16 WESTERN CANAL.- 



curious to observe the heterogenous collection of 

 names of places derived from the aborigines, the 

 ancient Greeks, Romans, Jews, &:e. on the route 

 of the canal. You begin with Utica, and proceed 

 to Whitesborough, Oriskany, Rome, Oneida, Ve- 

 rona, Canistota, Macedonia, Jordan, Syracuse, 

 Bucksville, &c. 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- 

 ins 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 foi 

 subsistence and clothing-^-for the necessaries 



