The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 15, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1896. PLANS FOR THE NEW POSTOFFICE, Changes Suggested by Post-| master McCoppin a Month Ago. SUBMITTED TO AIKEN. The Architect Is Responsible for the Delay in Beginning Work. WILL NOW FORCE THE ISSUE. Pressure Will Bz Breuzht to Besar on the Department by the Ca’'ifornia Delegation. vesterday Postmaster McCoppin out the corresponden and 8 ington in regard to the c plans for the new Postofiic this City. The letters of the Postm go to show th: did eve power to h matters rather than to check the of the enterprise. given out by the Architect's oftice ton that the in the com- nt of work on e builaing was ase of the ¢ which the San Fran- 0 Postmaster and the Feceral Judges bad caused in not changir the Architect’s pla as reque d. This letter of Mr. McCoppin to Aiken clearly defines the position of the Post- master: mself 15 lan submitted fa veral be placed ‘t‘u«ln' ds 3 two divisions of ication sufficient be made for at such division t of floor s apartments In this con- t no proyision is er's division. 1d I presume 1 ostmaster’s quar- e a; 1portant feats ji the San Fry ncisco Pos ived and the inqui desks. It is ¢ 1 sho seople lated and ec oomy, well-venti- rious objection which consists in the ¢ order divi- re_su e avoided if possible. 1 be- be avoided in the plan under con. ttances amounting to up- dollars are annually re- e remitiances ansferred from ready noted in the Liere, only more the plan proposed er through the pub- king floor space d obviate this by tat the ts instend and Stevensoun. it would be possi- mmunication between would be both safe »provide meansof ¢ hich 10w placed to the ance. i kuow of no There isstill another posed plans for the money o provision is made for a uch au mon partment is in- dis ¥ equipped postoflice, as otherwise desks arnd writing materials for the accommodation of the p a filling out applications, etc., would have to be placed in the main corridors. 1 would that 1o p under consideration night be placed in t tes t i rior loor s the plan on which sepa- om the public side of the build- general plan of the rear driveway, mail- atform, location of regisiry division and 1g space of main offi ¥ I think good. , however, climiuate the toilet to thie right of the Mission. street entrance include the space so 1 in & roomy vault for the use of the regis - ¥,~ n, push the registry lobby at the same i t Ip spa that case I would | 1 ) give the central floor distribution forces of the office. In 3 city delivery divi- t side and uulize street side of e 1o th sion the s 1 the Stevensc e on the -stry Mission visions need oflice To meet this necessity I suggest that the spa within the ral area on the side of the ole: vator be partitioned off 50 &sto provide four additional rooms. These would be utilized re- spectively for records, superintepdent of mails, superintendent of city delivery and di- rectory clerks. The two . superinten would be sdvantageously located for tbi gave | | tent illy a thing in his | and returning | OB ON K TRESTLE, | orde: | piaced in a baggage-car, and the train hur- | do this would necessitate | These | ments and | of their respective de vision pe SacHpasy ‘Iv\'n\fld{n the same time be ea: | the public. 3 B order to more fully embody my ideas of a proper working plan for the Postoflice in this City 1 beg to hereto append a rough diagram based upon your alternative It would | serve to show in & general way the allotments | and subdivisions of floor space which will in my judgment best subserve the interests of the posial department at this point. You will observe that I have, in order to make room for the money order division, | shortened the public lobby running parallel with Seventh street, and which is extended pon your plan to the Mission-street walls. offset this by bringing the public lobby which runs parallel to Mission street through to the Seventh-street wall. [ would suzgest, Lowever, that the space lost at this point, which I have marked with a red star upon my diagram, be given to the cashier’s and np divisions unless it be absolutely necessary to leave it open for the admission of ‘ lignt into the public lobb; LAWYERS GO 10 LISTEN, The Martin Case Attendance Is Increasing Day by Day. SHARP FENCING BY COUNSEL Experts in Handwriting and an Expert at Testifying Entertain the Audience. Lrusting you will not consider me_ intrusive in this matter, and assuring you that I am only anxious to co-operate with your honor- | able department in securing for San_Francisco & postoflice establishment which will meet the wants of this people for the next half century to come, 1 remain, yours very respectfully, FrANK McCOPPIN, Postmaster. In reply to this letter the Postmaster re- °d a communication from Mr. Aiken, Vasnington, March 27, thanking | him for his suggestions and outlining ad- ional changes in the plans. Postmaster McCoppin replied to this letter on April 7, four days after its arrival and after he | had carefully gone over the