Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-01-25

NhOE COUNIY, IA, IHURODA
sCanal Commissioners Report.
The great length of this report precludes its
/ publication in our paper. We will give the rea-
the substance of the document, which will prob
ably be equally acceptable.
TheReport states that the operations on the
canals and railroads of the Commonwealth for the
fiscal year ending November 80, l84s, do not ex
hibit as favorable result as was anticipated at
the date of the last annual report Of the Board
The heavy repairs made during the year on the
breeches caused by the disastrous floods of Octo-
Der, November and December. ls47, and the re-
building of the burnt aqueduct across the Aeghe-
ny river near Freeport, have swelled the expendi-
lures beyond the estimates whilst the Interrupt
ton to navigation on the main line produced by
the destruction of the aqueduct, and the long con-
tinued low water in the Ohio river, have been the
means of reducing the receipts below those of
1S47.
The gross receipts on the various lines were as
follows
Main Line: for tolls, rents, fines,
motive power, Trucks, old
materials sod &C., sI,lso,s77 10
Delaware Division tolls rents g.
fines, l76,746 81
Susquehanna & North & West
Branches tolls, rents and fines, 1S6,3l6 81
Total gross receipts, Sl,553,344 90
The expenditures were as follows:
On the main Line-including ordina-
ry repairs of damages by floods of
lS47 and by fret ($3O3. .43O,5lO pay of
collectors, lock tenders, weigh :
masters, inspectors &C., $894936 09
On Delaware Division-ncluding
repairs, pay of officers, &C., 1921 SO
On Susquehanna and North and,
West Branch Divisions, l39, 1856, II
Total expenditures 4 Sl,067.3 3s
Net receipts over expenditures, $4s5,949 81
Deduct payment Of Canal Commits
sioners and the expenses of their
office, 5,l43 26
Net revenue from public works, S480,SO6 So |
The gross receipts of the year ending Novem-
30,1S4s fall short of those of the preceding year,
S2s, ,23l 81
The repairs were executed with as much econo-
my as practicable, though materials and labor were
necessarily procured at higher than ordinary pri-
ces.
The following comparison shows the difference
in the receipts on coal, iron, and flour and grain
during the two last years:
Coal. 49,. Iron. Flour & Grain
ls47 $2I8,97O 90 S96,5s2, O8 Sl33,556 81
I8i8 232,935 O3 12l,l7744 1886 81
Many of the locomotive engines on the Main
Line are old, and it is recommended to sell them,
and purchase new ones of greater power. The |
new engines will be required the present year.
Nearly one hundred tons of new rails have been
laid during the past year; and $3.50 will be
needed to purchase rails the present year.
W. Minor Roberts has been employed as an
engineer to survey route for track to avoid the
inclined plain at the Schuylkill; and he recon-
mends one divergng from the railroad mile and
a half west of the plain near the head of ravine
east side of that run, by way of Hardings tavern,
to the Permanent bridge When opposite to Hes
tonve, it curves TO the left, passes through Wood
land approaches the quarries just above Fairmount
dam, and passing back of Hardings, continues "a
long the soping ground, through Powelton, to
the city property in West Philadelphia, until it
meets the permanent bridge. The distance by
this route is not much greater than by the present
the highest grade sixty feet to the mile-the es-
mated cost. exclusive of land damages. 1888, 900.
The interest on the whole cost would not be as
much as the annual cost Of keeping the inclined
plane and motive power in order; and the prose-
;ution Of the work is strongly recommended, as
measure of both economy and facility Of transpor- '
alton.
The tonnage transported over the Columbia
abroad during the year was 368,0I94ls pounds I,
being an increase over the year l847 of more 4
han twenty two million pounds. n
The Main Line was opened for business on the '
9th of March, about which time business was O
commenced on the other lines, except on the Del p
ware Division, which was opened on the first Of
iarch.
OF the Delaware Division the Report says it
ontinued in successful operation from the opening :
n the lst of March to the close of navgaiion.-
10 breaches occurred during the year, and no ex- {
enses were incurred. except for ordinary repairs.
he fahlaS of recpnts and show that l.