The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-12

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without asoertansd loss Of single dollar BY the In
ndeiity OF any Of the collecting agents And while there
ns Que nsoags Of o
ct his pleasure there has been occasion to exercise
the power In = single case.
The table annexed and marked No. 49, shows, In the
nrst column the amount of tolls collected In each hscal
year from 1926 to is47 both nolusivs I'd the paid
In each year for collection including the salaries of COL
lsctors, weigh masters and inspectors, and all the
psnses Of their ofces; and the Sd column shows the
rate per expended the collection Of the
1t will be by reference to this table, that In 1927
there was paid for collection, an amount more than
equal to per cent of the gross collected In 1888
after the Oswego, the Csyuga and Seneca the Chemung
and Crooked Lake canals completed, with the ad
dtion Of eight collectors oces the expenses
gross tolls and that in ls47, with the Chsnango and
40 miles Of the Genesee Valley canal added with four
than lK per cent Of the gross amount Of tolls
Table No g. contains like statement Of tolls, while
the I'd column shows the amount expended In each
for repairs and supentendencs and including the cost
OF coeetion the Sd column shows the per oentsgs Of
the entire cost Of the maintenance Of the canals
pared with the gross of tolls received tho 4th
column shows the tonnage Of the total movement on
the canals from 1886 to l547 Since 1885, hundred
and thirtysx miles have been added to the nayigsble
canals which addition furnishes barely revenue enough
to pay for repairs While the average tonnage Of all the
canals for the last Fix years exceeds the average Of the
preceding six years by tons for each year. and
the tolls the period show average increase
o33 per year the increase for cost of REPAIRS
tensncs the canals has the average only
$50 for each Of the last six compared with the
ss years ,n so
the proportion Of expenditures to tolls has diminished
from an average Of 50 per cent from 1885 to s4 ~
RrpucrIoN IN THE RATES OF Toll.
When portions of the Erie and Champlsin canals
finished aud In condition for navigation, rates Of toll
were xed by the Canal Com and officers
appointed by them collect the tolls and superintsnd
the repairs Of the finished portions Of the canals The
constitution Of 1884, TO- Art ~ ordained that rates
of toll not less than those agreed to by the Canal Com
mssioners and set forth in their report to the Legsa
~. 80 Oh ohalk o
and collected all parts Of the nsvigsbls oommuui
cations between the great western and northern lakes
made and completed And the revenues derived from
tolls the thus established pledged to the
completion Of such navigabe communication" and to
the payment OF money borrowed for that object.
The tariff Of tells which was adopted as the minimum
by the constitution rated merchandise at two cents
ton per mile and agricultural products gene
rally and articles at cent per ton
per mile In 1922, the Canal Commissioners increased
the to three cents per ton, and
agricultural products to one and half per ton per
miie The mileage boats for the transportation Of
property was doubled The rates Of toll appear to be
misoners in March, 1925 except that non enumerated
articles going from tide increased from
In April 1926 an act was passed which provided for
the establishment Of Canal Board, to consist OF the
nal Fund" To this board authority was given to re-
gulate the tolls to be ected the canals and to ap
point the collectors of tolls"
The canal board first organised In April 1896 and
adopted substantially the tariff of tolls which had been
agreed upon by the Canal In the prece-
ding March The to tx the rates of toll has con-
tnued In the Canal Board from its frst organization,
now more than twenty For the first seven years
specific articles on the of persons into
in tho production or those
clss but there general revision Of the tariff Of
tolls and reduction of the rates until 1889 The COM
plstion ofthe Ohio canal from Cleveland Portsmouth,
on the Ohio river in the year 1882 wa. followed BY
agricultural products equal to 2sH per cent and on
merchandise Of ~ per cent Instead Of falling of
of 1888 exceeded those Of 1882, about $2750O
In tho year 1888, the Canal Board had conference
that reduction of IS per cent Of the tolls on
disc should be made take effect at the opening of the
was carried into effect There was considerable fall
ing Of In the tolls for the navigation season of 1884,
compared with that Of 1885, yet If the two years OF
1888 and 1884 under the influence of reduction equal
to an average of 35K per cent be compared with the
tolls for 1881 and 1889 at the old rates. It will be seen
were reduced, Of $3.50 $50 so.
Before the second reduction was made merchandise
through ths Ers cans Destined to 81
These in some were 1000
miles and paid canal tolls ut the high rates then exist
ing, 672 miles Of canal navigation To enable the
Canal Beard to act DINGHY in graduating the
the points referred to and at many other points in the
Western States and Territories This correspondence
in possession the Canal Board in 1894 but not
published until 1888. See Senate doc No 49, Of 1888
page 90
The tariff OF tolls established In 1884 and which in
most cases was reauction 10 the conattutional mini
When an .nt ~ aa Ss 90 ha $50 ure 49,
AZ 60, pss fsosSS, w., =. S.-f ~o.O
th noaIa 70 sdopt ngnet OF lower rates OF ton
sn snose sPecineu IN the report OF 'ne canal Commi-
soners OF March, ls2l on articles not epecincauy emu
merated in said report On this authority the Canal
1000 lbs DER me allowed n dra Wbaok
OF "a ner cent on the sur, maid ON coal
In july Is45 the Canal Board revised the tariff of
tells and reduction To taks eTact At the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of narration In 1876 The opening Of
the Wabash and Erie canal of the Miami extepsicn,