New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-02-03
FROM ALBANY.
Passage Of the Health Bill by the
Senate.
Officers of the Veteran Re.
serve Corps.
REPAIRS ON OUR STATE CANALS.

From Our Special Correspondent
ALBANY, Friday. Feb. Q, 1866.
The time in the Assembly to-day was largely
occupied in the third reading Of bills and the introdue'
ton Of petitions Among the latter was one from
divers citizens of your city, asking that at least, one
Thompsonian physician be named on the Commission
ers provided for in the new Heath Bill. The contest
this document more than iniates that there would
be no balm in Gilead snt THIS was some. lAere was
good deal Of discussion on q resolution peti lousy
offered calling for select eonni'tee 70 an,esnsaso
local than through freight and its supposed couuslon
with the American Express company III was maIl!
amended by referring the whOie matter 10 lne Com.
mittee on Railroads Aom whom the people WI expect
Awonr the most noticeable bills introduced. was that
hv Mr. Goodrich incorporate the Ladies College OF
Rrooklvn for the education OF young women in liters
frre science and the arts IL is TO be hoped that this
educational reform will be success.
The Health bill passed the Senate this morning and
several DISTINGUISHED gentlemen who have been work
ING Ike beavers In It's behalf since ii was intro
dqced seem greatly eated Though the Democratic
Senators voted against the BILL /; is generally under
stood that they are entirely satisfied win MS provisions
ami that the patronage and plumber under are TO be
shared equally between their friends and the concoctors
of the scheme suppose 1t Will so through the
House; il is needed in your city; VIII IL not
help the conservative Democrats and Conservative lie
pu bcans to carry the primaries against the audaclous
Radicals VIII 1t not put scrip IN the purse OF all
who fortunate as TO be embraced IN Inc islng
TIE pubic health is 10 be looked aie undoubtedly but
Lat is that TO the interests Of the Conservative poll
ticians The lobby earnestly enlisted in favor OF
the BILL rarely have they been industrious; rarely
have they been acuaied by so pure and patriotic mo-
tives DO not doubt the members Of the lower House
viii listen attentiyey TO what they may say. and then
DO is hcy IKE about carrying out their wishes.
4 bill 10 direct the Canal Commissioners to make
maps and surveys with view 10 the enlargement OF
the plain Canal, was debated at some length ana
progress reported. -,
cost Of repairs on canals during the last fiscal year.
IN offset TO the charge OF The TRIBUNE that the Canal
officers had stolen million Of dollars In TINT time and
now add fuller details, which have obtained at the
Auditors Office:
The total expenditures for tie wear ending Sept - -
80 1865 tee Reports Of AUDITOR el'b'O19 "
F.oIn this amount should be de-
ductcd cost Of rcpsrng the breaks
resulting from the immense flood 49, 49,.
In March Iast.................. S1I9'odS VI
4 80. tire additional compensation a.
loved ,he repair contractors bl ne
Legislature under Act chap. 20,
Laws Of lc0l, VIZ: Increase Of
comueusaiion ffJm pill /. 1863.
20 July l. 1854. which paid
dunn. the last fiscal yeAr.......... 2<2.sI2 ~
Also. adciiion 20 contract prce for
the lat dscal year. and paid within
the year to contractors who did
abandon the contracts, under
tie above Act OF the Lessatlfe... lO4,oJ' ~ - -.
,,d there i lon an expenditure of......s sg2 t5s 70
which is FIST Sil7,955 IL above the average amount
paid for repairs during the preceding u years.
When II is considered that the lateral canals have
been butt Just about long enough 10 wear out their
wooden structures. and that the price OF labor and
material has nearly doubled within tie last five years
the wonder that the aggregate increase Is not larger
thqn the above.
In making this statement you will not understand
me as defending the canal ofcers-I defend nobody.
II il my purpose simply get the truth before the COM
muniiy 10 matter whom II may help Or harm.