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Farmers' B'k, Lancaster
400,000 00
223190 78
20844 96
136283 52
1764 12
341 21
529,089 27
900 00
67510 25
38336 26
112540 43
33960 96
87 42
6
134,235 00
232010 00
1002 55
75361 90
431 24
26875 34
200,520 98
39276 67
52735 00
23048 89
154334 49
146906 28 +254843 64
10
Farmers' B'k, Reading,
300,360 00
298945 00
2885 15
197145 22
1166 61
13133 11
495,053 01
37890 06
82566 00
92921 70
95731 37
9472 95
15
Chester County Bank,
112,140 00
267893 95
21359 78
241287 73
898 60
55024 14
357,089 59
52490 33
138210 00
63456 01
87358 27
5-
10
Delaware County,
77,510 00 116679 00
884. 44
110632 44
558 07
18109 25
15402 61
170,964 29
102846 12
70677 92
47067 18
25143 03
8550 48
166 26
7
Easton,
232,915 00 352273 44
24025 04
186760 85
454J 92
607 44 29
623,496 06
47641 29
69325 00
43034 69
77762 50
109
Northampton,
124,390 00
245169 00
50998 60
583 52
9580 05
135,739 99
186393 00
34916 11
37468 091
31140 47
5000 00
63 51 14
York,
168,720 00
149265 00
6973 98
177430 52
148+ 73
5588 73
271,624 41
15904 27
81600 00
106118 42
34215 86
.
Carlisle,
184,288 00
198052 00
20997 27
77438 29
1003 26
8868 80
291,855 69
2000 00
1330 00
33571 30
140568 09
21324 54
. 2
Gettysburg,
125,618 00 143730 00
2068 62
41338 29
602 24
146,970 97
52027 41
722 05
35141 23
45144 20
30729 58
2621 71
6
Monon, B'k, Brownsville
102,123 00 168848 00
59271 91
571 88
15032 87
148,030 84
43627 75
2395 00
19470 39
110777 65
21546 03
7
Farmers' B'k of Bucks,
60,000 00
94423 00
6981 93
30306 64
257 67
3668 81
129,081 45
17055 00
25869 94
15258 67
8061 17
311 82
73
Miners' B'k, Pottsville,
199,575 00
154100 00
7673 14
183998 91
144 63
11816 93
354,670 77
854.53 90
35000 00
15952 53
26049 06
11359 37
8822 98
-
Erie,
22,060 00
71810 00
8000 00
4729 03
123 54
239 36
41,950 07
256 66
12817 15
51938 05
Wyoming B'k, Wilkes,
47,990 00
63310 00
902 95
37449 38
123 04
4746 05
118,360 89
8628 88
24629 91
2194 72
707 001 10
Northumberland,
39,900 00
33620 00
17007 80
501 93
35,111 52
23690 74
31028 26
1199 21
tt
Chambersburg.
249,128 34 258588 00
48761 96
75521 84
1195 80
1985 97
370,629 25
73213 30
7400 00
52049 28
4.9989 83
81900 25
6
Total, 22 Country B'ks, 11 City Banks,
3,744,672 84 4429221 81
241383 94 2562019 18 2:734 78
381068 31
6,310,164 48 912827 29
903093 35 970123 97 1705734 42
564255 27 14902 08
9,304,300 01 4323870 29 2065722 47 517 47 27 87 166879 09 1296847 51 15,609,072 62
867834 53 1309763 91 1674573 18 1937235 97
888112 65 45754 35
Grand total,
113,048,972 84 8753092 10|2307106 41 7736747 05 189613 87 1677915 82. 21,919 237 10 1780661 82 2212857 26 2644697 15 3642970 39 1452367 92 60656 43
*Including 101,789 79 due Baring & Co.
t Including 237,533 83 cost nt Bridge, # 6000 deducted from profits, § 10370 du deducted from prouts.
# 150 per share, T Besides an extra div. nf 16 2-3 p. c. tt Began business 26th Sept, last.
** Ex. div. 3 p.c.
461060 74
4,126,363 52
663444 44
315752 55
503172 61
295704. 21
264537 3 14300 25
Commercial,
1,000,000 00
281489 50
71833 84
486991 27
224.0 00
88562 81
1,352,257 96
4,500 00
200000 001
108491 32 215295 76
122001 17 205913 95
46383 88
6373 08
Schuylkill,
500,000 00
388328 00
320790 09
355274 62|
1600 00
73728 15
1,181,298 56
Lancaster Bank, Columbia Bridge,
395,000 00
245425 18
60994 66
956 17
868 07
208,997 64
63,219 63
123743 42
23562 25
57746 38
35036 45
20542 90
522 17
9
Montgomery County,
133, 340 00 154060 50
1044 22
120821 25
746 70
22974 06
17143 57
52378 89
56.
