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cost, $3,369,400. These estimates assume a width of canal, at 

 bottom, of 80 feet. The locks are assumed to measure 230 feet by 

 36 feet, with a depth of 10 feet of water on the sills. Although 

 these projects refer entirely to the eastern section of the Province, 

 they are not, in the estimation of their promoters, without impor- 

 tant collateral bearings upon western trade. Mr. Kingsford dis- 

 cusses this question very thoroughly ; and as his views upon the 

 subject, although differing from those generally advocated, appear 

 to be based upon much patient inquiry, and to be free from any- 

 thing like special pleading, we lay them before our readers, in his 

 own words : — 



" The objects proposed by the Canal are two fold : 



I. " To compete with the Erie Canal, both by the route at its entrance at 

 Buffalo, and via Oswego ; and to create facilities for vessels from the upper lakes 

 to pass down the Saint Lawrence, through the proposed Caughnawaga Canal to 

 Lake Champlain, and thence to New York. Likewise to ensure an easy and cheap 

 communication for vessels freighted with wheat and other grain for tne Eastern 

 States, to connect with the Boston Railway at Burlington. 



II. " To provide an improved communication for the Ottawa lumber trade, and 

 its coneequent business with New Tork and the Eastern States. 



I. " It may be remarked that the destination of a vessel will be determined be- 

 fore it leaves Lake Erie ; and that consequently few occasions will arise, when a 

 vessel passing through the Saint Lawrence Canals, within a few hours of Montreal, 

 would seek the New Tork Markets. 



" The distance from the east of Lake Erie by the Erie Canal to Albany, entering 

 at Buffalo, is 352 miles. 



" Via, Oswego by "Welland Canal it is : 



" By "Welland Canal 28 miles. 



" Lake Ontario to Oswego 138 " 



" Oswego Canal to Syracuse S8 " 



" Erie Canal from Syracuse to Albany 166 *' 



Total STOmiles. 



•' Being 232 miles Canal navigation. 



" 138 " Lake « 



" By the Saint Lawrence it is as follows : — 



'' By Welland Canal 28 miles. 



" Lake Ontario to Kingston 160 " 



" Kingston to Caughnawaga : 



" River Navigation 132 miles. 



" Canal 35 " 



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Carried forward 356 miles. 



