Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-09
AI.ExANDR1A, VIRGINIA.
FRIDAY, APRIL 8.
CANAL Tolls. The answer Of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal Board to the demand

CANAL Tolls. answer OF the CHesa-
peake and Ohio Canal Board to the demand
for reduction Of tolls on the Canal to meet
the competition of the railway companies, now
unfavorably affecting its business, recognizes
that some abatement is necessary, but argues
that the reduction shall be partially borne by
the Canal Company. the boat owners aud the
wharf owners, as the Canal could not be oper-
ated at any profit if it should attempt to carry
the whole OF the proposed decrease OF twenty
ceutsper ton. Therefore 1t is proposed that
I. the-GoaIpany shall cut down tolls and wharf
age eight cents per ton, the boatmcn REFUGE
their charges ten cents per ton, and the Whart
nronr;etors at Georgetown make reduction OF
five cents per ton. At this schedule the dl1-
ference in LAYING down ton Of coal IN Baltl.
more BY the railroad and 10 Georgetown 10y
the Canal would be 40 cents in favor OF The
latter, the figures being 81 45 and 8 96. The
bostuen, it is said, ore willing for compro-
mise and the Board Of Public Works Of Mary
land, have approved the policy OF the Canal
Board.
The board of directors state that IN 1874 the
boatmen received for their services 81 ,OlO,OOU,
the wharf owners 1914 0t0, while the canal
company received from tolls on coal and boats
but S42S, 900 for maintaining and operating a
work which Gus: over 81 ,U0U, QUO, being but
$Y4, 600 more than was received by the wharf
owners on their investment of about $500, 600.
The Cumberland News of yesterday says ::
1.-The canal board held two meetings on Tues
day, and decided upon line OF action IN TeIa-
lion to reduction OF charges upon coal, when
was embodied 10 report to the board OF pub
lie works aud presented to that body last even.
ing. The report consists substantially OF re-
COMMUNICATION of reduction of eight cents
upon tolls and wharfage at this city. This 49,
OF course based upon the decision OF the eau
III company to control the wharfage here, and
walk make the; tolls and wharfage combined
htty-one cents From this amount further
reduction is contemplated by throwing OFT the
charge for trimming" boats while the latter
are loadiug-somethiug more than one cent
per too, the whole making the tolls and wharf
age little less than fifty cents per ton.
The Cumberland Times says: The Boat
mems Uuion held meeting Tuesday night to
consider what action was necessary on the part
of the boatmen to meet the necessities OF trade
on LQ6 canal. nClC ouopeoo pASA6
ing the boatmen to make such concessions as
the circumstances Of the coal trade demanded.
and to meet the canal company, coal shippers
and boat builders half way iu reducing the cost
of the shipment Of coal by the canal The fol-
lowing rate at which coal will be freighted was
adopted, subject to the following conditions:
"The boat builders and coal companies to &C
cede to reduction of ten dollars 10 the trlppage
heretofore paid; or if the canal company abates
the toll on the descending boat then reduction
of five dollars 10 trippage will be accepted. To
Hancock, 40 cents; to Wil!iamsport, 60 cents;
TO Shepherdstown, 80 cents; to Antietam, 50
cents; to Harper's Ferry; IS cents; TO Knox
vile, 80 cents; to Poin, OF. Rocks, SO cents: to
Georgetown, $l;25, to D street wharf, 81 %;
to Sixth and Sevcnth-street wharf, $l.30; TO
navy yard. 81 324; TO first and second brick
yard, Alexandria canal, Sl.27; to Four-mlle run
$f2S, to Alexandra, $l.3O
1T is also to be understood that as sooD as
old freights are resumed by the railroad CON-
pany the ireights heretofore obtained on the
canal are to be resumed.