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would iiave been prevented. I k,low of no other 

 accidents that can happen, except from the fall- 

 ing of trees across the boat, or from the carele^- 

 ness of the men who have the management of the 

 locks. 



I saw at Jordan, wliich is 80 miles from UtIcT 

 t»o loaded boats, whici, had left Schenectady 

 seven days before. This wonid average 25 mii; 

 a day, and part of the way is on a difficult ascend- 

 •ng navigation up the Mohawk. Again; a ves- 

 sel of 50 tons went from Utica to Trumansburgh 

 on the Cayuga Lake, 130 miles in three day, 

 loaded with merchandize, and without a change 

 of horses. A loaded boat can go on this canal 

 without diftculty at the rate of 40 miles a day 



I have just learnt that the state is about pur- 

 chasing the rigi.ts of the Western Inland Lock 

 Aavtgation Company. This is a very just and 

 proper measure. The works of the Company 

 are out of order, and the toll is exorbitant. 

 livery bushel of wheat has to pay a duty of 59 

 cents before it reaches Schenectady. 



The canal of this Company at Rome is one 

 mde and three quarters long, thirty-two feet wide at 

 top, and from two and a half to three feet deep 

 It has two locks 73 feet long, and 12 feet wide! 

 The hft of the one on the Mohawk is ten feet, and 

 on Wood Creek eight This wc«k was made 



