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87 cents a bushel, and the land Iransportation, at 

 any considerable distance, costs at least 44 cents. 

 A bushel of wheat can be conveyed on tlie canal, 

 when finished, from Seneca river to Albany for 

 six cents. 



Gypsum is found all over the west ; you can 

 new buy it at Utica for ^1 50 to ^2 a ton. The 

 great country lying on the Hudson can be sup- 

 plied with this mineral for four or five dollars a 

 ton. Salt will also be sold at Albany for 25. 6cL 

 or 35. a bushel. 



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

 an Utica paper. The activity of business which 

 this communication has already created is per- 

 fectly surprising". 



From the Utica Patriot, 



CANAL NAVIGATION. 



May 22, 1820, arrived, boat Montezuma, with 

 passengers, Engineer, Experiment, Western Tra- 

 der, and a Cayuga boat, with flour. 



Departed, Montezuma, passengers, and a Gene- 

 va boat with goods. 



23. Arrived, Traveller, and Experiment. 

 Denarted, 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 250 barrels of Hour, 

 from Seneca Lake, 



