The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-15

Tens Of through freight. ................. $50 Is
IOAe OF way ne tnt..'....--- ............" b2 ~
Total move mes, or mlesge. .... ......... rs 1857
Tolls Ut canal Ists In 1873 ............... 4iol,A
New New v York y sno Erie no. rspovsd;
nsknt N Nbe o., aei sls IL, 90 a 70 80 40 par ton
YsIk Central r,sveo 81 :ss 7.t " on through freieh
a. cunt carried.
lhe 81, .ssp,.r .s1 Of me .us Of 1851, ree,sns ..
tain rahosds hon 9 payment IT canal tous fr igf
1Nfpsskd thereon ieoh effect the nIst Of January
1854. n oon. oida,ion d the svera raiIway lines no
elect onin 1862 and pt In lime probably, Tor the ne
company 10 Increase It's tipment and roloe stock 70
s,Mh. materially 70 interfere Win the ireishsss bus,ses
Of Me canal curing that jar. ihe whole tonnage ~
The Canals ,he ssme y'ar was s,24i,tb9. But n vi
tecn BY reference 70 the above ktAtemcst mai IN i
nsse r,m thai Of 1909, amounting 20 100 $50 tons 1856
while No tonnage On tie Kew YORK and Eric Railroad h
more IRON 1858 sbb 2i' We tons and On inc Ne
York Central IN one y.s loo as tons The railrosd n
cfh do not give rs the means o., Ascertanin0 ho
much Of ,hs hcrt~ed snnAge arose nom uAn
tn hc however In 1850 COS lot, supposeo,
t,.to tons. We cannot assume with any expects
ahes iJls and Ontario ana the Hudson river 40
ew fo,t cry has decreased since 1858. Our stAsi
cal sabl.s ,how sosdy ard n's,ly progressive IL
rease from $50 when tbs scnr sc Of all The canals
me 01, 10 1888, when 10 reached 10 maximum {
tons This railroad oempcutson not only ACCT
S s.Ss 1s ;Ss s r.,.s Of a Ss on
nAs are mes serionsiy diverted, chi Q mcrchsndrse
sisd, 81 that clsss u trcshs catsd ''rslns" beeou
ootcs NJ. ompeuton The sct appears be establsl
ed BY reference 70 our statistical table,.
In 1853 there 81; Tss of freight the xodue
ns Cana, ana in ist5 ,bsrs were only or, s5S IONS
hc IKE psoouoe arriving n NJ same way. Decrease 1
Mo years 3es, sos tons
or Casda arriving ., toe water through shs same char
nei ere iseS... .........1 l9,es
AN
pecrsase In ,vo year.. l9o,sl
ihs me,chandlss gorg 70 other States BY Mo way ,
sunslo and N~eso 1852 smoannd TO-, 1l, ls2 tons
~ A's''''' '''.'''.'''''.'''.."....'x 100
ne s,uns.cd value Of lie me-, ch..dis. having q
above Domination W 1853, wn.......". .ee4 232,T3
An 7s3oI,Io
Decrease. ..si4 ss20s
The ctmaed value Of me,chsndise pcr ton OF 100
POUNDS vas very nearly the Fame In bosh yoays II
hepbt CEASED ~ MOI cbandse pays the highest rst
o. io on The cana and the great bulk Of me prodocs
the Western sstss which seek an Eastern m1het pay
The re1t highest her comparative stat mems sbo ~in
the same resulss and poibsiss OF The prs
sent depressed trace On the canals might be exhibited
BIT enough has been SVEN % sho. Una. ,ss depre.s
want OF cspscp, tven 81 ibss time, 70 sustain raf
s~oiod lnier thar n nas bceo tor some Joars past.
tolls during the Of navigation we're s. 35s 7aI
the largest amount received IN any year snoe tbs
Inc ntrt yea, 1874 the to<ls feli on only
sss, ovbg 10 to- ucaop of acs 70 meet railway con
ruuon, anticipated by reason Of the exempsen Of N
RAIN oec non paying iois, slsbnuro In sss year u
Tori sac wAs considerably increased over The prevou
yssr. In leb3, 9Th Ned hntase Of ptAy tnrs
luarer OF million ever tosi OF 1891 tells fiH
Ne s,. While IN isss, although the tonnage v~ yer
besfy LAn mnbcE Than 10 1891 oils receive
were t0A,tto Ices ttan ltbl With tso rcai railroad
touching Lake hie o, the western terminus of The E
Nnh and connecting 9Th The Great wetern Railrs
Of Canaos west, winch h bu, conn ec,ips Ink vim u
railroads ming ibi,utb sNtsnt, leaoing 70 Chc~
mo sfen Wet the coo uAvepipg .be sou,sern pos
uots o. The safe ADO crossing lateral canals IN Tvs
aftoton; The other running the line of Tho Ere Cana
Nhtse saioLs and ospcs are found In every city an
and where fr,shi ,hipmesu made both OF them pos
s1sinf large ptounary means. amply provid vt
saolmes tor the purp.os o. ,oef essiscss and wc
and freight can n be pctsibie thas the State not
tc'td ipjuriousy In iu canal revcnues, whom ,hros
scrbsd conducted By mon Of greet experience ssnl
ife Iso.iyt, from tolls during the sc.scn Of p.-r
and the receipts from tors IN 1855 averaged sbout
cents per too, While TOTS diebl on the tonnage Of is
Ths,c svaas1 Of ,o, arc taken on ne tonnage ofI
the cansh, and they are no4 materially Affected eithe
enc vsy or The other BY the increase dinnuson q IN
Inc oompeiiion W w Nh aliusson he's been made vev
ire mofey In mo Hsht Of commercial 1oneno 70 ID
risc In the canals il p cure % bcnc1cent IN enect
- some pee pie mclipeo 70 believe Inc total movs
mebt OF rcit hi The ferOscs f0f Toe yeS 1909 mar
,u down at Two Gns Of that Ct the canals THIS
the pbolo year. wnlc she oanss are psvissole oni
about seven months and IN th Ine the large and hcsv
bus ~ and from western states and lage rosie
a, tho norlh closed up for she year and 7oi 2 ton
~ resbt Transported tie taoab 90 ming from au
i,s,ned 10 oher stsos whlcr ie largely Denedtssd
the lew carriage forced upon the Forwarding interests
N comTetiuop. while four hns Of The railroad tonnas
N Of domestic origin OF way ircgot; and for The sms
boon OF having about hall OF .hw carried rather ~
ducsd rates IN ,be summer, the pu ,nc than mas
sooe The Ices 20 ,ho carrier BY paying an Increased p
the winter freight These water ArI arc peorarsd
promBltaiod ana W take Effect the msment canal nav
tsiion costs.
Tho operations Of these railroads. for the yesr coss
uo toh o. crtmosr, 1859, deserve special notice IN
Ne- York Central during this year carried 2ilGa ioc
OF -four, or leop,ils barrels AL bat 81 Oss toup
asa 900 barrels, carried daring canal navigate,
June and eep,enber lat were the heavi,.t sTsn
months IN this Article ~ be i7e lI2 d a, on f,.,1,t,
all classes usbspodei On ne road tho vbolo 20,
hs 3p2 tors were carried whoo the canals uerc nsos,
ote lbs oepcses ~ tnc argument sometime mt -
vnd ihs me heaviest n'igntrR business /. done n
me rsilrosds whlie the canals are closed
The ireght es,uiufsof the road Tor do wear ara =.
down 3E Gal IS, and tbe trSngpor ,.,on eVnsu.,
a0Ved 70 resb' amounted 70 ,9,oSe,e7s a, which