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71
Aug.
70
97
102
156
191
83
72
425 4.25
Oct.
82
81
73
87
173
36
79
35
Nov.
69
79
54
81
133
56
56
38
323 283
Dec.
73
78
53
75
148
60
42
29
279
Total, 775 991
Published by order of the Acting Committee of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons.
JAMES J. BARCLAY, Sec'ry. A. C.
We copy from the Rural Record, the following ac- count of the
DELAWARE SHAD FISHERIES.
There is perhaps no subject that will be brought be- fore the legislature, that will more deeply affect the in- terest of the citizens of West Jersey, than the Shad Fish- eries; as the clear revenue arising from them is more productive, than any other branch of our trade or com- merce. The taxes on them only, amount to about 400 dollars annually, of which the township of Debtford, pays about 250. . There are forty Shad Fisheries in the limits of Gloucester county, which employ about 900 men; the wages paid to the men employed in carrying on these fisheries amounts to about 20,000 dollars annu- ally; these men mostly come from the interior and poorest part ofour country, the Pines and Egg-Harbour; they are paid from the sales of the shad, and it is calcu- lated five-sixths of which are sold in Philadelphia mar- ket; thereby deriving a considerable source of revenue from a sister state, and diffusing of it, to a class of our citizens, who inhahit our most barren soil, (in which our county abounds;) our fishing places afford a good market for the farmers to dispose of their flour, pork, potatoes, &c. &c. They also afford us a full supply of a good, cheap and delicate food.
We may safely consider this branch of our trade and commerce of as much importance, and as productive to the citizens of the county of Gloucester, as any one branch of trade and commerce is to the United States; see with what care and caution the general government protect its trade and commerce, and particularly how they foster the fisheries, and how zealously they main- tain their rights when any foreign power attempts to in- vade them. Surely then, any citizen of the county of Gloucester, must have very limited views of political economy, who does not feel interested in maintaining our just rights and privileges, which providence, has as it were, offered us for an acceptance, (and which would if wisely fostered, in a measure compensate for our wide extent of barren soil;) but on the contrary, say the fish- eries are only a monopoly on the part of a few landhol- ders on the banks of the Delaware, and they only are in- terested.
As it is a pretty well established fact that the shad generally ascend the river to deposit their spawn, if the contemplated dam is made at Trenton; so as to prevent the shad from going up, it will probably expel them from that river. There were some fisheries on the Schuylkill below the dam, that previous to the erec- tion of that, were worth from 500 to 1000 dollars annual- ly, that are not now worth fishing. And in order to show the value of the fisheries in the Delaware, from Trenton down on both sides of the river, the following statement is exhibited. It was made in the year 1818, for the information of a committee of the legislature of New-Jersey, who had under consideration the law res- pecting shad fisheries; there are a few of them that are not now occupied.
253 70 Fisheries that employ 1336 men.
302 Amount of wages annually paid the men, $80,160
310 Cost of fishing apparatus, 82,800
302 Taxes, 1,650
416 Capital annually employed in all the fishe-
402 ries below the Falls at Trenton, $164,610
Shad sold, during the present week, in the Philadel- phia market, at two dollars, and $1 25 to $1 a piece. :
Ingenuity .-- A manufacturer, at Pittsburg, Penn. has contrived a process by which he practices job prin- ting in his loom! He has woven several "cards," which exhibit, upon their surface, his name, residence, the ar- ticles he has for sale, &c. it is said, it beautiful letters .- This is sometimes done by different colors, and some- times entirely by the raised threads of the fabric.
Sept.
67
99
92
167
233
69
72
51
353
May, June, July,
52 58
95
70 70
178
179
228 209
59 79
63
Black.
White.
Black.
White.
punished by fine and imprisonment ..
and Disorderly ....
and Intoxication.
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Jan. Feb.
116
780
15272037 690 760
586 14073
299
215
AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT-APPENDIX.
1829.]
AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT ON THE FINANCES. (CONCLUDED.) Bank and other stock, the property of the Commonwealth, November, 1828. BANK STOCK.
2500 shares in the bank of
Pennsylvania, subscribed
by the state on its incor- poration, at $400 p. share 1,000,000 00
1250 shares, subscribed in
pursuance of an act passed
in February 1810, extend-
ing the charter, 500,000 00
1,500,000 00
5223 shares in the Philadelphia bank, at $100 per share 523,300 00
1708 shares in the Farmers' and Mechan-
ic's bank, at $50 per share 85,400 00
$2,108,700 00
TURNPIKE STOCK.
Harrisburg, Carlisle, and Chambersburg
$84,500 00
Chambersburg and Bedford 172,000 00
Bedford and Stoystown 104,000 00
Stoystown and Greensburg 112,500 00
Greensburg and Pittsburg 89,000 00
Huntingdon, Cambria and Indiana 171,850 00
Erie and Waterford 5,000 00
Perkiomen and Reading
53,000 00
Gap and Newport .
20,000 00
Waynesburg, Greencastle, and Mercersb'g 11,379 96 Morgantown, Churchtown, and Blue Ball 9,000 00
Little Conestoga
10,000 00
Berks and Dauphin
29,000 00
Lancaster and Middletown
10,000 00
Easton and Wilkesbarre
12,500 60
Susquehanna and Lehigh
10,000 00
Milford and Owego
- 31,000 00
Downingtown, Ephrata, and Harrisburg
60,000 00
Centre and Kishacoquillas
20,000 00
Centre
80,000 00
Susquehanna and York
. 5,000 00
York and Gettysburg
40,000 00
New Holland
10,000 00
Springhouse, Northampton and Bethlehem 10,000 00 Cayuga and Susquehanna 6,000 00
Susquehanna and Waterford
140,000 00
Susquehanna and Tioga
30,400 00
Lycoming and Potter 9855. 11
Clifford and Wilkesbarre 1607 16
York and Gettysburg 6 09
Downingtown, Ephrata and Harrisburg
69 63
Waynesburg, Greencastle & Mercersburg
3620 04
Phillipsburg and Susquehanna
17,500 00
Pittsburg and Butler
19,666 67
Philadelphia and Great Bend 2353 32
Philadelphia, Brandywine and N. London 12,500 00
Washington and Pittsburg 2432 40
Washington and Williamsport 11,666 67
Chambersburg and Bedford 118 22
New Alexandria and Conemaugh 75 93
Harrisburg and Millerstown 300 50₺
Little Conestoga 22 04
Youngmanstown and Derrstown 5,092 50
Derrstown and Northumberland 4,607 50
Hanover and Carlisle
10,000 00
Millerstown and Lewistown
35,865 623
Bellefonte and Phillipsburg
20,000 00
Philadelphia, Brandywine, and N. London
2,500 00
Belmont and Oghuega
5,000 00
Harrisburg and Millerstown
40,000 00
Philadelphia and Great Bend
9,646 68
Lewistown and Huntingdon
46,534 37}
Armstrong and Indiana
9,000 00
Clifford and Wilkesbarre
4,832 84
Indiana and Ebensburg 12,000 00
Washington and Williamsport 3,333 33
Washington and Pittsburg 9,570 00
Lycoming and Potter 10,144 893
Middletown and Harrisburg 14,000 00
Bellefonte, Aaronsburg & Youngmanstown 29,000 00
1,888,048 313
BRIDGES.
Columbia
90,000 00
Harrisburg
90,000 00
Northumberland 50,000 00
Lewisburg 20,000 00
Nescopeck bridge company
8,000 00
Schuylkill bridge at Pottstown
3,000 00
Monongahela bridge 40,000 00
Allegheny bridge 40,000 00
French creek bridge at Franklin
5,000 00
Conemaugh bridge company
5,000 00
Big Beaver bridge company 15,000 00
Wilkesbarre bridge, per acts of 26th March
1821, and 30th March 1824 28,000 00
394,000 00
CANALS.
