. r: 



l-r.NN>VLVAM A. 



common-school education are expressly prohib- 



C..MMIIU- 



The 'religious-garb lull has had the effect of 



ihesisten fnnu the ranks of pabUc- 



school teachers; in some instances the children 



whom they tbrmafij taught Imve also been w it h- 



ilrawn fnin the school*. 



Mi|*'rinten<knl rcj* 



ieit.book law has given great satisfaction. A 

 noticeable effect is seen in the m, rva-ed attcnd- 

 Doe, amounting, in some instances, to 80 per 



.The report of tin* imis- 



. , -.-I -, ol i>: Institutions, 



\i- .f building anl loan associations the 

 report f h.ch wastocorae later-for 1895. The 

 deposit* aggregated $41,915,517.71; savin 



rustoompun., 



114397.78; total $218,967.963.72; increase in 

 18tt over 1894, $14,043,1*', i The banks re- 

 porting to the department had a reserve fund in 

 1895 of $8,443^84.48; savings in-titutioi*, $6,- 

 *7M63.77: trust companies, $20,450,665.49; 

 total, $35^68,41^74. The report shows tt.it 



a decrease of $2,718.586.68 in the re- 

 fund of these institutions in 1895. 

 number of deposit accounts in bank- in 

 1893 was 109,333; savings institutions, 2* 

 trust companies, 112.648; total, 504,558. The 

 Average to each depositor in all institutions was 



Railroad*. The report of the Secretary of 

 Internal Affairs for the year ending June 30 

 shows that the total amount of stock of rail- 

 roads operating in Pennsylvaok is $1,099.303,- 

 183.42. and the capital stock outstanding $944,- 

 670.893.64. In 1894 the bond. .1 in.!, -btodness was 

 $988^51. 341 .93, an increase in five years of $101,- 



There was eipended $16,359,084.76 in the 

 equipment, improvement of road-, an. 1 <-on-t ruc- 

 tion. The total cost of roads and equipment . a- 

 reported to the department, is $1,538,501. J 



There were 1,588 persons killed and 10,607 



killed were passen- 



injured by the steam railroads operating in the 

 State. Twenty-nine of those 





The United States Supreme Court affirmed, 

 in May, the constitutionality and validity of the 

 Pennsylvania statute of 1879 assessing the tax 

 of eight tenths of 1 per cent upon tho gross 

 receipt* of railroad companies for tolls and 

 transportation. 



The Amalgamated Association of Railway 

 Employees decided, Dec. 16, to declare a strike 

 BDO fee IfaMe of the Union Traction Company 

 in Philadelphia; their demands were for a 

 working day of t-n hours, $2 a day, and the 

 recognition of the Amalgamated Associat . 

 Sire* Railway Kraployees, The strike lasted 



fiSftSiP' * r8 were "o^K nd bloodshed 

 aol destruction of proper , lives were 



to*. The strike was settled, Dec, 2:i. bv the 

 *** <wpttn the company's terms.' The 

 lew m*n who had taken the places of 1 1,,- M rik 

 . by the ternw of the agreement, to 



' i jT! r run * with the olcl employees who 



t tak.-n \mc\L It was estimated that 



W|ml the company in fares $250.<H)0. 



bunas shopping trade was almost en- 



itlj stopped. Three rioters were sentenced to 



two years' and one to ri-htrrn months' impris- 

 onment 



(..urt d.-ridi-.! in March 

 case in\ol\ ,.i m.lir\ c.,n ; 



that the street -r. 

 .linn. 'Hi domain, and that, as th- trolley IUH-S 



an- inr'r|Miralril HIP! i\e no 



n^t met tin II I't-ad. \\ InTc the ! 



.f |.r..|.. r;\ i- in- i ii-i.t or necessary t*> a. Mid,, 

 out the consent of the }tr.>|>ni \ 



Insurance, 'I the In-m 



('oininis.sioiicr for 1H94 was puMMi.-d in S-|>- 



19 *^B 



"licirs. insuring Jfl l.u:t:t.:to:{. an inri.a.M- 

 over the Inisiness of tlir ; 



IM.IUMI-N ami a deriva^- of $250/Wl ittSUl 



The coiii|ianii-s of othi-r St 

 ji"licif in Pennsylvania, 



xrH'iiditnres'of IN-nn>\l\a: 

 1894 NV ; which $:. 



was paid to poUofholden, 



The report of the joint-stock fire nnl i: 

 in-iiraiKc <->.in|iunies of the State shows that 



l.ilities, except capital, i 



,875; surplus. *s.v:, 

 oeived, $16,393,262; total income, * . 

 losses paid, $10.681.1 H; total expend 

 : divi.l.-nds, *l,l."i7.:Mr,; ris. 

 force, | 



Tin-re was a uniform decrease in I: 1 

 and inland risks written, in premiuii 

 and in fire losses paid. The premium* r. 

 bystock companies during the year wen 

 332,492, and tno premiums and ajKssinei 

 mutual companies were $1,891,000. The losses j 

 i taid by stock companies were $5.:: V. 

 losses paid by mutual companies were 

 713. 



Forest |'i ,-cs. The n-p.rt of : 

 Commissioner shows that during the year .'.''> 

 000 acres of woodland were burned over, can- 

 ing a loss of timber aggregaJ inir fully $ l.OO^^H 

 Many fences were destroyed l.\ tin-si- fir- 

 6,000 men were engaged a total of alo , 

 hundred and fifty day- in exiinu r ui>hiii. 

 flames. The men received for their wtirk 

 aggregate $45,000. Twenty buildings \v. 

 stroved by forest fires. 



Monuments. -The anniversary of the hfB 

 of llrandywine was celebrated Sept. 11 

 old Birmingham Friend-' Meetjnj 

 principal point of the battlefield. b\ 



1 dedication of a tablet ' 

 nite monument to Col. .IoM-ph M. 

 The monument was built by Col. M 

 descendants and the I MMini;iI came 



from the Chester County historical Socii 



A monument erected near 

 mark the spot where Washington orotse 

 Delaware river before the battle . 

 was d. Oct H by the Bucks Conn! 



torical Society. 



I. e-islati>e Session. This extended fmn 

 .' to .Inn. tor TlM.ma^ w 



dent ///'/ / ///. of the S 



: of the. H 



bills were introduced, of which 



nor and 489 were approved. ! 

 68 resolutions passed. 

 One measure that became a law was 



