The sun., 1861-12-26
The snI,.sprIpa. of New York.

The State of New York owns propably tho
most valuable sdlt-sprngs in the world, taking
into account their richness and location in rea-
lion TO tho territory dependent On them for
its supplies Of salt. These springs the COnstitu-
tion Of the state declares shall never be sold or
disposed of, and they are free to all who will
manufacture salt thoTeirOm the state also fur
nishes the land necessary for manufacturing
purposes, and distributes the brine into ci5terns
of the manufacturers absolutely free OF rent or
charge, exac'ing only an inspection duty OF one
cent per bushcl ON all salt made and inspected.
For several years previous To 1852 the salt
manufacturers, through omOinlti,n restricting
lhc quantity OF salt made in each works so that
tic aggregate should not exceed the absolute
'cessities of the consumers depsndent upon
4 en-, were enabled TO exact much higher
ices than th,y could hcrwise obtain.
As might be expected, the large profits rc1l'
'1,d stimulated the building Of 50 many works
ha' they could not bo controlled, nor could tho
tate fully supply them with brine.
The emergency, though formidable, was not
found insurmou1tahle. In 1859, bill was lob-
/ led through the Legislature forbidding the
Superintendent of the Salt Springs TO supply
brine 20 anv salt works not built or commenced
pre yious to April 10, 1893, so long as thosa
works, ii run TO their full capacity during tho
6utire manufacturing season, could use all the
brine tic sta q could furnish.
A company was then organized under tho
| General Manufacturing Act Chc Hon. Geo. +.
| COnstock was made President, tho Hon. Il.
| Alyord, the Hon. Allen Munr1e, and most OF the
| 10 ed Syracuse political managers we're Ducc-
tors or large stockholdcr-), which took leases OF
all the falt works for tenn Of ten ears, closing
| such as its present purposes did not require.
| When il il remembered that TO tupply the
present salt works to their full capacity, du'
ring the entire manufacturing season, II will re-
quire nearly or quite double the qu'ntity ol
brine the state can furnish, II will be seen that
those springs and tho valuable lands pump
houses and machinery for ra sing, and the thir
~ miles Of aqueduct for distributing brine, al
| b, longing TO The statc-WOrlh in the Aggregate
| several millions Of dollars, aud capable, unde
| the ores, Mt duty on foreign salt, Of yielding
| reveI ue 20 the state Of at least half a million o
collars aunuslly-have become, practiC ally, tn
property OF few individuals, who, II let alon,
Will take good care that the state shSu neve
| furnish any more brine than their own purpose
| require, nor receive more than few thousan
out Of the several hundred thousand dollars Q
rofts realized annually from the products
those springs.
. NaturaIizat tiOn In New York
The statistics Of naturalization in New for
| develop the following itsms:-
| Average No. LatuIalized annually ...., .l'10
No. 10 days previous to the last mayoral'y :,
d No. 10 days previous to MayorAty election
IN tormor years. 's.' '''''''.''.
a | Average daily receipts previous 70 last
. PrssidentiL election n...............e30
h Ayspgs daily receipts since karch lAat-. 7