Union Canal
50,000 00
Schuylkill navigation company
50,000 00
500 shares in the Cheasapeake and Dela- ware canal, subscribed by the Philadel- phia Bank, and to be transferred to the state at the expiration of 15 years from the date of subscription, per act of 28th March 1823 100,000 00
200,000 00
RECAPITULATION.
Bank stock
$2,108,700 00
Turnpike stock
1,888,048 31}
Bridge stock 394,000 00
Canal stock 200,000 00
4,590,748 31}
Appropriations and balances of Appropriations, unpaid, 1st December, 1828.
TURNPIKES.
Springhouse, Northampton and Bethlehem 15,000 00
Bridgwater and Wilkesbarre
25,000 00
Pittsburg and New Alexandria
48,360 00
New Alexandria and Conemaugh
16,100 00
Belmont and Easton
17,500 00
Butler and Mercer
19,666 67
Mercer and Meadville
19,666 67
Anderson's ferry, Waterford and N. Ilaven 10,000 00
12,000 00
Pittsburg and Steubenville Ridge road
25,000 00
Bethany and Dingman's choice
8,000 00
Robbstown and Mountpleasant
15,000 00
Mountpleasant and Somerset
18,500 00
Somerset and Bedford
18,500 00
Milesburg and Smethsport 20,000 00
Gettysburg and Hagerstown 20,000 00
York Haven and Harrisburg bridge 12,000 00
Butler and Kittanning 5,000 00
126,413 063
BRIDGES.
Juniata Bridge
Danville Bridge company.
1000 00 10,000 (0
Huntingdon, Cambria and Indiana 25 95
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Norristown Bridge Catawissa Bridge company
6000 00 5000 00
22,000 00
RIVERS.
Delaware
1000 00
2000 00
For improving the navigation of the Sus- quehanna from Columbia to tide, per act 31st March 1823 4000 00
Do. from Columbia to Northumberland, per act 25th March 1825
10,878 00
$17,878 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Penitentiary near Pittsburg, per act 1st April, 1826 114 983
Western University, per act 9th March, 1826 7200 00 Allegheny college, per act 14th April, 1827 2000 00 Washington do. per act of 11th March 1826 2000 00
Dickinson do. per act of 13th Feb. 1826 15000 00 Jefferson do. per act of 11th March,1926 2000 00 Commissioners of Erie county, for rebuild-
ing public buildings per act 15th Mar. 1824 2500 00 For improving a road from the mouth of Ju- niata to Mahontongo creek, peract of 13th April, 1827 600 00 2500 00
House of Refuge, per act 3d March, 1827 For improving a state road from David Hun- ter's mill in Bedford county, to intersect the Mercersburg, Greencastle, & Waynes- burg turnpike road, per act 2d Feb. 1828 For building a bridge over Conodoguinet creek, in Cumberland county, per act 12th April, 1828
For improving a state road from Smethsport in the western boundary of M'Kean coun- ty, to be paid in the notes of the North Western bank of Pennsylvania, at Mead- ville, per act 10th April 1828 486 00
Commissioners for improving the public ground at Harrisburg, per act 14th April 1828 7000 00
$43,900 98₺
DUE ON LOANS.
Stock loan, per act of 2d April 1821, reimbursable 1st June 1841 930,000 00
Stock loan, per act of 30th March, 1824, three hundred and eighty thousand dollars thereof re-imbursable 1st May, 1834, and the residue 1st January, 1839 600,000 00
Stock loan, per act of 11th April 1825,reimbursable 1st January, 1840 150,000 00
1,680,000 00
60,000 00 3
sable in May, 1837, re- serving the right of the state to re-imburse the same at any time within that period 50,000 00
160,000 00
Stock loan, pertaining to the Pennsylvania canal, per act of 1st April, 1828, re-imbursable 1st December, 1846 300.000 00
Stock loan, pertaining to the Pennsylvania canal, per act of 19th April 1827,re-imbur- sable 1st December 1850 1,000,000 00
Stock loan, pertaining to the Pennsylvania canal, per act of 24th March 1828, re-imbursable 1st Decem. 1853 *2,000,000 00
3,300,000 00
$5,140,000 00
* $267,400.00 of this sum not received on 1st instant.
