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IjOtius for construction, at sundry times, secured
by State stocks. The avails for Erie and Cham¬
plain Canals, up to Sept. 30, 1S58, amounted to $8,271,831.00
CANALS. 55
Reports are annually made to the Legislature by the heads of the various Canal Departments
concerning every thing pertaining to the Canal interests. These reports, embodying voluminous
details and summaries, are printed, and are easily accessible to all.1
Loans for enlargement, &C................................ 11,828,000.00
Loans for deficiencies............:........................... 10,203,844.10
Loans for enlargement and completion............ 10,500,000.00
Canal revenue certificates.................................. 1,512,390.75
Temporary loans.............................................. 1,700,000.00
Tolls .............. 64,429.475.41
Tax (1844, ’45, ’46, ’47,1854, ’55, ’56, ’57, ’58)....... • 2,936,623,21
Bale of lands for benefit of canals, viz.: 102,635
acres in Cattaraugus co., given by the Holland
Land Co.; 3,000 acres, by John Hornb'y; 1,000
acres, by Gideon Granger; Grand - Island,
(17,3811-5 acres,)and 8 small islands, (502| acres.)
given by the State’ for benefit of canals; and a
tract of land on Wood Creek, bought with the
rights of the Western Inland Lock N. Co ...107,430.18
Interest on investment and deposits.................. 3,157,860.60
Surplus tolls, from lateral canals....................... 1,010,731.43
Miscellaneous................................................... 1,101,123.43
Total receipts Erie and Champlain Canals...........123,043,734.84
Receipts upon all the State canals.....................143,607,002.91
Total payments upon the Erie and Champlain
Canals ....................................................................
Total payments upon all the State canals............141,627,845.85 |
The total premiums upon loans amounted to $2,298,744.12
The total discount upon loans amounted to ......... 290,508.04
Special loans were made for most of the lateral canals. A
tract of land from the Onondaga Salt Springs Reservation was
sold for the benefit of the Oswego Canal Fund, and amounted to
$160,000-. Stock in the Western Inland Lock Navigation Co,
amounting to $92,000, was canceled for the benefit of the canals,
and the interests of individuals in tiiat work were canceled by
purchase. The amount appraised was $152,718.52.
The Constitution provides ( Art. VII) that, after paying tho
expenses of collection, superintendence, and repairs, the sum
of $1,300,000, and after 1855, $1,709,000, shall be applied annu¬
ally, from the revenues of the canals, to a sinking fund, to pay
the canal debt. In,1857, the surplus receipts of tolls failed, for
the first time since 1846, to meet this, and it became necessary
to raise by direct tax the money required to pay interest on the
stock. The clause in the Constitution prohibiting the creation
of a debt for any public work, without imposing a direct tax
for its payment and a submission to the popular vote, Wf0sus¬
pended by an amendment adopted Feb. 14,1854, to allow of tlie
raising of $9,000,000, by the issue of State stock, for the more
speedy enlargement and completion of the canals. A measure
was introduced in the Legislature of 1859, for the loan of a fur¬
ther sum for this object, and the submission of the question to
the decision of a popular vote. |
1 SUMMARIES OF THE PRINCIPAL REPORTS.
Amount and value of property moved, and miles run, on all the State Canals, since 1835.
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Estimated vat.de op pro¬ |
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Miles run in each year |
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perty TO AND PROM OTHER |
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Cleared at |
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Total num¬ |
BY ALL THE BOATS. |
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States, via Buffalo,
Black Rock, Tona- |
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Total value of |
Cleared at Mew |
Buffalo, |
Cleared at |
ber of tons |
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wAivna. Avn Oswego. |
property moved |
York, Albany, |
Black Rock, |
all oilier offi¬ |
moved on |
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£ |
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on all the car |
and West Troy. |
and Tona- |
ces. |
all the ca¬ |
Packets. |
Freight
boats. |
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Products
coming from,. |
Merchandise
going to. |
nals. |
wanda. |
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nals. |
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1836 |
$5,493,816 |
$9,723,250 |
$67,634,343 |
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1,310,807 |
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1837 |
4,813,626 |
6,322,750 |
55 809,288 |
$25,784,147 |
""$3,286,128 |
”$18,650^601' |
1,171,298 |
""405,050" |
5.556,950 |
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1838 |
6,369,645 |
8,657,250 |
