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and the Kiskeminetas. ' Moreover, of the surveys authorized,* those 

 for determining the remainder of the Juniata route werfs only a 

 small fr/iction of the elaborate list. A general extension of the 



* Surveys were required to be made from Frankstown on the Juniata, to 

 Johnstown on the Conemaugh, across the Allegheny mountain, such as might 

 enable them to determine in what manner and by what kind of works, 

 whether by a smooth and permanent road of easy gradation, or by a rail- 

 road with locomotive or stationary engines, or otherwise, the portage or 

 space between the above mentioned points might be passed so as to ensure 

 the greatest public advantage. The board was also to cause further examina- 

 tions, surveys, and levels to ascertain the practicability and cost of a naviga- 

 ble communication between the west branch of the Susquehanna and the 

 Allegheny rivers; also a similar examination on the route from Northumber- 

 land up the north branch of the Susquehanna to the state line; from the 

 western section of the Pennsylvania canal near the mouth of the Kiskemine- 

 tas to a point on Lake Erie, via the Allegheny river and French creek, at or 

 near the borough of Erie; and from the city of Pittsburg to the said point 

 on Lake Erie, by the route of Beaver and Shenango; also an examination, 

 survey, and estimate of the route for a canal and also for a railway with 

 locomotive or stationary engines from Philadelphia, through Chester and 

 Lancaster counties, so as to connect by the nearest and most practicable route 

 with the eastern section of the Pennsylvania canal; also surveys, examina- 

 tions, and estimates for a canal dowTi the Brandywine river to a point north 

 of the Delaware state line, thence across tlie dividing ridge between that river 

 and Chester creek, thence dowTi the same to the river Delaware. The com- 

 missioners were alf?o required to make an examination to ascertain the 

 practicability and cost of forming a connection of the north branch of the 

 Susquelianna and the river Lehigh by means of a canal or railway, also 

 surveys and estimates from the termination of the Pennsylvania canal at the 

 mouth of the Swatara down the east and west sides of the Susquehanna to 

 the Maryland line, and to make report to the next legislature of the expense 

 and practicability of extending the Pennsylvania canal to the intersection of 

 the Mai-yland line and the said river. Examinations were also to be made 

 from the mouth of French creek, by way of Waterford, to the bay of Presque 

 Isle, and from Conneaut lake to Lake Erie; also examinations along the 

 valley of the Delaware from Philadelphia, or from Bristol or any intermedi- 

 ate point between Bristol and the head of tide water to Carpenter's point, 

 to effect a navigable canal communication; also surveys and estimates 

 through the valleys of the Conodogwinet, Yellow Breeches, and Conococheague 

 creeks, for the connection of the rivers Susquehanna and Potomac by a 

 canal ; also from the west end of the Harrisburg bridge to Chambersburg, 

 and from the west end of the Columbia bridge through York and Gettysburg 

 to Chambersburg; also the proposed route for a canal between the Schuylkill 

 and the Delaware. — See sections 1, 3 and 11 of the act in Appendix V. 



