Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-07-21
ALEXANDRIA, De.
JyEDyESDaY MORNING, IULY q. ls,a

have got in such fever about their Rail po,J
that in very Quixotic spirit, they run tiItins
against Canals wherever they find them. II {
rather amusing to see the industry with yh;cl
the worthy editors there collect all tie parlicn
lars they can find of difficulties. breaches. sim,
Of embankments, &c. on Canals, and how nlers
sanity they contrast them with the safety, and
ease. and economy of their fayorite. De gD,;
b,ts. &c. We will, therefore, not quarrel wih
them on that score.
But the opponents of Canals. have Of late 70.
ferred to the Erie Canal as one that has neye-
supported itself. and would be burthen uror
the State. We have had the pleasure of read
inc a speech delivered BY Mr.. MAYNARp. in n.
Senate # New York. in which these calculatsn.
are entirely overthrow. On this headhe SAYS;
1.-The Importance of this subjec, induce. me-
to crave indulgence while present some o-bpr
views Of il. 1t is worth while TO ascertain vh,.
was the real cost Of the Erie and CHAMPAIGN G..
mails. and how much of the debt Of taer coGstur.
ton has been actually paid From repor; q
the commissioners of the canal fund, Made !,
April 1896. the cost of the canals i, stated atSa
2G7.o34 10. From subsequent report.
amount is made about eco. It's imp,.
terial which is correct only tic greater the COS
the better for my argument. The pre,tntGcai,
ony 6,IO5.9l5 %. All the rest has been phi.
or is provided for by funds on hand. 1t result,
therefore, that the canals have been in fail Omen.
ton only four wears. and more than one third q
the whole cost Of their cGn5rgctoN. Is ALREADY
discharged. These AZ facts which NJ hosllit,t
can change and no sophistry disguise.
Pursuing then lis argument and statement,
which are very clear and aa;i-.actOrr. he pro.
cceds-
"Pursuing the same mode Of calculation. 4
canal find will amount on tie FIRST Of January
1915, to Ss.742, $40. On tie first Of JuIydI
that year. there will be redeemable, the lt..Gs
of the Erie aud Champan deot, amoqntn, 70
S3,559, $50 which NAV then De paid, and leave
surplus of So, 2O4 OO9. Aud on the fr,ra
January, 1S47, the fund will amount to g.. ~.
754. and there will remain of debt ,the 0:acn
Seneca. and Cayugal only S67 800, making
an excess of fund over the debt Of Sc, GSS..A
This fund will be the property OF the people d
the state. This calculation is founded upon De
commissioners own estimate"
We will conclude our quotations from M (
NJ speech on this interesting question Wit {
the following, WHICH speaks volumes. WhG
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal gets into open.
ton, we shall soon see the like effect, flowing
in upon us--at any rate, the prospect. we link, :
Is most encouraging:
"Indeed, sir, then the canals present cas
claims. They have been the generators as vel \
as the conductors ct commerce. They have To-
creased Your comforts as well as diminished 'oI
expenses. Suppose then there would have beet {
half the amount of transportation, twelve mi, Z
ions have been saved, and the expense 4
transportation. four millions, yielded in toIi 4
your interior commerce doubled, and for all tit :
enjoyment they have afforded, and it is not Z
count with the people, and the canals appear IL +
umphant creditors and muniicent beneilcon
Let it be fairly stated. between them and b. s
general fund, and it vii! be found that they hlr
contributed largely towards the payment Of i5f
COST and if you will only give them time u
you have time, they viii pay the whole, with a
interest compounded with miser's eSac0e,;- &
They will reimburse yclr general fund Tor al. 10 a
advances with inordinate usury And MS
without estimating the increase Of poi1ia'l
which they have caused in Your cities and 'o.
western country-and population is weaia;
the many millions Of property they have c.'''.i
Without considering that they have sent Ae'
York and Albany with powerful impa'se oat
road OF advancement; trebled the poru'ana
and quadrupled the wealth Of Utica, ~ il
years; increased Rochester 10 six time, II loTn
cr dimensions; called Syracuse from noa0s
into rich, populou., and Ilourishl,g town
well as the numerous other thriving aud beayb 81
full villages that stud and adorn them, thgVGS.''
their whole extent" N
Literary.--The New. York Courier ard II
guirer contains a very i'll natured, and 10 -
its own terms, si0shiag.cri,ique on Mr.. u. Bar
ANS Poem, "Thoushts ON Education" IL
denunciatioGs Of Tie Courier aud Enquirer N
SO general and indefinite as TO loose all the ift
they might otherwise exercise. Mr.. 3. Ousn'n
be very much obliged to tie editor Of the Cova Y,
er for the concluding advice given him. ;"
we are not much surprised at the ,la,hiag T1'
iciom Of the gallant editor, for on all subect'h
is equally at home. and We suspect (b'lns laF f.
neologists) that his Uranium would exhibits ~"
erful development Of the bump Of a:sfra''t
ness. Serious y, we are afraid the worthy t" '
tor has opened his columns TO man with 's1 II
bad heart, or = has let somebody work upoa u "a