New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-12
ROCHESTER, CANAL CLAIMS.

Some ten days before the adjournment of our late
Legislature We surprised by the passage through
the Assembly of bill entitled
Act s i sPgnI n 3 i1 9s S by n.
Ci, cf Roehei BY diversion III Of the Gese River
for n, suIpy Of he Erie and Genesee Valley Caua1'
Believing most earnestly that this bill was wrong in
principle and that its passage would operate pre-
cedent for further claims of like character ruinous
amount We wrote and printed an article intended to
aid in arrestng such passage in the Senate. We did
not know the of single claimant Of the dam
ages" aforesaid were nowis prompted or asked TO
write on the subject, and had possible interest
motive for speaking as did aside from ideas of
the dictates of Justice and Public Good The Erenag
Journal responded, very kindly aud mildly the part
of the clamSnts-Or rather, in explanation of their
grounds Of claim-and we reoined, stating expressly
that should obect inquiry into the alleged
damage PrOrded the Canal Appraisers were instructed
10 assess benefits as reH damages. Here stopped,
the bill made no headway in the Senate
Messrs. Heryey Ely and Thomas Kempshall of Roeh-
ester, who would be chiefs among the ROches
ter claimants and who in Albany lobbying for the
Passage OF their bill when articles appeared have
recently Issued manifesto the subject, addressed
ITO Hon. Horace Greeley, Editor Of the y. Y. Tri-
bune. Our first article, they are herein so kind as
10 inform Us, was
'sI, ion q BED BED =, :s e. lad & lei: sad gn ssssyad
enaFa g. maze sra'aoasy oa-ls-' a vel as s'ly .as'
whence the gentlemen proceed to Illustrate their
idea. of literary decorum and good taste by such Ian
cusCe ls this:
fr't es That deere neither friendship your Affection
K s'' ss -' De BY the ''' a'' ''' '' Ia ''h
The gentlemen proceed 20 give their own version OF
the facts on which their claim is based speaking Of
the water of the Genesee River as "OHr water" &c
&c and in reply to our suggestion that bea,fts as
well as damages should be estimated in making up an
award in the premises, they say
" rothins bat jaeewe esssand ths, We bo.h
Il is 60 rev daern 70 =. thai both beuef and DAMAGES should be
~ Ie ,cSuerf ard .,sS cr rs6', s-reo 1ssy ,bs.
sniy EaisF r he ssHef o be realized watch hage
Very well II this was just what the claimants
wanted, It was of course embodied in their bill, as
originally submitted by them TO the Legislature. Here
is their bill IS they presented .-let Us see:
Tis PeJl O tie Sae II Ne York rrrs'eHe ia saais ans
sEeTioS The Canal ApPrsr' hereby authorized All d.
hen hen 70 s: .. K a I'D H.s7 E the sisea s p sd % S
KY Jonshsl Chld GsofEe H. Ely Alfred Ely &c sad
si squiial spPraissui Of the dAnsgss by
ks rFee;vy sus.sind By and the diversion voters
hs .rs usutsr :. II IL ,sid ess sro.e - ~
were ulde urder tie provisions Of sections ehy htv
and eshvo ace three f tile zine Of cha nine part
fIsr h Revised stsutes eried OF srpgaiai Of dan.
and al provisions sppcshe 70
iee u9dsf such sels shall be lPFsble to aPPrasi
sac AEy Iw..d a.a md; n i paid
ses stating b1 he hoder Is entitled to receive from he Stss he
sHsVIi ssLtd sGsA es'isss' At ssh s after ter yea