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would have been prevented. I know of no other 

 accidents that can happen, except from the fall- 

 ing of trees across the boat, or from the careless- 

 ness of the men who have the management of the 

 locks. 



I saw at Jordan, which is 80 miles from Utica ; 

 two loaded boats, which had left Schenectady 

 seven days before. This would average 25 miles 

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

 ing navigation up the Mohawk. Again ; a ves- 

 sel of 50 tons went from Utica to Trumansburgh 

 on the Cayuga Lake, 130 miles in three days, 

 loaded with merchandize, and without a change 

 Of horses. A loaded boat can go on this canal 

 without difficulty at the rate of 40 miles a day. 



I have just learnt that the state is about pur- 

 chasing the rights of the Western Inland Lock 

 Navigation Company. This is a very just and 

 proper measure. The works of the Company 

 are out of order, and the toll is exorbitant. 

 Every bushel of wheat has to pay a duty of 59 

 cents before it reaches Schenectady. 



The canal of this Company at Rome is one 



mile 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 lift of the one on the Mohawk is ten fcut, and 



on Wood Creek eight. This work was mad'. 



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