day its nominee. The candidate of the 

 Prohibitionists was Barr Spangler ; of the 

 Greenbackers, W. D. Whitney. On Nov. 3, 

 Quay was elected, the vote being as follows : 

 Quay, 324,694; Day, 281,178; Spangler, 15,- 

 047; Whitney, 2,783; scattering, 836; total, 

 624,538. 



Mining Accident In December, a mine at 

 Nanticoke became flooded with water, which 

 cut off a large number of miners from escape. 

 Every effort was made for days to rescue them 

 alive, but without success. 



Philadelphia Statistics. The City Comptroller's 

 report for 1885 shows that the receipts from 

 all sources for the year were $14,129,756.16; 

 expenditures, $14,298,413.85. The increase 

 of revenue over 1884 was $448,951.80. The 

 cost of the city departments, exclusive of the 

 public buildings, was $8,647,755.90. The 

 amount actually collected in 1885 was $10,- 

 059,103.72, which exceeds the estimate $437,- 

 490.89, the tax rate being $1.85 on $100. The 

 revenue, other than current taxes, was $4,070,- 

 652.44. The average for the past five years 

 was $4,669,700.50, showing a decrease of 

 $599,048.06. 



The Collector of the Port has prepared a 

 statement showing the imports received in the 

 city during 1885, and places their value as 

 follows: Articles admitted free, $5,586,797; 

 dutiable, $27,778,445; in American vessels, 

 $9,244,287; in foreign vessels, $24,120,955; 

 total, $33,365,242. 



