New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-01
The Canal. under whis Management.


Canal navigation is substantially closed. There
are vet no distractions but the is 90 far ad
vanceG that through freight cannot be shlpped WIN
any probability Of lie reaching Us aesuhsOh, ne
conse auence Is that nearly all the boats which have ar
rived here for week past have been LAID up or cleared
70 some way point for that purpose
The tolls received up to the 22d inst on all tle caals
amount TO S32l7. s52 80. They may possibly reach
a. 800 600 before the close Of navigation but they are
more likely 10 fall $4,000 or SOOOO short OF mat sum
But this will be satisfactory. Very few supposed tnH
they would reach s3OOOOOJ although last season lney
exceeded 81 600 600 But the last an extraordinary
wear The famine demand for our Breadsiuhs IN Europe
caused an unparalleled movement OF Flour NneHL
Corn, SC from the West during nearly the chtfe sea
son Every available craft called INTO requlsion
The canal was filed 10 It's utmost capacity aud revenue
flowed into the treasury with rapidly equally uneN
pected and gratifying. To such an extent a0 TINS v
mand affect the revenue that the tolls oil - eNceeded
those of iG nearly 600 900 although the foreign De
snd was felt Tor several weeks toward the close OF the
navigation OF the latter year.
The comparatively abundant crops in Europe last
Autumn precluded all hope OF heavy eNPortauoh- uu
ing the season just closed and II was very geneIhy
supposed that the tolls of ~ would show out sight
increase upon those OF 40 And the receipts OF ua year
rather than those OF the last were made the basis OF s
estimates for this year. some OF our most cNpeIenced
Hnsncers estimated the receipts Of Is, at s2eOpcU'
others al S30O0O00 and the more sangane al - V0
900 The result shows that il is only the sansune who
cen approximate accuracy when estimating uPo" '"o
vast and increasing trade the great West
Bat we have sources OF tehcitauOn aside from the
revenue derived from the Canals During the past year
they have been under the exclusive supervision Of
Whie Officers and only give expression To the uni
VERSA sentiment when say that during no season
since their construction have they been IN oe'te con
dton or presented fewer obstacles TO an uninterTupt
ed navigation The few accidents which have occurred
nave hecu of the most trivial character and were re-
paired with promptness and sodlty equally indca'
live of the vigilance and skill OF our public oitceTs
The Commissioners are all practical Intelligent ana
efficient men They entered upon their duties Al pc
Rod of great embarrassment The prosecution oi me
work OF Enlargement during the Winter months zen
the principal Canal in rough state, al many OF ui,
most di cult points. To bring portions oil TINS ehiAseu
,york INTO use rendered necessary the performance oil
An incalculabe amount of labor during the months VI
March and April Very few deemed II possible 20 &C
complsh properly In season. what seemed necessary
But il was pushed forward night and day ana a. 'o
period hNed Tor the opening OF the Csna was 10 co
pete readiness From that period TO the present no'
word of complaint has been heard The commission
rs have been go vgilani and uRtrins that they nave
" won golden opinions from oil sorts OF people
The subordinste Of Gers the CanSls nave -thei
ally initiated the examples of their snpefors SSPe
intendents Collectors Weigh Masters and Lock lend
ers have with scarcely exception, gwen uui' "a
sstisactiop Itis the general sentiment OF our BOAT
men ths, the Public Works have never oeeh oe''e ~
peryised Il is certainly true that there nave no,e
been fewer DELAYS never heavier loads carried anu
never better time made by those naSs suns inc Oana
. The work Of Enlargement Is steadily pros.ossins
Every wear until It's nnal completion Will nnu 'ne
ci,y Of the canal ers ativ nAsnted and Win II the
tcilitss for doing business economically sue via us
match The public interests have suffered 40 =
IRON change OF rulers. nor VII tney' ls , ,Ss.-
will he neither less secure nor less prohc under s
,snsgamept than under the engagement Of those ~nO
have Too long controlled the political desrnes OF 'ne