The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1854-12-14
R. W. WEAVER, EDITOR.
Bloomsbury Thursday Dec. IA. 1876
The North Branch Canal.


The canal has closed up after most pros
porous season. Il is but few years since
much anxiety was manifested 10 see the tolls
on the North Branch reach one hundred thou
sand dollars, This year they exceed f,Do
hundred thousand, and the business on the
line is nearly up TO lis utmost capacity.
Demagogues and disappointed Office seek.
ers may cry out loudly for The sale of the
public works but no man can turn TO the
North Branch and find any spot where an
improvement might have been made in the
management by the officers. They have
been chosen with reference 10 capacity. and
have done all that was possible if the bust.
ness had been their own. There may have
been frauds and swindling by blackegs and
rowdies on The North Branch Extension, and
indeed we know that the personal presence
of one of the Canal Comm ssioners became
necessary 10 set matters right, but siuce Mr.
Clover rolled up his sleeves and went 10
work in earnest, that Division is managed
as well for the interest of the Common
wealth and the business public as il could
be.
There have no doubt been peculat ION nd
plundering on the Portage Road, for where
men on moderate salary live inxuriously
and make large fortune in few years, the
business cannot be fair. But such things
will happen on all complicated and large e.
Establishments; and we know that that the
very men who first entered complaint a.
ganst the plunderers were honestly invited
by the Canal Commissioners to make full
exposure, and yet allowed themselves to be
bought off by the persons implicated.
We say then whatever may be done with
the public works in moment Of excite
ment, clamor and prejudice, neither the
Commonwealth nor the business OF tie peo-
pie will be proiiA by the sale of the North
Branch.
The following statements have been fur
nished us by MIR. Ent and they show plain
ly the character and amount of the business
done on the division.
Collectors Office Beach Haven.
Dec 1st, 1854.
r. W. WEAVER, Esq,
Dear SIR The amount OF
Canal Tolls collected at this office in month
Of November is S2I, 1928 81
Amt. per last report ls2,SsS 90
Whole amt. since is, Dec. last $2i4,2i6 SO
Same period last year 19l,ol7 76
Increase over last year, S23, 1873 "a
Respectfully yours,
PETER ENT, Collector
The Receipts Of this Office the past fiscal
year are as follows, viz -
On 492, $50 Tons Coal, Sis4 $50 So
4,l4O +" Iron, &c, / 1,9l4 SO
6,3l7 " Iron Ore, 7s3 az
1850, 300 Fl. Lumber, &c, 1884 80
7,0lO Pr. Lime Stone, 1,229 70
" 4,l75 Bbls. Flour and ,so AZ
@ 5,393 Bush 'ls grain feed i0o'4'
Articles not enumerated, 3,326 IA
" Boat Tolls, 90, 622 90
f" Fines & Forfeiiures collected, S5 90
S2l4,2l6 so
The ratio due to each division upon which
clearances are given at this Office is as fol-
lows, viz
To North Branch, -sI2I,02 o5
" Susq'a. Division, 7,lss IL
Blain Line, 44,s29 81
West Branch, lilo 81
| s2i4,2I6 SO
The total amount of Tonnage
on articles cleared by lbs, l,i43, I35, ,O3i
Total amt OF articles cleared by
number, 3,II5,424
| Total amount of articles cleared
by miles, 4,30I, ,42i
The total number of boats cleared, I2,Ol7; of
which there were
Loaded and part loaded, 9Oi2
Cleared light, 3OO5
to Northumberlant, &c, 5O3s
short of Norlhumberlsn land, 6969