Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-12-10

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building until after the middle of April
At the present time the entire edifice
Except the water tower in the rear GEN.
trail wing, which was taken down and
is being rebuilt) is not only ready for
the roof, but more than one-half of it
is now covered, and wOrkmen are en-
gagged in roofing the remainder of it.
An immense amount of work has been
done during the season, the number of
bricks laid in the walls being more
than thirteen millions, with the ma
terial and labor of other trades cores
ponding thereto. .as-
The amount of the estimates for
work done by contractors and for all
other purposes connected with the
building, during the fiscal year ending
| November 10, 1874, is 1894 ,06S 5s. The
retained percentage upon the same is
S2S, ,746 04. The unexpended balance of
former appropriations in the Treasury
on November 15, 1874, was s69, Az 20.
In addition to this sum, the Board ask
for an appropriation for all purposes
! for the current year of $3.50, 900.
The act creating the Board of Com
miS5ioners limits their term of Office to
one year, which will expire on the first
day of April, 1875. / respectfully re-
commend that the provisions of the
act be extended for one year from that
| time.
We have reason for coDgratulation
| that our State Institutions have escaped
serious calamity during the year. A
slight fire occurred at the Reform Farm
School, on the 7th day of last month,
| which destroyed the large workshop
of the institution. 1t was necessary
that it should be rebuilt at once, to pre-
vent idleness of the inmates, which
would breed all manner Of evil in such
an institution, The Board of Com MIS-
sioners Immediately proceed with the
work; apd they call for small appro-
priatiOn to complete it, which, hope,
will be made.
The reorganization of the Board Of
Trustees of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College has been productive of
good results. The old Board was too
uhwieldly for successful management, |
while the diminished size of the new
Board has enabled it to harmonic
ideas and views, and work with sim
gleness of purpose that has been bene-
fetal to the college,. / invite you to
consider the fact that this admirablel
institutiO; of learning has not yet re-
ceived the public attention that its
merits entitle it to. 1t is the college of
the people, and it should have their
good will and encouragement. 1t has
an efficient Faculty, handsome en-
dowment, with the accessories COM
mon to the best colleges in the country,
and should have much larger attend
ance of students. / respectfully sug-
gest that the General Assembly may
devise ways and means to aid the Board
of Trustees in bringing about this de-
sirable result. a,n I-.st I..i .'fiE yEiln t,
In pursuance of the act of February
18, 1874, creating State Board of Gem
tenial Managers, five eminent citizens
of Ohio were appointed to constitute
the Commission. They have completed
their organization, and entered upon
the discharge of duties assigned them.
In the execution of the several laws
providing for the Reorganization ofthet
various public institutions, passed at
your last session, the appOintmentsl :
made by the Executive have, in every =
proved to be satisfactory-suchIe
having been made solely
with view to promote the public in /
terest, without regard to other consider i
atiOns, the officers appointed seeming i
to be influenced in their action by the
same motives which determined their I;
--i. 10 usyG-j
? During last summer the irritation of
feeling in the mining districts arising
out of the disagreement between the
mine owners and miners assumed, in g
one instance, form of intensity which r
imperiled the public peace. /
At the critical moment, the prompt in
of the moral authority OF r
the State was found sufficient to allay
the evaporation of passions, and to re-
assure peace and harmony, without
resort to the material power of the }
State. {
An earnest effort has been made by 3
the Adjutant General to collect the t
Ohio war claims against the General
He has succeeded in col ,
Letting and placing in the State Treas =
ury the sum of $35, 1851 SO. A balance :.
remains uncollected of S275, 1888 80, but
little of which will be collected, unless
further legislation be had by Congress. r
For the details respecting these claims t
you are referred to the report of the C
Adjutant General. ......i .f...~-a
At the close of the fiscal year 1873, >,
there were thirty-two military compa- :
nies In the State, of all branches of the a
Thore are now forty-one COM
panies-twO battalions of three compa-
nies each; one battalion of two compa-
nies; twenty five unattached companies q
of infantry; one battery of artillery of q
four guns, and two batteries of two
guns each. This increase evinceS re- A
vival of interest in our volunteer mill n
tary organizations. The security of F
every community is enhanced by a s
well-organized militia; and trust that
)ur military companies, in which we
Ill feel just pride, will receive the :
care of the State.
The general financial depression has
been felt by the railroad interest of the
State more than by any other interest. 81
But few new lines have been projected, c
md several roads that would have been Il
built under more favorable circum- v
stances have been temporarily aban-
loned. The Baltimore, Pittsburgh and u
Chicago company has completed one n
hundred and ten miles of new track ri
Turing the year; the Painesville and n
Youngstown company has completed
hirty-nine miles of narrow gauge
rack; the Marietta, Pittsburgh and 7.
Cleveland company has completed u
miles of new track; the Lake 8
Erie and louisville company has COM q
,leted eight miles; the Toledo and
company has completed seven t.
niles; the Mansfield, Coldwater aHd a
Lake Michigan company has completed ),
miles; the Baltimore ft
short Line company has completed
hirty miles; and the Cincinnati and =.
Whitewater Valley company has COM !:
,leted two miles. This makes total y
If nearly two hundred and forty-five 9
miles of new track. 81. ....-... y
Railroads are not only of great utili- u
", but have become necessity to the
country. They should not be hamper Il
I'd by vindictive and vexatious legisla- il
ion; but, as the servants of the people, c,
,nioyiug peculiar franchises, they lo