The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-25
Our Albany C0rrespo,den..

Our Albany Correspondence.
ALBANY, Dec. 80 1883
so.,dv An,,cdr, tef hs Gnsuattos-Aoior Of a. ~.
conmissiorus IN Gto'ng ont Obntacs Contro,,r,
Be.isOe me L0islaa.re. -Railroad Traua and F,e;ou
Bridge at Albany dc.
Tho passage OF the snsndmsr7 of the constitution
adopted by the last Legislature VIZ be among the "a
acs o. tns Incoming Senate House o. Assembly Ia
oAfnoufners In both branches will be nss uincan
~ ny esSance, and II the friends OF the canals dsSrs
hoSe amendments be pasted upon the FIRST or sec
cay OF the session. and at the sama time tims NAV h,
aesgDA'ed when the people vote upon the ,ioa
IL IL alleged by the opponents Of the tn.
tns question must DO taken at the next
IN November bnt this is error for the
PROVIDES that the Legislature shall designate the day
~nen the psopie shall vote upon mend Of the
sttuton As this has been matter which has been in
agtaon several years and as al perfectly familiar
with It, the people win be prepared to VOC as soon
AZ the necti sary preparations be made to hold
the elections. Trus the resolutions can be adopted
by tbs and the vote by the people, all
before the first day Of February Ia the meantime the
Canal Board be engaged 10 arranging their ans and
as soon as the people sanction the action OF the two egs
atures the Commissioners issue proposals for rk
which, BY advertising literally reach every DO .tion
OF tie State in two weeks that by the middle OF Fsbu
rary contractors may be their respective sections
and perform two months work before the opening Of
navigation
But there must be such enacted Of personal
and political Svorsm, rs dsgraced the Canal Board and
subordlpates in 1861 The OF the board must
ahbact their business IN the public offices provided for
them They must Tot % seduced to hold nightly orgies
at the private residence of any lawyer political dict.
ready with bonus in hand to reward him Tor hi ina
eDce with the bosrd. Neither mus, they closet them
Only such AZ are political leaders 70 sdvo.st sntr.css
or selves AID friends LIST the Canal at once
ny they will assign contract to any Blu, prac aea
nflsctors and at prices, taking all things into CON
dsrao1 which will be- for the interest Of the State
1tose contractors who entered upon their work undsr
she Inv Of 1851 and were arrested BY the act OF the
curt of Appeals, viii present claims for heavy dsm.rss
% the legislature They would have done 30 du ng the
last ses,ion but for the anti maiorItv IN tho
holse. some imagine that Board OF Commissioners
sbou!d be instituted, there are large M ser Of
those claimants involving many thousand dollars
rsorB to make tbs investg and settle upon the
awards Either is better than the Legislature for
that BODY all the rest will follow like aock OF Sheep
The river icing now blockaded with ce and navigation
entity pended al travel trade aud taauspora
ton between this city and New York is b. rarnad
Last season there active competition bswesu the
Harlem and Hudson River Railroads., the former re-
dueng the fare for and the price freight so
extremely low that the business was pretty nearly
divided Now there appears little no competition,
1sf s ua both 50.ss 1s sd which gives
trains on this road some six or eight daily each
way are well filed. Thu freight depart snt is
lofce OF the road Is brought into elusition Fro this
period until the opening Of navigation this will be
cd 10 the transportation Of freight utmost
Of its capacity The freight trains are mostly run at
night to avoid the passenger trains III as
az they are go full and frequent occupy all the day
light aad part of tbs ri sdt too The ,le track viii
e completed throughout another season. when there
vii be no necessity for delay In waiting for trains to msst
aParticular places, as is no the case.
re ira selling pu sc demanding bridge across the
nuuon river ~ this city Two years ago the railroad
isDies obtained cnarter In the Of certain pr
vac ncividuas, for tunnel under tn. river Eng
houhon9 we're made 1857 plan reported and taken
n.o c:orsi'eration, and finally abandoned Now the rail-
osu inIeret which il onnipotsnt and al prevailing
gwen l'tice IN the public pipsrs through Marcus
Heynoios pies ent Of the Albany ard Stockbridge
nsnroso' an eteusIon of the Boston road tina. they
n.no 70 Apply to tha next Legisla for grant to
ouu priogs acrs the river. A few years since the
nuae.s OF Albany made similar application but the
& ana opposition of the Tro defeated
TINA Legislature wa undoubtedly hribed to at that
members neIcea tins picsice Of ~ AZ feastng p4s
sen in this occasion the Albauians taken
not The peorer, and it Is understood that thsy viii
the senbosrd trho rsve from the Western prAiries to
rss al Quebec aesson to the l.kes from and Mont
are q, from bsm peere in:erete than the A6.nians
askry for briags acrosps will roll into tbs Legislature
no deetion be Ssd ia teAve Hudson river ia order that
the river the Boston Harlem, On the east side OF
centre Ter. A. d on the west sYork and Troy road,
Central the Northern and SCORE have the grea'
all CO, yergiug to point and dslivs Sasquehanna
ever hour of the day. either side hu passengers
,roup. People nova days cannot be intsrfis In
c,osslrg rivers the SLOW ana uncsrtstn c0nVeyao Ia
toats nor be detained in winter by ice. "