The New York herald., 1875-10-21

transacted or similar character, TO which We shall
presently have occasion 10 roiea ne sent hs cnecA or
81 900 Beunett Co, and now claims that ne only
retained the 81 900 a temporary oan The cost Of
the work done under this Mowry contract up 70
July l. 1875 appears by the Engineers estimates to
that date 10 have amounted 10 $3.50, 442 S. At the
same rate OF expenditure when completed, i VIII have
cost over $3.50 600
Ne have thus far been able TO touch only upon the
features Of the work done OF late
years by the Canal Department in and about
the harbor Of Buffalo. There has
great deal Of money spent by superntendents 'or
dnary repairs, some Of which we have, yet, only
partially investigated What we have investigated,
however, affords TO suppose that the
mander reflects any more credit upon those who spent
the money or upon those who received IT, Both these
classes the agents Of the State and the contractors
10 have been animated by the single purpose Of
GETTING As MUCH AS POSSIBLE
from the treasury and il at any time they have mani
Tested any forbearance IL appears to have been only
upon the principle Of not puckng the public goose so
roughly as 70 make IL scream In other way can We
explain or account for the enormous sums of money
which, ia the short period of years, have been
pledged or swallowed up in and upon the harbor OF
buualo under the preext OF improving the canals an
amount considerably exceeding onefourth of the orig
na cost Of the Erie Canal viii appear by the follow
Total expenditure for extraordinary
pairs in the Erie Canal slips and har-
bors, at Buffalo, from 1865 70 June ],
1872 inclusive. ~, 10g, 439 ~
For ordinary repairs, section 10 IL, Buff
ialo and vicinity, from March, 1865, TO
TO May, 1872, when repair contract was
Cancelled. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2s3,boo Is
Total. sl,46a, l24 AZ
Add 10 this a part Of the expense tor
which the State has made itself liabe:-
To complete Black Rock harbor improve
ments. ...................... 10000 90
for protecting the Erie canal .... 225, 900 90
Total cost Of these works completed or
here had been expended already on the Black Rock
Harbor contracts and the Erie Canal protection
tract prior TO June l, 1875, S67L77s 93 For work
since done and yet 10 be done to complete them there
m bp ma an Of
81, 0S2 7SS 80 A careful examination of this whole
work by our engineers has satisfied them and US that
every purpose contemplated by the Legislature in
authorizing these Improvements, and every practical
purpose that VIII be realized from their completion,
could have been fully attained for onefourth the
pense actually incurred In this connection We submit
an instructive and lucid report from Mr. +. Sweet Jr,
the Engineer OF this commission, which we would spe
cally commend your attention.
We will now recur TO Mr. DAVIS and the Baxter Award.
with which he testified that he had nothing 70
DO. We propose, in our next report, TO state
the history OF this transaction, far it
illustrates the natural and inevitable consequences OF
practice which prevail TO dangerous extent
this Capitol and which Mr. Davis dogmaticay justi-
fes We refer the sale OF official influence and
official facilities to the creditors or the state We havo
already shown that in a single year Mr. Davis while
holding the position OF Canal Appraiser received over
$4 000not speak Of the S. 600 which he expects to
tells Us he never made any book account
for which he Processes to have entered
rendered any bin, and for which, when paid he never
gave any receipt All that money appears 70 have been
paid to him at divers times, either for assisting IN
schemes 10 get money from the State by fraud or TO
overcome obstacles to the payment Of debts due from
the State, which its creditors should have
been taxed and for which, in our Judgment no State
officer could with decency accept compensation
JOHN BIGELOW,
DANIEL MAGoNE Jr.,
JOHN D. VAN BUREN, Jr.,
Commissioners
The report Of E. Sweet Jr referred 10 IN tho forego
ing report Of the Commissioners after referring de-
tan TO the work required and the amount and character
OF that performed gives the following estimate Of the
quantities and value Of all the work that would have
been required in 1869 to improve the Erie Canal from
slip No. 10 the guard lock at Black Rock, including
the widening Of the Narrow Canal TO uniform width
OF ninety feet constructing division wall completely
separating the canal from the harbor, and deepening
the entire prism OF the former 10 ten ieet:-
Balllhg ana Draining. Sa5V@oo ~
10 900 cubic yards excavation Of earth at 25c 81 500
81 600 cubic yards excavation OF rock al 81 3d. A. 400
4,90O cubic yards lining AZ 5Oc. 2 800
$500 yds slope and pavement wall at 81 50 $3.50
1,050000 feet y NJ pine timber ~ $40 o0.... $4,000
55a linear ieet piles driven at 30c 10 $50
6s,0C0 pounds wrought at Sc..-......... 5,440
Total estimated cost. Observation-Disclosures. s1so,19o
Also the following showing the ol the
work done and under way IN deepening and widening
the Erie Canal from slip No in Buffalo harbor 70 the
guard lock Black Notwithstanding an payments for
items OF work embraced III the widening, deepen
ing and constructing the division wall:
I To George D. Lord assignee under skinner
and Williams contracts, including ieglsla-
tive award ...............-.......... Sls5 100 s4
To +. B. Van Duson on...................... 1870 %
By Commissioner Fay, after Van Dusen's
To Clark & Bennett assguees Of II. J.
MONTY .........-.. 20, 10 40
Total amount expended. .......... s525, $50 8
The amount required y complete the work
the scale II prices 81 tic M0wTy
17oo3l "A
Total cost when completed. S7O5, 2s4 %