The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-10
Observation-Disclosures
BURDEN or CANAL TAX WILL
FALL on GREATER NEW YORK.

BURDEN Or CANAL TAN WILL
FALL on GREATER NEW YORK.
where's the Pecuniary BENEFIT 10 70 From
Export Grain Trade to Compensate Tor
al, O0O. 600 Year for 80 Years.
Secretary Ives on tho Rochester Idea.
One ought to register to-day. SO that
three weeks from Tuesday he may vote
against the proposition to spend SOL 100000
on q canal enlargement plan by which
the grain exporting interests OF New YORK.
the elevator owners in Buffalo and the
political machine builders alone will profit
The cana, referendum will pass. at
all, by the votes of the people Of Greater
New York In the rural counties OF the
State the argument is used that the canal
will be Of inoalculable benefit to the port
OF New York and that the farmer may
safely vote for 1t because New York Will
nav three-fourths Of the cost.
II is entirely true that the cost must
be met by an increase OF taxes upon the
inhabitants of Greater New York. A
favorable vote in this town large enough
to offset the plurality which the rest Of
the State will send down against 1t will
mean SIS 900 OF more drawn from our
city.
And tho return therefor1 II the canal
advocates are right we shall have larger
volume Of grain carried down from Buffalo
to New York in barees, unloaded on light
ers, and thence into the steamship that
carry it abroad. A good deal Of this hand
ling must be done On the Jersey sae Of 5ns
big In the export figures for the year, Tut
how large q pecuniary advantage doe. 1t
bring to the people of the city?
Gov. Odell has promised that the Legis-
lature and the people shall 80 amend the
Constitution that the bonds for this debt
may run fifty years instead OF eighteen
years. So arranged, the total cost to the
State, including maintenance, will run
about IS, 900 900 a year for fifty years to
Have you read recently Of the new man.
moths in locomotive building which con-
tain thu, accumulated hauling power OF
three Of tho engines OF decade ago? 10
ment viii mean to transportation cost
fifteen years hence when the enlarged
canal will be completedp And the millions
that the railroads are putting into better
roadbeds, are they not spent with the
idea Of reducing the haul COST Where
Will the slow ana swallow waterway stAuo
when it is done! =,
But il railway transportation should
stand still, where will you find in reason
warrant for putting this debt ON New
York?
Suppose the new canal should mean
0.OO6 600 more tons OF grain annually sent
out from here would It be worth to Greater
New York the subsidy 1t must pay! Who
gets the profits Of larger export grain
tradef Are they so distributed among
the people that IL Is fair to ask them to pay
this enormous tax?
Whether you're Low man, Mcclellan
man or Devery man you ought to vote
down the SOL 900 900 canal extravaganza.
Press supporters OF the bargway have
assailed John NJ. Ives, secretary OF the
Rochester Chamber Of Commerce and an
officer Of tho organization formed to beat
the canal amendment, asserting that he 10
acting contrary to the wishes of the chamber
and Of the interests OF Rochester. Mr..
Ives In reply has written letter, which ID
clear exposition Of what ia known as'the
Rochester idea. He says in part
40 Tar as my acts are concerned, ! need
only say that at meeting or the trustees
and executive, committee q the chamber
Il was formally. resolved that we make an
Lewis P. Rose OF this city. Thomas B; Dunn.
president OF the chamber, and myself wero
appointed au executive committee TO carry
on our sne U ooposson ton to the 1000 ton barge
scheme ct an initial expense OF slol, oOo. 900.
and With the nifty year bond plan an add
Is due to our firm and Informed belief that
this is not the adequate or proper solution
Of our waterway question and that we favor
ment through the Lakes to the New York
to to be fully surveyed and provided IN accord
shs The ate nsa
States twenty-ona foot channels will exist
to there by legislation already obtained.
and u in While Hs
United States has undertaken forty-foot
channels out from New York.
Why should not the United States con-
sHet d al de sps WhxcS the s
ss COO 600 tons Of business last year, This
Niagara deep waterway can 90, 90 built toT
cost or the 900 ton bargeway across the
state from the Niagara River to Rochester.
First That it is more the interest Of Roches-
same cost, even by the State. II i Is to build
the freight rate per. ton mile. and save us an
unnecessary, transfer toll ct Buffalo II
will put Rochester in the position OF Buffalo
steel production and shipbuilding., 1t will
equally put all ontario points in the same
position relatively and bring such water
transportation to Oswego and 700 miles nearer
~ seoond-we can show that such ,2l-foot
deep waterway can be built frcm Cswego
and thst the total cost Of s6s 900 900 is no
more than the cost OF the barge project at
State expense az projected to these points
2 Ard we cay again. If the State is to build
either waterway at the same cost. let 1t be
the deep waterway.
on a 3l-foot basis. IL about as readily accom-
piished as on a l2-fOOt basis to care for the
waters received and avoid erosion OF banks
And we say to minm ME- hooa aa ~ ind. ana
it had better be 40 done. even BY the state
alone.
wny from Oneida Lake to HerkimeI, where
the,Mohawk is to be canalized, foity-six miles.
and II all the rest Of the way 10 twenty-one
feet so should this pf to M make the through
land being as vital therein as New York's.
These rivers and lakes are no more local or
State than many named In river and harbor
way can Be. secured at less expense to the
Fifth--Sueh ohanrel. ensneeli1gly feasible.
the Lake carriers an alons the line and to
New York. of which there are 500 Of over
1000 tons now above Niagara. and will pro
mote all along the line steel plants similar
national natl highway Of commerce. will pro-
mote manifold industries With its water
Uneido and the Mohawk. and build up COM
munities which will not only furnish farmers
Q market. but higher class traffic to the
railroads.
Sixth We would point out that the
Rochester Chamber OF Commerce recently
sent a, commissioner to Canada. who found