560 



M:\V 



which guarantees the continuous employment of 

 t costs but about $500.000 "annually 

 tomainiain the prisons,!) ,de *-\t ->\i\ . 



der the new system. Doperinteodenl Lathrop 



has asked the Legislature for an appropriation ith 



ui Id a prison in the central part of the 



at which all t \ .all take place. II.- 



says: rnmtory pnn- do n..t >eem 



I hi- prtper plat"* for exeoattoos, It ha- been found 



.-f tin.- kiii'l 



I) Uinl de|.|e-Moli 



prison popalittkm: it i- - ...... igoniswoto 



:,,HU ,,f the*- iiiMilutions ami 

 that tin- officers do not < 

 condemn the pr.ieti.-e of having Me u- in 



Labor Statist ir*. This depart ment is in charge 

 .iniiii-i.'H.T. The present Ineumbenl if John 



T. M- l noiijii. In 1895 reports were rc 



jde unions. giving their memb, -r-lnp a- 

 18Q3L iii'-lu.liii- in- n an-l women; ii 



- x-nt in reports but tin- total membership 



.illingoff of about 1" 



In the clothing trade there an- -JM.OOO fewer mem- 

 bers this year. Returns from 1,781 establishment-. 

 in t he 65 'general industries covered by tin- report. 

 show that, in 1891,900,888 persons employed by 

 these paid $93,257,541.09, an average 



of $465.51 to each emplox 

 the figures pre*- n t.-d by 8,200 establishments, 

 189 persons engaged therein obtained in 

 $110.427.158,81, an average for the year ..f .? ! 



ion was given in the report t,, 

 relating to wages paid by gas and 



roMs of production. and 

 the market values of heating and li^htin^ product-. 



!ic-iii:lit plants submitted figures show- 



t.-it the employees i .;."- nt. of 



si of the products, and that the percentage of 



mpanies' earnings was 84 "J I. The figures for 



81 gas companies were 2<> J4 and 108-59, and the 



figures for o companies, conducting both gas and 



electric business, were 34-71 and 182*83. There 



were 40 per cent, less strikes and lockouts in 1896 



than in 1895. 



National BvarC The supervision of UM militia 

 is under the charge of the Adjutant General on the 

 Governor's staff. All the or^ani/ations of the 



1 are now fully equip] >ed for active s. 



ami no delay would be in.-urred in inobili/in^ upon 



ii'-ti'-e. The or-ani/ations" of the naval 



militia were found to IK- in excellent condition. 



al departments of the Guard and nav.il 



militia are well supplied with all necessary appli- 



ances, and the hospital corps of cry organ- 



n are most erne: 



Rai I road* This department iscandf-.r l.y three 

 commissioners, each of whom serves for five \ 

 The incumbents at the beginning of the year 

 . Alfred C. fhapin. and' M 



Rickard, who were succeed i-d <.n Feb. :{ by Ashlev 

 W. < George W. Dunn, and Frank M. I 



According to their n | rt. the gross earn in.- 

 the year ending June 30, 1897, show a decrease, 

 compared with 1898, of $5,901 .397. *..>. and 

 nase in operating expenses of $6,977. 1 !;.'. The 

 capital stock was increa> V, ,l,, r jn- 



and the f t $28.698.1 her liabil- 



ities were diminished $ 1,388,874.28, and the , 

 road and equipment wa* im-reamd $19,647.<' 

 The aggregate of bonds and stock at their par 

 value is greater than the aggregate cost of P. ad 



ment by $81.953.300.51. The perc : 

 of dividends on capital stock WH.- 2-45. apain- 



-'.6. The actual increase in steam -rail road 



mileage in this State during the year wa* 

 miles, to which th< k and Pennsylvania 



railroads <-ontribuie,l -JT-lii miles, the l>epe\v and 



Lies, South Vandaliu 

 and Mate Line liailroad 1 mil. >. and small . 



.il> I lie remainder. The 

 aggregate raili ige f..r tin 



lows : 



I Bn -i I'r. - i N.Mion. h ; the Forest 



Preserve Hoard purchased mote ii.. 



and tii.- total Mini expmde.l was $940,000, The 

 MIIII included an it. : ihaii *!'>." 



.dent t.. the ac.iuiMlb.ii of 

 searching 



titles and inspection and .: I the 



\alne of the | M) was ex- 



pended for the ac<jui>ii ion of umber rights and the 

 paxmeiit of back taxes on land> acquired. s t hat 



fSH:{.(HK) -.ded in the purehase of 



"K) acres. Thi- mak 

 $3.50 an acre. The larnU a<'<|iiired include n:. 



hoicest tracts in the north WMM|-. The MHI'I of 

 $60,000 remain- uiiex|'end-d. and this amount the 

 board has r.-< r\l 



$940,000, a larger acreage has IH.-M acquired than 

 was expected from the expenditure of the . 

 appropriation of $I.<MMHMHI. There are alto^ 

 about 3,000,000 acres of forest lands in the Adin.n- 

 dacks. !' 'he appropriation of 1,"" 



for the acqnirii; -t lamK t he > 



about 800,000 acres of the total :{,000,000. When 

 the Foiv-t I'reserve Board has spent the . 

 $1,000,000, 250,000 acres will ha\e b. , n a<- 1 uired. 



:n- the State's ownin.i;s u|> to 1.050.KNi 

 I i-hcries. The comi! n charge of this 



department are Marnet, II. Davi-. F.I \\ard Thomp- 



!. s. Bolden, and Oharlei 



'.cock. Their report for t 



30 giv<-s the following items: During I"-!*? then- 

 were hatched and planted in publi n the 

 State I'M. 726,678 fish of various kinds all the eggs 

 having been taken from stock fish at the hatching- 

 station ponds or secured fn.rn wild wat.-r- in the 

 State. The fish were hatched and di-tributed at a 

 total COM: of P.H5-ents a thousand. The ei.mmis- 

 sion reared ; ,nd planted IMO.KK) trout ei-ht and 

 ten months of age and 14,858 tr<- nt fn.m twelve to 

 eighteen month- of au'e. or a total 

 the age of what are commonly called "finder!. 

 In addition to the fHi hatched and di-tributed 

 from the State hatcheries the t'n FiM 1 ! 

 Commission contributed to tin 

 and e^s the eggs beint: hatched at the 

 hatcheries, mak <\ total of ' l!.l Jl/.'l 1 UMI 

 of all kinds planted in State water-. The increase 

 in the output of commercial iMie- from tin 

 hatcheri.-s for 1896 was more than 34.000.00" 

 that of !- -tematie attempt was made to 

 cultivate the Labrador whitel'iMi. one <.f the most 

 delicious of the whitdM were 

 taken at a temporary station at CanandaigTUl lake 

 and hatched at Caleoonia. Since the do-.- of tin- 

 year further \ been condnc- 



-.ilaiirua lake on a greater scale, and 1 

 OOOwhiteflsh were hatched at Cale.h.nia from 

 taken in this lake, showing the possibilitii-< of this 

 branch of fi-h culture, should a perfectly appointed 

 hatching station b . 



s tat Capitol. The Capitol Commission in < \- 



e at the be^innin^ of the year was abo! 

 by the Legislature at the in-l i-at ion of the 



. and the completion of the work \\ 

 tho Superintendent of Public Works. On M 

 the contract for completing the Capitol was awarded 



to the Hallowell. M. Works. The. bid of 



this company was $' d the award wa 



prove*! by Gov. Black. During the year there was 

 contract " work under way aggregating $80,000, 





