Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-01-14
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Of Ohio, with the rank OF Colonel, JI gga0 VI
The Rsport q mo raara Of Public works.
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We have on our table the annual report Of
the Board Of Public Works b From It we learn
that the amoant of revenues received from the
canals and slack water Improvement in the year
ending November Is. 1885, was 1895 90
The amount expended In the
same time for repairs cnthe'sey. 81
sral divisions of the Puclic ,ea4,ys'
Works. was 80 - $50 S429, ,2e8 "a
Excess Of expenditures dses ] 3 iHRiN
receipts $l20,933 "A
To this amount should be added several
thousand dollars in the way contingencies, {,
making the actual excess ef expenditures over
the receipts some sl95, 900 90, 10 cay nothing
about outstanding liabilities that, have accrued
within the year, but which 90 no. appear ia the
report. - s-,
We have not the time or space to occupy at
the present, with full abstract Of the report Of
the Board, or to refer in detail 10 the old and
stereotyped reasons which are offered, such as
"unforseen casualtios," unexpected Foods"
extraordinary drouths," "panics,' &c for the
diminution OF revenue and increase Of the ex
penses Of msintaing the canals, and indeed we
hardly deem il necessary, since these arc famil-
iar TO all who have read The reports of the Board
for the last five or sir years. 5rs.
One branch oft report we cannot, however,
refrain from noticing at this time, aud that Is,
che estimates submittedb4 Mr.. Mlpns and Mr..
GREGORY for the maintainance Of their divisions
of the State works, for the current year; that is
60 say, for three-quarters Of the fiscal year, end
Ing Nov. 18th, 1861, and the first quarter of
1862, making twelve months Mr.. BAokUs has
submitted no estimates for the repairs Of his di-
vision. Why he has neglected to do 30 the re-i
port does not inform us, and for the present we
are left in the dark on the subject. OF course
the legislature viii be compelled TO have infor-
nation in relation TO his division, before they
can intelligentIy aet,-if that body should con-
Glude to continue to drain the treasury, BY, sp.
propriatiousof money TO be expended on our.
canals. I99rie to;N ffm7 f-p tF
Mr.. MARTIN asks FOR appropriations for his
division (the Miami and Erie canal and its feed.
ers and reservoirs) r.eTl n "a E.
Ammounting to. S156, 400 10
Add unexpended bal from last
,t.,1o,,, q. -, '--- -- sig, ,sot eI
Mr.. GREsoRY asks appropriations j. .5.sl
for his division, as follows; aFii88 ssoo
Ohio Canal. l...........,..... ST3g5O % 1881 g1i |
hooking Oanal '................ 5000 OU H1IHTsI 4
Muskingum Improvement. 5000 90 ---
~ . a.ls 81 3 - sIs7,9sO 60. /
The Board asks an appropriation for = ss1l99 81 S9
extraordinary foods and casualties ------
:. ssc,OOe 90
Mr.. MARTIN doss not ask anything 5agl
for the National Road, but Iit must 7sr-.-
be kept in repair, and we presume IL llgQj
will cost as much the current as it
did the past year, Il se q +. - s-7
Which was n.a sIsss7 SO
Total amount for the year, 80. s4oO,s7l 20
Thus we have, assuming that the wants Of the
National Road are no more the current, than
the last year, the enormous sum, ,(less Mr..
BlcKUs' share of the $50, 900 for foods, &C. of
FourH HUNDRED and Nine thousand IA,es Hun
dred and Seventy One Dollars and Ninety Gents,
as the modest requisition which Mr.. MARTIN
and Mr.GREaoRY make on the treasury of Ohio,
to keep in repair the divisions Of the State
works in their charge. Mr.. BAcKus has, in his
division, on the Ohio Canal from Roscoe TO
Cleveland, 1876 miles; the Walhonding Canal,
26 milea, and the Maumee and Western Re-
serve Road, AK miles; making in all, TWO hun.
dred and eight miles of tho Public Works,
still to be provided for, and for which we have
no estimates submitted in the report : 0A
The revenue of this year will not in all prob.
ability exceed the amount realized the last
The Auditor of State estimates the revenue for
the current year, as we learn, at only $276, 900,
but suppose IL to be equal to the last year. viz:
s3OS. 1856, and the estimates of Messrs. MAnTis
and GREGORY (ineladiDg the 1000 asked by
the Board) $409,37l 80, will exceed the entire
evenue, in the sum Of sloO.3es 90!
The Board report Of the revenue Of tie year
as follows. q U0hAB tfHf Hf3;lt
The Tolls on the Mama and Erie Canal slss,755 70
Ar. MARTIN asks appropriations for
this Canal the current year, TO this 80 ..,t..
amount .......ss .i.~.,.oc... sl05.Ss4 "a
Dsas.l,. q. , ss6oqO 10
Tbs Tails ON the entire Ohio Canal, In, 4 sssss.ii
Guiding the 1876 miles in Mt. BAcKus' ~ 7ie
mount Ii s.a -. sss2s IS
Mf. akrooRy asks appropriations for -
l73 miles Of Ohio Canal, fors...,...' S73,ds0 90
-
Leaving Of The revenue only.....@..... - :. seis46 IS
The TolIs o,,the fIocBing Canal, we're. sI07G9 SO
Mr. (RrooRT asrs for repairs. ......... $4,000 90
Leaving czcesu Of reyenue,....'...... SOS 30
Tho Tolls on the Muskinsum Improve
mont were. !. ..-s..s.....s. Sll,5e9 ~
Mr.. GnrooRr AXIS for repairs, $sS,oOo 90
Amount ssksd above the tolls,.-. $40 4l4 6s
We may conclude that the division Of Mr.,
BAcKus win not require less for its repair, for
Ihe current .yoar, than $50 900, which added to
he lOO,ss asked for BY his coileag ues, over