The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-15

this city you probably have oeen cheated In the paw
ing OF Breatvsy and other improvement, which nave
han rried from time to time Bat do you say that
hso, uss ron have ohsasd that you will moi
those thingsS Certainly not. II you have uniaithful
sseps remove them and can ssy ohssrfuy that there
IL for improvement without re- erencs to party for
free to say that tie party with which have Been
associated have not been true to their trust Ia the id
minisraton Of the Affairs Of the Erie canal Bat the
ques.ioa before above dollars and cents 1t
tion whether New York shall shall not continue to be
tue emporium Of the commerce Of the New World You
have the prise In hands and la order to kssp
1t, remove this c,nstitu,icnal impeciment which
stands In the way OF the improvement OF the Erie canal
portion Of the resolutions that this permission 10
asked for In orde, to What has been aeoiy spent
upon the improvement chat liz very true You know
that In ship OF house, your arst outlay upoa the
work worth very little uD& the whole Is pleted So
With the canals You must cheaper transport ston to
the connection by the ,Hudsonfor which nature has
made channel through tbs Allegheny Mountains
population and desiasd to BE- the weAtAi.st section
the Ease OF the earth The future is bright, and
mott important thing for is to I, New York
what has made her tins Empire State, which, II pro-
perry husbspded with anything like true wisdom, wiz
always keep her foremost In the Of the consds-
rsoy. l have no fear whatever OF railroads; they
may put down double tracks upon them II thsy
please; you nsy place restriction Of any KIDD
upon them but enlafseyour canAl and, nsvsrear they
will take Of thensslves enlarge them and you Ill
sways find that for the transportation Of bulky
des, railroads cannot for moment oompsts with them.
The experience OF merchants who have been In the
transportation business, will fully to that tbs
be low the cost OF transportation by water trust
The city will shcw proper appreciation on the
and on need fear railroads; they ou. the
lion Of the Erie canal and have no fear that the
Es csn.i sons 70 sssa up ~ neF
evident discrepancy between Mr. BIS ttStsm,nt and the
NEUROLOGICAL record the latter say chat 1t Saturn
ho Ate his children, and not But at thi, late
cate the mistake of the learned gentleman doubt
viii not mate rally affect the prospects Of Erie canal
Mr. GRhnAy came forward 1t the conclusion Of Mr.. Bah
cocks remarks AID addressed the meeting substantially
fo'ows:-
mentioned. GA Saturday last passed ever the railroad
which said to be the rival o. the Erie canal but that
canal the only channel through which tbs great bulk
OF tie prclrc from the West 10 brought to market
Al present prcdncs not carried this road In
sequence the system OF leghaton adopted by Pennsyl
vsns which Is adverse to the Interests Of Nsw York. but
The Canada route and by Southern roads
81 the o.na cheaper the transportation OF
freight proportion to the enlargement Where
pay tweaty FIVE per busbel would, the
petion of the contemplated improvement pay twelve
cents To cay boats Of from seventy to ninety tons pass
where formerly the channel WAS only large enough
the future one bundled and twenty tos boats
the same channel We will then bring wheat from the
Western farmer 81 twelve cents per bushe than
portaton greatly benef: both him aud that
his capacity for buying in our msrkets will be increased
IN equal proportion Thus we have chesper products ~
the sssis OF trade II this enagem "a. be completed
speedily Nc RAILROAD Gan compete with the Efis canal
for twice the rae ID charged the cars that paid for
po Stion by the boats Eairoads very well for
gns live Stock but the difference In the cost OF trans
porting produce 100 great to suppose that they can
purs me carry ios II ado Of the canal II IL aeston
then for business men, whether they willing to pay
ten million in order to Increase tho value OF tnelr pro
perry to forty millions friend tells me that in the
essus 0! the proposed enlargement. b'ng ms .e boats
having capacity Of tEo hundred tors which equal 70
thai Of large sloop pass through the canal When
this is effected it will DO the cheapest artificial channel
the world now knows.
A the conclusion OF Mr. Gr.cey's remarks the solu
items were ado2tet and at four O'CLOCK the meeting was
dissolved.
Modest Proposition from a Canal Man.
