The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-28

,he emo nous tr lic e the PennsylvnnA Rail
'ad, ut that uf all rs fecdcip west OF columbia,
nrin dtnc the Mr. ntru Crntril, IL" PM tdci
PIT nd Eric. and the CUNT ciluud Vale 10 dis.
the aVtrage Uunu rrcciut from tue g. ma ~
taN for % re wears. 1874 % INA, was $lGi.ER. II
! iWuun 81 {" g Is SUM ou r'rlton ~ 40
toaC, T. n uur,as II lc to- atsuWt III I during
the eighteen years that have oloi scd s'nc" n
was complcrd, nd tecnu mo ~ the tnrrr
~, NJ trunk lines betNoen the Est end Wet,
thu rryeAue would nave averaged fully $50 go
pr aunumf
THE LOSS TO Ttis STATE.
During wears from 1870 u 1871 the nvcropc
aunuI net fevcn ~ from the branch ca al,
exclusive e.! the Nurtn lir ncl frum Plttrton o.
the 81 ue iuc, was tA9tl0. The dcvelpl wcnt
e the coal ido with western New Nork through
THIS ch nu'l, together Win the nat iral rrnw,h
have swelled the average yearly receipts from
the branch oin. l. DURING the eR cen years suO-
cecGine IN, ir sale 70 & ly s750gM.
Assuming that thcee are safe tsttmatcs-0nd
nobody cOgui1Hnt Of the Facts VIII dare deny
tncm-thc revenues whica would have tccrucd
u the state from these three sources may be
sun maiized as follows:
Receipts from Phi adep Ia and Columbia
Nailioad. 20 to lS'b avctan 10000 90 49, M,
Il,cipts iron IL c tanna e tax from 1897 to
averaging 5000 900 per antufu .... 100000
=, s,,iaslns 500 90 y, : anGSm i85Oocco
Total. .,sgoolOo
| The public works were sold In 1871 ana 1853
fuf SNV O.OtO hut Sj.iNulUD Of TIL, sum did not,
according to- the tetuu- " sale, draw interest till
1877; therefore. the net return to the state from
Ills So rec curing eighteen years has been ouly
The net loss TO the Commonwealth by this
Oueratiun can he summarized thus:
! Ecce pa which should have accrued from
the Philnd,lphia ami columbia Ratlroad,
the hranch canals, and tonnage toA Tor ~ - ~ 4
Interest oa pea,; rSceS '.cqiy Ne Pi5.
sane icri AZ aoo,, ,hovn....,.. .e'..', ts7booo
Sctloss to the state ..,2aogoOoo
1uF rirSufrlu STATE.
Hut This g. nnt all From bee 1885 to Nov
| 49, t--f. the nici repeats ultho State Trcasur-
cl -noN tiH' the we received fium sources
Il revenue set aside AMI Dies gnatct for thc
| sukIur fuud los the Constitution aud Laws OF
the St.tc. the vast sum # snDJ2t@i Not one
other purpose than the payment II tie utinci-
ual and interest ot the punlc dent, without a
81 Iin violation If law. II IL was used In any
9th rWay, or Tor any other purpose. u was silu-
/ ulV a rOUher, uf the people. Now. the rrVoi Is
OF The sinking + al Comluissi"ners show ihat
during tilis icrud there hos been paid on 49,
court of interest and principal Of tho debt, only
{.g,;Ui.s,i SD thlt <Gadt,b, the difference be.
tween The amount received for this purpose and
the amount discussed, has been misapproriiat'
Thu. In eighteen vears and leaving out The
WIZ times IA one part ~ the calculation th'
people ~ PENNSYLVANIA have been pluudercd Of
the vast sun 81 S6.5l.ssGl
For uoitlN twenty ears tue Iegielaturo of tht'
state has been openly, shamel,ssly corrupt
Legislation injurousy affecting the Interests o
a large y 1rtion OF the poodle of the state ina
teen uutoriouslV pure based. Offices of 1u,
greatest honor have been sold 10 the highes
| tltlutT.
Tue executive departments for long series nj
years have been filed ny men scarcely les
v nal, who have grown enOrniuuslN rich Il th'
CXpsnse u the people. The fact that the
Auditof-General, now the Governor OF th'
state and The State Treasurer the two che
guardians " the Financial iui rests Of the STATE
-SpcrulaiVd vtth the peoples money, has Deer
positiN,t proved. Inc scandalous trans ctioni
laid uarc oy tue parti rev. lat,ons Of Ev.ns az,
/ AeIkCs ought to nave consigned TIE men con
ncctcd herewith tnCNcrl sting infamy, but ct
the cuutr r, one - them WIS cXa.teu t. a hignc
station and tnuthcr continued during turci
| yD.rs tur iu hcidl head of tue state. Month
! ego tCe.t'u nv token IA "a Csc pending bel ~
tae higurst judicial tribunal 10 the state wa
| made pune, witch cstaonahes beyond in'
! shaupw col q doubt that tuis official mad no
only heeu hrih,d. hut that IN NJ In ~ umpt Il
shIcil himself ice n Il committed perjury, an
| Yet this teri. Die disclosure ~. received will
! npnnrcut Indifference Throughout the cnur
| community. BAT nevertheless the pie AZ
thinking. aud toe result wlll pe seen when thci
1 votes are counted.