OF THE Superintendent of Public Works ON THE CANALS OF THE STATE Τα FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1902, And on the Trade and Tonnage of the Canals for the Year 1902. Transportation STATE OF NEW YORK. No. 61. IN ASSEMBLY, JANUARY 15, 1903. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Superintendent of Public Works STATE OF NEW YORK: OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, ALBANY, N. Y., January 7, 1903. To the Honorable the President of the Senate: SIR.- In compliance with the requirements of the statute, I have the honor to submit to the Legislature the annual financial report of this department for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1902, covering the disbursements for ordinary repairs and operating expenses; also a report of the trade and tonnage of the canals of the State during the season of navigation of 1902; also a report of the condition and the work of improvement connected therewith, under special appropriations, in progress or completed during the year ended December 31, 1902, and the expenditures on account thereof. CHARLES S. BOYD, Superintendent of Public Works. 176987 REPORT. OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, ALBANY, N. Y., January 7, 1903. To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of New York: I have the honor to submit herewith as required by statute a report as to the condition of the canals, the improvements and repairs made during the past year, the amount of money received and expended; also, a statement of the trade and tonnage during the past season of navigation. I also submit a report as to the expenditure of special appropriations for improvements other than those connected with the canals, which by your injunction was made under my supervision. CONDITION. The plan inaugurated by this department several years ago with reference to treatment of dilapidated structures has been followed during the past year so far as funds made available for such purposes would allow. The canals as a whole are only now emerging from the chaotic condition in which they necessarily were left as a result of the hastily started and suddenly interrupted deepening improvement authorized by chapter 79 of the Laws of 1895. That navigation has been maintained with so little interruption during the past four or five seasons, I believe, will be recognized by those familiar with the actual conditions, as they have ex |