The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-01-13

which is not quite per cent. upon the paid
in stock and lines within the State.
Total freight earnings were $43,23O. .93O
which was S6,377 ,646 less than the preceding
year.
OF the total tonnage, "a per eent.was coal.
5.4l iron, S.75 lumber, $40 live stock, 1874
grain, and S.42 merchandise; $372, ,912. so
were paid for damage to persons and prop
erty.
Only eighteen companies paid dividends,
as follows: Baltimore and Ohio Short Line,
per cent; Central Ohio, 6; Cincinnati and
Baltimore, 8; c., c., c. and l., 81; Cleve-
land and Mahoning Valley, s C. and P,
Columbus and Hooking Valley. 8 Law
Cleveland, 5; P, Ft. w. and c., 7; L. NJ.
and N, 4. These were on entire capital
stock.
The Dayton and Michigan paid 8 per
cent. dividends on preferred, and ~ on its
common stock; the Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern, 10 on preferred, and az on
common, and two companies, the Cincinnati,
Sandusky and Cleveland, per cent, and
the Ohio and Mississippi, per cent, on
preferred stock only.
The aggregate number of casualties to
persons occurring within the State upon the
several railway lines for the year, as report
ed, are, of passengers, killed, 8; injured, 27;
OF employees, killed, 90; injured, ISL, and
OF others, on track, trespassing, ETC., 115
killed and SO injured, making total of PIG
killed and 306 injured.
Compared with years previous, there is an
increase of two in number of passengers
killed, that of employees is the same, while
of others there are three less, the total show
ing decrease in fatal injuries of three.
OF the non-fatal injuries caused by acci-
dent, there was an increase in numbers of
those to passengers of 15; to employees
of Is, and to others of 29, a total increase
for the year Of so.
The Auditor of States annual report for
the last year shows the total value of the
personal property, moneys, and credits in
Ohio for 1875 to have been $497, ,203, ,5S7,
against $490, ,494, ,116 in 1874. The tabular
statement of the valuations, rates of taxa
ton, and tax levies for the several cities,
and in fifteen Of the other principal towns
of the State Of Ohio for the year 1875, to-
gether with the rates, aggregate valuations,
and total levies for the previous year, shows
as follows: Valuation and taxation for 1874,
S45l ,412, los; average rate of taxation, in
Guiding 2-10 mills for State purposes, S26,-
846. For 1875, S459 ,575,5 ,553; average rate of
taxation, including 8 1-10 mills for State
purposes, $28, 8,285. The valuation of rail-
road property of the State for 1874, as fixed
by the State Board, was $50, ,280, 1856; for
1876, $84,7S9, ,794.
The total value of real estate belonging to
gas companies in Ohio is s., SOS, ,212; Of per
sonal property, 1922 ,206; total value, So, ,52O,.
AIS. The total amount of net compensation
paid to County Auditors for the year was
S18S, $40; to Treasurers, SECS, ,s43; to Prose-
cutting Attorneys, s6O,6O6; to Clerks OF
Courts, S175,505; to Sheriffs, 1896. 1898: To
s16S, ,1O9; to Commissioners, 500, sol; total,
81, ,203,S11, against 81, ,225, AS last year.
Present Indebtedness of the cities and prin.
cipal villages of Ohio. The cities not named