1. Albany... 2. Allegany. 3. Broome 4. Cattaraugus.. 5. Cayuga. 6. Chautauqua. 7. Chemung 8. Chenango 9. Clinton 10. Columbia 11. Cortland 12. Delaware.. STATISTICS RELATING TO THE COST OF PRINTING THE OFFICIAL BALLOTS, ETC. COUNTY. Cost per thousand for official ballots. $2.50 3 50 3 60 1 75 3 80 3 00 3 00 3 50 3 50 $500 6 00 3 00 3 50 Number of ballots printed. 1,173,232 208,000 240,000 327,084 252,000 633,750 152,000 135 000 125,000 200,000 145,312 180,675 13. Dutchess.. 14. Erie. 15. Essex 16. Franklin 17. Fulton 18. Genesee 19. Greene 20. Hamilton. 21. Herkimer 22. Jefferson, 23. Kings. 25. Livingston 26. Madison.. 27. Monroe 28. Montgomery. 29. New York. 30. Niagara 4 50 3 25 3 50 4 00 3 00 4 00 1 50 8.00 3 10 4 75 5 00 2 50 2 75 4 30 4 00 4 00 1 20 3 00 3 50 3 75 3 50 31. One da. 32. Onondaga. 33. Ontario 34. Orange. 35. Orleans 36. Oswego 37. Otsego 38. Putnam... 39. Queens. 40. Rensselaer 41. Richmond 42. Rockland. 43. St. Lawrence.. Statistics relating to the cost of printing official ballots, etc. — (Continued). COUNTY. $1 60 2.00 2 50 3 50 2.00 4 50 3 00 3 50 6 75 6 00 5 00 10 00 5 00 2.00 Cost per thousand for official ballots. } Number of ballots printed. 800,000 1,190,000 135,000 500,000 185,600 256,000 238,328 125,000 511,000 778,348 309,750 166,200 93,500 RELATIVE TO PASSES. COMMUNICATION FROM J. T. BROOKS, SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILWAY, RELATIVE TO PASSES. Hon. Joseph H. Choate, President Constitutional Convention Albany, N. Y.: ! Dear sir.— A few days ago I learned, from an item in the newspaper, that your Convention is considering the question of prohibiting the issues of passes to public officials, within the State of New York. I desire to avail myself of the use of your honored name, in presenting this letter to the committee, to whose consideration that subject is committed. I have had a personal experience of the pass question for a quarter of a century, in connection with the lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. For about eight years, I have maintained, single-handed, a contest against the issue of free passes to persons occupying official positions in city, county, State and federal governments; the only exception to this statement being that I have continued to issue session passes to members of the Legislature, and in rare instances, extending those passes after the close of the session, to the end of the current year. I have seen the evils of the pass system grow from very small beginnings to what I regard as now very great and deplorable proportions. I have tried to persuade officials of other railroad companies to follow my example, and I have endeavored to persuade the Legislature of Ohio, in which State I have always lived, on different occasions, to pass prohibitory laws on this subject, but in each instance, and always, without avail. |