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Barge Canal Holds
lDown Freights On
Railroad Is Claim
NEW YORK. June 14.-A. H.
Moore, traffic manager of the New
York State Division of Canals and
Waterways, replying yesterday to
recent criticisms directed against
the state barge canal bv Edward
E. Loomis, president of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad, declared that the
waterway is playing a prominent j
part in upholding the state's pres- ,
tige and at the same time is an
important factor in keeping rail- '
road rates at their present level!
which, it is estimated, means a snv- :
mg of approximately $52 000.000 a
year to the people of New York
state.
After tracing the development of
the early waterways and the Influ
ence they exerted on making New
York the Empire state. Mr. Moore
takes up point by point the criti
cisms raised by Mr. Loomis against
the barge canal.
Admits Traff - Has Fallen Short
"Let us be pertect'v frank and
admit at the outset that the barge
canal, including terminals, has
cost approximately $175,000,000;
that the annual cost is around $10.
000.000. and that the amount of
traffic transported thereon has fall
en short of expectations. There »
nothing to be ashamed of or cov
ered up in these facts,* said Mr.
Moore.
•‘The cost of the canal is well j
worth while if it enables us to re
tain the prestige now generally en
joyed by this state, when its lead
ership along many lines is even
now being Impaired end when the
united effort of commercial and
civic organizations has been in
voked to halt the onslaught on the
commerce of the Port of New York,
now being attempted by several
other ports on the eastern and
southern seaboards. The item of
annual cost is made up of some
thing over $6,000,000 for capital
charges, about $3,000,000 for main
tenance and operation, and the
balance for permanent betterment*
and claims. If the canal was scrap
ped today, the capital charge cost
would continue for many years,
since canal bonds were generally to
run fifty years.
“Under the laws at the time of
bond issuance, the tax to meet these
bonds upon maturity was four or
five one-thousandths of a mill on
each dollar of valuation of real and
personal property in this state sub
ject to taxation, for each and ev
ery $1,000,000. or fraction there*
in par value of said bonds. By sub
sequent enactments, it has been
made possible to raise the moneys
necessary for thus purpose and oth
er state needs through various
methods than direct taxation. In
1928. the direct tax for all state
purposes was one-half of one mill,
hut for the year 1929. there is no
direct tax paid by farmers or oth
ers upon real estate or persona!
property to produce state funds. All
revenues required are met by taxes
on inheritances, various corpora
tion taxes, foreign hank taxes, etc.,
and this is not fhe first instance
of no direct tax in thus state by
any means.
“Would these various taxes be at
all reduced if canal payments were
unnecessary?
“The fact that canal tonnage has
not yet met expectations does not
prove it will not ultimately do so.
Expectations may not have been
well founded. However, there are
certain facts which should be re
membered when the success of the
New York State Canal is discussed,
viz.:
“At the time of the agitation for
the enlargement of the canals, fhe
automobile truck had hardly been
thought of. That this has become
an important transportation agency
the railroad companies as well as
canal advocates have had good rea
son to realize.
“During its construction period,
canal vessels then in use became
economically obsolete and larger
vessels could not be used until the
canal was onened to through navi
gation. which was an undeterm
ined date.
“When opened to through navi
gation. this country was partici
pating in the World war. Every
energy was being exerted to win.
Federal government control of
boat operation on this state’s canals
was not relinquished until 1921. and
it certainly was not an opportune
time to build canal boats for com
petition with government control
led vessels.
Larger Boats in Use
“Nevertheless, larger and better
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POPE TAKES ISSUE WITH DUCE
Expressing displeasure over certain statements in speeches of Pre
mier Benito Mussolini, upper right, of Italy, before the Italian cham
ber and senate. Pope Pius XI. left, in an open letter to Cardinal C.as
parri. lower right, papal secretary of state, declared he found the
speeches “wane than heretical expressions as to the very essence of
Christianity and Catholicism.” Among the statements made by Mus
solini were that there are two sovereignities—church and state—and
he intimated the church owed its world-wide spread to its removal to
Rome. The controversy is over supervision of the education of Italy's
youth.
