Leaving a balance Of.
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Leaving balance 7t9 %


And showing pretty dccisiycly thai the deb, for
the enlargement, was made by the former loco
Foco) Commissioners, and nearly paid By their
successors. OF this balance of $3,l93,7G9 90.
the sum duo. on the lst Of January. 1912 to con-
tractors for work done. and whichha, been >wcllcd
in the distcmpcrcd imagination Of Mr.. Hoffman
and lli- coad orS. To =una>ccrtancd and nna seer
! tninablc millions. the balance amounts 10 0ue Inn
drfd 0Ad forty honSond dOldrS-lcaving TO BE-
paid for work y", be done, from time Z" tim"
hereafter, the next two, three or four wears, as the
work shall proceed. s3.053,7G9.


1t farther appears that of the amount "i the
loan authorized for the enlargement By the law of
las, session S90l 500 has not yet been borrowed
and consequent y remains 1incXpcndcd.
The growing commerce ns the c?nal, the IN
crca>ing movcmcn, ofhc boats and the consequently
obS,ructionS experienced in its navigation, are
torciblv pointed out in the report, and The ncceS
>rv for proceeding with the cnargrmcntas speedily
a; the liscal condition OF the State will permit, :
plainly shown.


The number OF boats passing The lock near Schenectady IS
stated 10 be, in The year 0ll 49, :.


NJ !oso ioso' = = % '' -,
exhibiting increase oi 1888 IN the last year. and oS' III
| the last years.


The number OF miles travelled by the boa IN the year
lS39 statc, to have been H. 1.Ss ~





In @
| showing an increased movement OF S95.ASa miles
in the las, year, and ,l32,2280 miles=n the last
| two Years.


The augmentation of tonnage which has pro
,lucc,l this rapid increase. togcrhcr wlhis sources
in the large and steadily expanding commerce "t
the West, iS#;,lso pointed out.


The estimates OF the Canal Board IN l%lo, IN
which the annual saving !mllTlnSport;,loi 10 beet
tcctcd bv the enlargement, was computed to h',
$50. i6;. (anl which saving had been estimated
bv their predecessors in 1886 AT $50 .0Ol are re-
! tcrrcd To and confirmed.


The difficulties experienced 10y The want ol WI
ter on the Western levels. occa>ioncd by the re-
cent depression in the surface OF Lake sEflc are
also particularly described.


The proper mode and order of proceeding WITH
the enlargement, are also recommended; and IT Is
stated tina, all the work=undcr contract may bc
rendered available with four feet water and The
,,c Of double locks from, .\lhany 10 Syracuse by
putting under contract work olhctarthcr amount
| OF S95i. L. and that the Cana! MAY also be rem
delcd available with serea feet ot water from NJ
blnv 10 Utica, By putting under contract work u
the farther amount of SS10,346.


The revenues OF the CanaS are also stated and
they exhibit ,riumphan, results.


The tolls Juyn. the last 1871 wcrs .E'i $50 =
!nlSio...
Showing ar increase OF exceeding II per cent
The tolls OF 1859 We're. 81 66,a' s.


l$sS l.o;S,sl! 5.,; .: q.


.:','e3S 20 - o. o.


1856 .........- l,oii,oiS ~


The tolls OF lS4l exceed those OF 1886, whict
was a wear Of unusual activity and expansion, by
the sum OF S420540 SO.


The results thus shown, abundan,lv confirm the
estimates made In the reports il! the Assembly oi