Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-16

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4thepl1is almost mpossfble! Often the faces
\ of the, notes ilrIVe to be carefully washed to
enable thecO0nter'tO to determine their value.
Again, there are cases where money is
brought in which has been partially gnaw-
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PFhe women are Obliged to bring orderzont
Of the confusion and 90, over the Fuh6ish
EHhtH they can ascertain the amount I'm
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OFFICE OF THE LEssEEs OF TME P19Lio WoRks.l
.G0LUM9Us, March eth, 1857. !
To, the General Asse1sbIyQf the State Of Ohio:
.fThe undersigned; yodr fnena6tf tfaiists, re-
Jassed May 8, 1891 Kent Jarvis, Thomas
Moore, J0seph Cooper, Tn oinas Brow Ar
lold Medburysand william =. jackson be-
came the Lessees- -ofethe PablieE Works of
he State of Ohio, for the term Of ten years
from and after the first day o6June, 1861
hat after Arnold Medbury deceased, and
by due and proper transfer and assignment,
the surviving partners became the owner g.
Sf HIS interest In said lease; and subse-s
|iquently the interest of Thomas Brown was
transferred1r TO Charles Parrott with the as
sent of the Board OF Public Works, .,,,,.- ], a
Your memorialists further represent that
very shortly after tile Lessees took possess
ion of the Public Works, the progress Of
.he, civil war began to make heavy drafts
bn the labor OF, the country3 and to advance
she price of labor, materials of allvkinds
and provisions, by reasons of which The
:oet of maintaining the Works was largely
Augmented, 80 that, for the greater part of
he time the rebellion lasted, they were
:ompeHed to pay for labor and materials
ouble the price prevailing at the time of
he execution OF the lease; while, by the
lerms of the lease; no higher rate of toll
1Ould ;be, charged on the Public works than
was allowed by the toll sheet of 1885,
which was, one of the lowest toll sheets the
State ever had. fF-7r 7rssr-sTlS oTue 80TlEs
Your memorialists further state that, by
The law of the State, all troops, property,
md munitions of war of the United States,
transported over the canals during the
war, passed free of toll. .or
Yoartmemorialists further state that in
1865 and 866 the unusual and frequent
ioedswhich prevailed subjecte the Public
Works to great and extraordinary injury.
Especially was this the case by reason of
the floods in September and October. 1866;
md very heavy additional Injury and dam
lge was done to said works, at various
points, in the breaking up of the ice in Feb,
ruarY, 1867. The damage done, to the Mus
kinguIn Improvement alone in, the fall of
an expenditure during the coming season
Ito say nothing of injury that may. yet
lappen this spring) of more money than
che improvement can reasonably be ex-
pected to earn from tolls aud water rents
9furing the remainder of the lease, which
is four years and three MONTHS aor;G
j Y our rmemorialists further state that DUR
ing all this time, notwithstanding athead-r
verse circumstances surrounding, % them,
hey have faithfully complied with the con-
litiOns imposed on them by the~terms of
bhe lease, and at great expense have
promptly repaired aud are repairing all
.xtraof fdinary Injuries to said works; and,
ihesi itation in affirming that they have had
70 meet and overcome difficulties that no
reasonable foresight could have anticipated;
and, therefore, have not had the advantage
ffnmtAe enterprise (hazardous at best) that
Otherwise they would have had. 8. w 6
Boy our Fimemoriaiists have been impressed
with the necessity of some new and better
lnOdeof doingmnch of the work in the re-
pairlOf canals, and have made experiments
costing them a large amount of moneygto
obtain dredges and other machinery for
s''bottomihg out" and they have finally
succeeded and now have dredging ma
chinery which is regarded as perfect; one
machine has. however, cost them nearly as
much money as all the boats, tools and inn
plements the State had in use onall the Pub
lie Works-at the time of the leasing; but
there is no guarantee that such machinery
and tools will be taken from your memorial,
lists at theehd of your present term, and the
expensive character of them is such (the
perfect one alone costing $l3.OO0) that for
the short term yet remaining of the present
dease, they do not feel justified in increasing
the number of such machines; whereas,
with an extension of the 1ease,S they would
feel authorized to do so.
Your lnemorialistsE therefore, in view of
the facts stated, and in view of the further
fact that other and large expenditures must
be made, for;Yaiu able and costly structures.
the benefit resulting from which cannot ac-
rrue TO the Lessees during the unex xpired
term of their lease, while disclaimin0 any.
purpose or desire to shrink from the per-
formance of any obligation they have as
sumed, or to ask for any appropriation of
money TO aid them in making such repairs,
believe they have an equitable claim upon
the 'GoYernmento of some sort.s Every mem
Der of the General Assembly is doubtless
aware, that for Geries of years preceding
the leasesbegfhning with the year 1856, and
continuing from that time up to the time
of the commencement of the lease, there
was every year deficiency to be supplied
from the General Revenue, to keep the
works in repair, after the expenditure of all
the revenues arising therefrom; and that
The aggregate of those deficiencies amount
ed to more than one-third of one million of
dollars. ss3agss hlatz3 hsa as4H I. 1..- ...,
AS to tbemodein which that relief should
be granted, if this memorial meets with the
favorable consideration of your honorable
body, your memorialists would suggest an
of the lease under the present
law tor such a term of years as the Legis-
ilature may, deem proper and equitable. to
cemmence at the. expiration of the present
lease; the annual rent for the new term,
and the fesidueof the present term, instead
of being paid into the State Treasury, to be
expended by the Lessees under the direc-
ton of the Board of Public Works,~ing a.
system Of enlarging~ and improving the
capacity of the canals, from year to year,
in work of a character not eontem plated or
required by the lease, but which is abso-
lutely necessary to make them more useful
and successful channels of commerce, and
to save private property from injury by
reason Of the deficiency oEmany structures,
guard banks, etc, as they now are. The
expenditure of the rent, as thus suggested,
would results as your metnorialists believe,
in great advantages to the State, in the en-
haHced permanent value it would add to
the Public Works, and to the convenience
of those navigating them. .s.ls9I : +. u.s.
They therefore pray that the relief above
asked for may be granted. y.f
g- All. of which is respectfully submitted.
/ .ssfi sofgs KENT JARVIS, 7gaf
,s,df sisvaj THos. moore,
-sreE, s9ess Jos. COOPER,
Il ais3qa3 - - - eHAs. PARRoTT, -
> s'uigibaeT3 w. y. JACKSON,
10 fsis hg1ss Lessees Of the Public W orks.
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