Report of the Secretary of State. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, COLUMBUS, OHIO, November 15, 1897. To the Honorable Asa S. BUSHNELL, Governor of Ohio: SIR: In compliance with law, I submit herewith a report of the transactions of this department for the year ending November 15, 1897. During the year there were filed and recorded in this department 1,135 articles of incorporation and 811 miscellaneous certificates relating to corporations, classified as follows: Banks and savings and loan associations.... Cemetery associations......... Churches and church societies.... Colleges, libraries and literary societies.. Electric light and power companies Gas and oil companies...... Insurance companies and associations..... Manufacturing companies. Mining companies.. Printing and publishing companies Railroad companies and consolidations...... Societies-benevolent, political, social, etc...... 14 17 18 96 22 7 50 22 281 30 37 12 288 18 30 193 1,135 Street and electric railroad companies and consolidations.. Telegraph and telephone companies...... Miscellaneous companies..... 89 13 42 13 600 17 37 811 The total capital invested during the year, original and increased, was $73,381,020, as compared with $120,057,850 for the year 1896, being a decrease of $46,676,820. The amount invested by the several classes of corporations, is as follows: |