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ONE WAY OF ROBBING THE WEST. 



The New York canals are composed of the great trunk 

 line, the Erie Canal, and various branch or sectional lines. 

 According to the report of the Comptroller of the State, the 

 receipts and expenditures of the Erie Canal for 1872, were 

 $2,760,147; the expenditures for salaries and repairs were 

 $1,687,021 ; excess of revenue over expenses, $1,073,126. 



Corresponding figures for the other canals of the State 

 their gross revenue, and the expenses for salaries and 

 repairs, taken from the same source may be seen in ibar 

 annexed table. 



Canals. Gross revenue. Salaries and repairs. 



Champlain, $150,644 $488,083 



Oswego, 90,797 313,469 



Cayuga & Seneca, . 17,883 64,586 



Chemung, ; 4,121 118,985 



Chenango, 5,691 383,748 



Black River, 10,839 119,479 



Genesee Valley, 18,828 229,613 



Oneida Lake, 5,710 



Baldwinsville, 150 



Oneida Eiver, . . . 650 



Seneca Kiver, 154 



Cayuga Inlet, 300 152 



Crooked Lake, 270 23,705 



Total expenditures, $1,687,681 



Total gross revenue, 300,182 



Excess of salaries and repairs over revenue, . . . $1,387,499 



This table shows that only four of the lateral canals, and 

 they among the least important, paid their own expenses. 

 The gross net income of these four amounted to only $954. 

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