Recapitulation of the Debts due by the Commonwealth.
Turnpikes $126,413 06}
Bridges 22,000 00
Rivers 17,878 00
Miscellaneous 43,900 984
Due on Loans
5,140,000 00
5,350,192 05
CANAL DOCUMENTS. No. 1.
REPORT OF JAMES CLARK, ACTING COMMIS- SIONER ON THE JUNIATA DIVISION. JUNIATA CANAL OFFICE, LEWISTOWN, Dec. 5, 1828. To the Board of Canal Commissioners.
Gentlemen,-Although at the date of the report which I had the honor of submitting to the board on the 24th day of November, 1827, there was but the small sum of $22,262 58, paid to the contractors for work done on forty-four and half miles canal. Yet in con- clusion, an opinion was risked that this canal would "be ready for the reception of boats early in the spring of 1829." This hope would have been realized if the character of the Juniata had stood as fair for health as other parts of the state. But a great degree of sick- ness along the canal line, and among the citizens of the neighborhood during the last summer and autumn to- gether with the exaggerated reports of the sickness abroad, produced, as a necessary consequence, such a scarcity of labourers, as to parylize the efforts of the most energetic contractors, and to postpone the hope of a final completion for a few months beyond the peri- od that had been anticipated.
When the contractors began their operations in the fall of 1827, the wages of labor ranged from 11 to 12 dollars per month. But the prospect of such a large additional quantity of canal being thrown into market as was authorized by the law of last winter, together with the character of the Juniata climate, caused the - wages of labourers to advance early last spring, and to continue during the summer and autumn from sixteen to eighteen dollars a month, and in addition to which the contractor-besides finding his hands in tools, drink and boarding-had to be at the risk of the precarious- ness of the weather. Such an occurrence induced ma- ny of the original contractors to abandon their jobs, and the work had to be re-let at prices corresponding . with the change of circumstances.
Four sections have been added to this division of the canal, so as to extend it up to the outlet loek at Lewis-
Bank of Montgomery county, at an interest of 42 per cent. reimbursable 1st May 1835 Farmer's bank of Lancaster, at an interest of 4} per cent. re-imbursable 1st May, 1837 25,000 00 Easton bank, at an interest of 5 per cent. re-imbursable 1st May 1837, reserving the right of the state to re-im. burse the same at any time within that period 25,000 00
Harrisburg bank, at an inter- est of 5 per cent. re-imbur-
500 00
2000 00
-
Susquehanna and branches, per act 26th March 1821
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town, and down to the Susquehanna division on Dun- can's island. A view of the persons to whom, and the prices at which they have been let, together with the sections which have been re-let since the date of my last report are given in table A. By this table it ap- pears that of ninety-five sections in which the canal is divided, thirty-seven have been re-let, and of these, seven have been sold thrice, and one of these has a fourth time changed contractors.
Table B. will exhibit the changes that have taken place in the incidental work. The failures to prosecute the contracts for the stone and wood work along the line had become so numerous that it was necessary to re-let the abandoned jobs by public sale, which was done on the thirteenth day of May last. And thereby an open competition was invited which produced its ne- cessary effect that of securing the completion of the work on as favorable terms as the change in the price of labor would warrant.
A comprehensive view of the present condition of the line is given in table C. and D., in which the whole quantity of work done-its cost-and the amount of money paid are shown. By these tables it appears that the aggregate of the engineer's estimates for work done amounts to $545,488 333. And that the money which has been paid on these estimates is $435,375 293 .- Leaving $110,113 04, of retained per centage, as a se- curity for the completion of the contracts.
