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New York State Canal Commissioners Superintendents of Repairs' Estimates of Expenditures for Repairs


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
These estimates of proposed expenditures for canal repairs were submitted by Superintendents of Repairs to the Canal Commissioner responsible for specific division of the canal system. Each estimate provides the location of the work project, names of structures or work involved, and an estimated cost of labor and materials.
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Superintendents of Repairs' estimates of expenditures for repairs
Quantity:

11 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1835-1905
Series Number:
A1131

Arrangement

Arranged by canal.

Administrative History

Superintendents of Repairs were required to render bi-monthly accounts of expenditures for repairs to the Comptroller.

Scope and Content Note

Estimates and proposed expenditures for canal repairs were submitted every thirty or sixty days by superintendents of repair to the Canal Commissioner in charge of a division of the canal system (or, after 1876, to the Superintendent and Public Works). The format varies, but each estimate always gives location of work, names of structures or works, and estimated cost of labor and materials. Each estimate includes the certificate of the Canal Commissioner or Superintendent of Public Works that the estimated expenditures are necessary and correct. The records are sorted by canal but unarranged beyond that.

Related Material

The same printed form used in this series was also used for reports of repairs

see Series A1132, Superintendents of Repairs' reports of expenditures for repairs.

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