New-York daily tribune., 1849-01-29
Report OF the Superintendent of the Ononds-
ga salt springs.

j
We have before us the Report Of Superinten-
dent GREY. recently submitted 10 the Legislature.
We gather from It the following facts The whole
quantity OF Salt manufactured and inspected on
the Reservation during the year lsis was i,l5I,l2o
bushels being 7s5,774 bushels more than was IN
spected at the different points OF the Reservation,
as follows .
AZ syrscu.e-cosr.e salt 2e6 900 bushels. hne 9i7,.
6I4 dairy, 20 OH.
A, Livsrpool-ane salt, go l7s bushels
Al Geddes-cOsrse salt 81 ga bushels hne, $50 ~
Total at dinerent points, 475Il2n.
The amount of revenue received by the Superin
tendent during the year was as follows;
Date. on 72s 205 bush. Salt cent per bu. si7 2 0S
Rscording lease. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. SOC
| Penalties ......................- IS %
Old squedGct logs ........-.-....--.-.--.. - "
Total. $40 4i2 D.
! To the above, the duties on s,y20 bushels salt
received by his predecessor for two weeks in Jan
uary, as being $50 2l is to be added, making the
total revenue from all sources during the year,
! sl7.53l 70 The sum Of s35, 900 vas sppropr
sted by chap 2 laws ls4s, for the expenses OF the
springs The sum Of s26,O25 o. has been ex-
pended during the year
Amount of revenue from all sourcss si753l 70
Amount of expenditures .--...... s25v9 y
26OiO 20
NJ, rsvepue s3i .4al is
| The act Of l546. reducing the amount OF duty
from SIX cents TO one cent per bushe Is strongly
| recommended
The Superintendent thus alludes to the new
markets which our growing country Is opening 70
| OuOndaga Salt;
sTbe completion Of the Michigan aud Illinois Canal
has opened new channel for Onordsgs Salt OF vsst
Importance by means Of which II can b. shipped dl.
rec,y 70 - Louis thence through both tbs Mississippi
snd the Missouri and their tributaries TO points avors
ble for packing purposes which are annually being s1
tended
During the present season several Steamboats, have
ascended the Upper Mississippi % the FAILS o - Al
thory 9 point 100 miles above St Louis and some ef
our has been carried the present year to that ex
Hitherto the immense packing business Of the ex
treIne West has been done a. a few points only sn'
those inaccessible 20 our salt
H. II AAsrd. Esq OF Buffalo, heavy dealer 10 SAT-
10 whom the undersigned indebted tor some valuable
informal says The completion Of THIS Canal nss
opened large market for OnOndega sslt Previous 10
It's construction the Ksnaw.n WAS the only and used
but now about twothirds OF the amount Is Onondass
We have sold considerable quantities Tor the 81 Louis
market and the amount shipped u inat re
zion will be large, ard will undoaoedly Dc tsNen ~ tne
Missouri River We are making arrangements 20 III
troduce Il there
By acme recen: alteration In the duties levied in
Canada upon the article OF salt with the deisl' Of
which however the undersigned Is unsequsintsd the
amount Of ODondags Salt which has this year found ia
way into CsnsdAs more than double tnst oil any
previous year.
should the presen, sv remain unchanged there "a
reason 20 believe that our market may BE- mgen ex-
tenced in that direction
IN. various oort. on the chsin Of Lakes between the
u!tsd states and the Csnades furnish large market
tor our SAT- which Is reached y 'hs O'"eso ana h'e
Cansls -.
Another highly important point 10 found through
the Ohio Canal By Of which Onondszs saI nnds
il. wsy down the Ohlo River.
TIE LEY Of the Wabash e also open througn me
Erie and Wabash Cana.
Through the Chemung Canal we have comm1Hics'
ton with naFigsCls waters OF PonnsyEania and "
the Erie Cana east 70 ude Ssier every market Upon
the Atlantic sea5osrd 10 accessible.
10 view Of al the vast markets now open % Onon-
dag. Salt the unoersgned g confident that Win care
and prudence on me psrt oi the manufacturers sn1
the Determination % abide by .Ed uphold the avs and
regulations governing the manufacture, az article can
Be produced unsxcelled in pressrvsuye qlaInet .ad
thsI the demand Tor such article viii taAy eqaa4 tne
supply ...ss.-.;...
AZ ANALYSIS Of the severs. descriptions OF iorsiSn
salt and Of our own IS given The Vaneties were
anal,zed under the direction Of B. Z. Johnson,
ESQ Secretary OF the y. Y. ;. Agricultural ooci-
etv with view 20 enable the consumers 70 IN
| dsr,tsnd the quality Of each. Ine 'resGl., Mf.
Jobnson savs is IN the highest degree satlsi2c-
| tory" Il shows that the Onondaga salt ior al
useful purposes, y equal 20 the best and am
satisfied Il continued 70 be Manufactured Wlth naei
| lty and care. Will Wherever properly -ScNf >
serve butter or meat well IS any SAT- tne " orid
aTords" Such testimony IN regard 70 ts gaslty
,bould remove untoundsd prejadlces originated
sn6 stimulated IN some Of me EAsIera ia21Aels y
individual, interested IL The Importation and sac
| OF foreign salt We are confident that as me an
article can be manufactured az the Onoocaza
sorinz. as can be found IN me word and We nave
~ soab, ina, il can safely challenge comparison
with any other. ,...,-
The sr,oant Of Onordszs Salt reaching tide
water and the ports Of artslo and OsEego rom
rsss ,oIsfs inclusive appears from the following
Tt1s.1a,a. Bsgsis Osr>So
go. hush - s42 5526s5 sl717O
| is,S DO ss2442 s56572 l51s AIS
i.s7 - DO ..3s22o s67,lS2 l56-sej
is4s..... do .-343,o-s lsci.o7 2lss,5l0
re-purrhse OF portion OF the salt lands dis
posed OF u 1927, 10 recommended. Also bgi.d.
| i'm for the different Offices
The facts and Suggestions contained IN tae Re
port reasct credi: apon ne management and good
| jadznert Of the Superintendent. His daties have
obvloasly been Psrormed with hdslIty and prompt
| ness.