By the estimate of Col. Clinton, the engineer, there. appearsto be $315,640 worth of work yet to be done on this division of canal.
Notwithstanding the complicated and embarrassing difficulties which have had to be encountered, the pro- gress of the canal has been unremitted, and its final completion in the early part of next summer made al- most as certain as any future event can be, which de- pends upon human exertion. The only part of the work which it is feared may retard the junction of the water of the Juniata and Susquehanna canals by mid- summer, is the aqueduct over the Juniata river at the head of Duncan's island, but as it is in the hands of con- tractors who are believed to be energetic and perseve- ring, it is hoped that the completion of the contract will not be delayed beyond the day specified in their agreement.
Two substantial dams, of eight feet high eaclı, have been erected in the river, one at North's island, and the other at the head of the Long narrows. And in obe- dience to the law which requires the natural navigation to be left unimpeded, a cheap crib loek has been erect- ed at each dam, seventeen feet wide, and ninety feet long within the chamber, thus not only making the na- tural navigation of the river equally safe, but much more easy than it has heretofore been at those places.
The original determination of prohibiting all buying and selling or re-letting and sub-contracting of jobs, has been rigidly adhered to, and the personal attendance of the contractor on the work, but rarely dispensed with. The engineers have been constantly at their posts, and assiduously engaged in their duties. While the rights of the citizens in the vicinity of the canal, have been scrupulously regarded, thus by preventing collisions be- tween the contractors and land owners numerous claims for damages have also been prevented, claims which 110 doubt arise oftener, from vexatious provocations, than from any real injury done to property.
The accounting officers have decided that the remo- val of buildings from the canal lines, even when done by contractors, shall be classed as damages. Indepen- dent of this kind of expense, there has been but six dol- lars paid for damages on the whole Juniata division pre- vious to the first of the present month, and that was for the destruction of a small field of wheat. But including all that is called damages the amount paid has been 182 dollars.
The damages which may ultimately have to be paid VOL. III. 28
are uncertain. It is however believed that the amount will not be great, as the citizens residing along the Ju- niata river have not only forborn making vexatious claims for damages, but their laudable public spirit has shown itself, in giving every facility in their power to the canal operations.
The new line of canal extending forty-five miles (from Lewistown to Huntingdon), was laid off into nine. ty sections and sold on the 15th day of October. And the stone and work was sold on the 19th day of Novem ber last. At these lettings the competition was so great as to give assurance that the jobs were taken on favour- able terms for the commonwealth. In general, howev- er, the prices asked for work are higher than similar work was let last year. With a view of keeping the whole force at disposal, concentrated on the old line be- low Lewistown, the sales of the new line were deferred until late in the fall, and with the same view as well as to avoid as much as possible giving any cause of embarrassment to the treasury, no estimate has been promised to the contractors before the 15th day of next January.
Another precaution which was adopted is the prohi- bition of contractors on the old line from commencing the new jobs assigned them until their old contracts shall be completed, hence there is as yet but little work done above Lewistown, and no money has been paid. The contractors are generally, however, building their shantees, clearing their ground, and making other pre- parations for an active prosecution of the work.
A list of the persons to whom the sections on this line have been assigned with the prices for each item of work, are given in table E. And a similar list of those who obtained the incidental work is given in table F. The waste wiers, loek houses, and fences, have not been sold, it being deemed soon enough, eighteen months hence, to ereet the lock houses, and the con- struction of the fences, on the whole Juniataklivision is uniformly offered to the land owners at fixed prices. There will be on this new line canal much difficult and expensive work. The aggregate estimate of the engi- neer, predicated upon the contract prices for the whole line, being 890,220 dollars.
Table G. gives the names, station, and compensation of every person who has been employed in the engi- neer corps and in the canal office since my last report. By which it appears that there has been $16,843 50 paid for superintendance, clerk and engineer wages within the last year. The present org. nization of the engineer corps, as shown in table H. is believed to com- bine as much skill and vigilance, efficiency and econo- my as can be had in works of such magnitude.
