New-York tribune., 1867-09-06

creased revenue Living on the seaboard he flt Wiling
at Was s & GE s me csa da m
proved by a moderate expenditure OF money.and ny
tha lie meant an expenditure Of not more than O0OtO
,enlargng the locks beyond Montezama, or doubling
them they saw ht, the canals would he put INTO ne
condition to accomplish all that was necessary lie would
have al the canal debt put into debt 10 he paid for
as falls due Then he would have the canal revenue,
he had suggested and keep the canals IN good repair
Such plan would meet all that was reiared by the com
Mr. sCHOoNMAXER Dem, Ulster defended the re
port Of the Canal Committee and favored enlargement
The interests OF the people and the canals ne held 10 be
Identical The earnings OF the canals have averaged for
expenditure for repairs aud management THIS will he
more than realized in the years to come The enlarge
canal debt and without tronchng upon the public purse
In this way only the demand for Increased facilities
Mr. Andrews rep, Onondaga) was constrained to
oppose the proposed policy OF the Sanai oohml.ee be-
prospective need of the proposed enargenens me lie
opposed also the parelar, sene1 p 70 o o hrorc
the people with proposition hat elgt moni i W ron III
cost twice as much lie did not for moment doubt that
the Committee were perfectly honest IN their Geel ot
they af nsf made tbs woaE We % are told that
the cost Of this work is not 70 eAceed t
Seneca Canals why. in 1863 the estimate of enargng
or the State Engineer placed at than ten mil
lion dollars. Aud yet tie Committee propose TO enarse
all these locks at cost OF four and half millions
Mr. Lttleohn last Winter presented his estimate OF this
work OF enlargement at over ten millions. NO
the the SUBJECT SeS Other 9th engineers than those Who
have 6s Sse a. BY the c Ssa at eae ayf @
s2oOoo TO the total estimate Yet in the faith OF these
pie assure them that in the year 1868 the cost of this
projected work would not exceed 100000 Suppose the
the work where it is at total loss or compel them to
change the 5S Ossnc nw by geS Sea1ed the M Tcrs
contemplated necessary he would urge its Immediate
prosecution because he believed would repay fonrfo;
i,t,. tbafi he
proposed he could not 20 before the people ana give
them pledge so va'ueless He wished 70 point out
ton Of the Committee they proposed TO ke up Doh te
business GentIeme.. had hitherto been arguing on
the supposton that one OF the locks was 10
be left. Again the Committee had asserted that no
change would have made in the channel Of the
nal Now the depth OF water would not average seven
feet throughout the length Of the canal On the Jordan
level stretching for Is miles Of the city Of Syracuse
the average depth was not more han6t feet Ihls would
all have be bottomed anew. Now the Committee nave
taken testimony show that than seven boats an
could passed through the locks at Syracuse max
ing les in the "a hours The figures IN the AUDITORS Once
that in August or September 1868 at the time of the
greatest pressure ever experienced Ill the canals te
average daily lockages numbered 1873 lie dld hot know
why the Syracuse locks had been chosen as the test o all
the others IL was the most nnfavoraoe taat cod pos
sbly he chosen The Committee say that but ~ boats
per diem can be passed each way lie mad taken the pains
To go through te ol em ~ tSe nnmhr ~
compelled to make sworn statements Vi tne nunDer 1i
boats passing through The locks every month.
lie had taken the 1862 as the year when the greatest
brought to bear on the capacity OF the locks
by these statements he found that on Aug - 23o
Aug 252; Aug 20, 234 Aug 49, 233; Aug. n, 2lS Aug
49, 24s sept 10, ?2l Sept H. 1885, Sept ~ 2S6 oct s.
30 80 In 1866 at that lock- there were passed in
one day boaslet asked to passed this article
ON the supposon that the highest capacity OF these locks
only Gs boats He conended that proper manage
ment, go boats can be passed daily through mat lock
II that lock, still larger practical capacity exists IN
the locks toward the seaboard In regard TO lockages
eastward and westward at Syracuse the statistics show
that II is that in part OF the season the lock-
ages all in direction and at another season III an
oner on the contrary reference to the tables shows
fhaftf ftsa
proved by tables drawn from series OF years. which tai
lied with remarkable regularity Take year then, when
the lockages are daily for month aud put the ton
mage $50 with the actual number OF days when the
tuns Put half way between the l6s ockages reported
by the Committee and the lss actually PASSED IN 1852
ported by the Committee , Again suppose pc ,ss you
have boat OF dU%Hc 3 take se so much d time to
lock them that yon viii have Just hali
furnish ockage these small boatsi SO you not only
on the small boats He astonished ind that gen
tleman could uphold the protabeness OF single tier OF
enlarged locks But you have your large single lock;
say you make many lockages as now all the
improvement that is necessary Mr ltelohn thinks the
prison Is large enough II not IL can be wdened here
after Mr. McAlpine estihes In the same fashion but
thinks some changes VIII have 20 De made TSor no a ie
navieated by steam. He found that the Delaware and
Rartan canal was wider at the top and at the bottom
the Erie WHO does not know that the passage
OF two steam vessels OF burdens with but six
feet between them and the bank would pro-
duce a strain upon the embankinent OF the
The Delaware and Rartan passes through level coun
try. where embankments are not needed anu where
beakiges cannot readily But the contrary is the
case with the Erie andt is extremely doubtful whether
steam could be used with safety Now the question comes
the time OF transportation between Buffalo and New
OF the canals is certain But the report Oh the oahai
Committee gives no promise OF such an increase
He did not believe they required TO make expendi
lures in advance of public necessity IN order TO control
physical position in the very track OF Western com
OF railroads at the south aud TO the north OF them He
had simply given his conscientious convictions The re-
Convention had been lead him to convictions directly
opposed to those OF the Canal Committee He was also
propose to pay ali canal indebtedness 10 the debt o
$4,000 600 advanced with interest at per cent Now
10 pay the s Of interest before cent can ex
pended upon the canas This would he the policy OF pa,
islysis put in the constitutional law Of the state m
they porfy in the fundamental law their own limited
ideas OF pocyi He would not indorse Sc any such 'tep
thought there was O. medium plan He was willing to
bs o S % to- T s to e dny
Pns and then permit the Legislature to order the en-
the exgences OF the he willing 70 have
submitted to the people for vote IN iS,a Wnst Po,ey
but he had spoken his aud honestly
Mr. CoNGER Cpem, Roekandl d. made an ell elaborate
sells going at the rate OF three miles an opposed
tho report Of the Canal Committee on the proposed en-
The hour OF o'clock having arrived the Convention
took its usual recess 10 y. nj. -
The following delegates were absent from the morning
session.
Allen C. L., Corning' meeey' ppognn.S"i
Baker, DtrtiH, nAnu, Inty,..
Besdls, EDDY n,TD~,V neoH S"@
Brook J., b'sns ma.f"' rbi
Btown H. A. Folger' Pond, i@k,fi
Brown c. Frank Prndie ""AH'm
Absent, "a Excused
MIR ballard Rep Cortland and Mr.. Collahan Dem,
Kings) were Incorrectly reported absent this week
The minority reports OF Messrs Opdyke Rep, NYJ
Francis Rep Rensselaer, from the Committee ON Cities,
were handed in this morning for the reason that
Judge Harris chairman OF the Committee, had promised