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INDEX. 295 



Page 

 Committee of Roads, Bridges, and Inland NaAigation, Report 



of ; 164, 171, 186 



Committee of twenty- four 178, 181, 261 



Con^mittee to investigate conduct of canal commissioners 236 



Committee to investigate expenditures 234, 235 



Cone^vago falls 155 



Conneaut lake 200, 201 



Contractors, payments to, delayed 210, 211 



Contracts, law governing the re-letting of 233 



letting of 231 



re-letting of 233, 234 



Corporations 166, 187, 188, 251 



Domestic creditors 221 



Erie o^nal...l53, 158, 167, 169, 170, 175, 177, 182, 200, 208, 227, 245, 246, 

 247, 248, 251. 



Erie canal company of Pennsylvania 200, 249 



Erie canal, cost of 208 



policy adopted for financing 208 



tolls on 177 



Erie, Lake 151, 152, 158, 163, 171, 178, 179, 182, 200 



Expenditures, ordinary and extraordinary 239 



Financial embarrassment, 1839-44^ causes of 224 



failure of State works recognized 222 



reform commenced. 222 



statement of State works 228, 277-86 



French creek feeder 200, 249 



Improvement society 174, 176, 178, 181 



acting committee of 175, 181 



address of, to the citizens of the State 176 



Interest certificates • 221, 222, 223 



defaulted 221 



fund 207, 209, 210, 211, 212, 214, 218, 222, 225, 226 



payment delayed 216, 221 



resumed ' 223 



struggle to avoid defaulting 217 



Internal Improvement Fund 205, 208, 210, 211 



sources of 206 



Johnstown feeder 199 



Laborers .' 189 



Lateral works, summary of divisions of 199-201 



Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company 156, 157, 200 



Lehigh river 150 



Lehman, William 171 



Lewisburg side cut 199 



