COMMUNICATION FROM CANAL COMMISSIONERS. 403 bill of damages, together with the explanation thereof, is just and true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Sworn and subscribed, January 19, 1847, before Dauphin County, ss: JOHN STEWART. W. KLINE. Before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said county, personally came Tobias Funk, who being duly sworn according to law, saith that he has been well acquainted with the amount of stock hereinbefore specified, and that he believes the amount of losses or damages before stated, is just and true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Sworn and subscribed, January 19, 1847, before TOBIAS FUNK. W. KLINE. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 20, 1847. We certify that we are acquainted with Tobias Funk, Esq., the above witness, and know him to be a man of high respectability, and that his statement is entitled to the fullest faith and credit. TO JACOB Ziegler, Esq., Superindendent of the Gettysburg extension of Pennsylvania railway: SIR-The following is the amount of work done by John Stewart, contractor on section, No. C: 271 Cubic yards excavation of tunnel, at $5 75, 3,087 Do. embankment, 45, 1 00. N $1,558 25 1,389 15 2,714 00 Feet cross drains. Rods grubbing and clearing. 'Total amount, $5,661 40 I certify, that the above is a correct return of the work done by John Stewart, contractor for section, No. C. W. K. HUFFNAGLE, Engineer. Office, statement.-Amount brought down, $5,661 40 Former payments. Received, July 24, 1840, of Jacob Ziegler, Esq., superintendent, the sum of five thousand six hundred and sixty-one dollars and forty cents, being the amount of the above estimate, and in full of all demands against the Commonwealth, on account of work done on section, No. C. $5,661 40. JOHN STEWART. AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, 846.} I do certify, that the within is a true copy of the original remaining on file in this department. JOHN N. PURVIANCE, Auditor General. Doc. No. 47. Communication from the Canal Commissioners, relative to certain claims against the Commonwealth. READ-MARCH 1, 1847. CANAL COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE, Hon. CHARLES GIBBONS, Speaker of the Senate: SIR-In pursuance of several acts of Assembly, the Board of Canal Commissioners report the following cases of claims for damages, and the testimony on which the awards were founded, which have received their examination, and which have not been heretofore reported: Act of 3d April, 1846-George Hogg, for work done on section No. 3, of the Erie Extension, award nine hundred fifty-one dollars and forty cents; for work done on aqueduct, No. 20, no allowance. Act of 8th April, 1846-Alfred Royer, for damage to his section boat on the Portage railroad, award one hundred and seventy-five dollars. Act of 17th April, 1846-John M. Marshall, for damage to his section boat on the Portage railroad, no allowance. By order of the Board. J. HARTSHORNE, President. COMMUNICATION FROM CANAL COMMISSIONERS. 405 Doc. No. 48. Communication from the Canal Commissioners, in relation to the claim of M'Kown and Flood. READ-MARCH 1, 1847. To the Legislature of Pennsylvania: CANAL COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE, The Board of Canal Commissioners in compliance with the provisions of the act of Assembly of 10th April, 1846, entitled "An Act concerning the claim of M'Kown and Flood," have examined into said claim and found that in their judgment there is equitably due to said contractors, a balance of nine hundred and forty dollars. As the act above referred to requires the board to report the facts and principles upon which their decision may be based, they would beg leave, in compliance with that portion of it, to state, that the material facts are that M'Kown and Flood entered into a contract for cleaning out the canal from the Allegheny to the Monongahela river, through the tunnel, in October, 1839, at the rate of twenty-seven cents per cubic yard. That they executed the work according to their contract and that a final estimate was made on it at the contract price only, notwithstanding it appears from the appended statement of Mr. Morris, the engineer, who had charge of the work during its execution, that a portion of it was much more difficult than was anticipated, and was therefore, a fair item for extra compensation. For the quantity on which this allowance should be made, the Board have had to rely on the statement of the engineer before referred to, as the best evidence on that point which could be had at this time, and the price estimated by the engineer, corresponding with the judgment of the board in regard to the value of the work, has been adopted also. Statement of Mr. Morris. HARRISBURG, March 26, 1841. To the Committee of Claims in Senate of Pennsylvania: The contract for cleaning out the Monongahela branch of the canal at Pittsburg, from the aqueduct over the Allegheny river, to the Monongahela, including the tunnel, and the removal of the bar outside of out-let locks, was allotted to Flood and M'Kown, contractors. They completed their job and a final estimate has been made out but not paid. Cleaning out the tunnel and removing the bar were attended with great difficulty, much more I believe, than was anticipated by the contractors. The quantity of excavation in tunnel was about 2,000 yards. 900 66 A fair compensation for excavation of tunnel, would be forty-seven cents per yard, and for excavation of bar, eighty-seven cents per yard. The contractors' prices for the whole excavation was twenty-seven cents per yard, which in my opinion was not too much for any part. From this data an allowance should be made the contractors as follows: 2,000 yards excavation tunnel at 20 cents, $400 00 540 00 $940 00 Signed, Respectfully yours, WM. E. MORRIS, Principal Engineer Western Div. Penna. Canal. With these facts before them, the Board on the 3d day of October, 1846, adopted the following resolution, viz: "Resolved, That in the opinion of the board, M'Kown and Flood, are justly entitled to receive nine hundred and forty dollars, in addition to the amount they have received under the contract for cleaning out the canal between the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, in the city of Pittsburg, and removing the bar opposite the out-let locks in the Monongahela river." Respectfully submitted, By order of the Board, J. HARTSHORNE, President. Doc. No. 49. Communication from the State Treasurer, in relation to the payment of the Interest on the Public debt. READ-MARCH 1, 1847. Hon. CHARLES GIBBONS, Speaker of the Senate = TREASURY OFFICE, } SIR-In compliance with a resolution requesting the State Treasurer “to inform the Senate, as soon as practicable, whether the whole of the half yearly interest upon the State debt, which fell due on the first instant, [ultimo] has been paid, if not, what amount remains unpaid; and what amount of available funds there is in the Treasury; and also, whether any of the accruing revenues of the present year have been antici/pated," I have the honor to submit the following statement: Aggregate amount of interest on the funded debt, which fell due on the 1st day of February, 1847, Of this amount, there was paid by the late State Treasurer, $730,881 12 Five per cent. tax retained from the holders, $983,254 09 203,210 27 49,162 70 983,254 09 By this it is shown, that the whole amount of interest, which fell due on the 1st ultimo, has been paid. The following revenues, which would have accrued during the present year, appear, from the books of this department, to have been anticipated, viz: Annual Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Codorus Navigation Company. READ-MARCH 6, 1847. To the Hon. the Speaker of the Senate of Pennsylvania: The following exhibits a true and correct statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Codorus navigation company, the past year: Cash received from tolls, and money loaned from York Bank, from January, 1846, to January, 1847, Expenditures and re-payment of loans, &c., for same time, Balance due creditors, or against company, York County, 88: $3,117 631 3,176 79 $59 16 Personally came before me, a justice of the peace in and for said county, Jacob Emmett, Esq., president of said Codorus navigation company, and being duly qualified saith, that the above exhibit and statement, is just and true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Sworn to and subscribed, March 4, 1847, before me, JACOB EMMETT. JACOB GLESSNER. |