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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  70,000 
  people 
  at 
  Buffalo. 
  1 
  Lockport 
  is 
  a 
  specially 
  interesting 
  

   case, 
  because 
  the 
  original 
  water 
  power 
  at 
  that 
  place 
  was 
  arti- 
  

   ficially 
  created 
  by 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal. 
  

  

  At 
  Rochester 
  the 
  conditions 
  were 
  also 
  somewhat 
  forbidding. 
  

   An 
  extensive 
  black 
  ash 
  swamp 
  occupied 
  the 
  area 
  now 
  covered 
  by 
  

   the 
  original 
  first, 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  wards 
  of 
  that 
  city, 
  and 
  which 
  

   is 
  now 
  largely 
  the 
  business 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  town. 
  

  

  Because 
  of 
  its 
  location 
  on 
  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  

   Oswego 
  river, 
  Oswego 
  may 
  be 
  possibly 
  considered 
  a 
  natural 
  town, 
  

   site, 
  although 
  considerable 
  amounts 
  of 
  money 
  have 
  been 
  expended 
  

   to 
  construct 
  a 
  harbor 
  there, 
  while 
  not 
  very 
  far 
  away 
  the 
  fine 
  

   harbors 
  of 
  Sodus 
  bays 
  are 
  still 
  practically 
  unutilized. 
  By 
  way 
  

   of 
  comparing 
  the 
  Sodus 
  bays 
  harbors 
  with 
  Oswego, 
  we 
  may 
  refer 
  

   to 
  the 
  annual 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Chief 
  of 
  Engineers 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  

   ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1898, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  the 
  total 
  amount 
  

   expended 
  for 
  the 
  harbor 
  at 
  Great 
  Sodus 
  bay 
  from 
  May 
  23, 
  1828, 
  to 
  

   June 
  3, 
  1896, 
  inclusive, 
  was 
  $475,646.80 
  ; 
  at 
  Little 
  Sodus 
  bay 
  from 
  

   August 
  20, 
  1852, 
  to 
  June 
  3, 
  1896, 
  the 
  total 
  amount 
  expended 
  was 
  

   $332,941.77, 
  and 
  at 
  Oswego 
  from 
  March 
  20, 
  1826, 
  to 
  June 
  3, 
  1896, 
  

   the 
  total 
  amount 
  expended 
  was 
  $1,902,612.87. 
  Had 
  it 
  not 
  been 
  for 
  

   the 
  water 
  power 
  at 
  Oswego 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  possible 
  that 
  the 
  chief 
  

   town 
  of 
  the 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  located 
  

   at 
  some 
  place 
  other 
  than 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Oswego 
  river, 
  although 
  

   in 
  considering 
  these 
  figures 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  harbor 
  we 
  may 
  prop- 
  

   erly 
  take 
  into 
  account 
  that 
  Oswego 
  has 
  become 
  a 
  large 
  town, 
  while 
  

   there 
  are 
  still 
  only 
  very 
  small 
  towns 
  on 
  Sodus 
  bays. 
  

  

  At 
  Watertown 
  the 
  conditions 
  for 
  building 
  a 
  city 
  may 
  be 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  fairly 
  favorable 
  and 
  the 
  advantage 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  river 
  

   water 
  power 
  has 
  been 
  accentuated 
  by 
  the 
  admirable 
  site. 
  

  

  At 
  Little 
  Falls 
  rocky 
  ledges 
  in 
  a 
  narrow 
  river 
  gorge 
  have 
  

   operated 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  building 
  a 
  town 
  expensive, 
  and 
  the 
  

  

  *For 
  account 
  of 
  water 
  supply 
  of 
  Lockport, 
  see 
  the 
  following 
  reports: 
  (1) 
  

   Eeport 
  on 
  the 
  Water 
  Supply 
  of 
  the 
  Western 
  Division 
  of 
  Erie 
  Canal, 
  dated 
  

   April 
  15, 
  1896. 
  (2), 
  Eeport 
  on 
  a 
  System 
  of 
  Domestic 
  Water 
  Supply 
  in 
  the 
  

   Vicinity 
  of 
  Lockport, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  dated 
  Nov. 
  27, 
  1903. 
  

  

  