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GOV. WHITMAN URGES APPROVAL
Says People Sliould Vote Fer the Canal Referenduin.
HIS SPEECH IN BUFFALO.
Tails Expositlen Crowd That Comple¬ tion of Canal System Is Most Impor¬ tant Issue Before Voters.
At the opening of the industrial ex¬ hibition under the auspices of the Buf¬ falo Wholesale Merchants and Manu¬ facturers' association in the Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, Governor Whit¬ man, the guest of honor on that occa¬ sion, tool£ occasion to call to the at¬ tention of his audieuce, made up of residents of Buffalo aud nearby towns, the importance of votiug intelligently on the canal referendum at the state election next November.
Governor Whitman is a flrm believer it the barge canal system and one of its most enthusiastic supporters. He said in part:
The estimate made In lt>03 for the improvement of the Erie, Champlain and Oswego canals to barge canal di¬ mensions umounted to $101,000,000, made up as follows:
Construction, $84,000,000; land dam ages, $2,000,000; engineering and con¬ tingencies, $15,000,000.
Original Estimates.
The actual construction can be com¬ pleted for less than $;K),0<K),000, or about $ti,000,(.XX> in excess of tbe original esti¬ mate. Fifteen million dollars, as orlg inaiiy estimated, wlll be ample for eu gineering and contingencies. The orig¬ inal estimate of $2,000,000 for land damages has proved iu error, due to the fact it was not considered at the time the original estimate was pre¬ pared that the courts would hold against the state in acquiring certain rights necessary for construction.
The legislature has provided for sub¬ mission to the people at the coming fall election tbe question ns to whether or not an additional appropriation of .f27,000,000 shall be made for complet¬ ing the barge canal.
I am a firm believer in the utility tind beucHLs derived from tbe canals. Thc original Erie canal made Xew York city the greatest seaport of tbe west- em hemisphere, gave to tho state thc cbalu of cities extending throughout its length, and wben tolls were abol- l.shed in 1S80 this canal showed a bal¬ ance earned of $42,000,000 over the to¬ tal first cost and maintinance charges throughout all these years. State Must Pay.
More than half of the $27,(XX),000 provided for iu tbe referendum is al ready obligated on the j)art of tbe state for damages to property already appro- I)riatcd and they will beconie debts of tbe state as soon as tbe courts have determined tbe various amounts. Tie- legislature will be called upon to make tbe necessary appropriations to meet this debt
In 11)03 tbe people of this state de¬ cided the improvement of the canals should be undertakeu under a bond is¬ sue, thus extending the period of pay¬ ment over a number of years. Uuless the people wish that the amount re quired to complete the canal shall be ndded to tbe current expeuses of nialn- taluing tbe state government the ref¬ erendum, which will spread this ex¬ penditure over a period of years, should be adopted. .-''
It is hardly necessary for me to en¬ large upon tbo importance to this city of the completion and successful op¬ eration of the barge canal.
Nowhere in the state is every phase of the so called "canal question'' more thoroughly understood tban It is in Buffalo. Tbis is no political or partisan measure.
I believe it would be a public calam ity should this proposed constltutioiial provision fail of success at the polls, and, while iti passage seems to me as¬ sured. It is well for our citizens inter¬ ested in this vast project to awaken tu tbe importance of an active and intel¬ ligent educational carapaign which will place danger of its defeat beyond i)os- sibility.
Great Batge Canal Guard Gate
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FREEPOBT, L L
DEFEAT MEANS DELAY
AND DIRECT TAXATION.
If I vote "Against" tbe canai ref eren dum and it is defeated, what will be the result?
The work of completing the canal wlll be stopped, and It could not be used for commerce until the legislature should malte appropriations from the state treaaury to be raised by direct taxation. This would delay the use of the caual for a number of years.
The obligations of tbe state already incurred, a large "^part of the $27,0(K),- 000 would have to be met by appro¬ priations and direct taxation within a short time ns awards from time to time should be made to pay the claims agaiust the state already presented.
The ultimate cost by this method would be largely increased. Until com¬ pleted the state would fail to get any beneflt froijx its investments already mader-^itile the Interest upon the bonds already issued would continue to %ccrue.
The great commerce to and from the Pacific coast and New York, the in¬ terior states and ttae great lalces via the Panama canal would be lost to New York nntil tbe barge canal Is com¬ pleted. If not forever.
Guard gate at head of land line between Mohawk and Hudson. Harm canal •nters Mohawk and remains in it for much of the course to Rome.
SPREADING EXPENSE OVER LONG TERM
Reason For Canal Bond Issue
Rattier Than a Oirect
Tax on the People.
While the actual construction cost of fhe barge canal -system will not ex¬ ceed the original estimate of the engi¬ neers, extraordinary aud unforeseen expenses in the w;iy of conse<iueutial damages and tbe necessity of paying part of the cost of changing railroad bridges Increased the amount needed to finish tbe canai nnd put it in work¬ ing order. Api)roval of the referendum authorizing a bond issue for $2T,<MH).- Dlh) will not mean an additional ex¬ pense 111)011 the ta.\|):iycrs of tbe state because tbe state already Is obligated to pay very nearl.v lliat amount of uioney.