The plan to ndIct upon the people Of New York new
debt Of ten mons, BY vote ia day. brings about the
following proposition =
BUFFALO Feb II, 1854.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIE NEW YORK HERALD.
DEAR sR-lou may rseolect Mr. James S. W.ds-
worth, OF tennessee and yssl, CALLED you and asked
to cl my speech, when in the Lsglalsture
against canal lettings in 1851, and you vary oey de-
sh The eIeosed speech, IS giving both slices Of the
question which yen Always claim to do. As these views
extra for ths as ,sh y pg as9s
to sec my views In favor OF enlargement At any rat.
shsh always be grae nj for the prempne's and oerAy
you extended to me In sshns long speech against
'' ''As' - '''A LOUIS "'' isR Fsssf' /. HATCH.
herman Of Duncan, sherman Co., New York.
Frauds In Canal Lettings.
DIVISION EsGNEsKs Opros,
ALBANY, JAa. 20. 1864
Hos. JOHN I. CLARE STATE EsGIsxsR AND susvsYoR-
sIR-ln compliance with our instructions, nave
mined the propositions sheets and papers
hibite6 At letting held 81 Lyons Falls GA tbs Biaos
River CAM, ut which the following work Let put
under contract to the psr,ons men toned
Sections Nos. 80 and 3l....... scovil & Dsr nison
Locks Nos so to l0l ........... Soov Il Whittiesey
Locks Nos i.s and is1 A. v Hu.~s
Locks Nos l08 and 100. do. do.
Da end lock st Otter Creek. Ssovil Whstlesy.
Dam ut Iytus Falls. ............... EnoGy Allen
Raising brldg, seioss Black River At
Lyons D,cmj1 20, 1858 : SAaaa''"
Dam and lccs At CT opposite Low.
Iprsrsmcnt o. b.ci Ss snasI Ars,S Co.
Sections Nos. 90 AND 81 were hrst awarded to Lo we'll
and Ricksrman the lowest bidders an informed,
and they rad made preparstons TO 80 on With the work
The contract stands with Scovn and Deanikon At
prices which s. l2S 10 higher than Lo yell and
RcseTman and there four other bids lower than
In the Of Io.hs Nos 90 to lo the masonry
cAnvasted 81 900 wrong slope wall canvassed at 81 SO
lock timber $40 per feet price sl6 Painting balance
beams $50, not In the Tnis makes 81 6l2 20
difference, and there is one proposition bslox them
Lick No l02 the CANVAS stands the lowest for Scovl
and Whitetey but the proposition sppsars to have been
altered on the prices for masonry and hemock tim YER
ocs timber At 5lt while in the cont act and propositions
the Price for maionry is 80 80 and hsmloek $lo and
stands $lo4is SO. canvasssd right the parties stand
No. on the CANVASS,
Locks Nos lo3 to los Slope VAL OF qusrrea sons Ia
canvssssd at the price Of field stone, per yard wnie
the other stands a. 80 30 per Jsri on the proposition
The aggregate on the canvass Is 1870 49, while it
stands $3.50 49, the having been chsnged to l. The
fcors II cspvAssed right, would be 1870 40; which
mai a. IL the hish,st bid for the locks.
Lock and dam ~ OF creek awarded TO Scovil
Wbi.tlssy Shield and Writteseys prop ozon Ssovu
having proposed alone for the work and prices which
32667 a3 less han Sh cid and Wsttlsieys bid
Price in contract for masonry In lock, wAlh abut
ments and wings S. and tbs prices stand So for
masonry IN look walls and So for masonry Ia Abutner
and winls In the proposition, willis the price for aout
Tents ard wings has erased And from 81 30
20 So the Of 81 b0s entered In the shoos
but not usec In tno
There price for coping In the propositcn and
tract OF tselvc dosrs yard vncn IL not taken into
tie account In the as Also the item Of painting
the balance beams at atty dollars Tbess two prices
appear to have been put in By different hand, the
figures do not compare The prices for grabbing aad
clearing appear TO hare been altered The pce gravel
snd brush canvfssed ut thirty cents but IL Is dsty
cents In the contract and appears have eesn altered