People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1895 — Millions Voted for Canals. [ARTICLE]

Millions Voted for Canals.

New York, Nov. 7.—The proposition that the state shall spend $9,000,000 for improving the canals has been adopted. The returns are coming in slowly, but accurate figures received from twentythree counties give a majority of 114,831 votes in its favor. The work done in this city in behalf of the proposition met with great success, for of the 117,711 votes cast on the question there were only 13,503 against it