These obligations uere re<-oguized by the legislature of liU."). and two ways were open to meet tbem—Hrst. au ap¬ propriation from the state treasury, wliicb would necessitate the imposi¬ tion of a direct ta.v. and, second, by the issue of bonds the payment of which may be lixed for any time with¬ in fifty years.
liecogniy.ing the'stiong public senti ment against imposing a direct tax for ponnanent public imiirovcuients and in harmony with the previous poU- cy of the state of spreading payments for permaueut improveuients over a loug period of years, adopted tbat scliemc.
Every mercliant. every niiinufactur- er, every workiiigmau, every property owner and taxpayers and, iu short, all citizens interested in llie prosperity of the state and inimlful of tbeir owu wel¬ fare will vote fiu- tills referendum ou election day, Xov. 2, Ibl."*.
PROVIDES FOR EQUIPMENT
Approval of Canal Referendum Means Immediate Benefits.
LOSSES WILL BE STOPPED.
USELESS UNTIL FINISHED.
Every Day's Delay In Completion of
Barge Canal System a Direct
Loss to State.
Tbe caual referendum, uiitborizing a bond issue of .'(iJT.tKJO.OOO. to be voted ou at the coming election iu November. is to provide the money for tbe com¬ pletion of tbe ^^ork, so that the large amouut alre.uly invested in tlie canal by the state wili lie made useful, which it ciiunot lie unlil the whole is comidete and navigable from the ialics ut Buf¬ falo to tbe lludsdu river at Albany.
Indebtedness niready incurred by tbe state is a ma.ior |.art of tbe .'P27.0O0,(»(»0 the pcoiile are asked to provide for at this election. If ilie referendum shonid not be aiiproved hy tbe people tbey will be obliged to imy the greater part of the amount by direct taxalion, as the
obligations ca t be avoided by the
state. Under ihc aiiproval of the ref¬ erendum the payments will be spread over a long term of years instead of making It necessary to raise so large a sum by direct taxation.
The refereiidiini is in ,'iccord with tile state's iH)licy of providiugi for large public projects hy bond issue instead (.f putting an immediate and much heavier burden into direct tax. Much of Xew York slate's couimerclal su¬ premacy is dne to the cnnal system, and unless the improved canal, already nearly finished, is completed the com¬ merce of tbe st.iie will suffer an irrep¬ arable loss.
State's Previous Big Investment Use¬ less Until Canals Are Finished and Equipped—Canals a Vital Agency In Promoting Industrial, Agricultural and Comnlercial Welfare.
Approval of tbo canal referendum at tbo election In Xovember will provide funds for tbe eiiuipment of the entire canal system so that' the canals can bo put into ojieratiou and any further loss of interest on the Investmeut be stopped.
As soon as the great barge canals are put into operation the poo|)le will begin to realize tbe beuoUts from eco¬ nomical transiiortatioii of tbe products of tbo fields, the mines, tlie factories and of general mcrcliaiidise. That bas beeu the chief economic cause in buiid¬ ing up all parts of the stale. This must not be lost sight of In determin¬ ing how to vote ou the pending caual refereuduni.
The direct benefits arising from dieap transportation by water are gen¬ erally recognized, hut the indirect liene- til.'-: aro far greater. .\s a regulator of Iransportalion rates in this state, whether by water o,i- by rail, its canal system has boon of incalculable beneflt to all Its people. -Vll Irallic experts recognize tbis, and tbe interstate com¬ merce commission has ou more than one occasion called aitention to this fact.
The state bas within ils possession a caual system wbicb in several respects outranks the ranama caual as a vital agency in iiromoting the Industrial, ag¬ ricultural aud coiumercial welfare of its peo|)lo. Tile voters ueed only to have this brought to their attention to appreciate the iniportauce of votiug af¬ firmatively upou the pending canal ref¬ erendum, whlcll will complete the proj¬ ect and make it useful and serviceable to all clas.ses. Hut little remains to be done.
Most of the canal construction is al ready completed. Let us flnish the work and put it luto operation ami realize tbo beuelits that will accrue from this modernized enlarged canal system to all parts of the state.
.Do not fail to vote affirmatively on the cunal referendum for the bond is¬ sue and thus enal'ile the barge canals fo be comjileted and put into operation rather than be delayed and neccssltaie fhe legislature making appropriations of funds from the treasury and thereby imposing unnecessary burdens upon fho taxpayers for the next few years, which will be avoided by the sale of fho state's bonds.
The work is nearly completed. I.et It bc finished as expeditiously as pos¬ sible and save tbe commerce of the state, which Is already Imperiled by Its diversion through the Montreal and othor routes to the sea. Vote for the canal referendum.
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Barge Canal at Crescent Dam
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Making ijlosure in barge canal at Crescant dam at the foot ef Mohawk river navigation, ju!:t prior to opening of this stretch of oanal last May.
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