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The new railway passenger station in Con- 

 cord is an elegant and spacious structure, 280 

 feet long by 68 feet wide, with an iron train- 

 shed 770 feet long and 105 feet wide, covering 

 an area of two acres. Its foundation is of Con- 

 cord granite, the walls dark -red brick, laid 

 with dark joints, granite window-sills, lintels 

 and cappings. Its corners are square pilasters, 

 with dark - red terra-cotta capitals, each sur- 

 mounted by a copper dome, relieving the 

 facade. The roof has a steep pitch, and is 

 covered with dark-blue slate, and flashings of 

 heavy copper. The principal room is a rotunda, 

 or waiting-room, 60 by 65 feet, open to the roof, 

 and finished in oak panels. The windows and 

 transoms are of stained cathedral glass. The 

 floor is of marble tiling, and light iron stairways 

 lead to a gallery on three sides, conducting to 

 the several offices. A large outline map of New 

 Hampshire, with railway systems and connec- 

 tions, rivers, lakes, and mountains, is painted 

 in fresco on the eastern wall. The general 

 offices are in the second and third stories. 



A bronze statue of Daniel Webster was a gift 

 to New Hampshire, Jan. 18, 1886, from Ben- 

 jamin P. Cheney. The figure is 8 feet high, 

 ' designed by Thomas Ball, of Florence, Italy, 

 and cast at Munich. Its pedestal is granite, 

 14 feet high, and it is placed in the State- 

 House Park, Concord. The panels are severally 

 inscribed: "Daniel Webster." "Born Salis- 

 bury, N. II., 18 Jan., 1782." " Died Marsh- 

 field, Ms., 24 Oct., 1852." " Presented to State 

 of New Hampshire, 18 Jan., 1886." The 

 statue was dedicated with appropriate civic 

 and military exercises, June 17, 1886. 



Street Railways. The following are the sta- 

 tistics of street railways in the State : City of 

 Concord length of road, 7 miles ; track, with 

 sidings, 7i miles; construction, $32,165.49; 

 equipment, and land and buildings, $25,652.- 

 19; cash and cash assets, $3,759.67; total 

 assets, $61,577.35. Liabilities capital stock, 

 $45.000 ; unfunded debt, $7,000 ; surplus, $9,- 

 577.35; $61,577.35. Total miles run in the 

 year, 91,250 ; passengers carried, 210,963. Two 

 steam motors are used. City of Manchester 

 length of track and sidings, 4J miles ; con- 

 struction, equipment, land, buildings, etc., $25,- 

 000 ; cash assets, $841.72 ; capital stock, $25,- 

 000 ; surplus, $841.72 ; miles run during the 

 year, 135,415; passengers carried, 440,693; 

 round trips, 37,690. City of Dover construc- 

 tion, $13,237.44; equipment and cash assets, 

 $7,473.10; total, $20,710.54; capital stock, 

 $19,450; unfunded debt, surplus, and cash 

 assets, $1,260.54; total, $20,710.54; length of 

 track, 2-39 miles ; miles run during the year, 

 5,735 ; passengers carried, 81,811 ; trips, 1,225. 

 Laconia and Lake Village construction, $10,- 

 454.29; equipment, land, buildings, and cash 

 assets, $9,843.17; total, $20,297.46; capital 

 stock, $15,000 ; unfunded debt and surplus, 

 $5,297.46 ; total, $20,297.46 ; length of track, 

 2J- miles; miles run during the year, 41,523; 

 passengers carried, 148,133 ; round trips, 9,720. 



Telegraphs and Telephones* The following is a 

 statement of the telegraph companies within 

 the State, and taxes assessed by the State 

 Board of Equalization for 1885 : 



* This corporation has appealed to the Supreme Court for 

 the abatement of tax assessed. A decision has not yet been 

 rendered. 



The statistics of the telephone companies in 

 the State, for the year 1885, are as follow : 



The taxable valuation of telegraphs in 1886 

 was $172,142, and the tax levied, $2,444.40. 

 The taxable valuation of telephones was $216,- 

 600, and the tax levied $2,552.85. 



Savings - Banks. The Commissioners report 

 the earnings of all the savings-banks for the 

 year ending Dec. 31, 1885, as $3,029,925.73, 

 or over 6 per cent, of the deposits, or 6 per 

 cent, of the book value of the assets. The ex- 

 penses to the same date, aggregate $144,847.- 

 56, or one third of one per cent. The one- 

 per-cent. State tax, believed to be burdensome, 

 and tending to drive deposits from the State, 

 amounts to $435,828.72. The rate per cent, 

 of dividends is slightly higher than was shown 

 in the preceding report. The Salmon Falls, 

 the only State bank, pays its usual 10 per 

 cent. Thirteen savings-banks divide 5 per 

 cent. ; nine, 4 per cent. ; thirty-nine, 4 per 

 cent. ; others, 3, 3, and 2 per cent. The se- 

 curities in New Hampshire aggregate $14,369,- 

 523.57 ; in New England, $16,634,825.40 ; out- 

 side of New England, $32,161,922.44. Loans 

 secured by mortgage on Western farms, with 

 about $100,000 in Florida, amount to $12,113,- 

 500.75 ; Western cities, including personal and 

 collateral securities, $4,009,074.38. County, 

 city, town, and school district bonds amount 

 to $7,116,133.10. Eailroad bonds have de- 

 creased, while railroad and bank stocks have 

 increased. Miscellaneous bonds and stocks 

 show an increase. The following table shows 

 the number, condition, and progress of the 

 savings-banks of New Hampshire in each 

 year from 1850 to 1886, inclusive: 