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boats have been and are being reg
Istred for canal service. In 1923 1
there were 771 cargo boats In canal
senice with an aggregate capacity
of 398,000 net tons. The foliowing
season 770 boats had a capacity of
416.860 tons, while in 1928 the com
bined capacities of 782 vessels ag
gregated 449,595 tons.
“From 1.159,270 tons, in 1918, to
2.581,892 tons, in 1927. a period of
exactly ten navigation seasons, the
gain In canal tonnage was 1,422,
622 tons, or over 122 per cent. An
average increase of over 12 per cent
per annum would be conceded to
be good in almost any enterprise.
Why crII the state canal a failure?
In 1928 canal tonnage amounted to
3.089,998 net tons, an increase of
19.61 per cent over 1927.
“The Produce Exchange, cf New
York City, reports receipts at that j
port, during the year 1928. via all i
railroads, of 62.067.200 bushels of!
grain; 65,077.451 bushels of flour,
and 407,400 bushels of meal: total j
127.552.051 bushels. Via canal route j
there were transported 39.138 9021
bushels of grain. We contend thit |
a water route which transports to j
New York at reduced rates approxi
mately 30 per cent as much grain
products as all the rail lines com
bined should not be called a fail
ure as a direct benefit to receivers
of freight.
Saving is Shown
“The Barge Canal Survey Com
mission created, by the state legis
lature in 1925. to make a study
and survey of the operation and
facilities of the canal system of the
state, the use thereof for transpor
tation. and the requirements for
improving and developing the ays- ;
tern and the promoting and
increasing the use of its facilities, 1
reported in part as follows: From
testimony given by traffic men. it
would appear that during 1925 the j
barge canal saved the people of
this state approximately $52,000.
000: $2,000,000 of this is estimated
as being the direct saving on ton
nage floated at the lesser water
rates: the $50,000,000 is accredited
to freight carried by rail, which due
to canal competition, is apparently
handled in New York state at low
er rates than in states which lack
water competitijn."
DREAM LEADS TO
FIELD OF JEWELS
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CAPETOWN. June 14—For 17
years Pieter Baldien. a crippled
Boer, had sought for diamonds at
Bloemhof. but fortune frowned upon
him and he and his family lived hi
dire poverty. A week ago. however,
he dreamed that he would find the
precious stones at a certain location
on a new claim that he had secured.
He began work in the middle of the
night and already has found enough
diamonds to make him wealthy.
CENTENARIAN IN COIRT
BELFAST.—Mrs. Mary Mann,
aged 100. appeared in court to
prosecute her 75-vear-old son for
abusive language
T. D. TO SPEND
THREE MILLION
Building Program Calls For
New Work to Start
His Year
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AUSTIN, Texas. June 15.(/F>—Al
most $3,000,000 worth of new con
struction for the University of
Texas will be started before the end
of the present year. There will be
seven projcts, two of which are ex
tensions of present buildings.
The institution's building fund Is
growing steadily as royalties from
its oil wells in West Texas come in.
Only the income from the fund
created by oil can be used for build
ings. however, else the more than
$10,000,000 now on hand could give
i the University one of the greatest
plants in the nation.
Structures now under construction
and which will be started this year,
eliminating the last of the “wooden
sharks” are: gymnasium. $500,000;
mechanical engineering extension.
$130,000; chemistry building. $900.
000: Library extension. $600,000;
women's gymnasium. $250,000;
students’ activity building. $250,
000: memorial arch. $250,000.
New Edinburg Gin
Will Be Ready For
Operation July 1
fSnecial to Thp Herald!
FDINRtmr,. June 14-W L
Lipscomb announced here Wednes
day that the new cotton gin un
der construction seven and one-ha!f
miles north of Edinburg is expected
to he completed and ready for op
eration by July 1. Liscomb and
John Edmlston of Edinburg are
owners.
The gin will be modern and up
to-date in every detail and will cost
its owners approximately $30,000.
Lipscomb said the prospects for
a bumner cotton crop in this dry
land district were never better and
that in some places he expected the
yield to be around a bale per acre.
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