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so fae76l fanA y'e doSawa W GIT Itoaarsls
he Aasson tp lie s;een 1879 946 5ells, ss,issd
AZ 5355s5a u r&ing Az aggsegale relehI u
2.S9k1 22 talf. a{rfh Sti4,7S2 2S5. which was
an ID .rease III 9s.502. tons, aud 81 S4.6]6. LIS
apalkthe operations Of the preceding year. Tile
sam@ report shows the salne d commerce nPin
thes Sew YoEk canals 10 have been ,SIa ououio
NOR TIN theEtotai value of the EXPORTS o. The ID.
Statfs mr. their own growth. produce ard manu-.
tac' kFeadurihg that year; the lAt'sr having been
| Slsles6,95b( A similar cenparsoa exhibits a
rkrstesalt ioFlseyeral proceeding years. In 1876
/ the Mage Of produce brought lathe Hudson Was
5 in N Is Is Nh 81 ,p s
/ Miysissippi tFer in 1896, was wbrtR ST. 1913,
i 4B8 70 1912 i was worth S8l 9Sa CO.. making
i 40 intFase, after .hree yearSlo qnIy I,7l6, LIS,
be'pg less t1sn one fourth Of the Increa EEL updn
4 the!Nfa' York canals When VIE consider tie
Il lmgepseeXept OF country tributary TO rhe Ms
4 issippta and its far reaching branches, compared
4 wig 5Al wfh art has rendered subject 10 tile
4 NeSs aerk chhafs, we can require no more over
Il wthIaaing arpof Of the valae OF this means OF
tfaI Eaiat'q1 than this fact affords 1t mR.st be
re.Setaberedl 100, thai these were the operAitips
q safia' NhEh are closed by ice fnr an average
PeF'ed " ] ~ BAYS per aFuuni--a period exceed
f lnAa Pass 9le stappagR q navigation npdn eur
own Fstna when completed, even surprising lis
sualuilt!eye. 10 be dfied up lor tltree monlhs In
4 this year. N
i Els Supposed by SONG thatthe New Yodk "a.
nse-Ere not Able to.snFpof eompetiton with
the tAfera cotnPeting railroads thai traverse that
4 Statei tffe fact Is ptherwisd: twenty two.
eng N The thffy railroads inHlhat State (the IL.
4 poss ot the Ifemander present no statistics III
iTetgflE9 show an aggregate freight ot 53l 800
toialp lst9i pr only abiut one ,lilth of the ;oa-
nj AZ spen ttH canals, Yet these thirty roads
eNdfeds the canals in length more than three
hunlERdmtesRnd cost Si6,6049ll; whereas tie
n caaalp cost with the Erie enlargement, bai
4 S39t2l4258. Eleven 0i these roads pay tie
caaGl lund thf same rate Of tolls tas l. charged
upon similar freight over the canals, and have
had since 1877, the privilege Of carry ing freight
.durng The whole year This toll is charged for
the reason tiahsthese roads are tile property OF
tprIsaie cnmphFfies, and take away revenue
,r0sfihr canal funds, which are State property. :
ipropirIoned 81 the quantity Of fFeigAt; passing
Ioventhem " is imposed upon the principle and.
las attaeasngeIRf taxation rather f9t the purpose
Iof p'PserrngIeh the State revenues intact and uni
form han ct protecting her canals from railway
fconipettjon The amount Of tons that passed.
overtrhese rd4ds upon which these tolls wore
lpaidS ll4f0Q in $40, which, com pared with
|the.2 $40 1872 tons that passed over the canals,
exhibit but aHeeble competition. But a more
conclusive proof that New York does moi fear to
ad6tt these works into competition witfIher ca
mails is the fdGt that she imposes no Charge Of
tolls upon Ahe Erie railroad, which traverses her
Soutlern border, and Is 70 tap the Lake trade at
#DunSitk, SONG distance South OF Buffalo Run.
