Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-03-08

ceedings 0f the like character; EbW forbear
TO sugeess aay provision whieh'shslI secure
10 themselves that practical common sense,
which more than any oiber sRdownca,,
they appearlo require. 90 80 -
Ii will be recollecled ll,a, Ahe Miami and
Eric Canal was no, open. for busiPyT,
through It's enlire length until the month u
May lust was far advanced. The ifse
reason forllhis was The want bf knowledpc,
skill and attention on the pai, OF Mr.. Alex.
P, Miller the acting Commissioner, aud he
selection Of Resident, Engineer, who no.
toriously had no qualifications bu, poliiical
oncs for The. place. The work was delayed.
and had 10 be done over one or more Zines,
al great expense, and The whole affair was
q, disgrace 10 the Stale. The repor, en-
daayors 10 shuttle the blame upon tho
shoulders of the engineer, whit, was made
scape .goai, and discharged; and The soleni.
nity with which The Board proposes the
enuc,nt n. OF severe penal statutes against
engineers in like manner offending is u
beautiful commentary upon IT'S own iu,f!i
cheney, and neglect Of duy. fvltiteifa,
We Observed q few days since, in tbs
New York Evening Post, leuer written
by some one, evidently in ,he interest &C
the Board ol Public Works, intended Up.
parenly to fores,al public opinion in regard
10 such Of The doines Of ,ha, body az could
not bc, entirely CLOSED over in the report
The reduction Of tolls Is spoken Of as
highly successful Democratic measure, ex.
| hihiiiuu n 10 tha
policy Of the Whig Board which preceded
The present; and the fac, Of The increase of
trade In consequences OF such reduction, is
presented as discovery, for which the
world Is indebled 10 Democralic wisdom
and acuiencss. a single intelligent glance,
however, at The report before US, will show
that there is vas, natural increase Of ,ho
business OF the canals, growing out Of the
rapid Improvement OF The couniry-thai Of
The Wabash and Erie having been for q
series Of yenrs about lhirly.lhree per cent.
annually. That increase in 1851 was sul.
6cient to compensate for reduction Of
lbirIy.lhree per cent. In the tolls, and ,he
aggregate revenue Of the canals were in.
creased in about their usual proportion, 10
1859. however, the case is different. In a
few places, lines Of railroad touch the lines
of cannl, and al those places there is com!
petition in the carrying srade. hooking 10
their own Interests, The railway companies
discriminate in their charges a, ,lbosepoinls.
and secure more or less Of the business az
little more than nominal rates. But The
Board Of Public Works have taken aheir
sand up great Democratic priaciple, and
on that great Democratic principle--of
which their correspondent TO The Evening
Pos. appears 10 think they arc The frs. dis,
coveries-lhey are determined TO stand; and
having invested about TWO hundred thousand
dollars in a sinking fund upon ii already,
they are disposed 10 carry il out. whuluser
may be the eifec, upon The treasury, Tho.
canals or The taxpayers. ... .s- -t,r,,
Down went The tolls all along the lines
Of canui-.he ability 10 do business a, those
places where railroads come in compeli,on
furnishing The standard; and down GO The
revenues, until, in the face Of redundan.
crop, season Of unexampIed agricultural
wealth, and an amount Of transportation, in
many instances, fifty per cent greater than
ever before known; The officers Of the S,ale
are obliged to resort 10 suberfuges, equivo.
cations ard concealmenls, 10 cover up the
results Of policy SO obviously wrong, that
it needs but the meresi novice 10 bring 10
ligh, It's ubsurdhy Gin. Gaz. !'a ~