, 1881-10-22
N. Y. ttotall. 05,vla,a52 10J,3l3,7as ,s:. Il,


n. \. tntAl.. 1EEi ,AU lHa0J..si5 Ai'Hu.lAs
by tug ahUye sta!e,,nent i WI bo seen TINT
tie lotnl receipts nt phiiA,ephia FROM lS7;
to 1850, inclusive Tive yearsl were 1G s.', HIS
bushels, or IN avcruge Of do,T'l,s7o bushels
per nshnln. ---...
o2!,A7 bushels per ,,nnunt.
At DUatOi. III, tx, 40. nh average vi q, ,Gs0,-
T?tal r. rhla!icIp!, l d n, s.t1mo5e 81. and l'oS.
Total ut New York BY. rAI1. calal, a1ltl coast
wise vessels, tss4 3iaa .rsi bushels.
Dt whtel. by canal, FL ,iSl0ss bushels.
psctE T. &C. sn''al Il 1esspts s9; ft 1n % ts t1ta 2; r.
IN ,S3' blls!IelS less tllull lllo aggregate ri
ceIpts ut our rival scaports-rhilNtielphia
Baltimore, md Hostun. Asnin, 1t wlll he
sse tat h H. ycTago ty, nMal rcts dt
pllia, TO- ,77l,s75 bus1els;. Baltimore, 4g,h,l.-
M7; l'pstoti, ss,r5U,l54. Dy tic Eric Canal
for tho same time the average al!iunl re-
ssei, THAT tic Erle ca,'ai lus le!Ivcra.l at tic
City Of Now York ins tho pnst liyp years, III
excess Of the total receipts Of
..:... 5s;ii,;!, AZ
f3ostou..: -,sshto"
md TINT willis our total receipts fur the
our inree rlvais, without tic Eri0 Canal we
slIouiti be l7j,235s, ,s;,i bushels buiow tiunI.
fiji This connection 1t ,nny bo stated tint no
eoI,sidernblo portion Of tug receipts Ut prod
of ocean fralgllss that aro obtaEnalllo III COLI
sequences Ut u4e large amount Ut tonnage
tl!at T. nttraete to THIS l,ort 9iE Its ability t.,
considerable diversion! Of expor.atlo produce
" rival ports woM!t nttract tho tolllnEe
thttller nlll deprive Now York If the ntyAl-
tage tllnt sl.o l.as 30 long en}oyes! Of giving
Gh.ar 9csn,, freiEts lhnI ,,,l. or ryas Dt
Il city incrUnsU ita f1npnrts; therefore tho
loss 0t exports Invariably reduces to \ PRO
llort!oi!a!g extent tug tnnorts, which III tlie
aio Ss basess. S Ut Ii ! cvst, u M liz torort, @ tat
t!!o commercial supremacy uElu prosperity 0i
Now. York Ii. in1ssolubly united will, the
canals and their connecting system Of water
Iii rnlntion 10 tho value Of tho cana!s Of
| tho Erie Railway. whose general unttcr-
htun!tlnl. OF the TRANSPORTATION question fltlln
passed, II eq!aled. gayo Important testimony
before tho Hepburn Legislative IMvesligli-
t!0n COMMITTEES ~ to t!Ia yitluu of thu Erle
CanAa III preventing sxorbltalt rntcs tp,tl
tho rnilrD1,ls and thus extending tho benefits
0t chenp transportation to every portion Of
| tl,e Stntn, Ms follows:
by Nr. llnpburt', Cl'a'1n'ai1-Do ! ulltler.
sana y"u tlst tS sna u rny ycry y
| roAtls: A.-An extremely Important factDr.
4.-Do you thfnk nsnltfllg tho callals FREQ,
NJ 1t y termed, or, iil other words. abOllshtng
NIL tulis. would induces my change II! thu
! ! have mt gone oyor eacl article specthrai-
~. but the sltuatlon seems In .nIn to be
thh: I!,o stato hnl.!s IT,, within its
freight rntp within Its bnuiers--tn,wit: !:
tho canal; ttlere fs nat 4 town That Is INT
Affected MDrG Or loss within thn whole StAte.
from tlle axtroMu northeast to tito exttu!no
a1'd cn.,A! rates of tho Suite; eyory rate tlnt
we Mnse 20 or frtHn iuIlnlD In competition
with the Erie Cunat tlAA I.oru nr less tnilu-
cneu 70 every pU,t lAlt slslu uf buffalo.
| !}y AIr. S1itplilAi, counsel OF Eriu Hallway
-! 10 not k:H'W tint understand fully how
II Is tliat cnAhEe Ut rntc On thu uaMal. wtGl.
wn!ld be effected by + reduction of or.a ~
stance, to some Interior I'oiut, ,or 10 xo,ao
nu',-r0!npetlnY p0int on Your rual. A.--l.et
iI!n exp!atn; r. thu ratio from lMrn {Nvw
inrkl tn Buffalo, by cailal, Including tie
t"!ls, IL toaAy !! tclts pur lu0 p0ullt's, thu
tolls on tlht are, for uxstMpls, tuur cents aud
t!ia trai,sporlnti1n eight Now, uur ,rrtn i,
a!solutely by tho tnts nn Tue eanaltn llniraEn,
plus lne. l0cnl rats back trolI I3AtfAn Fl
| Atttea; there ttierufOr0 ApIlr,lrH 10 tle rnil-
| rHAa two alternnltyes-ulle Ii 10 rniSu tho
local rato from bu!tAto tu Attica, whlnl tho
parallel canal ug'lln pre!ents, alMt II thu
ca.Ial lnAl;es tree this article, when tho t0lls
must necessarily reduce p,lr rates from lloru
tSeW AOrk} tU AttfeA UPON tllAt article fNnr
centS In. order t0 rvtath tho business upon
our liHe,
lly Slr. Hepburn. chatrnu1l-Do under,
stulia you III expressing the opinion that
Ut transportation Into extra-canal counties
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