16 WESTERN CANAL. 



curious to observe the heterogenous collection ot 

 names of places derived from the aborigines, the 

 ancient Greeks, Romans, Jews, he. on the route 

 of the canal. You begin with Utica, and proceed 

 to Whitesborough, Oriskany, Rome, Oneida, Ve- 

 rona, Canistota, Macedonia, Jordan, Syracuse, 

 Bucksville, he, to Montezuma. Some of these 

 are villages which have sprung up with the canal, 

 and others will follow with such rapidity that I 

 have no doubt that both banks will, in the course 

 of a few years, exhibit one uninterrupted range of 

 compact population. Already have spacious ba- 

 sins for the accommodation of boats been esta- 

 blished. At Syracuse there is a dock, warehouses, 

 weighing machines, cranes, and all the other ap- 

 pendages of a great Establishment. At several 

 places [ saw boats on the stocks ready for launch- 

 ing. Sometimes the great western turnpike ap- 

 proaches within view of the canal, but generally 

 it is a few miles to the south. On this road there 

 are numerous villages and settlements, fine houses, 

 churches, academies, and other public edifices, 

 which instead of being affected by the establish- 

 ment of new ones on the canal, will derive addi- 

 tional aliment and support. In proportion to the 

 increase of population, will be the increase of con- 

 sumption. This will augment the demands for 

 subsistence and clothlDg— for the necessaries^ 