BANKS.
ateral securi- ties and bills ies.
of exchange.
Specie.
other banks, personal es- account & ur due from tate. expenses. them
2,500,000 00 1217135 08 :567030 20 1284779 01153269 88
15,609,072 62
400 00
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EASTERN PENITENTIARY.
1832 .
INSTRUCTIONS RESPECTING
DELAWARE AND SUSQUEHANNA TRADE.
The following article is from the original document lately presented to the Editor by a descendant of one of the parties to whom it is addressed. The instructions given to the commissioners, show the amicable dispo- sition of our state towards its neighbours; in 1786, when the subject of a communication between the Delaware and Chesapeake was engaging attention, and as the cir- cumstances of the present period, are somewhat similar, it appears to us seasonable to introduce it.
IN COUNCIL.
PHILADELPHIA, October 26th, 1786.
Gentlemen, -To your own sense of the importance of the negociation with the States of Delaware and Maryland which you are now about to enter upon, Council might have very safely trusted, as well for your abilities in conducting, as for your zeal in bringing it to a favourable conclusion. They however esteem it aduty toimpress you with some ideas which in certain conjunctures may serve you as leading principles, and be pleaded as motives.
You will remember how much the welfare of Penn- sylvania depends on her export trade, and as a naviga- ble communication between the two Bays of Chesapeake and Delaware will aid our exports more or less accord- ing to the extent to which the work may be prosecuted. You will herein have a sufficient motive to contend for the communication upon the largest practicable scale. A like consideration may induce Maryland to press more particularly on the subject of the Susquehanna naviga- tion. In this case that State should know that the im- provements there should correspond in extent with the views entertained with regard to the former navigation.
The States, parties to the negociation have the same general objects, but as each may be attached to ways of accomplishing them, particularly favorable to itself, un- less a spirit of mutual concession take place among the negotiators, a particular bias may tend to disappoint the main purpose. You will not therefore risque too much on that head, but sometimes yield in points not materially disadvantageous to the State when it may be necessary to procure a general concurrence.
If principles could be established to determine the comparative benefits to each state, from the new navi- gation, then the hurthen of expence to be borne by each State might be precisely adjusted; but as such accura- cy is not attainable, Council in this article are not averse to your application of the rule just laid down.
CHARLES BIDDLE, Vice President.
To the llon. Francis Hopkinson, Esq. Dr. John Ewing, David Rittenhouse, Robert Milligan, and George Lati- mer, Esgrs.
THIAN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
BOARD OF INSPECTORS OF THE EASTERN STATE PENITENTARY.
The Report of the Board of Inspectors of the Eastern State Penitentiary for the year 1831, being the Third Annual Report made in conformity with the act of April, 1829.
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The term for which the members of the late board were commissioned, having expired, the following per- sons have been appointed inspectors, by the honora- ble the judges of the Supreme Court; viz. Charles S. Coxe, Thomas Bradford, Jr., Benjamin W. Richards, John Bacon and William II. Hlood; and the new board was organized by the election of the following members to the offices attached to their names respectively, viz. CHARLES S. COXE, President, THOMAS BRADFORD, Jr. Secretary,
JOHN BACON, Treasurer.
VOL. IX. 8
The office of Warden, continues to be held by SAMU- EL R. WOOD, and, that of Physician by Dr. FRANKLIN BACHE.
During the last year fifty prisoners have been re- ceived at the Penitentiary; fifty-eight had been com- mitted at the date of the last annual report, making an aggregate of 108 prisoners received at this institution since it was opened on the 1st day of July A. D. 1829. 87 convicts now remain in confinement. Various mat- ters required by the acts of assembly to be particularly reported, are stated in the annexed table marked A.
