The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-01-03
sxuopsis Of the Message Of the Cover
nor Of New York.

ALBANY, Jan. 2.-The Governors an
nual message was delivered to the Leg
islature to-day. He says:
1t will be your high privilege, in the
name of the people of the State, to rati'
fy the constitutional amendment, which
transmit to you to-day. l earnestly
recommend prompt action. The pro,
posed amendment seems to contain just
the conditions Of safety and justice in
dispensable to a permanent settlement.
During the past year considerable
nrogress has been made in the work OF
retiring the circulation of the few re-
naming banks doing business under
the laws of the State.
The Governor recommends the ut.
most practicable retrenchmcnt and
economy in every department of public
expenditures.
The State debt is hardly short OF fifty
millions, and if to this is added the
county, town and municipal indebted,
ness the sum is more than doubled.
On the first of January, 1866, the en-
rolled and organized force of the nati9sn
al guard was signify III eAcess vi nv.
thousand men. The Governor says there
has been marked Improvement i'll thu
national guard organizations of thu
State, during the past year, in discipline
and efficiency. He directs attention tt
the Importance of brcech leaders, ant
saws he has deemed the matter of sutfio
lent Importance to warrant the appoint,
msnt of a military commission.
The revenue from canal tolls for the
fiscal year vas Si,2iS,93l. The Audi
tor of the canal department estimates
that by the close of the fiscal year loo8
the whole debt contracted prior to lS6t
will have been paid or provided for
and that the entire liquidation of thu
general fund debt of 1916 may DO look
ed for in the year 1872.
! The Erie canal has now and has hat
sine the year 1880, y tonnage conveying
capacity of 4,000,0O Of tons IN oaof
direction. Since that time 1t has moi
been taxed ut any period with busines!
or the transit of boats carrying tonnage
tn exceed very little if any over seven
ty-fve Ter cent. of that capacity
The Governor speaks of the circum
stances that have conspired to raise TIT
charges for canal transportation, ant
the complaint made by people of West
ern States, and says no portion Of OuI
country can ask of US reasonable facili
ties, which il is not even more our in
tcrest to grant OH this subject and will
these views of duty as well rs policy tn,
representatives of the people i'll the Leg
islature, and in the coming convention
will doubtless act upon this importan
question, we can construct an enlarged
tier of locks to the Erie and Osweg'
canals from tide water to lakes Ontario
and Erie, which viii admit the passage
of vessels propelled by steam, of 81!
hundred tons burden.
., Admitting this to be the probable
extent of our ability, using theipresen
lines of our public works, these YES
sells would carry three-fold the tonag
of our present POO ton canal boats ant
make the round trip in half the time
With vessels of the tonnage and descrip
ton have mentioned propelled b!
steam, competent engineers have es
timated that the capacity of the canal
will be increased to over eleven mil
lion lines and the cost of transportation
reduced fifty per cent. From an exam
ination of their surveys and the ssti
mates made in 1864 and 1855, I cannot
place tho cost at more than ton million
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