The New York herald., 1845-11-14
,Rx STATE CANAL Tolls Received.

annexed -
EEy rNSwaYoRK STATE CANAL Tolls RncElvEp.
First week in Nop Total 10 7th Nov
.g.s;gs:. 1889. ......... .$64.ss6 sl,476.o6s
E-siasa !S40. $4,000 l,6l2,5s6
,.,.s, isai. ......... S2240 l,s74,725
tsSEX!o4I. ......s.. I3,Io9 l,599,294
1919 1919. ....."...".. s7.sls l,s24,4ss
lSa4.. 9629S 22307l2
1885,. .........".. .lls,6so o,s6o,s5s
The receipts to the 7th of November this year. were
Sl2246 greater than to the date last year. and
within $sO46 of the entire receipts of ls44 There has
been weather the line of the canal and
the in the vicinity of Syracuse was about twelve
inches Deep which looks very unfavorabe for much
longer continuance of navigation the canal Should
navigation remain open late this season as last the ag
gregae amount Of receipts fov the year will not
vary much from millions six hundred thousand dol
lars.
The amount Of tolls collected at the port Of Berwick
Pa, on the North Branch Canal for the month ending
October slst, was Slo,5ls 81 and the whole amount
since the lst Of April 1900 40 The amount receiy
ed to the date in the year ls4s $40 1896 6
and the year 1s44 $43,595 s5 showing increase in
1874 ls43 Of 3 and the present year over
last, Of $l7, ,204 45.
The receipts Of the Western Railroad Company for
the week ending the sh Nov 1914 and as were as sl
lows
WESTERN RAIL ReAp
Receipts for Week ending Nop 8th, 1874. ls45. Inc
Frsights, &c. ............... sAs5 1858 4.l2s
Nett gain previously since Jan. l. 1916, '''' 4ssss
Total gain from Jan. lst to Nov. sth 1886, slss6s
The increase tor the week ending the sth instant was
ninth part the total for the previous months
More than four thousand dollars of the increase this last
week, was on freight
The receipts Of the Reading Railroad Company for one
week in November for the past three years. have been
as annexed
READING RuLRoAD.
Week ending Nov nth, Isas. ..siss5 is slos tons
% pS DC Nov Sy h sh ss sSsss s iss toms toms
The transportation Of coal for two three weeks
past has not been great previously and the sup
ply coming to market has fallen much that prices
are daily advancing
The earnings of the Buffalo and Niagara Railroad
Company this year. show very great increase last
From the LIST Of August to LIST of November this year,
they sl,s64, against ss,35a for corresponding
pc riod last year.
According TO the latest returns, the debt of Georgia
amounts 10 si727760 In this amount is included the
debt Of Reid, Irving Co OF s2O25lo. This debt bears
an interest Of five per cent, payable in London The
debt of the State has increased within the past year.
will be seen by the exed statement
PrBLIc Drnr or GEORGIA IN ls45
Actual amount of debt, January, 1874 81 $40 1873
Bonds actually used for State Road. 43072
81 $3.50 2IO
Deduct payment to Reid, Irving s. Cop....... $4,000
Debt January LIST, ls45,. ............. 81, ,6ss 2lo
Debt NOV lst lS45, ................ l727760
Increase since January, 1885,. ......... $4,000
The law passed at the last session Of the Legislature d
Georgia, providing for the extnguishment of the debt
due Reid, Irving & Co.. has not been fulfilled,
the sale of bonds authorized by that act could be eff
scted at the price and in amounts desired propo
sition has been made by the house above named re
ceive payment for the remainder Of this demand against
the State by estimating the pound sterling at four dol
lars and eighty cents the to be paid the city Of
New York. and allowing interest at the rate of five per
per annum for sixty days. from the date of the pay
mcnt The proposition is limited to the time when the
legislature, in session, shall ad journ.
The balance in the State Treasury the close of each
fiscal year. appears to be annually decreasing without
reducing the public indebtedness The bslsnce reported
hand at the close of the fiscal year 1914, $780,
9s9 81 and at the close of the fiscal year ls4
within which time there has been in the pub
lie debt of $94650.
revision of the present system of taxation in Georgia
been recommended by the executive II proposed
extend the list of taxable objects Under the head Of
specific taxation about half of the required revenue
will be rased whilst the other half will be produced ac-
Eordng to the plan Of valuation. Both plans embrace
about equal number of taxable objects reduction
per cent of the present fixed rates. on several
Important items, is suggested. The from taxes
collected under the taxation laws in all the
States auctustes much, from year to year, that the
Treasures never placed beyond contingencies in
meeting the current expenditures. All revenue laws
hould be formed with eye, first to the raising of
amount sufficient to mact the current expenses and
econd tdthe collection Of fixed amount hey ond
ngency The defective system of taxation in nearly
III the States of the confederacy Is great of
he continual delinquency Of many, and until
GENERAL, more equal and rigid system is adopted
he annual fluctuations in the amount of revenue recev
from this source, will make the payments either for
he current expenditures OF each government or for in.
crest the public debts, extremely doubtful at all
ines particularly when this source alone In demanded
pom
Whom we look at the immense wealth Of every State
the Union and consider the enormous resources vat
be developed, it becomes a matter OF astonishm ent
hat there exists solitary instacne of delinquency in
ecting fully and promptly every farthng of the in.
ebedness Of each II only requires determination on
he part OF the Legislatures Of each State frame laws
royding the necessary revenue, and the people will In
short time, il the laws judiciousy, equally, and
tricly enforced, cheerfully, submit to the burdens
whatever they may be- The value of the taxable pro-
rty Of every State Territory in the Unon is large
nouah prodnce with moderate and reasonable rate
f axation sufficient to meet the interest on
Is public debt, no matter what may be its extent and
he current expenses of the government.
The loud complaints that have existed for some time
est in Maryland, In regard to unequal taxation are no