New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-03

assets in the limited States of 1928 35 90, liab
tiles $5,24S 20, and surplus, Sllo,aoo O.. Mn m
have sly casualty insurance companies, Oh ."hicu
| two are New-York companies, two organized IN
other States. and two foreign eompanies, WIN
aggregate assets amountine 10 %o'idVV'o snrnns Of
biIities $l,94S.199 90, and a net surplus Vi
The number of cooperative insurance companies
tran.cting business in this State on the ST DAY OF
| lamar isS2 was 49, having 325,o24 certlh-
Gates in force OF which p0,219 were written during
| the year 1851 Within the last mentioned year
| oS "a certificates terminated, and losses to the
amount Of SI,74209O were paid by TINS class Vi III
suIance orgat zatioDs. ,o.
the general Insurance laws of the state one nutuai
fire insurance company. with a paid up casii oull
tribution of 100000, aud one plate elass ihsud-
| ance company with paid up capital OF TluouOu.
Eight ire insurance companies. four oIganlzed IN
other States and four foreign companies naie, uu
Ing the year been admitted TO transact business III
this state wth total assets amounting 10 Po,<%J,-
! 4G4 &c. and liabilities, including capl'al s'Qck,
| Amounting to Sl,5547Ss ~. Thirteen lire, TWO
| life and two marine insurance companies have
ceased to do business in this State during the year
| 1882.
curities for the protection of policy holders insured
! by the various insurance COMPANIES tTansactlng
business IL tins State. held ON deposit Ill no lhsui
| ance Department. ~ required by law, was
| $l3,594. 749 80. classified as follows:
New-York state life insurance companies 50 s52 09d 80
wYorS ire .1rancS Companies l653O00 90
Fire insurance companies OF Other elAes ocdv 40
Foreign insurance companies. e'eoe'o4l 10
sl9,5e4.749 80
The SUPERINTENDENT of the Insurance Department
has distributed to policy holders In bankrupt ~
surance companies. up to July ], lSs!i lIom ,he
securities held by HIM TOR their benefit the sum o
| SSi23l6 90. ! am informed that the expenses Oh
| maintaining tins department Tor the year ending
September 30, 1882, were at least 1lno,oOo, WHO
recent Investigations 'end TO convince the orunfdy
mind that this depart nent, and the laws III relation
TO the subject of Insurance, do not iuInsh the pro
lection to the people which they ought. suggest
that steps be taken TO make TINS department lioio
.f,l., lacs
ing the entire question of insurance lie reduced To-
plain and simple enactment which shall be SAFE.
guard against the abuses to winch thls linpor'an'
| interest is exposed.
| NATIONAL GUARD.
Under the policy recently naururated, the Ma
| tional Guard has been reduced to four divisions,
eignt brlgades fifteen regiments one battalion ana
| forty separate companies of infantry, and seven
batteries of artillery, comprising IN the aggregate
| il Cos officers and enlisted men. The changes
made during the year comprise the disarmament OF
| separate companies i'll Wyoming Orleans and Mad
ison counties. a separate company III Chautauqua
| County the mastering ont of who had been in
cluded in the orders incident to the general reor
| eanzation OF the force, has been retained. On the
list day of July last camp OF instruction was es-
tablished near Peekskl which was maintained I'M
t the 18th day of August. SIX regiments were
consccuively ordered to this camp remaining there
from live TO eight days each. IL, as the result oil
this inaugural cncainI seems to indicate, the
| usefu ness of the National Guard can be thereby
| promoted, with TeasOn1Oie expenditure Vi money,
| / am of the opinion that q suticlent amount should
bs am roprlated annually To permit at least part
of The force to receive the advantages OF this new
feature of military instruction. With the reduction
| of the number of men enrolled the efficiency and
disculine of the force becomes matter OF the 1Ist
| innoTtance and trust tuat all legislation the
| subject as well rs the administration OF the nlI-
tary affairs of the State, VIII be IN that direction
| STATE PRISONS.
Tho earnings and expenditures of The several
State Prisons during the year ending September 30,
1882. are shown by the following table:
AUBURN. o 90
Expenses ..-.....-....-....'- iZ~o~o 30
CLINTON. 1900. 80
Earnngs........-.. .-....-.....-s''.' Sn0o3oi ~
Expenscs. O''VV" -
neoc,srcv 1924 So
| sING.sING. o., m, M
Earnings 1917 90
| Expenses. 4o'~' -
sn,,,ns ......................s4 s194 70
1t will be seen from this statement that the total
earnings Of the three prisons were SG,2o| % IN ex-
cess OF their expenses and that the large surplus III
Sing Sing creates this aance Ill favor of the state,
| Notwithstanding the deficiency in Auburn and Gin
| ton prisons But deem it proper 10 call attention
10 the fact that the numbei Of convcts confined at
Sing Sing is considerably excess OF the number OF
| cells provided. Tbs necessltates the placing of
| two convicts in many of the cells which must be
;ninrios To the morals and health of the prisoners
Az confined, and dan Rei ous to the discipline OF the
| institution AT the same time Auburn and CIhton
prisons have sufficient vacant cells 10 mOIo than Ie-
iisye if occupied. the Sing Sing prison OF It's sur
plus of convics beyond lts natural capacity On the
| 3Uh day of last September the number Ot con
yicts confined in Sing Sing prison was ,526 while
| Auburn contained but 0l2 aud Clinton 4O9. II
| these penul institutions are seli-sustanuR. without
| iniury or embarrassment To honest labor, II ~ n
matter for congiatulaliOn; but 1t H. at least. very
| questionable whether the State should 20 tnrther
| and seek to realize proht IRON It's convict lator
| In nv Judgment IL should not, especially II The
danger Of competition between cOnvicts al those
| VINO honestly coil is thereby increased. ana the
over crowdug OF any OF ths prs ,ns. Win It's at
| tendant lis is the result The asylum for Insane
| convIcis at Auburn contained. on the 3Oth day OF
| Septembei 1882, III inmates, OF which nine were
women.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
The following information is furnished by the
State Beard of Charities. who will, at early day,
present their report to the Legislature in detail.
The value of the property held by the various char
liable institutions on the 30th day OF September,
1882 was $41 ,l03.S 800 81, of which $33, 50l :
sos 80 was real estate. and $7,G0z 1904 Is is per-
| sopal property The receipts OF all these insttu-
tons during the last fiscal year were @lO le6,blOOl
derived from the following sources:
| State OF New-YOrk ...............-.. S7l0,302 40
Cities and counties. AZ3Pl30 ~
Paying inmates ''.-''.--. 9nI'V11i 10
| Invested iund5....-..-... ..'.--..-.s 2oo'O1d w
Donations. ..-''-'--' LEEDS 90 %
| Loans. .-..--...''.-s'. oD1Nt2 W
Labor Of inmates 65,lad 90
All other sources...-.. ...-..--:-..... 27oo62o "a
slo,le6s1o 81
The expenditures during the same period were as
| fOlloas:
state institutions 4s2sl9 81
County and city institutions. 9,3los06 %
Incorporated benevolent institutions bs9i 435 20
s9.7l5o05 90
The number of State in the various in 70,
Committed during he year ending September 49,