New-York daily tribune., 1854-03-28

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for two full wears. SSH; while Mr. Churen
for shout IA months bad got over S5OOO' The w
Of tho Controller was made few days since and ON
il we find that Mr. Church received from the o'o -
ruIv 1852 TO the 3lst Of December 1853. period or
IS months as Com missioner OF the Lani'Ohce' So'9'
as President of the Senate $l67l; as Member OF the
Cspal Board 81 979; mskiog in all Sj2D; about
$500 per month, or, more nearly, twelve dollars day
Sundays and all, for tie entire period. BY law the
Lieut. Governor is allowed six dollars per day while Ia
actual service President of tie Senate, Com mission
er of the Land Office, or as Member OF the Canal
Board According to his own bills, Mr. Church was
employed in these - months only 266 days. which
At 50 per day would yield him but 81 SOC. Where,
then. does he get S37O3 above that sum Mr. Church
resides at Albion Orleans Co.. by mail route 207 miles
from Albany by railroad 259 There is an old mileage
Qouce enacted in 1928 still extant which allows the
Lieutenant Governor six dollars for every twenty
"miles travelling in going to and returning from the
"pl,ce of meeting in the discharge Of his duties.
This is most .bsurd law and how it escaped the no
tice of the Constitutional Convention we cannot ina
rpe: vet there it s fair and square. in the Revised
Statutes Under this law Mr.. Church has Travelled
from Albion TO Albany and back twenty times within
each time, or Sl7 per trip besides which be makes
a charge of go miles (S273) for visiting
New Rochelle and $40 expenses on land business at
Oswego making in all $3,7O3 for travel aooe-the
SO at Osweco excepted. Now the regular rare Of
fare from Albany TO Albion about S5i-say S5 az tho
mott which would make his real expenses $2iO. Add
$50 for New Rochelle and have $3.50 az the maxi
NUN cost Of all this travel for which Mr.. Church has
taken from the Treasury three thousand screa hssdred
dollars.
1t was remarked last season that Mr.. Church was
setting most exemplary pattern for public officers IN
hs prompt attendance upon the meetings of the Canal
BOARD and of the Commissioners of the Land Office at
Albany 40 matter what the occasion, the Lieut..
Governor was always in his place. Let us see how one
Of his bills for this remarkable promptness looks in
print:
Controllers Warrant EHPe0'e o. Public Lsnd'' No 2'S paid
The S.ateqf N,'-. York.
I,5. Dec 60 To attending meeting Of the conmeOuers
20 'a- trt l.5 575 r,, a. 50 III co
SIN 90
Received payment, .,,,.,,,
As the Lieut.. Governor very probably has his hat
cbaked over the Rochester aud Central Railroads, we
may presume that bis travel aycosts him nothing be-
vopd quarttror twofOr the porter whOcarres his vase
We're there not, therefore, hundred and seventy
one good reasons for this Jealous attendance az
every summons Of the Canal Board It is no longer
difficult 10 account for the milk in that cOcOanut We
might while on this subject also ask the Lieut. Gov
error how he makes out $40 miles travel, where m1l
routes and railroads only set down 5l8 at the most
Has Mr. Church invented new direct route, or has ne
wormed along in the track of some member of Con
gress!
II is hardly worth while to compare Mr. Churchs
receipts with those of Lieut. Gov. Patterson who lived
in Cbautauque County nearly hundred miles further
from the Capital than Mr. Church does nor with
those of Mr.. Fish who lived hundred miles nearer
Nor DO we assume that Mr.. Church has taken money
contrary to law-though we should like to see how he
makes twice the distance from Albany to Albion
fifty miles more than the mai'-route book or the
railroad timetable. That he has improved every
opportunity TO visit Albany, and when there every
Glance 10 get home agaiu, is evident. For in
stance, the Canal Board met July %, then
again August 2 and 3 and in the interim Mr.
c. Travelled his $40 miles. They adjourned Oct y
and met acain the 3lst, the SO miles being gone
over in the mean time and the S7l secured as usual
The existence of 81 IN a mileage law for the benefit
of one man, should DO longer be tolerated Other
members OF the Legislature get but ten cents milc
and that sum is ample since the cost of such travel,
even where free tickets and chsked hats unknown,
is not more than two cents a mile on the average.
That zea for pr,mpt attendance on Canal Board meet
iDes which Oos up Sl1l for every days ride, may be
sll very patriotic but it does not look well on paper
We think this particular mileage gouge might be
stopped without damage either to the reputation or
efficiency Of the officer in question.
RAILROAD SWTTCHEs-.IObn VI. Crosland, Of Potts
Ernr, rIrifna