560 



NEW YORK. 



This statement shows a falling off in the toll 

 receipts of the last fiscal year as compared with 

 those of 1874 of $1,021,977.28, decrease in pay- 

 ments of $2,150.88, and a loss in net receipts 

 of $1,019,826.40 the net revenue being $625,- 

 610.70 short of the requirements of the sinking- 

 fund under Art. VII., section 3 of the constitu- 

 tion ; the amount required being as follows : 



Interest, in coin $684,290 88 



For sinking-fund 450,000 00 



Total $1,084,290 88 



Actual surplus 458,679 68 



Deficiency $625,610 70 



The following statement shows the total 

 amount of work done during the fiscal year 

 ending September 30, 1875 ; also the amount 

 of work remaining to be done on all existing 

 contracts upon the New York State canals : 



The total length of navigable canals and 

 feeders, together with lakes and rivers artifi- 

 cially connected therewith in the State of New 

 York, is as follows : Mlles . 



Total length of artificial canals and feeders. . . . 907 



Hudson River, New York to Waterford 155 



Lake Champlain, Whitehall to Rouse's Point Ill 



Oneida Lake 22 



Cayuga !!!!!.*.".'!.'.'.'!.'.'." !.'.'.'! 89 



oeneca 35 



Crooked !..'.!'.".!'.".. 19 



Delaware & Hudson Canal" '(in' this StaYeYbeiongs'to'a 



corporation 87 



Junction Canal belongs to a corporation'. '. '. . . . . . . . '. . '. '. '. 18 



Total. 



* Including $107,451.17 for work on enlargement of the 

 Champlain Cdnal. 



t All the work remaining to be done on contracts for the 

 enlargement of the Champlain Canal. 



The cost of canals and railroads in the State, 

 including equipment, up to 1875, is approxi- 

 mately as follows : 



New York State canals and equipment $100,717,995 



New York Central & Hudson River Railroad 



and equipment 92,506,503 



Erie Railway and equipment 115,075,900 



All remaining steam roads and equipments 390,961,527 



Roads operated by horse-power and equipment. 36,600,857 



Total cost railroads and canals and equipments $735,862,282 



This is equal to one-third of the gross tax- 

 able property of the State, real and personal. 



The total length of rail and water lines with- 

 in the State in 1874 was as follows : 



Mile*. 



Length of canals and feeders (navigable) 907 



Lakes and rivers connected artificially therewith 881 



Total length water lines 1,288 



Length of steam railroads laid within the State 5,210 



Length of horse railroads laid within the State 400 



Total length rail and water 6,898 



The number of tons of freight actually trans- 

 ported upon the foregoing lines, in 1874, was 

 as follows : 



Tons. 



Upon New York State canals 5,804,588 



Upon steam roads 88,555,600 



Total. 



Number of passengers carried on steam roads in 

 1874 34,719,018 



Number of passengers carried on horse railroads 

 in 1874 , 228,372,112 



Total number of passengers carried 268,091,130 



The receipts from freight transportation in 

 the State, during 1874, were as follows: 



Tolls and freight upon New York canals $6,882,921 



Receipts from freight, steam roads 65,085,604 



Total receipts $71,963,525 



Total receipts from passengers, steam roads 25,869,850 



Total receipts from passengers, horse railroads. . 12,003,654 



Total from passengers and freight $109,342,029 



The actual cost of transportation was 



Cost of freight transportation, New York State 



canals $4,335,536 



Cost of freight and passengers, steam roads <55.84S.182 



Cost of freight and passengers, horse railroads . . 1 0,179,281 



Total. 



The nominal amount of the debts of the State, 

 on the 30th of September, 1875, was $28,328,- 

 686.40, classified as follows : 



General fund $3,11 9.526 40 



Contingent 68,000 00 



Canal 10.086,660 00 



Bounty 15,054,500 00 



Total $28,328,686 40 



The amount of those debts, after deducting 

 the assets in the sinking-funds at that time ap- 

 plicable to their payment, is exhibited by the 

 following statement : 



