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under the direction of Mr. Weston, an English 

 engineer, who had, besides his expenses, a salary 

 of a thousand guineas a year. The superintend- 

 ant of the laborers had a salary of 2,500 dollars; 

 and this short canal took two years to make. 

 What a difference in management: proceeding 

 at the same rate, it would take two centuries to 

 complete the Great Canal. The water cement 

 was imported. The lock at the German Flats 

 was made of terras, and at the Little Falls of 

 W^elsh lime. The former has answered best. 



The tolls of this Company are so oppressive, 

 that boats frequently unload and pass through the 

 locks empty, and resume their load afterwards. It 

 is indeed well that the state has purchased it. I am 

 persuaded that the markets of New-York will now 

 be supplied with western, instead of southern 

 flour, and that the displacement of the latter from 

 the market will greatly affect the agriculture of 



the south. 



In looking at the great results which must arise 

 from it— it is impossible to keep out of view some 

 of the revolutions which will take place in the in- 

 ternal trade of the country. There is ascertain 

 class scattered all over, who unite in one profes- 

 sion, the calling of iron mongers, grocers, drug- 

 gists, and shop keepers, and who are continually 

 offering temptations to purchasers. The facility 



