Abstracts of expenditures of Erie Canal contracts B0219

Abstracts of expenditures of Erie Canal contracts

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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 abstracts deal with administrative costs incurred during Erie Canal contracts. They record period covered by and type expenditure; division (eastern, middle, western);; voucher number and date; position (e.g. engineers, assistants, leveler, draftsman, etc.); salary; date and cost of contract; amounts paid (e.g. for printing, fuel and light, etc.); quantity of materials delivered,; material furnished by the State and estimate figures.

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Title:

Abstracts of expenditures of Erie Canal contracts

Quantity:

2 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1900-1904

Series Number:

B0219

Arrangement

Unarranged.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of printed forms submitted by division engineers to the State Engineer and Surveyor pursuant to the legislation authorizing a specific canal construction project. The abstracts were submitted monthly, and deal mainly with administration costs incurred during the project.

The abstracts provide the name of the division engineer; division (eastern, middle, western); period covered by the abstract; voucher number; date; to whom paid; position (division and resident engineers, assistants, leveler, draftsman, rodman, chainman, clerk and laborer); salary; amounts paid for stationery and printing, livery, fuel and light, postage, office rent, telephone and telegraph and miscellaneous; to whom paid; the total amount paid to each work force member; column totals; a sworn statement by the division engineer attesting to the fact that the abstract is a true and accurate account of all costs incurred and work performed; the signature of the State Engineer and Surveyor; date; the category to which the abstract applies (ordinary repairs, extraordinary repairs, general funds, bridges, surveys for the Court of Claims, hydrography, repairs and regular canal surveys); and authorizing legislation.