New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-07
EprF USE OF THE CANALS.

I.E
, pIr IN THE SENATE PROVIDING FOR STEAM
rnw.Gr-BUFFALo SYRACUSE, AND ALBANY
RAILROAD.
trpou THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or iHE TRIBuSti
ALBANY. Feb. Ex-senator st. John intro
duced n bill in the Senate to-day, which mas aiac'eu
the attention OF entire legislature ana Is the s"e
of much talk Its entitled AN Act to secure 10 the
public the free Of the Canals" ana Ia eneet 10
the supsti Llton OF the locomotive Tor the morse
m IN. n,eans of towing caua-boats II repeats all laws
far the of tolls and in lien Of them provinces ior
the payment OF 20 cents per nile Ivy the o"hers VI
boats for their tOwagc, 10 Corporation W W
known as the Buffalo, Syracuse, ana Aloany Ran
road Company. This corporation Is auth"'Aoo
70 mace rails iipon each bank of the canals
and To tow boata Other means OF towage however, e
not be excluded copy OF the bil Is gwen pe""'
summary Of the articles Of association fled win the
Secretary OF state Of the railroad corporation authorized
was given in TIE TRIBUNE today. These articles snow
that the company intends to build ralfoad
ces ,niles Ionc IL Is TO extend from Albany TO
Buffalo with branches from Rochester to Millgrove'
from syracuse OswegO, from ROME to Carthage ana
from Utica 70 Observation-Disclosures Cos miles. The
CAPITAL stock ia To be $l0.0O0O00; consisting OF l00
600 shares Of 300 each Three OF the incorporaor-
make affidavit that ~ 900 OF stock for every mic mas
been subscribed and 10 per cent paid me con- ana nhf
IL is intended IN good faith To build The road IIe
FrntScrst nebongh Schenectady: = ". sweet Albany
Charles Fly New-York; Bert Van Horne Lockport;
fred Wibimson syricIsr Thomas II. srykcr. Rome
Addison Day. Utica Edward Appleton. Edward Crane
ard + +. buckingham, oi Boston; ana H. o bennett
Most Of the directors mentioned have only subscribed
for one None except hr crane has bed Tor
more than Ave Mr. Crane subscribed f"T 1000 shares
II is stated that Samuel -. Ruggcs. Of New-fork, Is
much Interested IN The scheme OF the railroad company
believing that II will ard the efforts to secure cheap
transportation. Ex-Governor seymour t. also mentioned
s one o TIE friends Of the project lhe following -
copy OF the bill. which VIII also be ihtrodH''d III the A.
semby tomorrow:
sccqre 70 The public the bee rse q Che ca9'l ,
upon Tie canals of this state hereby repeated
naysairg he canal. Of TIT state Shall pay per
for iowaee Tor a greater or lees distance.
To economic IN The etpci,e o canal navign'ioi
and the collection II Its revenues the bunao y ava
hereby authorized aud eroWerc TO introduce aron The
,pn ne least 10 he prescnt
system % towing by annual p9Ter In G'nnunF The ilsrA
shall b. approved y tnc state Engineer or the su
pany asSgs shall, ioS Tor hrc y thlT 10
Sa nav he ~ r oadeG or empty at Ave cents PER
mile for tgeaier or less diSlcr e5erpt wS,s oher
snail be paid exceeding NIL per ton per l.e on
is', n sS d 99 Ia%DT Ta h"s e goo let per me
TIMBER IA ats cent per LOCO i,.t per mi, al o.
by any state Collector be dc.gaie BY the anal h"I TO
s ~ pi IN the I'm section hercn next following
ct st q III, hT? ees 500 for tossc eoead De aid Bso
syracuse and Albany Railroad .om;Siy sh,n LAY 70 ne
Noyomb both inclusve ne sum % siis.5.l -
being yeay and shall retain any residue q" u
sums 10 he collected by Them Ia M COMPENSATION Tor o's ~
establishing and maintaining SAID System OF o"asc ana Of
collecting aaid tells. -. a., 49, -
he CHARGED by The ad company IN the ifar7l'ra
Of the railull - BE- tl'
nv the laid cnmranv hereby provided that they Shn not
charge higher than = OF cent per ION per m TOT
through freight their tracks, and no more thAn
cent. pei mile aud 20 Crais ton for loading OF
uulolIing Ice freghts al not les tian car load
and IN amounts uniform rate" TIE rnoah CON
pauy establish, and rucs not cNccllHs , cents yer
III E upOn p1sseu ger, through or local
The ntemu Of tOw
ct 10 the supervision and control of the Canal board and ne
same subject all rules and regulations tstID
sed established by the Canal Board Tor ic haNsa
ton Of the canals. L. -.....-... ..
Src In case the railroad company it, successor or
as~gn shall neglect fh e. introduce tad system W Tow
ing on the Erie and O.weeO Canals. between inc hhs'h
Iyer and axe, within tWo var. Ml,r NE pA'r'sc :"
ms act ali rRir. and privileges herein granite" shal a-e
company shall remove all structures eioted Dy r
banks q the canll, AM rcac' c haA7 az lO'"" ~
required q q ~ by the Canal Board. 49,,
LEGISLATURE at any TINE after OF hVhlJ
The provis.oGs 81 tl- act -.
see 10 This l. except for the purposes OF e"nsrucii
shall been urrri Tor
us from the Hudson River % The lakes AMI hhTth d'YH
shal
or superintendent OF Public Woiks