The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-24
THE CANALS.
CONTINUED FROM THIRD PAGE.
myth of eighty miles, rom 2-lO feet to o7.lO

length of eighty miles, rom 2-lo feet TO 7.lo
leeL.
In other portions having an aggregate lineal
length Oi 100 miles, from 40 Ieet o the lul
seven feet prescribed by law and the fundamental
plan VI the enlargement. These dala ior channel
20 Wide Tie surac ana 52}a eet WIDE on Tie
bottom would en1oe any competent m4theIna-
tician 10 MAKE at least an approximate estimate
Of the cube contents necessary 10 be removed 10
procure an unrestricted channel ol seven leet.
apart IRON the narrow ''DencAcs' or steps ON the
slopes OF each size OF portions or the canal about
Jour feet WIDE anu three eeG hign. and which nave
appeared tor many years ON the statute books
and elsewhere as the principal inpediments to the
deepening oi the canal.
In Il recent Application 10 the Canal Auditor,
asking whether there were any maps, surveys or
Dtner information IN HIS once which would lur-
alsh the means OF estimating the approximate
cost oil removing nom the canal all tue imped-
ments to ITS use with seven feet oil water, ana
wlat monthly trial trips, directed by the act OF
1859, had been reported TO his office, he states
that no sucn Information there exists ana that
40 such trial trips mad been reported since sep
teuber. 1881. Copies OF tue Application and OF the
answer are appended tn the present paper, TO jus
lily the resolutions passed o. toe ChaInDer OF
Commerce and some Ol It's associated commercial
bodies, and transmitted to the legislature now
IN session, asking tnat proper survey OF the
canas showing the present extent or these I'M
pedimenrs 10 lis naVigation, may be made with
out delay.
ADVERSE LEGISLATION.
Such survey mas oeen made peculiarly neces-
sary for the last twelve years By the We v remark
RbAe act OF declaratory legislation passed on the
l0tn OF April. lst2, during the very session VI toe
Legislature 10 which the published report OF the
trial trip OF september 1901, mad been presented
oy which act, and IN the lace vi all tue evidence
then existing. since confirmed by tue twelve sue
Feeding years OF large expenditure IL was delo-
srateiy declared that the enlargement ana COM
pleuon Of all the canals OF the state as conlein
plated by the constitution should '.oe deemed and
considered finished and completed on or before
the LIST DAY Of September next, amer the passage
OF the act.n Tne act 10 as IoiiOWs:-
ALI contracts Tor the enlargement and com
pleon OF the canals Of this state as contemplated by
amer provided or shall be executed ana performed in
accordance with the plans. maps ana organizations
heretofore
gay OF september next after tne passage Oh ms act and
snail be closed as soon thereafter as may be, and no
under any preence OF enarging and completing
SAID and the same shall be deemed aud considered
nnisheu and completed tia al powers
AM authority OF the contracting Board in relation to
canal snail cease.
completing the WORK OF enlargng and completing said
lutous said Board shall The SAID Board ha the
pieSed canal lis banks locks Waste Siers calyeris,
bridges any otner structure or marer or thing con-
works extraordinary repairs and improve mems in
sompet9d fana as contemplated by the existing
Sections and reduce engineer to enri.
neer anu assistant engineer upon eacn division OF
the canals, except IN cases specified.
engineers shall be such strictly to he repairs
and maintenance OF the completed canals OF state
ind the conversations allowed ana expenses incurred
ander the provisions OF his act shall be pad out OF the
G hs COLLECTION and 0rd
SIC. D. he limitation fixed by the first section OF this
i9r work on the canals OF this STATE shall not apply 70
the WORK IN progress on the Champaign Canal and
Glens Falls Feeder, authorized by the entitled An
provide the means tor the com APPLETON of tae
canals OF this state. FULLY supply them with water
other purposes passed Apr 1860, any
Work on the SAID canal and feeder under the authority
OF said act
SIC. This act shall take effect Immediately.
The real object or the act can hardly be mis-
taken II prevented any further surveys by the
engineers cOnversant with the details to deter
mine whether any portion OF tue canal IN which
the lmpediments existed and which mad been paid
Tor completed had ever been fully eXcavateu
in fact, and 1t further committed to the Canal
Commissioners and the superintendent under
tnelr direction the sole power ana duty OF COM
pleting under the gulse OF repairs ordinary and
extraordinary, all the unfinished portions OF Inc
epiargements
The results oil such grant VI power are
III the AUDITORS report OF 1879,
which shows that tue expenditures on
the enlargement OF the Erie canal
alone. IN the twelve years sipce ls02,
were. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1855 ess
and mat the ordinary repairs during
same period were... e,579,577
Total SIS, 43S, $40
STARTLING ORDINARY EXPENSES.
The expenditures Tor ordinary repairs each year
are SHOWN by the following table -