Four deaths have occurred; twelve prisoners have been discharged by expiration of their sentences; one convict has been pardoned without the recommenda- tion or interference of any of the officers of this institu- tion; the pardon having been obtained, it is understood, upon the favourable circumstances of the case, repre- sented by those acquainted with the prisoner and the facts, in the county in which he was convicted. There has been no escape. The general health of the prison- ers has been good, and it is believed that no death has resulted from the confinement of the deceased, nor has any disease appeared among the prisoners that can be attributed to this system. The opinion heretofore ex- pressed, that the practical operation of this institution is beneficial to the moral and not injurious to the physical powers of the prisoners. has been confirmed by an- other year's experience and observation.
The law which requires the appointment of a Reli- gious Instructor of the prisoners, providing that his ser- vices shall be gratuitous, the Board has been unable to obtain a suitable person to fill that important office. Moral and religious instruction forms one of the mostim- portant features of the system, and will require the faith- ful, unremitting, and undivided attention of a Chopluin, or Religious Instructor, whose duty it is to pass from cell to cell ; to visit every prisoner frequently during the week, to remain with him a considerable time, teach- ing him his duty to his Creator, his country, and him- self, and with the exercises of the Sabbath, will require his residence in the Penitentiary, or in its immediate neighbourhood. The whole time of any one clergy- man will certainly berequired as soon as all the convicts of the Eastern District shall be confined within these walls. It is true, that " The Philadelphia Society for alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons," and "The Philadelphia Bible Society," have continued to furnish the Holy Scriptures and other religious works, and that some clergymen have visited the prisoners, and, parti- cularly, that the Rev. Mr. James Wilson has performed divine service for some time, on every Sunday; and hence much good has resulted to the Institution; yet, in the opinion of the Board, this branch of the system has not been satisfactorily and liberally carried into execution.
Extracts from the Report of the Warden, marked B., from the Report of the Physician, marked C., and the Report of the Building Committee, detailing the pro- gress of the Prison towards completion, marked D., are respectfully submitted.
The experience of another year has also tended to confirm the opinion, that the prisoners can generally maintain themselves by their labour in solitude. The aged, the diseased, those under short sentences and re- quiring to be instructed in trades, in consequence of having no occupation that can be pursued in the Peni- tentiary, will form exceptions to this rule.
Finally, the actual operation of the Penitentiary Sys- tem of solitary confinement at labour, with instruction in labour, in morals, and in religion, has continued to command the approbation of the Board, and, in the opinion of its members, the friends of the Institution have great cause to rejoice in its success, as the best evi- dence of its excellence, and of the practical wisdom and humanity of its founders.
CHIARLES S. COXE, President.
Attest-T. BRADFORD, JR., Secretary.
Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, ?
Cd Januray, 1832. 5
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TABULAR STATEMENT. A
[JANUARY
Times
No.
Age.
Sex.
Place of Nativity.
Sentenced.
Time.
Offence.
At what court tried. convt'd
59 27 Male Ulster county, N. Y.
Jan.
8 1831 1
year
Passing countf. coin Q.S.Luzerne county 1st
60 28
-
Northumberland co. Pa. Jan.
7
1 year
Forgery
Q. S. Columbia
1st"
61
-
Sunbury, Pa.
Jan.
17
.
2} years
Horse stealing
O. T. Dauphin
|1 st
62 31
-
Lancaster, Pa.
Jan.
25
6
4 years
Forgery
O. T. Lancaster Same Same
-
64,24
Southern States.
Jan.
19
4
years
Burglary
65 30
Orange county, N. Y.
March 16
4
years
Forgery
Q. S. Philadelphia Same
1st
67 38
Ireland.
April
5
-
1
year
Horse stealing
Q. S. Luzerne
69|30
-
Connecticut.
April 30
-
6
years
Burglary
O. T. Philadelphia Same
3d
71 26
IN. Jersey.
April 30
-
6 years
Same
Samè
72.28
-
Philadelphia.
April 30
6 years
Same
Same
2d
73,21 Fem Delaware.
April 30
3 years
Manslaughter
Same
.
74.20 -
Philadelphia.
April 30
6 years
Manslaughter
Same
1st
76 18
-
London.
June 23
3
years
Forgery
O. T. Lancaster
1 st+
78 31
Holland.
July
9
.
4
years
Forgery
79 21
Philadelphia.
Aug.
6
-
2
years
.
2
years
Burglary
81 25
-
Berks co. Pa.
Aug.
6
4
years
Arson
82 24
New York.
Aug.
9
16
4
years
Robbery
O. T. Lancaster
2d
84.23
England.