ming parallel ITO the Erie Canal, and interpospg
Itself hetweeu4 that work and the great mass OF
Western tradH that supports il, If ever there was
a case OF real competition betweena railroad and
a canal, this work would present lit Yet New
York, tearessof the result, has given 50 600, goo
She mas found that her line Of cheap canal trans
portatinn has attracted such incessait floods Of
cum4ieTce, from the West as 10 impose upon her
The necessity Of Multiplying her means and
node OF conveying it, Hence, she is cUnslFuot-
ing \ talwa n upon the banks of the Hudson, to
accoihsnndate that trade during the seventy FIVE
daysiia The yeAr of ice in that river and hence
also Ass she Shilr the great Erie Railroad 10 af
couis hitte5tb4 NECESSITIES Other immense West
ern gade fr fhe five mophy during which hsr
canages aye claked
THP ayatage cost per mile Of the New Yntk
railr taGs has fbeeG SI4 600 while that OF her
canaR excluHive OF tie Erie enlargement has
BEEN hnt $27ll 3z or, inclusive Of thai expend-
lure, @4s 500I That OF our own icana1to Buc
hama exclusive of lateral works has been $780,
2Is Hr mlie. The co<tsnf all the Massachusetts
raifrt kds has been S4s 900 per mile. and that Of
-the IlkltimoreI and Ohio railroad S54 283. The
railrJkis Of Great Britain have cost Sl45,0oQ;
IF FHk4ee SIP 1000; oi Germany $50 coo Of
Belgian, SS0p00; and pf other European com,
tFies, rem SR5,00o to $50 900 per mile. In
genett it may be said, that wherever railroads
have ben constructed for The purpose of COM
pftinab xlth cdhaIs, or carrying the same species
Of frad& with them, they have cost at least as
much beh mill as those works The cost 9t
complying odt water line, therefore, will be. less
than st be REQUIRED 10 construct railroad Oyer
the cesiraI r4ute, capable Of transporting lis
heavy irade The total cost of the Massachu
seltsI roads. al the close Of 1879, t944 miles
i'm leuat) wis $40, 1875 1858; and Their nett IT,
come tof thattyear was. s. $50 3Sl being ,63
per caist upon their cost The total cost oil the
New N,,rk catials, (685 miles longD at"the same
. period had beBn, as before stated 1913,
and tar L nett income, exclusive Of railroad tolls,
1 S2 sos ti8, OH per cent. upon their cost Ek-
'cudtg she cqtt ot the Efte enlargement. (Which
Is yetnar od aetie@J tEe nett income vas IA per
.ceHti affa lafEeo~t0i construction.
+I The ilal. qaanttg.o OF Indian corh that entered
the NswsY9rkE Canal, al their Western tetmra4-
tion. ton otiPT Statss.in 1s49, wasE3 5S4403
bushels ] o. tdis, 2SO4 bushels came trGn
HIthe difess ian pf Canada, and BOP $50 bushels
i from aAei Sia es southWesttoE Caaadl o, this
! latiet#auynuntE2 579.533 bushels game from ihe
4 two csnjs oil Ohio which terminates t Toledo
/ and gYlsvsianl reduction OF the stolls upon
atts @4tcse 38t per cent upon The Erie canal
/ protmsdtan tncSease, in the quantity entering
f that @bfiS alEBufala alone, duelng that seasdn
4 or j ,lAg toq hshels. This fact not only proves
lie caspcYty VI that leading staple pf lie WesFte
beare @sSi transportation for long distances, hu
considering HI this crop natures about the Time
! of ,hes.osiugEp Of the Northern canals, demon
4 stfates3lh fait that our own water line if coin
/ pefe6. weuld homeopathic this important trade =
/ thef4T8r reefate the opinion expressed in my
East .s,fiuk Mesa ge that the com pletion Of uu
ifcsnalf ii lslidl give to Norfolk the monopoly o.
Iiihat afaa5 increasing staple Of Importation
H. DIsgFaheYear lssa. lie quantity I'll tobacco
vbtcA eJ.ssrap the Ere canal at Buffalo sa'
60H 3,at4pGsnds that V bich entered The Penn
sylya5is egIlaEs at PittsbBrg. l3.ll8 447 Poundt
+ and III ktyShifh entered Baltimore upon The Bal
ti,,trs aoi Ohio railroad, Ago hog sheads. Tht
H grestblk ofthis. tobacro was raised ID latitude
fl South aftl,e Ihogth Of lie Kanawiia and wo4lc
Il have a.tn5 tBe route Dt our Improvement Il com
4 nletes NJ Richmond, 10 preiefencefto those MORE
dis,a,,t rt.,eSto markets inferior 10 ours. Thes'
r,ovs.gr;enis al tobacco exhibit state 6t Thugs
Wal rs,issaa4nce 10 the trade Of Richmond an'
Virgins.
MS .rsr1arkable fact that large Quantities o
suua-. npeiasses. rice, cotton and west Enda
fruits are. cdnsnmed ~ Western New OK
ii whch have arrived there BY way o. the alissis
s;nns7 sna OHIO rivers and the Ohio canals
r,eep,.:ysA M Buffalo citizens to the New YoF
800 h,ayH declares thai over 500 hogs eads an
1ooe, N frels bf sugar and rice consumed 10 ina
ci,v altsas during The years lS4S and 1879 pa
besn etspp ets BY the way Of the Mississippi ~ E
aad, AZ Western improvements. TINS TACT iHd
es,es3 ssg,a4k able movement in the trade pass
iag f,afn ~ West Indies and our Sonther
Ststes NnrtbsEard The prices 81 freight ppo