New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-14

be called upon to VOTE 20 TIA. whom the question Of
nee Of any bill should he wou be preoarod
to vote ntelbgbly the question, and ~ the same
time the business of legislation would be KEEP, wHaln
the control OF the ouse instead of being placed III te
hands of the Grinding Com NIT ee and the Speaker
pnt tbis nlep met with 90 r4e favor by bodng mem
hers that II was not thought worth while to present
{. r The consideration Of the House.
The following s the vote by WINCH me COMMITTEE
YRAs~Me.srs B. Aren 9. Ain, Barnet. Bssbs Bingham,
siasy sSs, eS.s c:S" s Ssf pscy Dickinson
Dwight Earl EIswortb limerick Evans Fiacn Fisher Fsg.
' SSs. Jsss.y j SSs SEs %
Kelley. = ks'y ksns NoS kSrSsH "aon,
SMITH, u s %s;.Ji, w fh s0''''
NAys-Hsssrs Borns cbitendsn, CLARK Conkll9s coos'
sSnso c %.Id Dsei ms.. DDL' Merritt. Mfsu Navel
WRoorie Peek Petit Richardson, RoSnsOn'w NJ Smith,
sen senator Mcleod Murphy introduced in the Senate
TO-DAY bill 10 incorporate the American Musical Fund
Society The bill Is prefaced by long preamble,
stating the charitable objects Of the inetituton snd
stating that they have fund of twenty thonsand dol
lars and asking the Legislature for charter there
are some thirty persons who are to be ncorporators
| Of the Society. =.
The object Of the Society is stated to be the assist
| ance of members who by accident or sickness, not
caused by immoral conduct need bep and for the re-
lief ar support of the aged and the widows and or.
pbans Of deceased members. The Society may nola
real estate TO the amount Of one hundred thousand
dollars. The bill referred 10 the Committee on
| Charitable and Religions Societies
Senator Murphy also introduced bill to PROVIDE LOT
the improvement! of the navigation Of the East River.
William Durysa, N. Worley j. p, msA' n ' TiIl
| Ter. A. II. butcher, Charles A. Lamont, Alexander
| McCiuire, NJ McKeon, Slas Terry, T. v Kellogg,
and w. McDermOtt, are created as lncoporators Ior
removing the rocks obatruc,Dg the navigation OF the
East River at Hell-Gate 10 the depth Oh twenty-five
| teet below low water mark.
The incorporators may blast destroy, or remove,
the rock in the East River north and nortn-"est OF
Astoria and He'll Gate ferry and south weS OF negro
Point, Wards Island, between Long Asisno anu
| Rhinelanders Reef.
Whenever the Company have removed all the ROCKS
at Hell Gate, and deepened the channel, they shaLi
give notice TO toe Governor VINO snai aPpolns tnree
Commissioners TO examine the woTk done ana report
10 the Governor who, if satisfied shall hle the report
in she Secretary Of States Office After the bling OF
the report every sailing vessel OF over sXty tuns
burden passing through Hel.Gae shal pay Ior elcn
ssel OF steamship running TO any foreign port orany
port south Of Delaware Bay one cent per un and ior
each steamship steamboat one hall cent per tln Ior
every passage through such channel, but no cnsrge
| shall be made on Government vessels:
| The Company are to have office In Newlr,rx be-
low Tenth street. and every captain OF ner of yes-
cells steamboats, passing through said channel Ia
10 pay the tunpage duty before leaving the port; and
if the owners or consl1nees make any msrepresenta-
tions in relation TO he tuDnage they shall be liable TO
forfeit OF 30 for each and every ofsnse The act
10 take eject Immediately, and be in effect - years.
ApSltor Benton sent in the following report to the
] assembly to-day:
cAsAL DEPARTMENT, ALBANY, March Ia, 1890.
| To tie Honorable The AsssmblV:
In compliance with the following resolution OF the
| Assembly, to Wit;
and report this Assembly list OF all the merchandise ipop
@ sa the % Ssas on se each
that tho Auditor report the sggegate amount OF toll. re-
on charges the canal also that the said Audi
tor in d IN state the
imposed order 70 raise from sas ss the
upon the ''ia CANA revenues VIM RICHARDSON, Clerk
The Auditor respectfully submits the following re-
| port:
Tie statement prepared and herewith submitted in
conformity with the said resolution, contains st Of
all the articles of property carried the canals during
the year 1859, and in parallel columns will be found
the quantity in tuns of each class of articles carried
the rates Of toll, per tun, mile paid on each article
the number Of tuDs of each article carried one mile,
and the amount of tolls pad each class Of articles
The whole number Of uns carried on the canals was
3Sl 6S4 the aggregate number Of tuns of all the prop
ery transported on the canals one mile was 544 6 OF,
and the aggregate amount of all the tolls paid the
property carried was 81 sa5 The average on the
The annual consti ;utional charges upon the canal
revenues, after paying the expenses Of collection,
superintendent and ordinary repairs, the follow
|
Under article T. section l. to pay the interest end re
buIse principal OF the canal debt, existed in
700 900
| to the GeneralFund Debt Sinking Fund, pay the
Under section Of the same article to pay the interest
on the debt created for the enlargement and compile
The snnHs contribution required by the sans section
and article for the support Of Government s...... 100000
Constitutional chuges surplus revenues" 500 eco
To which, if there be added the cost of collection,
superintendent and ordinary repairs estimated at
tho Department for the present fiscal year at $500 00O
it will be seen that the gross amount of canal tolls
quired to meet all the constitutional charges upon the
Canal will be-. So $4,000
Deduct tolls received during the L2ae45
Deficiency in canal 055
In The parallel columns of The statement sub nitted
will be found rate adjusted or applied to the several
articles with view OF presenting proclamation TO
the amount required to be rased TO meet the consu
tonal charges upon the canal revenues with the az
gTegate estimated eceipts upon those rates. The rates
in the fifth parallel column of figures those
which existed in 1857, With some small advances on
some articles. The aggregate estimated revenue on
rates based the tunrage of 1882 is found to be
only $5 l57. An increase in the rates used of 1881
per cent on all the articles OF property embraced III
each class, except merchandise proper, wonld the
tunna9e carried in 1889, produce a revenue of
81 III 0O0 and an increase OF 30 per cent the
and the unnage carried in 1889 will bring revenue
sUicieLt meet the constitutional charges Don them
The receipts from tolls in 1888 the property classed
as vegetable food consisting of -four, wheat rye, corn
corn meal, barley, &c.. was s4l7 1913 more than the
receipts the same arces in 1852 although the rates
of toll were the same in both years on -four, wheat
corn and meal which comprised the main bulk Of
the tanLa2e in that class of property carried II the
tunnage vegetable food in 1859 bad been equal TO
that of 1888, and the remaining tuDnage of 1859 con-
timed find il, the tolls of 1859 would have been
81 20 $685. instead of ST. 723 9i5 and If we estimate
the uDnaQe 1860 vegetable food to be e1ual TO