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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Hudson 
  River 
  Railroad 
  Company, 
  and 
  the 
  demand 
  that 
  it 
  with- 
  

   draw 
  irrevocably 
  from 
  the 
  differential 
  agreement 
  is 
  now 
  made 
  

   understanding^. 
  

  

  11) 
  The 
  State 
  has 
  it 
  within 
  its 
  power, 
  through 
  an 
  adequate 
  

   improvement 
  of 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal, 
  not 
  only 
  to 
  apply 
  the 
  remedy 
  that 
  

   will 
  secure 
  it 
  against 
  further 
  loss 
  of 
  its 
  commerce, 
  but 
  that 
  will 
  

   secure 
  to 
  it 
  as 
  well 
  the 
  restoration 
  or 
  that 
  which 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  

   diverted. 
  

  

  12) 
  This 
  result 
  may 
  be 
  achieved 
  through 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  

   the 
  improvement 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  canals 
  contemplated 
  by 
  chapter 
  79 
  

   of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  1895 
  at 
  an 
  expenditure 
  not 
  exceeding 
  $15,000,000. 
  

   To 
  receive 
  full 
  benefit 
  from 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  such 
  improvement 
  

   canal 
  terminals 
  should 
  be 
  provided 
  by 
  the 
  State, 
  both 
  at 
  Buffalo 
  

   and 
  at 
  New 
  York, 
  for 
  the 
  receipt, 
  safeguarding 
  and 
  delivery 
  of 
  

   package 
  freight 
  transported 
  or 
  destined 
  for 
  transportation 
  over 
  

   the 
  Erie 
  canal. 
  

  

  13) 
  While 
  thus 
  providing 
  for 
  competition 
  with 
  rail 
  rates 
  suf- 
  

   ficient 
  to 
  render 
  difficult 
  if 
  not 
  impossible 
  a 
  discrimination 
  

   against 
  New 
  York, 
  certain 
  high 
  charges 
  at 
  the 
  port 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

   should 
  be 
  reduced, 
  including 
  the 
  charge 
  for 
  elevating 
  grain, 
  and 
  

   also 
  including 
  the 
  excessive 
  rentals 
  imposed 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  public 
  

   docks. 
  

  

  As 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  eleventh 
  conclusion, 
  this 
  commission 
  was 
  

   strongly 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  the 
  State 
  has 
  it 
  within 
  its 
  power, 
  

   by 
  an 
  adequate 
  improvement 
  of 
  Erie 
  canal, 
  to 
  remedy 
  the 
  

   deficiencies 
  at 
  present 
  existing, 
  and 
  they 
  accordingly 
  recom- 
  

   mended 
  that 
  an 
  act 
  should 
  be 
  passed 
  providing 
  for 
  the 
  earliest 
  

   possible 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  improvement 
  of 
  canals 
  contemplated 
  

   by 
  chapter 
  79 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  1895, 
  and 
  providing 
  for 
  issuing 
  

   bonds 
  to 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  $15,000,000 
  to 
  pay 
  for 
  such 
  improvement. 
  

  

  The 
  commission 
  also 
  considered 
  that 
  there 
  should 
  be 
  an 
  

   amendment 
  of 
  chapter 
  494 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  1899 
  authorizing 
  the 
  

   designation 
  for 
  canal 
  terminals 
  of 
  public 
  piers 
  in 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  

   New 
  York, 
  together 
  with 
  suitable 
  locations 
  upon 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  

   lands 
  at 
  Buffalo, 
  and 
  providing 
  that 
  certain 
  piers 
  should 
  be 
  set 
  

   apart 
  exclusively 
  for 
  canal 
  terminals. 
  

  

  The 
  commission 
  also 
  considered 
  that 
  chapter 
  585 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  

   of 
  1888, 
  entitled, 
  An 
  act 
  to 
  regulate 
  the 
  fees 
  and 
  charges 
  for 
  

   elevating, 
  trimming, 
  receiving 
  and 
  discharging 
  grain 
  by 
  means 
  

   of 
  floating 
  and 
  stationary 
  elevators 
  and 
  warehouses 
  within 
  this 
  

   State, 
  should 
  be 
  so 
  amended 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  more 
  difficult 
  of 
  

  

  