New-York tribune., 1842-01-05


;-rs rel es ROW no' 50 .nueh on ab>:rac, p,ilc;.
,!eS, aS on objections against par'lcaia. en,g,.
lriseS aud cusiosaary forms ol prosecuting them.
| Uaior,unately. however, those VINO obJect 10
ii-ect engagement OF ihe STATE "A such under.
! aItnrs-thoSe who InaiDIsin tha; corporations
,urft no; 10 se entrusted with :ienl-;hoSe v 10
i.-r, i; wrong for the Stair to give Q, lend sli
! n such hassociaiions-;ho>e who object ,c spend
no revenues. held for the genera! benz, NJ, IN con,
.,nctIno roads aud canalS-;hose who DENY III.
r,Th, Of government 10 create cebt Tor such pur.
oos,s or tae expediency OF such mode OF
f;rsnc,-snd those who ma!ntsia that taxation
anoh, always 10 be rssorted 10 when improve.
mrn,s are undertaken 60 no, agree, nor consider
| I; important 10 agree, upon any hScal scheme;
while Justice 10 our predecessors, whose projects
:; be!oags 10 US 10 execute, requires US 10 remem
Ger, that there has never been railroad or ca.
| a4l. the feasibility or the usefulness OF which,
WAS not IN is early stages, sincerely ana vehe.
men,ly questioned.
II was we'll anticipated in 1888, that within
short period, parhaps not exceeding ten yssn,
ne business upon tue Erle canal would su!p.ss
It's capaciy and that navigation could b.
maintained, even during thai time, without new
ocks. aqueducts and otheg structures The Le.
v;,lAurs therefore. directed an enlargement,
referring the dimensions OF the new channel to
me Cana! Board. who adopted a scale, which,
.l,hough heretofore much questioned, is no
ionosr a subec, OF controversy In 1886, the Canal
| Commissioners estimated the cost OF the en,sr-
=nri2s NJ about twelve and halt millions twas
orosecu,eC until 1888 with the use Of the surplus
syenuss otlhe canals, and AT rate which would
nave DELAYED lis completion al least until 1850.
| rbe Legislature in 1855 directed the Comms-
.ioners 10 make contracts with view TO the en-.
t;r, auIaroameu; The then Commissioners eX-
ecuted this law by entering INTO contracts plccg-
nor the treasury IL pay sums equal to Sl2,lI7,-
| S36. ali ei which, except S579,2ui, was mads
| oaya6!e before May, 1912, The same officers
| N 1870. raised Their estimates OF the aggregate
cost OF the enterprise 10 about twenty-three and
aaIi ni!!.ous, equal 10 almost one hundred per
| ccn,um; and ihereupon IN season OF extreme
3ecuniarv pressure. the pubic mind received
>ach a shock from a disclosure ot The extent OF
! tne engagements OF the State as TO prevent any
tpnroprlaIion, although the then Commissioners
howed q necessity tor $!,2oo,uou within that
year la lsl0 there were devoted 10 the wor6,
beside the surplus Tolls, 50 SOC, 600. and IN le+l,
- 10000 There were pad ptior=to lS5s'
81 s.. .531. aud from that period until 'he c!ose
II The LIST fiscal year $, S,l2o.oU3 me aggre-
gate sum for which the present Commissioners
had p,edecd the treasury at the close OF The last
isca year for this work, was S3lo,vsJ; ana
ince lha, tine, contracts have been made tor
| ,bour s-S5O0u. Beside the moneys already ap:
nronfiatpG sll $50, coo would be required with
| n hre- wears 10 execute the work with the re-
Didity proposed IN 1889, by the then Commis-
.loners, or within four years, continuing the
oresrn, retarded progress.
Adhrr!ng from deeply cherished convictions 10
| the policy of internal Improvement IN every
.hange OF circumstances, so long as the blessings
II sc:ce reimbursement 10 adhere most ear
| nesly when support is most needed, and, least OF
III desrous OF being understood 10 doubt The eI-
! yedlency oi the most vigorous prosecution o! The
.nlargement-I have explained lis erlgin and
progress with no other view than 10 relieve II Of
my prevailing mlsappreaenslons, and TO INVOKE
| n is behalf IN an important crisls, a return OF
| he general confidence 1t obtained In lis reception
| The necessity for lis completion IS urgent The
original structures which remain are hastenlng
| 10 decay, and threaten u serious embarrassment,
| II not a suspension for navigation. Thirty thou
sand three hundred aud twenty boats passed one
# the eastern locks curing the last year, beingan
Increase of three thousand three hundred and
| hlrty three, or twelve and one. third per cent.
! md showing an average passage OF one boat IN
1vety pef'ou VI &c" ""u "a i'a'' ID, n,o
voyage rom bnl'd'o 10 Aany - p,v
tac'eD ois W ~
'Ms .oeHa a"' ,s .n'.s af vs.sals
au4l!y "''l ''ie sieA'e' "'l.l'oe, y, go ,u
II we suPP's' 'e e"poo's' " 1r ,s, =
&c eN!auS'e'' - u4' a.'i pas's a.o.,;n, -
w ""'"'1'' t'''' 80 ""' Iotc TL',L
ne present increase % tt"''e' u" - l"e y.
t;ruet''ns on Tie S'''''n o'''"ee' ''"N'o't a.u
syracuse render co'rpe.Io" VI IN e"ia '."."' aa
fains'aI,,,s M,'' saaLaasoms sc
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p .. ,nard nd niles s0
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