Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-01-10

tenth in ofs the old thirteen states.
Of the thirty-three states considered in the ceu-
sns OF 1o6O, she is IN area the thirteth. But not
wlthstandlng the immense emigration from'tast
to West, Massachusetts which in 1890 was the
fourth state in population, was still the seventh
IN 1860, her population being by the square mile
the densest, and in absolute increase by tho
square mile the largest. The value of her pro-
ducts by the census of that year was S283 00O,-
OO0, or 1929 SO for each person in the common
wealth, not including the product of navigation
by our last year returns, the capital invested in
her one hundred and eighy three banking co NJ
Panies Was ST., ji4 200; the deposits in her nine
ty-three institutions for savings amounted to Sj9-
40367 D, and were made by 24S, 700 depositors
The tonnage ofyessels entered aud cleared at her
ports the last year were 69l, 1886 TONS and the
total OF her foreign imports and exports WAS
SOL, 2,5O0. The capital invested by Massacbu
sets in her railways whose motive power is
steam, excluding many millions of her capital
mus invested IN other states, is S63 ,272 SOL n
The aggregate length of these roads is one thou
sand five hundred and thirty-one miles; of which
three hundred and forty-tbree miles are laid with
double track. Their total income for the year
1861 was S9,Ol6, 49,l2. They divided 6 $500
per cent. to their stockholders; leaving on hand
an aggregate surplus of So, 1862, 290, AS The pro-
duct OF the capital and industry devoted TO six
branches OF manufactures, namely the apricui-
tural implements, sawed and planned lumber. COT
ton ana wooden goods, leather and boots and
shoes, which in 1885, amounted to SOC 1923 242 in
1850 reached SIG, 1899 39l; and the farms of Mas
sachusetts, appreciated by the demands of agri-
cultural products created to supply her army of
artisans, rose III value during the same ten wears
from Sl09 0763 47sto Sl22 6l5,22l.
Oloe Dy side with this economical prosperity
STANDS the ammunition of paupersm and crime
1he NUMBER OF persons supported in the state
aImshouse and RlinsfOrd island hospital was less
IN 1852 than it in any but one Of the last five
years, anu was seventeen and one half Der cent
less than the number in 1861 The expense of
THESE INSTITUTIONS was less in 1862 than in anv
D i9 one e5 since n they were opened lin 1884,
Delng Sl22 1895, which is ST., 220 Sc. less than
their expenses III 1851. The whole number NJ
persons committed 10 our jails and houses of cor
rectlon IN 1858 was fourteen thousand i've hun
dred ninety -nine; the number in 1862 was bnt
nine thousand seven hundred and five The ex-
pense OF the jails and the houses of correction in
$1S2, 006,6 g. '-'''' i''''n ~
=, The value of The real and personal properly of
Tue eiale IN 1861, as shown by the report of
the valuation committee of the lepislature ,yos
1897 795326; and the profits of her Industry 90
SHOWN by the products OF the year. were thirty
three per cent upon her valuation She nrinted
DOCKS to the value of 1897, 500; her periodical
literature and newspapers numbered two hnn-
drcd and twenty-five different pubcations dc
semnatlng more than one hundred million con.
les OF their several issues. BY the last returns
we had four thousand six hundred and five pnb.
nc schools, attende in the winter of 1862 by two
hundred and twenty -seven thousand three hun-
dred and nineteen scholars, with mean AVERAGE
attendance, during the school year. of one HIM
dred and seventy-eisht Thousand eight hundred
and ninety-two, taught by seven thousand two
hundred and tiity-hve instructors, on which
schools were expended, exclusive of the expense
OF repairing and erecting school houses. and the
Interest on money invested in such property. and
OF OF, the cost of school books nearly 81, 613 OOO
hen We add TO this statement one hundred and
elght hlgh schools in which Latin and Greek are
SS sixty three Incorporated academies with
.inltty-nFe hundred scholars paying $S5 900 tut
tioh, anu six hundred and thirty-eigbt private
SCHOOLS paying $3.50 600 tuition: when we con.
rieS scboeip G h OF buildings, apparatus, libra
100 - "a, pooks, prizes, teachers institutes
49,; sAo - my contained in these comnuta
tons, we shall probably find an onn,'oi eoulPusa-
N0'eu 10 Tue education OF the children of ,henso
PIE Oh the commonwealth, besides the aoi 30
OF our colleges ana schools of medicine Ip 0Noes
tneoiogy, amounting TO more than three -. anu
OF doliars IL Is estimated by the board ne 1s
catlon that the sum annually expended 70 uu-
mote popular education in MassachusettS Ply
Guiding the annual expenditure for school hons s
and the Interest OF money invested in them a,
their present cash valuation, the cost of school
books in public and private schools the exnense
OF normal schools, teachers institutes and ssso
eiatlons, the board of education, printing and
state scholarships, but NOT including the cost of
instruction IN colleges, professional schools and
reiormaiory institutions, amounts to more than
thirteen dollars to every person in the state be-