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FOr . great mAay years after . rail
road had Deen laid dSwn by the ssde 81
the csaAl, by far the larger amosnt Of
went to New York City. and increased
the tendency Of commerce to center At
that magnificent port.
But as railroad science became
more perfect and more exact, the
locomotive began to encroach upon
the business of the canal. The canal
was closed nearly half the year; the
freight trains could run all the year
round. The bost-load of grain, which
it took weeks to tow from Buffalo to
Albany by orse-power, could be carried
by steam in as many days. BY careful
management, the cost of railroad freight
was greatly lessened. To meet this COM
petition, the tolls on the Erie Canal have
been several times lowered, and every
time this was done the railroads also re-
duced their rates. Now, when the tolls
are very low, the traffic on the canal is
falling of, while that over the railroads
is increasing.
Thus, while the canal has been of WON
derful service in New York, and has
added millions upon millions to her
wealth, the day wi on it can do more than
compel the railroads to do business at
fair rates has passed. Possibly it will
not be long before even the Erie Canal
can only be used at q loss; and when
that time comes, New York will begin
to think of selling it.
While the New York canals have done
so much for the material prosperity of
the State, they have been source of
much evil in politics. TIE history of
their management is long story Of cor
rupt jobs and of open stealing. Reform
ers put out one set of peculators, and
put another set in, more eager for the
spoils than those who had grown rich
upon them. If it were all to be done
over again. it would be a very grave
question whether the injury the posses
SION of such vast property brought to
the public morals, could be justified even
by the large benefits conferred on the
community.
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