New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-09


the Canals will be able 10 maintain themselves sue
oe,sfuy probably 81 tiismphsbtiy.
lie Auditor has heard Il alleged by many 'Aat zoe
resources Of the canals are not seriously au-c'-' ~
rsiroscs ard therefore there is not Ia i@c' any -
esr,- Tor the iuposon Of toll upon the tunntge "i
those Ioads But be has :.Seys regarded sucn ahs-
estors rs'her preeisef set % Sith01'
10 AVOID the imposition Of toll than A. oc.hs .efs1y
alleged Is facts ~ tie nortn there Il TIE N'f.ls.I
Railroad contributed for the syO<sf pup 'se %
div4rt,ry q norton Of the western 'ra-e ron 'ns
NV York Si,te canals. through ue " g snd -hN''
Lake Ontario az Z Tie St LswTerce 70 O-rt-s'- :,
and thence 10 B,-'on, tnd carf!'n. over --' ~
of freight per aInuus. as 6ppesTs by th' Ee"i' -
Stale II reer for The "a l-13 mere are ST. -
Per,tla.r and Sars.o AID the Saratoga nd " @so-
roton Railroads each conveying, snnnally ~
near, by their respective TeFor over % Doo u's
freight through that region OF county ,or 'hs
e 5s,;o, ~ which the North-rn Canal ~s- bdut,
ard the Albany Northern ko.d. lately tn!seei snl -
on.r,too running through the same Region Oh .ue
otber ,ide Of the csHGL IL the ceuira portion o. .ue
State is the Ne~-iork t-nrsi h-iEe1', runu.Ss
rssrlv parallel ara in tie immediate 'icuiy o. .ue
Eric car al for its entire length, eld havns 7 81
ror,.d during the ls,i f,oal yesTi as afPefs 0;
ib.ir rerori, lstely pubiished. '4''-Uo t1hs y,
freight There are also me uOHss'lee "
,oaS he Watertosn and Rome RsilFosi, carrying
erursllg over 100 600 Of freight IN ID Il sec
ron for the benefit OF which iSe Black Riyer Cans'
vss built; ard ths OsNegO ard syracuse h-li.oIu,
ruupug ps. alld ard from poiut 20 po'nt Win ,us
lev
"a oCO TINS Of he ght. Mex, spanLlag the -ou17
lection Of the State from the Hu1son RIVER 20 LsAe
~; i tLe New York ard Erie kaIlToti, carrying IL
sell annually 700 coo tuns OF irtlgnt tapping u
its western terminus The trade Of Lake Ere, and, Dy
ia ,,ibutsries the BaiilO, Coming aDt N5w-l ork
The Buffalo end NeD.Ycfk City, the Cayuga ana
Susouehanna and tie Caranoagua aid Emrs
Rsiroar. connecting with the CaDandai-ua and
Niagara FalIs Railroad together carry ing Annually
nbo 20 600 iuns Of freight, and also the syracuse
AID Bireba ntor RaIroad, lately 6hshed drawing
from the Erie Canal, CT It's wes'era terminus, ana
uron various points sicrg it, Inns. he t,tai tun-
maze On all such rC ada IN Ieo3 except the Syrae
ard Bnehaptcn end the Albany Ncrt1ero, aod n.
cludIg the Central. az reported for the Ias' d. al
yter wss sz9. 20 tuns. II canpot Tor moment Dc
! cue.iioutd that much Of sUch freight mas be7u
diverted from TIE sLals sBd il were not ior 81 20
! roads very large proportion thereof would nave
core 10 increase the revenues AMI iuhnage OF Ibe
New York Cansls II j. sometimes urged - re As %
| WHY tie r0sos should not be thus taxed toAt win
them the carriage OF freight Is not proht o1t
losing business. and they Therefore cannot AFFORD u
nav the ,ay Whether suCh Is the fast or not, does
not ST. CT The question Of diversion, nor l. II OF any
special omen; in any view % ;he case, except that
If tbo-e companie- MI cey hesh, d' runnns pf.ce'
10 cIyCrt the trade from the inals and draw II "a
other char els they deserving OF lees symp Nny
and toils should be TIE more re -dly imposed upoa
them.
The total movement Of freight or the number Of
tubs carried mile upon tie Ne ork stale I l.
yels durpg The year i,3 tha Of -ji hts NOT A. y-'
been nsctrtainec wes 700 $50 933 inns. The snouui
Of olls collected that year upoG property e1cu-
sive Of boats was 50 %; .sJ9 D,vdu- ~ IA ,n'nni
of toll hy the total movement, II givts me aver ige
| toll Per tux per mile in that Year a. p nu'.. By
the r. port Of the Nea York Central Rar'- fyr the
scal ,ear ending Sept 80 lsj4 it aPpscIs ina. fhs To-
tai move ent Of freight. number OF tan arr 4 one
nile on hat road during such year, was rl O-v
inns Mn,tipy nR such total movement by - mills,
the avero.e rrie Of toll per mile, ana i furnishes tie
sum of s342 500 - as beiog the probable am,unt OF
toll which would have been realized dlrir the last
fsca year. 1t fill csneltoi rates from tae Nesi ork
| Central line aOIe
| BY The Annual Il. pert Of the State Engineer and
SuIves or for ls53 it appears that the several Rnl.
ROADS herein after mentioned, reported for the hsc
y.sr ending Sept 80 1853, their tunhage ald total
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