WESTERN CANAL. 2o 



ST cents a bushel, and the land transportation, at 

 any considerable distance, costs at least 44 cents. 

 A bushel of wheat can be conveyed on tlie canal, 

 when linished, from Seneca river to Albany for 

 six cents. 



Gypsum is fouijd all over the west; you cr,n 

 new buy it at Utica for $1 50 to $2 a ton. Tlie 

 <::reat courjtrv Ivina: on the Hudson can be sun- 

 plied with this mineral for four or live dollars a 

 ton. Salt will also be sold at Albanj' for 2^. 6(L 

 or OS. a bushel. 



I enclose you a marine, or canal list, cut from 

 an Utica paper. The activity of business which 

 this conjmunication has already created is per- 

 fectly surprisinf^. 



Ficm the rtica Palviot. 



CANAL NAVIGATION. 



May 22, 1820, arrived, boat Montezuma, with 

 passengers, Engineer, Experiment, Western Tra- 

 der, and a Cayuga boat, with Hour. 



Departed, ]\iOtitezuma, passengers, and a Gene- 

 va boat with goods. 



23. Arrived, Traveller, and Experiment. 

 Departed, boats Engineer, Newell, and Experi- 

 ment. 



24. Departed, boats Western Trader, and Ex- 

 periment. 



Arrived, Lady of the Lake, with stone, and 

 John Van Ness Yates, with 2o0 barrC'S of tlourj 

 tVom Seneca l^aUe. 