Aug.
19
C
4 years
Horse stealing
Q. S. Northumb'land 1st Same
-
85 25
England.
Aug. 19
.
4
years
Horse stealing
86 46
York co. Pa. "
April 21
V
15 mon.
Horse stealing
Q. S. Lancaster Same
87.21
Bucks co. Pa.
Sep.
12
-
3 years
Horse stealing
Q. S. Bucks
88.29
Chester co. Pa.
Sep.
28
7 years
Intent to commit rape Q. S. Philadelphia
-
89 52
England.
Oct.
4
6
7 years
Ass'lt & battery with Mayor's Court Phila. intent to murder
-
90 25
Ireland.
Oct.
5
14 mon.
Larceny
Mayor's Court Phila. Same
.
91 24
Delaware.
Oct.
24
13 mon.
Larceny
Q. S. Schuylkill
93 60
Pennsylvania.
Nov.
17
.
1 year
Perjury
Q. S. Columbia
94 26
Virginia.
Nov.
17
2
years
Larceny
95 21
- New Jersey. .
Nov.
17 €
3
years
Larceny
Mayor's c't Lancaster Same
-
99|15
Philadelphia.
Dec.
10
€
2 years
Burglary
100 24 Fem Delaware.
Dec.
10
-
2 years
Manslaughter
101|29 - Delaware.
Dec. 10
2
years
Manslaughter
102 42 Male Lancaster co. Pa.
Nov. 23
12 years
Murder
O. T. Lancaster
103 38 - Maryland.
Nov. 26
3 years
Robbery
104 21
- Philadelphia.
Dec. 20
23 years
Larceny
105 18
Philadelphia.
Dec. 21
6
3 years
Larceny
106 40
- Ireland.
Dec. 27
-
18 mon.
Larceny
Same ·
107 34 - New Jersey.
Dec. 29
3 years
Larceny
Same
108|24
- Bucks co. Pa.
Dec. 29 -
13
years
ĮLarceny
THE FOLLOWING PRISONERS HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED IN 1831, WHO WERE OF THE NUMBER REPORTED AT LAST SESSION.
1)18|
- |Harrisburg, Pa.
Oct. 22 1829|2 years | Burglary
5 42
Franklin co. Pa.
Nov. 11 .
2 years
Horse stealing
Q. S. Cumberland
|2dl
6 22 New York.
Nov. 17
2 years
Horse stealing
O. T. Lancaster
8 29
Ohio.
Nov. 25
-
2 years
Horse stealing
Q. S. Adams
1st§ |1stff
13 26
New Jersey.
Jan. Jan. 4 -
1 year
Forgery
Q. S. Columbia Q. S. Lancaster
26 34
-
Delaware.
July 31 -
1 year
Forgery Burglary
O. T. Montgomery
1st ···
39|20 -
Northumberland co. Pa.
Aug. 17
.
1 year
Horse stealing
1st###
43|35
Delaware.
Oct. 6
6
3 years
Horse stealing
Q. S. Philadelphia lo. T. Lancaster
(1st§§§
* Pardoned, April 4, 1831.
t Died, Oct. 18, 1831.
# Time out, Oct. 22, 1831.
I! Time out, Nov. 11, 1831.
§ Time out, Nov. 17, 1831.
T Time out, Nov. 25, 1831, ** Jan. 17, 1831-detained for costs.
tt Died, May 17, 1831. # Jan. 17, 1831- detained for costs.
Il H/ Time out, April 19, 1831.
$@ Time out, April 15, 1831. TT Time out, July 31, 1831. *** Died, March 6, 1831.
ttt Time out, Aug. 17, 1831.
### Time out, Aug. 17, 1831.
# II || Died, Aug. 20; 1831.
600Time out, Nov. 9, 1831.
] No prisoner has ever been convicted a second time to this Penitentiary.
¢
63|21
-
Philadelphia.
Jan.
19
6
13 mon.
Horse stealing
66 21
Philadelphia.
March 16
-
4 years
Horse stealing
Q. S. York
68 22
-
Luzerne co. Pa.
April
8
70.27
Delaware.
April 30
.
6 years
Same
75 19 Male Bradford co. Pa.
May 14
1
year
IIorse stealing
Mayor's Court Phila.
77 53
Delaware.
April 19
4 years
Horse stealing
Passing countf. coin O. T. Berks
80 18
-
Berks co. Pa.