65,746,559 |
33,062,858 |
4,854,927 |
19,209.858 |
1,333,011 |
400.250 |
5,126,800 |
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1839 |
7,258,968 |
10.259,100 |
73,399,764 |
40,094.302 |
5,222.756 |
18,854,427 |
1,435.713 |
290.900 |
5.785,850 |
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1840 |
7,877,358 |
7,057,600 |
66.403,892 |
36,398,039 |
6,200,829 |
15.204.936 |
1,417,046 |
258.880 |
5,952,300 |
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1841 |
11,889,273 |
11,174.400 |
92 202,929’ |
56,798,447 |
9,607,924 |
16.376,503 |
1,521,661 |
322.860 |
7,103,580 |
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1842 |
9,215,808 |
7,218,900 |
60.016,608 |
32,314,998 |
7,541,793 |
12,466,736 |
1,236,931 |
354,300 |
6,173,200
6,586,700 |
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1843 |
11,937,943 |
13,067.250- |
76,276.909 |
42,258,488 |
9,732,616 |
13,288,470. |
1,513,439 |
381,820 |
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1844 |
15,875,558 |
14.845,250 |
90,921,152 |
53,142,403
55,453,998 |
9,561,146 |
15,822,504 |
1,816.586 |
427,740 |
•7,841,750 |
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1845 |
14,162,239 |
17,366,300 |
100,629,859 |
10.351,749 |
19,248,224 |
2.977^565 |
420,540 |
7,924,250 |
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1840 |
20,471.939 |
20,415,500 |
115,612,109 |
64.628,474 |
15,819314 |
18.815,639 |
2,268,662 |
414,340 |
9,065,450 |
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1847 |
32,666,324 |
27,298,800 |
151.563,428 |
77,878,766 |
28,503,745 |
23.518,9’27 |
2,869.810 |
443.080 |
11,733.250 |
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1848 |
23,245,353
26.713,796 |
30,553,920 |
140,086,157 |
77,477,781 |
19,621.700 |
11.544,421 |
2,796,230 |
542,300 |
9,633.850 |
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1849 |
31,793,400 |
144.732,285 |
78,481,941 |
20,647.562 |
22,238,010 |
2,894,732 |
305.760 |
10,153,350 |
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1850 |
25,539,605 |
41,272,491 |
156.397,929 |
74,826^999 |
20,991.462 |
31,335.526 |
8,076,617 |
343,475 |
10.718,100 |
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1851 |
27,007,142 |
63,659.440 |
159,881,801 |
80,739,899 |
24,543,286 |
31,784,847 |
3,582,733 |
206,150 |
11,926,950 |
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1852 |
37,041,380 |
79,127,640 |
196,603,517 |
121,087,312 |
25,674,776 |
22.219,056 |
3.863,441 |
71.725 |
12,306,950 |
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1853 |
42,367,564 |
94,230,720 |
207,179.570 |
116,185,331 |
28,866,951 |
27.629,827 |
4,247,852 |
40,650 |
12,327,050 |
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1854 |
39,346,283 |
83,476,440 |
210,284,312 |
116,772,966 |
29,745.555 |
30.613,260 |
4,165,862 |
24,675 |
11,244.200 |
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1855 |
43,555.243 |
79,879,680 |
204,390,147 |
113,443:863 |
31,403,640 |
24.906,992 |
4,022,617 |
28,875 |
9,67L450 |
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1856 |
38,043,813
26,466,121 |
60,064,680 |
218.327,062 |
134,131:707 |
22,873,866 |
2L749,502 |
4,116,082 |
21,175 |
9,656,700 |
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1857 |
42,525,360 |
136.997,018 |
71,016,241 |
17,567,181 |
15,470,217 |
3,344,061 |
16.950 |
7,374,850
7,886,100 |
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1858 |
36,182,405 |
27,680,400 |
138,568,844 |
’57,983,123 |
25,039,901 |
20.570,577 |
3,665,192 |
18,725 |
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Tot. |
$513,541,202 |
$793,670,521 |
$2,929,665,482 |
$1,559,962,083 |
$377,659,507 |
$451,519,063 |
59,647,996 |
5,746,220 |
191,739,630 |
Total amount per cent., and averages of different classes.
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Classes. |
Total for Twenty-Three
Years. |
Percentage
OF EACH. |
Averages for periods of Seven Years. |
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From 1836 to 1842, |
From 1843 to 1849. |
From 1850 tp 1856. |
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Tons. |
Value. |
Tons. |
Value. |
Tons.. |
Value. |
Tons. |
Value. |
Tons. |
Value. |
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Products of forest
Agriculture........
Manuiiictures.....
Merchandise......
Other articles.....
Total.............. |
' 24,516,913
17,238.941
4,086.894
5,233,933
8,571,265 |
$207,472,053
321,768,110
167,860,314
1,594,938,801
137,726,204 |
41.11
28.89
6.85
8.78
14.37 |
7.08
28.05
5.73
54.44
4.70 |
634,922
306,004
101,610
119,108
184,992 |
$7,133,875
18,400,404
5.750.494
34.687.389
2,772,607 |
947,120
765,948
165,912
189,170
237,139 |
$7,200,900
36,326,168
■6,825.363
61,888^015
4,876,878 |
1,549,378
1,098,289
240,790
380,654
598,775 |
$12,619,591
51,083,488
8,720,900
111.862,964
9,007,96 |
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59,647,946 |
$2,929,765,482 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
1.346,636 |
$68,744,769 |
2,305,289 |
$117,117,411 |
3,867,886 |
$193,294,905 |
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