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ment of a commission, to select a site and build 

 a Hospital for the Insane in the Southeastern 

 District of Pennsylvania, appropriating the sum 

 of $575,000, to meet the expense. 



Concerning the State Prisons, the Legis- 

 lature at the session of 1877 made an appro- 

 priation for the purpose of relieving the over- 

 crowded condition of the Eastern Penitentiary. 

 The Western Penitentiary appears to be in the 

 same condition. At the end of the year 1877, 

 the number of convicts detained in it was 830 ; 

 while its cell capacity is sufficient for 400, at 

 the most 500. The payments made by the 

 State for the Eastern Penitentiary in 1877 



amounted to $67,093.75 ; for the Western, to 

 $28,000. The gratuities paid out of the public 

 treasury to the discharged convicts at the 

 time of their leaving the prison, as authorized 

 by law, were, for the Eastern Penitentiary, 

 $1,140; for the Western, $2,240. 



The various material interests and industries 

 in the State appear to be in a satisfactory con- 

 dition. Among them the railway lines seem 

 particularly noticeable with respect to their 

 number, and the extent of their operations. 

 These, and the general financial condition of 

 the companies in regard to cost of construction 

 and capital stock, as well as to their expendi- 



FITT8BURGH. 



tares and receipts for the year 1876, are shown 

 by the following summary of official state- 

 ments : 



Number of railway lines in the State, 139; 

 aggregate length of main road, 7,594.13 miles; 

 laid, 7,103.66 miles; laid in Pennsylvania, 

 4,586.67 miles; double track, 1,886.33 miles; 

 whole length of sidings, 2,938.95 miles. 



Aggregate cost of construction and equip- 

 ment of the roads I675.459.84t 44 



Aggregate capital stock, as authorized by law 480,047.964 00 



Total of capital stock subscribed 407,016,970 21 



Amount of capital stock paid in as by last re- 

 port 439.664,666 66 



Amount of capital stock paid in, end of 1876. 451,733,293 05 



Total amount of funded debt of the com- 

 panies, end of 1876 415,849,474 75 



Total amount of floating debt, same date 80,148,864 18 



Total of funded and floating debt 448,324,012 95 



The rate of interest on the several portions 

 of the said debt is generally 7 per cent, per 

 annum ; on some, 8 and 6 respectively ; on a 

 few, 5. Whole number of engines used on the 

 roads, 4,194 ; of first-class passenger cars, 1,843 ; 

 of second-class, 493 ; of baggage, mail, and ex- 



press cars, 813 ; of freight cars, 52,961 ; of 

 coal, ore, stone, and tank oars, 88,911. 



The work on the said roads for the year 

 1876 was as follows: 



Whole number of miles run by passenger trains. 25.245,141 

 " " " " " " freight trains.... 51,251,969 



Whole number of through passengers on main 



roads rrr 8,037,194 



Whole number of passengers of all classes carried 

 in cars 61,829,822 



Whole number of tons of 2,000 pounds of freight 

 carried on main roads 21.7SS.ftS9 



Gross amount of tonnage carried in the year 163,172,280 



The aggregate expenditures of the com- 

 panies in 1876 were : For operating the roads, 

 $40,473,176.41 ; for repairs of machinery, $15,- 

 163,049.29 ; for maintaining the roads and real 

 estate of the corporations, $19,522,461.63; 

 making together a total of expenditures, $75,- 

 723,845.58. The aggregate receipts for the 

 year 1876 were as follows: From passengers' 

 fare, $30,405,171.11 ; from freights, $81,395,- 

 683.43; mail and express, $3,518,418.83; use 

 of cars, $1,801,997.21; miscellaneous, $7,468,- 

 390.24 ; making a grand total of receipts for 



