Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1852-09-24
Taxpayers and the Canal Board.
THE MONOPOLY.

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S'S -" 01Ss.ls Al lifee per cent lhe Penn
'''-'''' 4''''I'o%,i COMPANY e''S money there
'''P0i',i'i0 'oI PoraIioh tllat wants 1t
'.'V1e' cn1''o '''a'eS StockS are
i,'' "i4 i'o'l III tIIe european market until
''oy are So''' Hhy' tleR' dia ttls special
9'''' .'0' get i''oi'.s' '''iS wen dressed Penn
1Si''''i" uenio'I"Iic hehulcaht' WhIie pros
N"'0 1T tiie lee' Vi +'rlush bankers
''e' 'iiiS DC aS II may 1t Is sad ne did not
get IT, lie doubtless talked OF the broad
acres OF our beautiful vailays--Cf the iron
a'iu eo'' i'lo"LltalhS-o1 the vast forests and
great rivers OF Pennsylvanla, and said to the
''i'i''i'S'' o. Europe, al these ''dS mort
gage II you VIII give me money for the an
cent commonwealth OF pennsylvania"
1o"' "te9 acne" A'"' ana SAID, your State
u III o0D' 10 domestic ana other creditors
some ior'Y 10 Elty millions OF dollars already
ana every year Is stid gong IN debt further
10 nome we can give you no treasure; but
Iof taxation your State IS bankrupt and
must some DAY reppdIate.
II ne had sought advice, instead of money,
they would have told HIM, Go home, and
sell OF lease, or give away your public works,
ana pay your debts, for they are nothing but
vast panper establishments, where rabid poll
hcians are supported-a grand nuisance kept
up at tie public expense. Go. and build on
some healthy location an asylum, where
'nese people whom you must keep may be
Kept at less ezpenSe-coneert your Canal
commissioners INTO wardens, and let them
'io'i'o anu zee" Iheih II The most cloyeriIhe
i'iaui'oF'
NOW, WY ana no" hsS pennsylvania been
'''D'''' y ''i!s humble position lhe an
'"'i ''sss'>'7 'asel % ''li-py an uhheard OF
waste an" p'onisdcy LII Iiie management OF
'a0 P"'''o "oiA'' We l'1'e Ndhal bohiinls-
"'o S'sH' - o7 ou' simple iiistru-
"''' "'.o''y "'"!"9ef' Dy
''4'I'' '"'sl"' Vi "'e c'iial ooaru'
lof example take the WORK on the Portage
,''''l =, anu 70 "hoin was II ahotted
- Pi"ieS'oe' 'iiofo"gh-Iaced pOiluclahs' ana
'i0' 10 'n9 io"eS' anu oest bidders. In the
p"o.lS"o" statement u Tue letting OF TINS
"oiA' we H''u the names Of but lew OF the
C,"sS oi contractors we hentioh' but on 1t
oUiliil,iNsS "ii'eI, i'oeAleno" 4" llamH-
''-'' D'~A - A'u'i' "ii'i0 among 'le "c'ual
- Nv "'o "' "oiA on 'iie roau, we
- .''''' ''0 . oi'ii ii''' 'on'rac'' hoSS
:. ono '0l''i i'oS' anu = 'Llo'
i''' GA" VI ''i'' i9"'iiei' " nc le''l'y
'''''9 "'-' ie"p 'i'' "'ii'n'9 u 'i'S vast e&-
penui'uIe'
C'i'er contractors were theFe' among them
1aioi,e " oo'' oi Lancaster one ot the Oldest
as Wen as most respectable firms IN the State,
VINO pid Tor work, and as Malone alleges bid
Io"ef 'hah the parties 10 whom 1t was aliot-
ted, yet dId not get any.
4he inference to be drawn from this, is that
II any work had been allotted to Malone, it
would have Intertered with certain private az
rangeinohts beheved to exist between the Ca
MAJ Board and their especial friends. Now
TINS inference IS true or perhaps such men as
the fayorltes named were the only parties to
whom such work might be safely entrusted,