plans again. He did not like the second plan and he | suid so. The substitution by Mr. Aiken main entrances to the Postoflice for | 4! i L s first intended, did not meet with | Signature as written on the ticket at the he approval of the Postmaster. He said | time of its purchase. bis reply that the change would break | It isnot so much the elementsin the pace and render it more diffi- | 5ction jtself that create the interest, nor gements which, in his | ¢, o quality or character of the evidence, judgment. were necessary for the conven- < ience of t tal service. The two best | but the contest, now with broadswords and now with rapiers, of the giants who rooms on the floor, for instance—those at piers the corner of Seventh and Mission and | sit on the opposite sides of the counsel table. . Seventi 1d Stevenson streets respec- tively—would be so isolated as to be out of | "1 patrle has been an intellectual treat to the older and an object lesson to young Judge Daingerfield’s court has developed remarkable powers of attraction with the progress of the Martin case. No recent civil case has been contested as has been this against the Southern Pacific Railroad to recover damages for having expelled a passenger from a train at an out-of-the- way station because the passenger’s signa- |in | up the floc cult to secure arra touch with other divisions and to that ex- vted for the service contem- e Postmaster ventured the | plated. ture, written at the request of the con- | ducter, did not seem to agree with the | seems to be that the character of this de- fense is not understood,” be said. *‘We Propose to show that this plaintiff had this game in hand from the beginning; that he put himself under suspicion of the agents of the company for the purpose of being put off the train and bringing a suit here for the recovery of damages in the sum of $75,000; that he went to the ticket-brokers in this City and offered to | sell or trade his ticket, and that was re- ported to the office of the company, and attention was so directed toward him; that when asked to write his signature he made such a burlesque of it that no bank would think of cashing 2 draft upon it when compared to the signature on the ticket; that when put off the train he was getting what he himself was planning for. Itis for this reason that we wish to show the methods of the scalping business—it is preliminary to the other.” “If this be the purpose of the inquiry,” said Delmas, “to show that this plaintiff is practicing a deception it passeth under- standing why they don’t show it. 1f he is a fraud they should prove it; if he tried to sell his ticket to the brokers they should prove it; if he wrote his name purposely in conflict with his proper signature they should prove it. Tt is certainly notto the purpose to wander through all the ramifi- cations of the scalping war. Ifthey do prove it they make a complete defense and | the e is at end, and this plaintiff will receive nothing at the hands of the jury, | 88 he should receive nothing. If they prove it they prove that this man deceived us as he deceived the conductor. *‘On the other hand, whatever the dis- crepancy in the handwriting of the plain- tiff, if it occurred honestly in the course of this transaction out of which this case grows, the plaintiff is entitled to damages. And how are we to reconcile the state- ments herein made concerning the plaintiff’s deliberate attempt to defraud | the defendant with the latter's offer to him of compromise.” General Barnes here brusauely inter- rupted and denied that any refzrence had been made to compromise except the ism that two minor entrances | on the same street would give a i ffect architecturally than be derived from one. The Post- aster emphasized his former suggestions as to interior arrangements and aeclared that he was exceedingly anxious that the provesed building should be so arranged as to meet the requirements of the postal service of San Francisco for the next fifty pears. DG e department will have to fur- | nish some other excuse for the long delay | in commencing work on the Postoff An effort will be made to have the Cali- | fornia delegation at Washington force the | aepartment to begin the work without | further delay. ) | | turtuer crit o m. R. H. Green Run Down and Killed ‘ Yesterday by the San Jose ‘ | Express. Two Little Girls Witness the Accident | and Say That the Whistle Was Not Blown. C. H. Green, 75 years of age, bowed under the weight of his years and dim of eye, struck down by the San Jose express at the corner of Day street and | oad crossing yesterday afternoon at o’clock, and received injuries from which death resulted in the course of half an hour. The old man was the proprietor of a hardware-store at 1328 Valencia street, and at the time of the accident was re- | turning to his store after delivering an of goods to a customer. He passed up Lay street to the railroad track and | climbed a 15-foot embankment in order to | cross a trestle which spans a deep and | dusty chasm. He had just reached the | trestle and was about to start across when the express train shot around a curve and | bore down upon him. | He did not see nor hear the train until | it within a few yards of him, and then | it was 100 late and hLe was struck and | hurled down the embankment. As soon | as possible Engineer Algere brought his | train to a standsrill, and backed up to | where the injured man lay unconscious | and bleeding.” He was picked up and| ' - Rt WRITING EXPERT EISENS ried on to the Valencia-street station. | PROFESSOR EISSENCHIMEL CHIMMEL ON THE STAND. Upon making the station Green was carried | into the waiting-room, and a physician | 8ttorneys, by whom the courtroom has hastily summoned from St. Luke’s Hos- | been crowded for the past few days. pital, a few blocks away, but when he ar- | The little tincture of acrimony hetween rived it was found that the injured man | the opponents in which the trial began was dead. | nas sauced each day’s proceedings as it The Coroner was then notified and Dep- | Went, and the confidence with which its | uty Coroners Hallet and McGinnis took | outcroppings were expected went far charge of the remains and removed them | toward putting a premium on_the seating to the Morgue. An examination of the | Capacity of the courtroom. Each inch of body disclosed the fact that deceased had | the proceedings has been contested, not sustained a fracture of the skull at the | hotly, as the term goes, but coldly ana base, death resuiting from hemorrhage of | scientifically. = : th e brain. | Many of the lawyers of the Fair will There were two witnesses to the sad ac- | ¢ase dropped in during the day, George A. cident, and although they are both girls of | Knight sitting at General Barnes' table tender vears, they are nevertheless ex- | and Reuben . Lloya at that of Mr. Del- ceedingly bright and are competent wit- | Mas through a large purt of the morning nesses. Their names are Alma Voightand | session. A : Dediama Millard, the former r('slfiing at| The defense attacked the plaintiff on his 1122 and the Jatter at 306 Valley street. morals and his handwriting yesterday— Both girls are inclined to biame the en- | Morals in the morning, handwriting in the gineer and fireman for the accident, as | 8fternoon; morals through the medium of | they say that tbe engine’s whistle was not | the Midway Plaisance and handwriting blown nor its bell sounded. through Carl Eisenschimmel and a few oth- “When we first saw Mr. Green he was | er% The interest was about equally di- slowly walking elong the track towards | Yided blf_t‘"t'nl the two—the Midway and trestle,” said Miss Millard, speaking about | Eisenschimmel. the accident last evening, “and both of us| Lt a3 undertaken to be shown that the | girls noticed the danger in which he was | PIaintiff (Martin) had committed the ing himself in starting across the | Erave error of having visited the Midway trestle. In event a tramn comes along | Llaisance d“'”‘i his visit to the City. while you are crossing the span there is no | Lolice Sergeant Davis had seen him there. | way of escape, and death is inevitable. There was a long struggle between ““We were just thinking and_talking | counsel as to the relevancy and admis- about his danger when the train came | Sibility of the evidence and of the qualifi- whizzing around the curve, and naturally | Cation of the police sergeant to testify as | we became frightened and covered up our | 10 the character of the place. The sergeant | eyes with our bands. We took our hands | $2id he knew its character, had himself away from our faces, however, before the | Séen the Oriental muscle dance there, and | train struck Mr. Green, and saw him make | 3150 had seen men and women frequent- akind of aleap for safetv justa second | g the boxes. | before he was knocked down. The train [ ' What was the character struck him and when we looked again he | Women?" asked General Barnes. was lying part way down the embank. | Your Honor wiil see where that is lead- ment, blood flowing from an awful cutin | iDg us.” said Mr. Delmas, after he had his head. made his objection. ‘“The witness has We waited until the train backed up | Seen fifty women there perhaps. Under and carried him away, and then we ran | Cross-examination we will want to know home, as we were badly frightened, being | their names, their residences, and how he unused to such horrible sights,” knows their character—we will have the | Mrs. Green, widow of deceased, who is | Fight, I mean, to put fifty questions con- also over 70 years of age, is prostrated with | Cerning each of the fifty women. There is griel owing to the death of her husband. | 1o end to it 3 3 “*We were married over fifty years ago,” | But the question was allowed. The she said, “and just to think that I will | Witness answered very promptly that he Well, thank God, 1 of the never see him again, did not know their character. am very v and have not long to live, | William Ross of the passenger depart- | and so T will soon be with him, T did nof | ment went on the stand to explain the