Great Lakes, Hudson River Waterway: Hearings Before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, House of Representatives, Seventy-third Congress Second Session on H.R. 7593, a Bill to Authorize the Secretary of War to Prosecute the Work of Improvement of the New York State Barge Canal, and for Other Purposes; and on a Report from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, on the Great Lakes - Hudson River Waterways. February 9, 10, and 13, 1934U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934 - 149 strani |
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14 feet Albany Army Engineers Atlantic barge canal system BEITER believe Board of Engineers boats BOTSFORD bridges capacity cargo carried CHAIRMAN charge Chief of Engineers city of Buffalo COLDEN COLMER Colonel GREENE Congressman cost CULKIN deepening depth eastbound elevators entire canal Erie and Oswego Erie Canal estimated EYCK facilities favor Federal Government FERRELL FIESINGER figures freight GAVAGAN gentlemen grain handled HANDY HASLER HAYES hearing HEDDEN HENDEL Hudson River improvement increase interest Lake Ontario Lawrence legislature locks MAGILL McDUFFIE ment motorships NARELLE operation Oswego branch Oswego Canal PARSONS percent PILLSBURY port present proposed Public Works Administration question rail railroads rates recommended record represent Rivers and Harbors saving seaboard ships statement SWARTZ TEN EYCK Three Rivers Point tion tolls Tonawanda tonnage tons transportation United vessels waterway Welland Canal westbound traffic York City York State Barge
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Stran 134 - ... and if, in the Legislature so next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each House, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Stran 134 - SECTION 1. Any amendment, or amendments to this constitution, may be proposed in the senate or assembly; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment, or amendments, shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon.
Stran 134 - Legislature shall prescribe; and if the people shall approve and ratify such amendment or amendments by a majority of the electors voting thereon, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of the Constitution from and after the first day of January next after such approval.
Stran 134 - ... previous to the time of making such choice; and if, in the General Assembly so next chosen as aforesaid such proposed amendment or amendments shall be...
Stran 133 - The prohibition of lease, sale or other disposition herein contained, shall not apply to the canal known as the Main and Hamburg street canal, situated in the City of Buffalo, and which extends easterly from the westerly line of Main street to the westerly line of Hamburg...
Stran 121 - The greater part of the tonnage was bulk freight — grain, sulphur, salt, etc., — which is carried at low rates both by water and rail; a fair average rail rate on the commodities carried by canal from Buffalo to New York, the longest haul, is $3.70 per ton. In 1925 it cost the State $4.51 per ton for all freight floated on the Canal, regardless of the length of haul. From these figures it is evident that it would have been cheaper for the State if all the freight carried on the Canal had been...
Stran 133 - The Legislature shall not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the Erie canal, the Oswego canal, the Champlain canal, the Cayuga and Seneca canal, or the Black Kiver canal ; but they shall remain the property of the State and under its management forever.
Stran 134 - ... therefore, be it Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That a joint legislative committee is hereby created, to consist of three Senators to be appointed by the Temporary President of the Senate, and five members of the Assembly...
Stran 134 - No tolls shall hereafter be imposed on persons or property transported on the canals, but all boats navigating the canals and the owners and masters thereof, shall be subject to such laws and regulations as have been or may hereafter be enacted concerning the navigation of the canals. The Legislature shall annually, by equitable taxes, make provision for the expenses of the superintendence and repairs of the canals.
Stran 134 - Houses, such proposed amendment shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the Legislature to be chosen at the next general election...