Same Same
83 30
Pennsylvania.
Aug.
16
-
1 year
Forgery
92 46
England.
Nov.
1
33 years
Horse stealing
96 20
- Delaware.
Nov. 17 -
3
years
Larceny
97|26
- Pennsylvania.
Nov.
24
4 years
Arson
O. T. Montgomery
98 39
London.
Nov. 30
2 years
Burglary
O. T. Delaware
O. T. Philadelphia Same Same
O. T. Dauphin
C
11/48 -
Virginia.
Dec. 30
1 year
Horse stealing
O. T. Schuylkill
Mayor's Court Phila.
16 20
South Carolina.
Jan. 19 - 15 mon
Horse stealing
23|31 -
Pennsylvania.
April 15 -
1 year
Forgery
Q. S. Montgomery
Q. S. Philadelphia
|1st17
33 28 -
New Jersey.
Aug. 17 -
9 years
38 19 -
New York.
Aug. 17 -
1 year
Horse stealing
Q. S. Northumb'land |1stttt Same
45 431 - Maryland.
[Oct. 9
. 13 mon. Robbery
O. T. Delaware
|1st#
3d ** 4thtt 1st## 2dill 2d§§
14|21 - New York.
5 1830 2 years
Forgery
Mayor's Court Phila. Same
€
Same
Mayor's Court Phila. 1st
Aug.
6
2 years
Horse stealing
Mayor's c't Lancaster
6
Q. S. Bradford
2d
Forgery
3 years
47
Q. S. Cumberland
Aug.
1 832.]
EASTERN PENITENTIARY.
59
EXTRACT FROM THE WARDEN'S REPORT .- B
In taking a review of the operations of the Peniten- tiary for the past year, it is gratifying to find, that no- thing has occurred to discourage, but much to prompt us in a steady perseverance in the Pennsylvania System of Prison Discipline.
The general health of the prisoners has been good; and (if we are not much mistaken and deceived by ap- pearances) the moral effect produced on many who have undergone our discipline, has been and is of the most beneficial character.
The conduct of the prisoners has been such, as rarely to require correction or punishment: for the last three months, we have had but two instances for which even a meal has been stopped for bad behaviour.
One of those received the past year is an idiot; well known to be such in the county from which he came: and I believe that I am warranted in saying, (from testi- mony that I have received, ) he would not have been convicted if he had not been a troublesome fellow in the neighborhood, which circumstance rendered his remo- val from it desirable. We received a convict of a simi- lar character in 1830: both of these prisoners were on the day of their arrival, much more fit subjects for the Alms Ilouse, than the Penitentiary.
The proportion of deaths is large for the number of prisoners, but can in no respect be attributed to the sys- tem of confinement. No. 13, was a remarkably healthy, robust young man, and had enjoyed excellent health up to the day when he was attacked by Epilepsy, which carried him off in a few hours. Two others came in diseased: one of them to such a degree that he was car- ried from the stage to the cell, and rarely if ever, sat up in bed afterwards. I have no doubt but the severity of a ride of sixty miles, in his weak statc, very much bast- ened his dissolution. The other was in a delicate state of health when he came in, and gradually sunk into a decline.
Of the whole number discharged from the commence- ment of the establishment, we have received an unfavor- able account of but one. This was an old convict who has been passing from one prison to another for the last 15 years; and through deception and the lenity of the judge, was sentenced to but one year. When he was discharged I had little expectation of his doing well: he has however, shown a decided disposition to avoid this prison hercafter.
Of the 87 prisoners now in custody, 43 are employed in the weaving and dying department; 18 in the shoe- making; 2 in the carving; 4 in the blacksmith; 3 in the carpenter; 1 in the carriage making; 2 in the locksmith; 1 in the tailoring; 2 in the wool picking; 1 in the cook- ing; and 1 in the washing departments: 3 are indispos- ed; 2 are idiots; 1 man aged 73, is too infirm to work, and 3 just received have not been employed.
It is satisfactory to find on a settlement of our ac- counts, that under all the disadvantages"of a new esta- blisbment, the convicts have with a few exceptions, maintained themselves; proving that prisoners can in many branches of business work to quite as great ad- vantage in separate confinement as together. The ex- ceptions are one old man, the diseased, and a few who came in without trades, and had but 1 year or 13 months to serve: this period being too short to learn a trade, and afford time to remunerate us for teaching them.