methods of the ticket-scalper and the relations of the railroad company to him. At every point Attorney Delmas offered objection on the ground of irrelevancy; the ticket-scalper had nothing to do with the case. But still the questions were allowed, the court volunteering an excep- tion. In most cases Delmas would reply, “We do not except.” The field of inquiry widened. Mr. Ross, encouraged, amplified his answers and was explaining at length how the ticket- scalper gave a guarantee that money should be refunded in case the ticket was know he was dead,”’ she continued, “‘until ertaker called and asked me if 1 t emploved any one to look after my husband’s funeral.” Just think, the undertakers were informed as to my hus. band’s death even before I was and I think that it is a shame. “We have no children of our own, no one but an adopted daughter, and she js all T have left, but I sappose that I must be contented and await the day when I | too will leave this world and join my hus- | band in the great beyond. | | bad as the | central area for the mailing and foreign divi- sions. The superintendents of these two di- Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S, Gov't Report Roal ABSOLUTELY PURE and the traveler wound up in his (Ross’) office with a grievance. “Your Honor,” said Delmas, e have the full history of the relationship of this railroad company and_the scalper, of the mento, of the bribery and pollution that have characterized that story and brought disgrace upon the State, and finally, when the smoke of their battles has cleared of how we found the lion and the lying down together that they might with greater comfort to themselves fleece and shear the other lambs. Are we to have the whole story 2" General Barnes rose up. Baking Powder “The trouble lifted, and how faith was generally broken | Jegislation one way and another at Sacra- | statement of Mr. Ross on the witness- stand as to the offer of compensation for the loss of time. That was within the time limit allowed by lasw. | Mr. Delmas recailed an instance where General Barnes hed himself referred to this offer. He should not then complain of his (Delmas’) use of it. The fact was, he said. the big corporation was willing to recognize and pay damages provided they were very small. Judee Daingerfield allowed the ques- asked, reasoning somewhat as fol- ‘The evidence is here that the vlaintiff is considerable of a traveler. The same set of circumstances applying to the case of some other man who had traveled little would properly exclude this line of ques- tioning. But we must suppose that he is familiar with the requirements of rail- roads in selling the class of ticket he held and the precautions deemed necessary to be taken by the railroad company against imposition and loss through the'traffic in the same.” Ana so the inquiry was continued through a long explanation of the scalp- ine business, Witnesses as to handwriting kept the stand all the afternoon. George Grant, acting teller of the Nevada Bank, and W. A. Stinson, paying teller at the Anglo- California Bank, testified that they would not pay money on any draft coufronted with such discrepancy of signatures as the various writings of plaintiff exhibited. . Carl Eisenschimmel, expert on handwrit- ing as well as expert witness, amused and entertained the crowded courtroom with a detailed study of the signatures he had made. He presented enlarged photo- graphs of the various signatures, and from the up and down strokes thus clearly shown descanted on the ‘‘habits” of the writer which the lines conveyed to him. Haying explained how the pen must bave been held to write tie characters, and how certain of the sinews labored harder in the performance than others, he explained that all of them must have been written by the same man, and that ail ex- cept those on the ticket were evidently an attempt to disguise the hand. _Cross-examining, Delmas called atten- tion to the differences between the signa- tures on the two sides of the ticket, one | using the Greek ‘‘e,” the other not. Here a long discussion arose as to which was the front and which the back of the ticker. The court suggested to the witness that be use the words obverse and reverse to distinguish them. | “We will call them ‘front and back’; that is plain Eaglish,” said Delmas, A draft was submitted to the witness, dated previous to the date of the ticket, which bore the signature and_the name of a bank in the plaintiff’s handwriting and which presented the very differences in style and formations of capital letters as marked the signature in question, and upon which the wifness had lain stress as showing conclusively an attempt to dis- guise the hand. Eisenschimmel at once said tbe writing Wwas by the same hand, but declared this, too, was an attempt to disguise the hand. “You mean to say that this man has disguised his hand on a draft to be pr sented to his own bankers for payment? The witness after some quibbling d, clared flatly, ‘I say now this is notad guised hand, but simply a change of style.” NO SPLIT