Book/Printed Material Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of New York, July 10th, 1877, to consider and report on the subject of tolls upon the canals, having reference to the subject of revenues, and also to increasing the commerce of the canals.
-
Image 1 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 2 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 3 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 4 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 5 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 6 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 7 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 8 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 9 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... *r. c f f REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS INVITED BY THE CANAL BOARD OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, JULY lOth, 1877. TO CONSIDER AND REPORT ON THE SUBJECT OF TOLLS CJPON...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 10 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 11 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... At a meeting of the Canal Board, held at the Canal Department, the 13th day of February, in the year 1878, Present: The Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Treas¬ urer, and Attorney-General. Messrs....- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 12 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... State of New York Canal Department, Albany, February 16, 1877. At a meeting of the Canal Board, held at this department, on Tuesday, July 10, 1877, the following was adopted The undersigned...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 13 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... REPORT. Albany, February 1878. To the Canal Board of the Stale of New Yorh: The undersigned, having in accordance with the above invitation consented to act as a commission for the purposes...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 14 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 6 surface; a depth of four feet; and a capacity for boats of seventy- six tons, as a maximum. Before its completion the average time occupied in the transportation of freight between...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 15 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 7 York constitutional convention in 1867, the total expenditures, up to the close of the fiscal year 1866, on account of the Erie canal, i. e for construction, enlargement, maintenance and repairs,...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 16 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 8 down to a later period, the fiscal results of the entire canal system of New York, for the four years ending September 30,1873, appear to have been as follows: Receipts from...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 17 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 9 per annum, the general fiscal result of canal ownership and man¬ agement to the State during these years was eminently disastrous. During all this period, and before, the rates of toll...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 18 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 10 tT d g c v g G £go| -111 I iS o S® z: 0) 33 -i-j G OJ^ c G 22 c G G O 2 rG ^O f-* jj...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 19 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... n The above table does not include any constitutional obligations imposed on the canals for payments on account of the interest or principal of any debts, or for the support of the...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 20 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 12 been made by special appropriation of funds raised by general taxa¬ tion. All repairs necessary to maintain the canals in an efficient condition, should be classed as ordinary repairs and paid...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 21 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 13 inability to meet their constitutional obligations for the past fiscal year, was $1,224,179.51; with the added certainty that for the future no different fiscal results can be anticipated. The Canal Provisions...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 22 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 14 for the payment of the debt was contributed from the surplus rev enues of the canals, as directed by the constitution, the last contri¬ bution having been received in 1873. But,...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 23 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 15 When the inevitable becomes manifest, there is nothing left but to accept it and practice resignation. But it is easier to pass into the state of full resignation, if it can...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 24 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 16 curved, and is essentials to administer the canals and maintain them in a good workable condition and by what system and rates of tolls can the largest revenue be obtained by...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 25 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 17 amount, essential in the opinion of the auditor for their maintenance —$1,162,707.19—such an amount, under the restrictions of the constitution, could not, it would seem, be lawfully expended because it exceeds...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 26 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 18 volve State railroads and State canals alike, in one common destruc¬ tion. yWhat is to be done in the case the canals during the current fis¬ cal year, or indeed during...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 27 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 19 that nothing extraordinary demanding unusual expenditure, will happen. Judging from experience, it would seem as if under a system of tolls, no higher than prevailed during the past season, and which...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 28 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 20 extraordinary repairs, these very improvements or repairs consti¬ tuted very serious obstructions to navigation. By the adoption of the constitutional amendment in 1874, per¬ mission was given to the State authorities...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 29 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 21 testimony on this point, given by the State engineer in his annual report (made January, 1877), and reiterated with emphasis in his report submitted January, 1878. Ordinary repairs,” he says, are...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 30 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 22 on without consultation with the engineer department. In order to secure safe, durable and cheap work, it should b q provided by law that no repairs to any structure on the...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 31 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 23 had not the canal been previously constructed. The Commissioner would therefore recommend, that except where contract or stipula¬ tion has been made to the contrary at the time of the original...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 32 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 24 At the time of its construction and for many years subsequently, it was practically the only avenue for transportation of freight be¬ tween all that extensive area of fertile territory bordering...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 33 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 25 tural products arriving at tide-water, by all the canals, was 906,483, showing a decline in 13 years of over fifty per cent; and this in the face of an immense general...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 34 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 26 of freight, by all the canals, from tide-water, was 48,542 of which 28,769 tons were left in the State, and 19,723 passed out of the State; 6,063 tons west. The striking...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 35 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 27 Period of Greatest Usefulness of the Canals. From this analysis it appears that the period of greatest useful¬ ness of the New York canals, measured by the amount of property transported,...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 36 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 28 were soon transferred from the canals to the railroads; and gradually, manufactured goods, and the large class of freights, known as “general merchandise,” ceased to form any considerable part of the...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 37 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 29 Year. Canals. N. Y. Central. Erie R R 1873. 6,364,782 Tons 5,804,588 4,859,858 4,172,129 5,522,724 Tons 6,114,678 6,001,954 6,803,680 6,312,702 Tons 6,364,276 6,239,946 5,972,818 1874. 1875. 1876. For the year 1876...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 38 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 30 sion, exhibits itself more conspicuously when we confine the inquiry to an article like wheat flour in barrels, where the value of the thing is considerable, as compared with its weight,...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 39 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 31 Receipts of Flour and Grain at Boston from the West by Water and Rail from 1868 to 1877, inclusive. FLOUR, IN BARRELS. 1868. 1869. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876....- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878
-
Image 40 of Report of the commissioners invited by the Canal Board of the state of ... 32 tion. There may be and there has been interference by legislation to prevent dealers and freighters from charging too much there never will be any well-considered movement to prevent people from...- Contributor: Wells, David A. (David Ames) - New York (State). Canal Board - New York (State). Commission to Consider Subject of Tolls Upon the Canals
- Date: 1878