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PENNSYLVANIA. Pen-sil-va'ne-ah.
"KEYSTONE STATE."
Named in honor of William Penn, the grantee. One of the thirteen original
States. First permanent settlement made by Swedes at Chester, 1638.
Area, 45,215 square miles; extreme length, 303 miles; greatest breadth, 176
miles. Largest rivers, Delaware, Susquehanna, Alleghany Monongahela, Ohio.
Number counties, 67. Temp. at Philadelphia: winter, 31deg to 42deg; summer,
70deg to 75deg: rainfall, 44 in.
Philadelphia founded 1682; chief city of State, and second in U. S.;
contains U. S. mint and navy yard; pop., 846,984. Pittsburg, extensive
manufacturing city; pop., 156,389. Harrisburg is capital; pop., 30,762.
Philadelphia, Pittsburg and Erie are ports of entry.
Number farms, 156,357, averaging about 100 acres each. Average value per
acre, cleared land, $45.75; woodland, $29.75. Corn crop, 1884, 43,466,000
bushels; wheat, 20,820,000 bushels; annual value butter, milk and cheese,
over $35,000,000.
Manufacture of pig iron the great industry; total production in U. S.,
1880, 4,295,414 tons, of which Penn. produced 2,083,121 tons. Number
manufacturing establishments, 10,381; flour and grist, 2,873; iron and
steel, 321; sawed lumber, 2,826; paper, 78; woolen goods, 324.
Salaries of State Officers.
Governor $10,000
Lieut. Gov. 3,000
Sec'y of State 4,000
Treasurer 5,000
Auditor Gen. 3,000
Attorney Gen. 3,500
Chief Justice 8,500
6 Asso. Justices 8,000
Senators, } $1,000 for 100 days.
Representatives. } $10 per d.
Mileage 5 cents.
2 Dist. Judges 4,000
2 Pension Agts. 4,000
10 Colls. Int. Revenue 4,500 to 2,375
Col. Customs, Philadelp'ia 8,000
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Alleghany $2,900
Allentown 2,600
Altoona 2,500
Bradford 2,700
Easton 2,600
Erie 3,000
Harrisburg 3,100
Lancaster 2,900
Meadville 2,500
Philadelphia 6,000
Pittsburg 3,800
Reading 3,000
Scranton 2,900
Titusville 2,500
Wilkesbarre 2,700
Williamsport 2,800
York 2,700
149 Offices. 2,400 to 1,000
Anthracite coal field central division; bituminous in west and southwest.
Produces all the anthracite and more than half the bituminous coal of the
United States.
Ranks first in rye, iron and steel, petroleum and coal; second in
buckwheat, potatoes and printing and publishing; third in milch cows, hay,
soap and miles railway; fourth in oats and tobacco; fifth in silk goods,
malt and distilled liquors; sixth in salt, copper, and agricultural
implements; eighth in horses and sheep.
Population, 4,282,891: male, 2,136,655; female, 2,146,236; native,
3,695,062; foreign, 587,829; white, 4,197,016; colored, 85,535; Chinese,
148; Japanese, 8; Indians, 184.
State elections annual, same date as congressional and presidential; number
Senators, 50; of Representatives, 201; sessions biennial, meeting first
Tuesday in January; limit of session, 150 days; term of Senators, 4 years;
of Representatives, 2 years. Number electoral votes, 30; number voters,
1,094,284. Non-taxpayers and political bribers excluded from voting.
Number colleges, 26; enrolled in public schools, 945,345; school age, 6-21.