Abstracts of expenditures for engineering B1379

Abstracts of expenditures for engineering

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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:

This series documents expenditures for the construction of the Erie, Champlain, and Oswego Canals. Headings include name of division engineer, geographical division, name of canal, voucher number, date, to whom paid, contract number, amount of voucher, position of payee, services or equipment paid for, subtotals, and totals.

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Title:

Abstracts of expenditures for engineering

Quantity:

2.5 cubic feet

(4 volumes)

Inclusive Dates:

1913-1918

Series Number:

B1379

Arrangement

Chronological.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of four large bound volumes of expenditure abstracts apparently created for the Office of the State Comptroller under Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, the Barge Canal Law. These volumes document expenditures for the construction of the Erie, Champlain, and Oswego Canals and were prepared and signed by the division engineer working with the state engineer and surveyor.

Accounts are in columnar format. Headings include name of division engineer, geographical division, name of canal, voucher number, date, to whom paid, contract number, amount of voucher, position of payee, services or equipment paid for, subtotals, and totals. Information supplied under the headings is almost exclusively typewritten. Verso shows certification by division engineer and state engineer and surveyor.