NEW YORK STATE CANALS. OFFICERS FOR 1871. COMMISSIONERS OF THE CANAL FUND. The Commissioners have the superintendence of the Canal Fund and of the Canal Debt.] ALLEN C. BEACH, Lieutenant-Governor. HOMER A. NELSON, Secretary of State. ASHER P. NICHOLS, Comptroller. WHEELER H. BRISTOL, Treasurer. MARSHALL B. CHAMPLAIN, Attorney-General. CANAL COMMISSIONERS. [The Canal Commissioners have the general charge of the public works, of the construction of new canals, and of the repairs of the completed canals.] GEORGE W. CHAPMAN, Ballston Spa-In charge of Eastern Dirision, as follows, viz.: Erie canal, from Albany to east bank of Oneida Lake canal; Albany basin: Champlain canal and Glen's Falls feeder: Black river canal and feeder, and improvement of Black river-315 miles. WILLIAM W. WRIGHT, Geneva-In charge of Middle Division, as follows, viz.: Erie canal from the east bank of Oneida Lake canal to the county line between Seneca and Wayne counties: Butternut Creek feeder; Limestone feeder: Camillus feeder: Oneida Lake canal; Oswego canal; Oneida River improvement; Seneca River towing-path Baldwinsville canal; Cayuga and Seneca canal; Crooked Lake canal; Chemung canal and feeder: Cayuga inlet; Chenango canal-329 miles, and the Chenango canal extension. JOHN D. FAY, Rochester-In charge of Western Division, as follows, viz.: Erie canal, from the county line between Seneca and Wayne counties to Buffalo, including basin at the latter place; Genesee Valley canal, including Dansville side-cut - 280 miles. STATE ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR. VAN RENSSELAER RICHMOND. [Prescribes duties of, and assigns divisions of canals to, Engineers; visits and inspects canals; prescribes surveys, maps, plans, estimates, etc., in the construction of improvement of a canal.] AUDITOR OF THE CANAL DEPARTMENT. [Invested with the powers and duties formerly belonging to the Comptroller, in relation to the canals; draws warrants on the Treas urer for all canal payments; audits all canal accounts; instructs canal collecting and distributing officers; keeps accounts of canal receipts and expenditures, etc.; ex officio Secretary of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund and of the Canal Board.] CANAL APPRAISERS. [They appraise the damages to individuals growing out of the construction of the canals.] SAMUEL NORTH, JESSE GAY. GEO. C. GREENE, By chap. 321 of the Laws of 1870, jurisdiction was granted to the Canal Appraisers "to hear and determine all claims against the State of any and all persons and corporations for damages alleged to have been sustained by them from the canals of the State, or from their use and management, or resulting or arising from the negligence or conduct of any officer of the State having charge thereof, or resulting or arising from any accident or other matter or thing connected with the canals," subject to the provisions and restrictions specified in the act. CANAL BOARD. [The Canal Board is composed of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund, the Canal Commissioners, and the State Engineer and Sur veyor. Meets at the Canal Department from time to time during the year; fixes the rates of tolls; appoints the collectors of tolls, engineers, canal superintendents, weighmasters and inspectors; hears appeals from Canal Appraisers; remits penalties, and regulates the police of the canals, etc.] CANAL DEPARTMENT. [Rooms in the State Hall, in which the business of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund and the Canal Board, and the business of the Auditor of the Canal Department, is required by law to be transacted.] Resolved, That all persons presenting claims for damages in all matters relating to the canals, before presenting the same to the legislature, shall obtain from the Canal Department full printed or written information in relation to such claim, so far as in the knowledge of said department. REPAIR SECTIONS. The Canals of this State are divided into the following Repair EASTERN DIVISION. CHAMPLAIN CANAL. SECTION NO. 1. Extending from the foot of the guard-lock south of the Mohawk river at Cohoes to the first lock north of Fort Miller bridge, a distance of 28 miles, and includes the dams across the Mohawk and Hudson rivers at Cohoes and Fort Miller. Contract surrendered. GEORGE W. NEILSON, Superintendent. SECTION NO. 2. Commences at the foot of the first lock north of Fort Miller bridge, and extends to Dunham's basin, and includes the Glen's Falls feeder, seven miles in length, to the feeder dam and pond above,making total length 24 miles. Contract surrendered. GEORGE SATTERLEE, Superintendent. SECTION NO. 3. Extends from Dunham's basin to Whitehall, a dis tance of 22 miles, seven of which are in Wood creek, with towingpath on bank. Contract surrendered. GEORGE NORTHRUP, Superintendent. BLACK RIVER CANAL. SECTION NO. 1. This section extends from Rome to a point one thousand feet north of Lock No. 70. Contract has expired. JOHN COLE, Superintendent. SECTION NO. 2. Extends from a point one thousand feet north of Lock No. 70, to the Black river at Lyon's Falls, including feeder from the State dam on Black river at Williamsville to Boonville; also the reservoirs above the State dam. Contract has expired. R. SANFORD MILLER, Superintendent. SECTION NO. 3. Extends from Lyon's Falls to and including the State dam at Carthage, a distance of 42 miles. Contract surrendered. FRANK B. JOHNSON, Superintendent. ERIE CANAL. SECTION NO. 1. Commencing at the lower end of the Albany basin extending to and including Lower Mohawk aqueduct, also including the Port Schuyler and West Troy side-cuts, the Champlain canal to the guard-lock at the Mohawk river, the Troy dam, sloop-lock and pond above (three miles in length), being 19 miles in length. Contract expires January 1, 1872. WILLIAM J. WHEELER, Superintendent. WM. C. STEPHENS, Contractor for Repairs. NOTE.-By chap. 55, Laws of 1870, the contract system was abolished. |