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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  owners 
  — 
  although 
  such 
  rights 
  have 
  been 
  guaranteed 
  by 
  legisla- 
  

   tive 
  enactment 
  — 
  except 
  as 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  surplus 
  water 
  over 
  and 
  

   above 
  the 
  necessities 
  of 
  the 
  canal. 
  

  

  Referring 
  to 
  the 
  tabulations 
  of 
  tonnage 
  of 
  the 
  canals 
  for 
  the 
  

   year 
  1896, 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  

   Public 
  Works, 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  the 
  total 
  tonnage 
  of 
  Seneca 
  canal 
  

   for 
  that 
  year 
  was 
  54,739 
  tons, 
  of 
  which 
  45,493 
  tons 
  were 
  anthra- 
  

   cite 
  and 
  'bituminous 
  coal, 
  carried 
  for 
  Pennsylvania 
  coal 
  producers, 
  

   and 
  only 
  8,295 
  tons 
  of 
  domestic 
  produce 
  carried 
  for 
  shippers 
  

   living 
  within 
  and 
  doing 
  business 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  At 
  

   the 
  best, 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  transportation 
  on 
  these 
  54,739 
  tons 
  could 
  not 
  

   have 
  been 
  over 
  $25,000 
  less 
  than 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  if 
  transported 
  

   by 
  rail. 
  

  

  The 
  manufacturing 
  establishments 
  on 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river 
  at 
  the 
  

   present 
  time 
  include 
  the 
  following 
  firms 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Gould 
  Manufacturing 
  Company 
  

  

  American 
  Globe 
  & 
  School 
  Supply 
  Company 
  

  

  Seneca 
  Falls 
  Manufacturing 
  Company 
  

  

  Shoemaker 
  & 
  Daniels 
  

  

  National 
  Advertising 
  Company 
  

  

  Seneca 
  Woolen 
  Mills 
  

  

  Seneca 
  Electric 
  Company 
  

  

  Gleason 
  & 
  Bailey 
  

  

  Gleason 
  Knitting 
  Mills 
  

  

  American 
  Fire 
  Engine 
  Company 
  

  

  Yawger 
  Milling 
  Company 
  

  

  Harrison 
  & 
  Chamberlain 
  

  

  Davis 
  & 
  Stevens 
  Manufacturing 
  Company 
  

  

  Rumsey 
  & 
  Company, 
  Limited 
  

  

  W. 
  J. 
  Littlejolm 
  

  

  H. 
  C. 
  Silsby 
  

  

  Roberts 
  & 
  Briggs 
  

  

  The 
  amount 
  of 
  capital 
  employed 
  and 
  the 
  annual 
  product 
  of 
  

   these 
  firms 
  is 
  unknown, 
  but 
  as 
  several 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  very 
  strong 
  

   firms, 
  employing 
  large 
  amounts 
  of 
  capital 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  

   hands, 
  the 
  total 
  capital 
  emploj^ed 
  may 
  be 
  safely 
  placed 
  at 
  not 
  less 
  

   than 
  $2,500,000, 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  employees 
  at 
  probably 
  

   exceeding 
  1500. 
  In 
  effect 
  therefore, 
  the 
  proposition 
  of 
  the 
  Super- 
  

  

  