Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-01
OUR RAIL ROADS AND CANALS.


The Cost, Revenue and Expenditures.
A very valuable table has been prepared at Har-
risburg, by DR.. John w. Hammond, bookkeeper
in the Treasury Department. 1t furnishes accurate
information TO the cost, revenue and expendi-
lures of the several finished lines Of The Canals and
Rail Roads of the Commonwealth The cost en-
braces the original construction, such work DONE
repairs before completion, damages engineering ex-
penses, &c. and the new work up to the LIST Of No.
vember, 1910. The reoenae is made up of cana
tolls, rail road tolls, and motive power. The e.r-
penditures consist Of repairs, ordinary and exraor
binary, salaries Of agents, motive power, locomo-
tives, ropes, implements, &c.,-in short, all expen
necessarily attendant upon the operation of the
works. The revenue and expenditures are arranged
for each financial year, from tho lst of November,
1899, to the 3lst October, 1910. The whole table
has been prepared from the official records.
Thus we learn that the Eastern Division Of the
| Pennsylvania Canal, extending from Columbia to
| Duncans lsland-a distance ef 43 miles-cost ST.
| 34,95s. The aggregate revenue is sl,047,s26.
The aggregate expenditures, Si22, sos. In the
year ls39--4O, the revenue was Sl42,67l; and
the expenditure, s65,6sl.
The Juniata division of the Pennsylvania canal,
extends from Duncan's Island to Holiday ysburg, a
distance Of 100 miles. Cost, SO AZ, 1884. Aggre>
gate revenue, S49l,lO Expenses s592, so.
The Western Division of the Pennsylvania Ca
nal extends from Johnsiown to Pitsburg, l05 miles.
Cos, 81, 964 $50. Whole revenue. sss7,ol3. Elk.
pendtures, Sss9,s34.
The Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Ca
nal, extends from Bristol to Easton, go miles Cost
Sl,37i,774. Revenue S5s6,5l5 Expenses $685.
SOL.
The Susquehanna Division of the Pennsylvania
Canal extends from Duncan's Island to Northum-
berland, 80 miles. Cost ss67,s74. Revenue 81
4l,73O. Expenses s3l4,253.
The North Branch Division of the Pennsy lvania
Canal, extends from Northumberland 10 Lacka-
wannock, 10 miles. Cost 81 l,49l,s ,s94. Revenue,
s63,559. Expenses s390,624.
The West Branch Division of the Pennsylvania
Canal, extends from Northumberland 10 Dunnsburg
72 miles, Cost 81 i,7Os,5T9. Revenue, S60,s59
Expenses $685. 3,73s.
The French Creek Division of the Pennsylvania
Canal, extends from Franklin to Conneaut Lake
; As miles. Cost s7si,754. Revenue ,767 Ex
pendtures sl33,979.
The Beaver Division Of the Pennsylvania Canal
extends from Beaver to Newcastle, 25 miles
Cost S522 ,25s. The gross revenue Sl0,924, Ex
penses, Sl39cs2.
The Columbia and Philadelphia Rail Road ex
tends from Columbia to Philadelphia, So miles
Cost s3,9s3,aC2. Gross Revenue, S2,03O,329
Gross Expenditure Sl,ss3,99s.
: The Allegheny Portage Railway extends iron
Holiday sburg to Johns,own, distance of Sc miles
, Cost 81 ,7s3,l76. Gross revenue, ss56s55. Ex
t penditure s954,s79.
The gross cost OF all fn-hed Improvements, a
above specified, is s2O653, 79l.-Gross revenue
: SIS, ISL ,62i. Gross expenditures, S6,69i,206.
II will thus be seen that the State is in debt ol
the receipt and expenditures, to say nothing of tn
!. interest on the cost of these works. The Stat
Deb, has been increased beyond the twenty million
= above specified by the sums invested in unfnishe
improvements, in appropriations for benevolent oil
u jects, &c. In financial point of view, our cond
lion is wretched indeed and the sooner the peopl
know the whole truth, the better will it be for III
present generation, as well as for posterity.
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