In conclusion, I may congratulate the Board on the prosperous state of the Penitentiary in every respect, and I humbly hope by divine aid, that it will prove a blessing to most, if not to all, of the unbappy persons who are brought within its walls.
EXTRACT FROM PHYSICIANS REPORT .- C
To the Inspectors of the Eastern Penitentiary; the Physician respectfully presents his annual report for 1831.
The health of the prisoners for this year has been gen-
erally good; though a few cases of severe indisposition have occurred. The confinement operates differently on different prisoners, increasing the health of some, and lessening that of others; but the average health of the whole is, perhaps, as good as when they were received.
Four deaths have occurred in the course of the year. The following table presents the state of health on admission, and cause of death, of each of these prison- ers.
Number of the State of Health Cause of Death.
Prisoner. on admission.
33. Good.
Dropsy of the chest.
13. . Tolerable. Epilepsy.
43.
Doubtful.
Disease of Mesenteric Glands.
77. Helpless from a Injury to hip and
severe injury to hip and thigh.
thigh.
The average number of prisoners in the Penitentiary for the year has been 67.4. Four deaths having oc- curred, gives the mortality for the year at a little less than six percent. The average number confined in 1830, was 31; and there having occurred but one death, the mortality for that year is a little more than 3 per cent. The average number confined since the opening of the Penitentiary has been 44.4. The total number of deaths having been five,gives the average amount of mortality, from the commencement, at a little less than five per cent.
The mortality of the present ycar, it is perceived, is considerably greater than for the last. The Board how- ever will observe, that in 1831, accidental circumstances have increased the number of fatal cases. The phy- sician decmed the health of No. 33, to be good when he arrived; but dissection revealed the existence of ex- tensive disease of the chest of long standing, which no doubt laid the foundation of the affection, of which he died. No. 43, was in bad health when admitted. No. 77 arrived from a neighbouring county in a state of complete helplessness, from a fracture of the neck of the thigh bone and other serious injuries. His condi- tion was such that he kept his bed from the moment of his reception to the day of his death. He was evident- ly not in a proper condition, to be removed from the county prison, much less to undergo the fatigue of a long journey.
It is difficult to form an estimate of what will proba- bly be the average mortality among the prisoners in the Penitentiary for a series of years, from results deduced from so small a number of prisoners as have yet been received. This difficulty arises from the circumstance, that while the number of the prisoners is so small, a single death bears so large a proportion to the whole number confined as to swell the per centage of mortali- ty very considerably.
No particular discase can be said to prevail in the Pen- itentiary, as the result of the mode of confinement or discipline; and no mental affection has been superinduc- ed. The affections which have occurred most fre- quently have been Coughs, Rheumatic pains, and Di- arThoa.
REPORT OF BUILDING COMMITTEE .- D
The Building Committee while offering their report in relation to the crection of additional cell buildings, have to express their regret, that more progress has not been made toward their completion.
Notwithstanding the work was commenced late in the season, yet they did hope that the year would not have closed tipon them without witnessing the entire crection under roof of one of the blocks of the build- ings.
The numerous houses that have been placed under contract the past year in the city and its vicinity caused an excessive demand for materials of all kinds: this cir- cumstance, combined with the construction of the Breakwater, created so great request for our important
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and principal material, stone -- that great difficulties were presented in procuring a full and constant supply of that article, and consequently impeded very much the expected rapidity of the work.
Toward the close of the building season this impedi- ment seemed to have been removed hy a contract with the proprietor of an extensive quarry who did not doubt his ability to supply us. A few loads were re- ceived from him, when the unexpected and sudden ap- proach of severely cold weather put an entire stop to the further reception of stone, as also to the masons' work, and they were obliged to resort to measures to secure the work already done from the effects of frost, at least one month earlier than they had anticipated.
Although the progress of the work has been con- stantly under the supervision of the Members of the Board, it may not be deemed improper for the Commit- tee to give some general account of the work done, the materials purchased and its present situation.
On or about the Ist of June the preparatory arrange- ments were made by the Architect and Superintendant, by fixing the levels and laying out the foundations, for three blocks of buildings, radiating from the centre in conformity with the original plan; and about 15th of the same month a number of laborers with horses and carts were employed to dig and remove the superincum- bent Earth: in the performance of this labour not less than ten thousand yards of earth were taken away.
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