IN THE ARMY. Brigadier Keppel Says Seced- ing Salvationists Don't Count. NO NATIONAL PREJUDICE. The American Jurisdiction May Bs Divided Into Three Command- eries or Sections. Considerable comment has been called forth in local Salvationist circles by TuE Carv's dispatch of yesterday containing a statement purporiing to have been made by Mr. and Mrs. Ballington Booth. In brief, the statement imputes to General Booth an intense aversion to things and ways American. So far, say the ex- commander and his lady, does the vener- abie general’s antagonism extend that he e e e e LINENS! NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. LINENS! SPECIAL SALE OF 25 CASES German Linens LINENS, is about to divide the United States juris- diction of the Salvation Army into three sections, each section having a slice of Canadian soil tacked to the north of it. Popular rumor went further yet, assum- ing that the general’s intention was to divide the United States Salvationist workers so as to prevent anything like national feeling among them, so far as their work might be concerned. To more effectually put down any approach to a distinctively American branch of the Salvation Army it was said the general would have each American district em- brace a small portion of Canadian territory, in which the jurisdictional headquarters would be located and to which all dona- tions would have to be sent after the ex- penses of each branch had been paid. The statement of ex-Commander and Mrs. Ballington Booth would seem, to some ex- tent, at least, to bolster up these flying reports. rigadier Keppel, though a busy man is a good conversationist. His attention being called to the statement of Mr. and Mrs. Ballington Booth he read it through carefully before making any remark. ““This,” he said at length, ‘‘you must understand, is our first information on the subject mentioned. Until we receive orders directly from London we cannot allow any newspaper statements to influ- ence us. At present, also, it seems to me, it would be premature to express an opi ion, except in a purely personal way. It is only my versonal view of the matter— my individual opinion—that I am able to give. © i First of all, there has been mno ‘split’ in the army. Its history, like that of every other organization, is dotted wita deser- tions and secessions; but in the Salvation Army there has been no corporate division commander, and Mrs. Ballington Booth was immensely popular. Both possess fascinating personal attractions and a de- votedness to their work which gained for them the respect as well as the affection of their subordinates. Yet, when they left the army their following was small and_comparatively insignificant. Brigadier Fielding of Chicago was, per- Laps the most important member of the army to secede with them. Major Glenn of New York, the cashier and accountant of the New York headquarters, Staff Cap- tain Pattie Watkins, whose singing has made her famous, and two or three other cavtains, with a scattering detachment of the rank and file, make up the sum total. Major Glenn has sent in his submission to the army and asked for readmission with- in its ranks, and I have heard that Captain Pattie Watkins has done the same. w, as to the division of the Ameri- can jurisdiction. It would appear that General Booth, in considering the matter, was swayed rather by ideasof conveni- ence and facility of travel than by any no- tion of national feeling. The United States is too large a country for one com- mander. “During the nine years of Ballington Booth’s incumbency he visited the Pacific Coast only once. 1 would not wish to be quoted as saying anything definite, nor can I speak with precision in this connec- tion; but I think the American jurisdic- tion will be divided into three comman- deries, one embracing the Pacific Slope th British Columbia, perhaps, thrown n, with the commander’s headquarters in San_Francisco; another comprising the territory west from Detroit to the Rocky Mountains, with headquarters at Chicago, and one covering ihe Atlantic Coast, with its center in New York City. “Perbaps North Dakota, Montana and some other Northern States and Territories may continue to be governed from Toronto, | owing to the greater facility with which they can be reached and visited from that point; but I have no reason to believe that such will be the case. 1 do not believe, however, that General Booth wishes to | render the army odious to loyal citizens of any country. Though governed from Eng- land it is not English; nor is it American. Itis a world-wide agency for good, and is entirely free trom ail national limitations, If ‘policy’ can be mentioned in connection with a work whose only object is the salva- tion of souls, this, it seems to me, is the onlv safe policy for the army to pursue.’” ‘When asked as to defections from-the army on this coast the genial brigadier re- lied : K “They have been few and unimportant. The case will be resumed to-day. Ladies’ Southern ties, $1 45, all shades, every toe. Byan & Ryan, 10 Mongomery