The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-21

cauld es have bsep moved This corn has been Ts.niy
sent BY o%r ,Ss %sa port o.
viii asvtsby received where return IL assured
TINE RACE ron ! sursSaaSr yor. mus,
keep pace with the enterprise Of the day rhi,aoephia
DECISIONS. aud are rssehns directions ii.
SERVING trade Of tie w we s.as0 ',S to .'
the contrary they should stimulate
mons 10 y. sos who say the hes
% al ssy Belong . ~. pat nnd S.@
bv arsumen and facts but by enumeration and abuse
during ss past Year for eight Sushei aud the
r..as money ba.ne they carried q. IS n
wster route has lost its usefu!nessg
New o. Fss ans %on n'q!
sa . .ns a.. sS% s
c she psrsS @ Osns Sy the
Lrie champlan from the opening to Noysmeea
bushels nss s wiss 4 aGs 1rS f:%.n saas
isas Ss1s "s ia Il tie
all Western ports and decrease Of 10 52s o32
bushels IN the deliveries the n.s
s - y tue Eng ana Ss se ad ahss the
canals have LOST THAR nxrfulnesss
coaranaym sr is71 ~ rou.. and
raron New York received is 92t bush Is OF snd
ph,s ecsissd s2a 800 bushels. the New
York In ,ss ~ aS s
closed and Nsw York ressvsa
ceived 400. 4o6 bushels; week. Now York. without
the water route instead Ct receiving as %ssl a. rsias
ia the third December 1877 with the route
ceivcd bushels and rhiaoelpha received as7 800
bushels with the water ronts New York received over
weeks has to be oomtentcd with less than thirty per
cent Gift and this too in the f"ce OF an increase In tho
s w .aa 's '1s SsS Sss
closed New York received 55s945 bushels and
water route closed the cities
The aueSS naturally arises As to The Of % great
tai business men and laborcrs OF New York suddenly
ssvanis Baltimore has only single track road
o sew x ~ York sT 'G ba
that the prosperity and OF our state is deber
raroads Has The canal lost its usefulness when pro.
months In the from this discrimus-
As has been shown with tho water route bus,
ness and employment Tor our capital and our
fNe STATEMENT THE AUDITOR.
And again, the Auditor says
Those in the habit OF scanning tho reports Of
espts nna pawn ns On account o. tns Canals nna na' ne
and this
UPON
what has Ossr the W tue r.
arshci.i watsrrourss connecting the Western lakes
tho cheapest Tor the TRANSFORMATION Of prop
and 50
Eever become monopoly be controlled BY combina
ssn. charges by railways. that ,sde
peea ~ HMcsonm'e rates =" oy T.m me
are in OF tbs needs Of The country that route which
can carry tho cheapest profit viii bulk
OF trade and as Tor ceancs the water route by lakes
and canals is beyond successful competit'9n,
has brurht to the cy OF New York the Of
world aud pecunary advantages resulting there
has Increased from i2s7os 1870 io4s, os7 1875
"rty '"S has usreSssd rom 7ss Z" isao 20
ioi: ~ il 1877 ihs.s os.a p.id 70 the
during tue forty the OF $i46 s6s oxcu
.e Of TOLL The AND war; o. the state
1--we reserved rom Ine ., u1 sas's; ~
In. sun,s r"si;-sS far rsiaSt. m,ssn. soS scraSc
with our c,tisens and ave added as mucS
to the material though realized from
tic prod action OF the soil
Inc OF the Ssate mas increased from iS'zsi2
IN ne 1oso ,.sm q, thu rs.i md ,s~.on, ~
rtv If me sats has Increased Tram S2s I az An ISo
TO 81 755 $40 5iS in 1877
OF tolls collected since the first opening
OF the canals s7 ~. aud II we add to It the
amounts which have been paid 70 the carriers the cor
msSon IN. Tue syys w. VII MAKE
realised in this state from the Icasss. OF the can.s WITH
out tnknu into the collateral which mvst
accrued from that i'm tratc By lar
portion of the millions realized has been derived from
Western products,
Is y =. ~ 10y snS ~ nss nc yn .. our
ent in their smsnds fsr ircs canal or TINT tSsy srs i'm
with she Ievyng OF by the
trinLg In Is iiberR IN spirit and
impotsc In commercial point OF view
rnE CANAL AS A 'nncufAroR.
Many students OF The history OF Ststo canals have
tho CONCLUSION that the great OF
Erie Canal tho building of railroads Is rather as
regulator oil freight q necessary route
for lransportatiou. Tho railroads. has shown
beat speed and rival It In 0tncr respects Il
this connection OLD shippers Of articles
trast Their experiences bcioro and the oonstruc
ton OF the Central and Erie railroads. Formerly
Eastern lumber merchants receiving lumber from tho
West tho Erie Canal had order heavy
uf IL 1T time and guess at the prices vt
" hch they could dispose Of II for months
ahead. In other words, they bad 10 buy
heavy invoices in order to 20 sure OF a
supply at tho end OF slow canal transportation which
would last until they could the supply by
the same sluggish route The same embarrassment
was experienced by dealers in salt from ON ondsga
salt springs Fifteen or twenty thousand bushels ut
time had to 60 by canal 10 the West. Also coal used
transported by boat loads according 10 the
necessity Moreover, none OF these articles, which
are cited mercy specimens, could be transported
except Ia summer, or during the months when the
canals open. Consequently merchants receiving
them were put great expense Of during
winter months, expense OF interest capital
thus lockci up. &c. Now this Is all different For
example, lumber merchant IN Worcester, MASS, can
order his load or car loads oil lumber whenever
he wants II. He can order II every month, every
week The railroads enable him TO buy to-day wnat