New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-02
,opr op AUDITOR SCHUYLER.


increased valuation win yield III addition to what has
been advanced by the Controller, $12O,232 40 The
appropriatiOns made from the revenues or the canals
Tor the fiscal year to supply this fund.- III pursuance
OF the Constitution. almost completely falled: lhete
should have been contributed from the revenue TO meet
in full the appropriations:
For payment OF interest i'll coin. s5772l0 "a
Total appropriated. $iO2 1910 =
Amount realized "'Voi 90
Deficiency. sIO24I73 81
CANAL REPAIRS AND COLLECTION or TOLLS
The amount paid Tor the OF tho canals the
hast fiscal year for repairs $92s7O1 80 but that
amount does include the OF $1,000 0S paid for
the Extraordinary Repair Fund, although the purposes
for which it was expended strictly ordinary an their
character being the reparation or rebuilding OF bridge
sDnments and culverIs; and these extraordinary re-
pairs, called, have been progressing sInGS .nc
close of the fiscal year, and are being pald ior
from the same fund. The amount paid from the
revenues of the canals for ne previous nsGi yeas
ending Both September, 1870 Tor ifp" ~! was was
slOi2 SS2 Al which covered all the reialls lor tis.
year and included $65,305 % for Tetrhihg ts upeI
snd lower Mohawk aqueducs, BENG precisely tne SAINT
character of work rebuilding bridge aoulehls anu
cuycrts. The average OF The Two Years ior repairs oi
aueOas expenses, ell62,7O7 10 during tnose Two years
no Efforts were sLsG 70 ibs der the present system
the EXPENDITURES of the last fiscal year represent tue
pToper attendance at the locks and protect and col
lect the revenue. In comparing the average etpeii-
dulres the years with the average Tor t"ee
years preceding, which Was St26I,5 $50 SHOWS al
average reduction OF nearly $4,000 flu no S for the
wears $40 and is77 must been gant and earliest
In order 10 have accomplished uuen in the direction
of economy. Taxing the average of tile last TWO years a.
the actual mininCm Of cost IL VII! DC seen tuo my
revenues OF the canals the present fiscal year winch
ends 3Otn Septemer 1875 mast at least equal IL TO-
7O7 10 in defray the running expenses o. lhe
canals for period; and yet uoder me reslrlc
mons OF the Constitution, ii hai instrument Mas any
force so much cannot DC expended. no mater "hal
revenues OF the year ending 30;h September ls77,
by SlO9346 ls. TGis deficiency or any portion oI ~
might he ded to another year pu 10 no E0Vu
purpose unless OF the present year shail IN
nture Of last Winter by act chapter 3u Law % ~
down the repair appropriation for the three divisions
OF Tie canals 500 OO0 while the average cost Tor the
last two years already stated, was actually Tlo+-
307 20. The appropriated ls insufficient IOr tne
l proof OF its nuicieucy, there Is the experience OF
the past two years. c0rrOborated by the fact that The
appropriation under the act just referred to- was e1-
pended IN tie hrsi sixty days
tbs TRAFFIC OF 1877
grain shipments by canal there was scarcely
any gain until after the railroad strikes winch occurred
towards the latter part the month Of Jnly From the
opening Of vgatOI until August the shipments were
1871 ,404 tons, gain tine same period of 1876 OF
66l3 tons; from The 1st Of August to December the
shipments were I,O2C9l3 tons gain Of 439299 tons
A FREE CANAI.
II the rates OF toll which adopted had prevailed
during the fiscal year which ended 30th September 1877,
gross for the year you'd have been $780,
600 actual Of collection and ordinary
repairs and with the advantage Of The higher rates
which prevailed during the first quarter Of the the
receipts from tolls were actually S639 OF less than the
sum Of the expenditures for collection aud ordinary
pairs Commercial men, with the persstcncy and energy
Of their class, appear 70 be laboring, without
cealment Of their objective point, IL secure free
essential TO the States prosperity. In speaking Of the
Ere Canal they assert that owes the state nothing
but rather that the State owes TO 1t by far the largest
part OF its prosperity.
Those who the habit Of scanning the reports OF
receipts and payments on account Of the canals find
that the expenditures for canal purposes have exceeded
the revenues by nearly S35,0OO000 and that this de-
haEh fhIfg u ~ fl.@
IN taxes levied and assessed their property The
canals, have then cost the people 900! tap
the immense benefits which have resulted from
financial accounts of the canals. then tp dwud~. into
lnsglcance! IL is asserted, as before remarked, thar
the State canals by largest part It's
prosperity There be doubt to the truthful
ness oil the assertion and II the people OF she State bad
poss ssed full knowledge the facts II Ia proba.
bic that the clause operative and which pre-
sent serious obstruction to what is understood as
adopted ID 1874
~ w. consider what has been the compensation for the
Soo,VOOOO levied Ia taxes for canal purposes We are
~ possession OF artificial connecting the
Western lakes with the dew aers Of the Hudson, which
VI" Always remain the cheapest rOutt for the tanspor
tauon OF property to and from the West The people OF
TIC state own this great work. and so long remains
ther property 1t can never become monopoly or be
controlled by combinations. During The season OF n1Vi
gaton VIII regulate the freight charges by our rail-
WAYS so that trade cannot be repealed by extortnnatc
rates Oh by combinations with the roads OF other STATES.
30 long as transport facilities in of the
needs OF the country. that route winch can carry the
Trade and as or ceapness the water by lakes and
Canals Is beyond successful competition.
FROM the nst Opcnibg 10 the close OF the last season
more than l7OOOO.0O0 tons. chiefly Oi Western prod
ncis have been Transported through canals This
large tonnage has brought to the City OF NcwYOr the
commerce OF tie world and the pcCuDary advantages
resulting theTefrom beyond calculation. The popu-
aOn OF thdt cay has increased from 1913 700, $50,
70 lO46O31, III 1873 and the aggregate valuation of
oSOIo3 IN 1920 of Sl234l9 ,i7S IN IS77. There
Dee pdld 10 the IN this State Transporting
e tonnage 81 the canals during the last forty wears
sum OF Tl46S6sSGt exclusive of tolls. merchants
hhu walehouseincn OF the ate have received from
tonnage OF the canals In commissions storage AT the
lowest estimate, SlOOOOO,000 The sums realized for
nelgbts commissions and remained with
wealth TO the state as though realized from tic ij:c
'uons oItne soil lie population OF the state has in
creased from l372S12, In 1920. 10 7O5 Dos in 1875
aggregate valuation OF real personal ropery of
a state mas Increased from 1886 lgf In 1870 10
S1.03IsO3ls, IA 1877 The total amount of tolls col
CO., sd since The first opening OF The $3.50 O34
sSoI Vo ana II We add To IL the which have
I'm psd 10 the carriers, the commission merchants and
~ en II Will make the aggregate
ion ooVoo6l, which has been realized In this Slate
sr .e tonnage OF the canals without taking into ac-
hon ~ Immense Iahc. BY lar the largest nor
rom We. tue millions realized has been derived
M. bnsns1h products Ia 1t at all surprising then that
N tbs w. men OF State and more espec.lIv
anal. o are 50 persistent in their demands for free
hst The mat they are impressed with the cOuyction
mount is ihni ,ohs Dy the state. however triing
nal point OF viewi ' -''u 'i"Po""o III cohihef-
N~' ''iee years. the Canal Board and the Legs