New-York tribune., 1900-03-11

while the lake commerce is the increase; our
@ to keep paee eeSRi NTH 10 it, oe and to hold the
that naturally belongs TO the State.
to the Governor that the State construct canal.
large enough TO and TO hs hoa rfa S
Great Lakes and the ocean, and 1t Is asserted that
Attention is called to the dimensions of the F'u
ropean canals that are now being constructed IN
that Europe has undergone an evolution IN trans
Transportation to railway Transportation, and this
appears to be especially true wnere sasn 'Iar Iars
bodies of and that is one Of ne
to be connected bv q waterway large enough to
accommodate thousand ton harges ,,,o0o =, tho A.
sembly a -" biz, prepared by Frank $. Garaner
making approximation Of s2SS 600 for the STATE State
of new Erie Canal and to pHd Pans ane
cost Of the same. Such estimates to be fur;
and an sn h Of he %
ought to be known in advance In order that the e
submitted to them for their approval. Hereafter
Of oe doiars 6 Without D Knowing m What may Be accom-
pshed with the money to be so expended IN an an
duty of the friends Of the canals to have known
The Of sa1a be TO on
State Engineer, in whom the people have perfect perfect
of his Investigations and surveys so that full dis
cussion may be had before the people are required
This will involve delay. but under the Con-
stftuon it is believed that the route must be
defined in the bill making the appropriation for the
work, for canal enlargement and such route can,
his surveys and furnished the estimates
Both the State Engineer and the eX-State Engl-
neer, Martin Schenck. recently appeared before
the Assembly Canal Committee and stated that
surveys must be made and plans and spec1ca-
tions must be prepared before the feasibility of any
favor the appropriation of S2Sn 600 for such purpose
While such surveys are being made the bill TO
appropriate money for the canal enlargement may
be drafted and the route inserted soon as de-
termned and all its features fully discussed In
this way the people may become acquainted with
all the provisions of the referendum. which is likely
to involve the largest appropriation ever made In
this in any other State. However, it will not
be burden upon the State The assessed valua-
tion of the State is about s. 900 O00 and S62O0Eo
original cost Of the Erie Canal was about per
cent of the assessed valuation of the State at that
time.
Upon the completion of the Erie Canal the wheat
of the Genesee Valley advanced 80 cents bushel,
and land in Central and Western New-fork was
active commerce and the Industries that spring
from it. the assessed valuation of the so-caled
thirtytwo canal counties to-day aggregates 80 per
cent of the assessed valuation of the State. II
S62 100000 he raised by single tax levy, the
farm and small city residence of the value of 81 900
ordinary city improvement assessment. This is
but small outlay for the many advantages that
spring from active commerce, which contributes
materially to the welfare of all the people of the
people with the lack of 1t in some other States to
appreciate the extraordinary advantages of main
tanning active commerce, which can only be
done artificial and natural waterways