The whole disbursements at the Juniata canal office, for every thing since the commencement of the work to the present time is $457,953 25.
The great progress that has been made in construct- ing the canal below Lewistown under so many discour- aging circumstances is owing chiefly to the energy and perseverance of as worthy contractors as any line can produce, and to the unwearied diligence of the corps of engineers, and the clerk to the canal office.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES CLARK, Acting Commissioner.
No. 2 .. Report of Dewitt Clinton, Engineer, upon the situation and progress of the Juniata division, (lower line) from the mouth of Juniata to Lewistown.
ENGINEER DEPARTMENT, 2 LEWISTOWN, Dec 1st, 1828. 5 To the honourable board of Pennsylvania Canal Com- missioners.
Gentlemen: I have the honour to submit the follow- lowing report, on the situation of the works on the Lewistown division of the Juniata Canal:
The works remaining to be completed will amount to
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315,640 dollars, of which 152,694 dollars, comprises the excavation, embankment, walling, &c. and the bal- ance the mechanical parts of the work.
The certificates that have been issued in favor of the contractors by the Engineer Department, amount to 545,488 dollars, out of which there has been 9,849 dol- lars forfeited to the state on account of sections having been abandoned. The value of the certificates added to the sum necessary to complete the canal, makes an. aggregate cxpense of 851,279 dollars.
The estimate in November, 1827, amounted to 597,- 775 dollars, and the estimate for the continuance of the canal at Duncan's island to 58,758 dollars. There is to be added a further sum of 75,883 dollars, for works which were not included in the former estimate, viz :- Pier head at Lewistown, sections O. and X. public and farm bridges, culverts, rope ferry, lock-houses, county and turnpike roads-and the alteration of 42 feet of lock -. age from wood to stone, this makes $732,410, and falls short by 118,853 dollars, of what will be the actual cost of the works. This deficiency in the original estimate is owing to the increased prices of the contracts-(as the estimate was predicated ou the contract and assign- ed prices, ) and the excavation has been more difficult than expected. Although in this last case it has increa- sed the expense, in the end it must result to the benefit of the state, as the canal when completed will be con- structed of the most durable materials.
The locks on the line were originally contracted to be constructed of wood and stone combined, but the in- creased price of labour and timber prevented the origi- nal contractors from carrying them on, and the hopes of a speedy completion if they were changed to stone laid in cement, induced me to alter seven locks on that con- struction. They are all now under way, and will be completed early in the spring.
The two feeder dams are completed, and the river locks connected with them-which are 90 feet long and 17 feet wide.
The culverts are principally done, and the small aqueducts are very forward-the cast-iron and cut-stone, for the Big Buffaloe aqueduct are all delivered, and the combined aqueduct and lock at Mexico, will be comple- ted early in the spring. The aqueduct over the Juniata is not as forward as could have been wished, but as the foundations for the piers and abutments are all laid, and as the contractors have made all their arrangements, and are energetic men, a failure of that work cannot reason- ably be expected.
The mechanical work which remains on the Juniata, is of such a description as generally to allow of its being constructed this winter, and if we have a continuance of good weather, the navigation from Lewistown down will be opened early in July next.
The progress of the Juniata canal has been as rapid as the discouraging epidemic of the autumn, and the high wages of the labourers would allow. The style and rapidity of the work, is to be attributed to the inde- fatigable exertions of the gentlemen connected with the engineer department; and I cannot refrain from public- ly manifesting my approbation of their continued and indefatigable exertions, under so many discouraging circumstances.
Respectfully submitted, DEWITT CLINTON, Engineer.
No. 3.
Report of DE WITT CLINTON, Engineer, on the upper line of the Juniata Division, from Lewistown to Smith's mills above Huntingdon.
To the Honourable Board of Pennsylvania Canal Com- missioners.
amounts to $890,229, which includes the feeders, dams, aqueducts and river improvements.
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