avenue, * In San Jose twenty-three of our soldiers bad seceded, and yesterday (Sunday) the ringleaders came back to their old al- legiance. In this City we have three or four ex-soldiers in what is called the ‘Gos- pel Army.” There isanother band of three or four men known as ‘Jesus’ Army,’ of which I personally know little, save that its moving spirit is a man of deep piety with a fervent love of souls. None ot his adherents are deserters from the Salvation Army, so far as I have learned. “To sum up the whole matter,” con- cluded Brigadier Keppel, as he rose in answer to a request from one of the clerks, “tne grand cld army is not divided: there s no split in it: it continues to receive di- rections as toiis plan of work from Eng- land: but its fiela is the world snd its only sovereign the God whose majesty it seeks 1o serve.” DEFYING THE LAW. A Young Man Arrested for Selling Five and Ten Cent Pools to Boys. Thomas Mullen, 24 yvears of age, who calls himself a circus performer, was ar- rested yesterday afternoon by Mounted Policemen Dinzler and Wilkinson for vio- | lating the pool ordinauce. Mallen was | arrested about two weeks ago for the same offense, and Judge Low dismissed the | case. He takes up a position outside the | Ingleside racetrack fence, and has a crowd of newsboys and messenger-boys around | him. They bet their nickels and dimes | with Muilen on the races, and he makes | up his books on each race, charging his commission after the results are known by :vatching the races from the branches of a | ree. . | The spirit of gambling is infused into the minds of the boys by the doings of such men as Mallen, who has openly de- fied the police since Judze Low dismissed the case against him. The police will push the case against him tnis time with all their vigor, and hope to be able to securea conviction from some other Judge. D S The Clairvoyant Cases. | The cases ot Professors Van de Vere and Eugene, the clairvoyants, charged by ex-Post- master Bell of Carson City, Nev., with obtain. ing $1100 from him, were called in Judge Low’s court again yesterday afternoon. After some unimportant testimony the prosecution Tested its case, and the defense asked fora con- | cussed. | the contrar: SCARFS, LUNCH SETS, LINEN SHEETS, these goods are confined excl will be sold at the lowest Fugncisco. 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Among them were the extension of the beit railroad south of Market street, the obtaining of an appropriation for a light- ship in place of the present inefficient whistling-buoy, the establishment of a board of arbitration with legal power, as in the Chambers of Commerce of New York and London; the adoption of official certificates of competency, to be given of- ficers in the merchant service in respect to navigation and seamanship; the establish- ment of a United States department of | commerce, with a representative in the | Cabinet. Referred to the quarterly meef. ing of the chamber on Tuesday, April 21. The officiai, honorary certificate of mem- bersnip for *‘eminent public services’ was presented to Colonel Wendell, United States Engineers. The chamber only ver- mits these certificates in rare instances, and they are esteemed an honor which only eminent p ublic service ean obtain. A communication was received from one of the local navigation schools and from one of the commercial papers of the City, requesting the Chamber of Commerce to appoint experts in navigation and seaman- ship, who would issue certificates of com- petency, after due examination, under the sanction of the chamber. It was resolved that a letter be sent to the Californian delegation in Congress re- questing them to endeavor to procure the establishment of a lightship in San Fran- cisco Bay, near the site of the present whistling 'buoy. It was further resolved that a letter be sent to Thomas B. Reed, earnestly requesting his urgent endeavor for the passage of the Nicaragua canal bill. Thirty-one new firms and individuals were elected t> membership, which now numbers 440. The letter to Mr. Reed ran as follows: Hon. Thomas B. Reed, Speaker of the Housc of Representatives—Sir: The Chamber of Com- mérce of San Francisco respectinlly but urgently request that you will aid the ena ment of the Niearagux Canal bill in the F: fourth Congress at the earliest;possible date, permitiing its prompt consideration by the House of Representatives when reported by the committee having it in charge. The canal question has been before Cougress for several session, and has been thoroughiy d Both ' political parties have pro- nounced at National conventions in its favor. as have also Presidential candidates in their letters of accepiance. The development of our commerce, our in- dustries, our international influence, our political and military safety, all demand its prompt construction” under control of our Governmeni. It will no more injure vested interests than the Erie canal or the St. Mary’s canal conuecting both the Great Lakes. 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