The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-05

bsssss S.5asss Il Principal .: sss rs S
And leaves the Of .............s 3j $40 Is
the present cost Of the three unnnshsd works. includ
Il seen that Of tee total ocst the sum Of s22
6s derived from the surplas earnings 1t the Erie
The sum Of s2S rs only has bssn received for tolls
on the Genssss Valley and Black River canals
CANAL R8vUUn CERTIFICATES.
Mes 10 and II .hos the receipts and payments for the
year account Of canal osrAeatss issued uoder
act, chapter ass Of the laws Of 1861.
81
interest received IL dspOst ......... $4,000 %
ri ls': sum "a: dinln;Ssd during the ''''''' y
1s s.rs i SsIS o. $500 900 nom ln
1,.nstslrsd to The fund Tor the comeis.
tion q the canals per act, Chap. 30,
Of iooS ................. ~ wv ,,x noo M
Balance on hand lst October. 1855 s37664 So
This sum, with the interest it, deposit win be
little more than enough TO pay the interest ON the eed
Gates to lat January, 1856 Should the contemplated
turs will have authority to borrow enough to refund to
the holders Of the certificates the amount received into
spkns fund D.seS upon the canal revenues IN the rs
instance and upon the ultimate resort for the
Of the interest and the redemption Of the prine
pal Of the new debt In eighteen years.
LOAN FOR eswHGo CANAL AND FoR CANAL REPAIRS
In the report Of last year (Asssnbly Doc. Is, page
81 o y
500 made in 1851 for the rebuilding Of the lock.
the Oswgo canal for tho enlargement VI the canal
itself As there sta,eo, the money vas not applied
deemed to have been made in violation Of the constta-
ton, and the Legislature wss 20 Informed. While the
this opinion BY sny positive expression, they taciy ID
mtsd its correctness by appropating the 500 geo to
oOo The balance Of the canal revenue Cs6ostss add Is
has been before explained II is supposed that these two
sums were thus appropriated on the ground that they
moTeys received Into the treasury
the Lgisiaturs meht deem proper But wills the Legis
loan by II for other purposes the one
for which Il was borrowed, It has mt 10 the Of
repsynsst in the proposed amsDdmsn 70 the oonstts
tion Tins VS., probably an oversight. and viii mako
necessary for the Legislature to provide for ths pay
paid ON the premum on the loan and from interest on
s deposit This must Of BE- done from the Gsnsr-
Fund - the revsnuss Of the canals are al appropriated
ss Of the report Of last year. before referred TO-
VIM b found statement In rIad,n 70 loan Of So 600
made In 14o for the repairs Of the oana the Interest
which is paid by the General Fund No disposition has
been made By the Legislature Of the balance d this loan
Jet on hand.
FRAUDS IN rm COLLECTION on TOLLS
Er eugh kas been discovered during the past to
eAc 10 the belief that extensive system Of frauds
B. ,bch the STATE il hernandez Of la r. suns OF money
employ Of the State, and who's bosissss and duty II
BY them have 81 least bsen Of their and
have suffered them to b comm ittsd With inpunity.
The fault Ia not IL the system OF election the
want Of detective laws and regulations for they have
eenimproved b. the and experiences Of
~ thirty years AID are believed TO b. nearly perfect
possible The difficulty 10 not in the systsm, but in
is Standardization laxy has grown up in the last faw
ysars among the ces whose dasy It to zee that the
tso many parsons eennseted with the navigation
ready and eager to take advantage whore Il Il 20 easy
e 70: .ud: the dun ,sass q sry On u; part q
svsr active motive Of ssk interest whsh prompts the
psrsons engaged IN their CON miasioa.
Bis IN equal footing ths respect the Canal Heard
IN June last passed order allowing the pay a eose
fsbis toll The As imposes upon property which he do
covers to have been falls sntsrsd npon bin Of lsdisg
- Tor in,t.Des wasr: in mined sarsa property S:.l
ton and reported to the eoilssior and pays toll 70 the
a % q Il: : se sis s:I
Tbs Immediate effect Of the ORDER was the estsstos,
BY the Collector 1t Albany Of sntsnsivs system Of
ffsuds Of The character alluded -, and By which he
add over $500 70 his PAY In the Oft moaths
Albany, during the supmsr, which were generally
Known, bad operated to deter the transporter om these
q on :
bcsts belosgrg to three different tram portaon lines
run, isa between New York aid Buffalo, The boats vsrs
The fraud ecDsistsd in falsely catering upon the ship
pisg bin and reporting csrapcs the Collector st
s II ,a
~ the property actually board the baat ooasstsd Of
articles Of merchandise which brs higher rate Of toll
exenatvsiy sDgsssd IN thsn Is the more rsprshsnsbis
from the aet hst the line was detected in the - Ing in
Yorl and lie Guilty psrtiss only escaped ths s1trsms
penalties Of ne and By one OF the owners
coming Ard With raahssss coaf.s.ins
done Intentionally to compeats for alleged sxtor
tos the part Of canal ocer and with apparent
ritiop, giving assuraDces hatno such thing should again
bsppsn The impunity thus secured to . second fraud
upon the der artment has undoubi edly encouraged
sntI ion Of fake bills Q. sdns sy the line in qua:
tiou, urng the entire and II ID reconmsndsd,
.sss Il: Of sls ss.s. ~ %.ssrsy d%;n.S
and that the Attorney General BE- directed to proceed
sesirst them oriminally.
aem the fact hat Sussd inspectors voud ). n.ss:
AIRY ~ Buffalo, and equal number at Msany and Nes
York, to examine the unloading Of boats, al
would save money By il not likely 70 BE- done Nor
Il II nesersry, II collectors, at places where boats
s4
nreed.
during the past sessos which Involves oomplislty In
crime and divison c pundsr between the
and 'he sworn SCENTS who. the stats has sesctsd 70
asIniDg thas the whioh has bees dss sribsd
for ~ tspends the integrity Of the person who
esves the rsvenus there b check upon II which
his dishcsssy and the completely Of the navigator may
not elade.
ease VII ~ supposed TO shsw how n has happened
bcst h loafsd say at Jordsa whore there ID col
etors oos, ninsesn miles vest Of eyraeoss having
board MIXED cargo, and DEFINED for Albany the mas
bang the Of ths boat Arrived at Syracuse he
sssnts his bill Of adiBg 10 the solsstos, and receives
elsarssss which contains brief description Il ths cargo
tshen fro the bl it, destination asd the amount u
toll upca This papsr rscspted b. the collector ons
n bis slsrss the mastsr 10 exhibit 81 every eosctors
ocs svidsnee that be has paid his TOLL And ID TO d
posit at Tie Alsssy oss mis- h ell that req rs1
81 the mastsr Bat The ate requires that The collector
1t Rome which ths nrst cmss east scn syrssusa shah
hsep what b called CHI ek Account aGAinst The col
kctor At eyrcuse which he charges that collector
WITH The amount vhish the slsarAnes exhibited By yhs
matter shows hin to have reosivsd The eolsstow Ut
Rome IN his absence, e'erk, whites his name upon
the clsarasss he svidsnss that has hen prsssld
at his once The frat ook tsn6er east q the RoUe once
quirsd 70 that this ssdorssnsst u before be
passes ths boAl
the slrss e IL moukh the oolesese 81 uyrssuss
t~vw a. - a mil