Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-03-26

! Every appropriation for an extension should pro-
vide for finishing given portion of road ready fos
iron and IN the procurement of tina! material SUI
ficient difficulties will be experienced, when all
other impediments are removed.
am in favor ofextending the roads, and shall
ever advocate all proper meansures Tor that pur-
pose. | believe, however, the bills returned,
while they would absorb the means of the state,
should they become laws. would defeat the very
object they are designed TO effect, aud render their
extension at a future time, if not impossible, at
least improbable.
While am in favor Of extending The roads,
NAV be permitted al the same time 10 say. that
think their revenue has often been over estimated.
The Southern road has hitherto yielded no return
for the investment made In lis constructions; but an
extension. while it may not st cure ne; revenue
equal to the interest upon the whole cost of the
road, will increase that revenue by an amount
greater than The interest upon the additional out
lay, and at the same time afford increased advan.
tages to citizens in its vicinity and to the public
| In regard to the revenue upon the Central Rail-
road, have no hesitation in expressing my behalf,
that, finished to kalamaZho or to 81. Joseph, It
will never yeaId net profit exceeding per cent
4
ally proceeds Of years past must cot all be con-.
slderd net profits A great proportion Of the
road being comparatively new, allowance has not
been made for repairs that ere long will be re-
quired tor dilapidation now in progress but yet
not so far advanced as 10 require attention. All
the bridges must be built within few years,
and the whole superstructure renewed. At the
! present moment iron TO the amount Sl0O 900 tor
more is wanted 10 lay anew the track between
Detroit and Ann Arbor. aud many other items of
repairs are required aud would be made If the
means for that purpose were at command. Such
repairs, though now postponed must ultimately b.
made and their cost will be, Of course charge
upon The receipts of The road.
Ii is highly probable, If not entirely cer!ain that
To pay The interest upon our acknowledged public
deb, when the same shall be adjusted upon the
principles of the act of February IL, 1912. the
the revenue of the public works will not be suffi-
Client. and that taxation will be Indispensable la
my administration of pubic affairs | have endeav.
ored So To husband the resources ofihe State, that
When the crisis arrived, the burden of te xatiur,
would be as light as possible aud canno; give
my sanction To the bills returned, believing as
d , that should they bcto a.e laws. they would ln
terpOse obstacles 10 the preservation of public
faith, aud increase the taxation consequent upon
deficiency of revenue upon the public works.
The approval Of The bills would prevent the
completion of the Central Railroad to X alarnaz .o.
The present year if not altogether. A large out.
lay has already been made upon this road between
Marshall and Kalamazoo is now m a state of
turw ardutss, and IFS immediate compl, ton is of
paramount Importance | doubt mol, however,
should The bills returned become laws, that land
scrip would become depTcciaied Thal co',ff acs
tors would IN most Instances abandon. their con.
tracts ZION inability Ia Continue their work. | am
! also OF op,ion Ihat the proposed appropriations
would far inure our credit abroad or TO destroy
all prospec: and hope of obtaining The iron neces.
, sary 10 complete the road between the places
, mentioned.
The pupI:c can hardly appreciate the difficult.
ties with which the board has had TO Contend for
the last three Years IN constructing the public
works, and particularly in obtaining iron and spike.
To Individual eiiOrs and assurances over aud
above the discharge Of official duty, the State is
much Indebted for the procurement of iron laid
upon the Cen,la! tuad west Of Jackson, and upon
the Southern, west OF Adrian.
1t is easy to suppose ilIintab.e ability in the
State without The supply of commensurate means,
but all Legislation based upon such illusion, is like.
lyto be injurious in its character. The present
embarrassment of the State is sufficient Instra.
ton OF this; and the approval Of the present bills
, would be but the continuation Of policy which
: should long ago have been abandoned.
Since this communication was prepared, con.
tractos for furnishing the supersrucs,ure upon 81
miles of The Central Railroad between Marshall
and Kalamazoo: have Informed me that should the
A bills become laws, they would be compelled to a.
bandon their contracts on account of the conse.
quent depreciation of land warrants in which they
are exclusively paid, aud should petition the leeis.
laure for the fifteen per cent of their estlmates
: withheld by the board. JOHN S. BARRY. +