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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  TAKLE 
  NO. 
  94 
  FlEST 
  COST 
  AND 
  REVENUES 
  FROM 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  CANALS 
  

  

  CANALS 
  

  

  (1) 
  

  

  Erie 
  and 
  Champlain 
  

  

  Oswego 
  

  

  Cayuga 
  and 
  Seneca 
  

  

  Black 
  river 
  

  

  Oneida 
  river 
  improvement 
  

  

  Oneida 
  lake 
  

  

  BaldwiDsville 
  (so 
  called) 
  . 
  . 
  

   Seneca 
  river 
  towing- 
  path. 
  

  

  Cayuga 
  inlet 
  

  

  Crooked 
  lake 
  (abandoned) 
  

   Chenango 
  (abandoned) 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Chemung 
  (abandoned) 
  

  

  Genesee 
  val. 
  (abandoned) 
  . 
  

  

  Cost 
  of 
  

   construc- 
  

   tion 
  

  

  (2) 
  

  

  Cost 
  of 
  

   mainte- 
  

   nance 
  and 
  

   operation 
  

  

  (3) 
  

  

  Total 
  

   cost 
  

  

  (4) 
  

  

  676 
  $41, 
  582, 
  759 
  

  

  ~" 
  676 
  

   754 
  

   251 
  

   236 
  

  

  3, 
  736, 
  

   1, 
  157, 
  

   2, 
  082, 
  

  

  41, 
  

   144, 
  

  

  18, 
  

  

  424, 
  

   2, 
  105! 
  

   2,022 
  

   2, 
  814 
  

  

  $99,271,435 
  

  

  8,380,597 
  

  

  3, 
  044, 
  416 
  

  

  6, 
  160, 
  133 
  

  

  275, 
  198 
  

  

  657, 
  499 
  

  

  49,039 
  

  

  1,622 
  

  

  2,968 
  

  

  819, 
  750 
  

  

  6,913,169 
  

  

  3, 
  534, 
  300 
  

  

  9,556.648 
  

  

  Total 
  $82, 
  536,088 
  $56, 
  130, 
  686 
  $138,666,774 
  $135, 
  738, 
  746 
  $31, 
  858, 
  387 
  $28, 
  930, 
  359 
  

  

  Revenue 
  

   from 
  all 
  

   sources 
  

  

  (5) 
  

  

  $128. 
  

   3. 
  

   1, 
  

  

  191,068 
  

  

  715,567 
  

  

  055,016 
  

  

  305. 
  663 
  

  

  214, 
  428 
  

  

  65, 
  180 
  

  

  1,261 
  

  

  7,782 
  

  

  7,534 
  

  

  45, 
  490 
  

  

  744, 
  027 
  

  

  525,565 
  

  

  860,165 
  

  

  Loss 
  

  

  (6) 
  

  

  $4,665,030 
  

  

  1,989,400 
  

  

  5,854.470 
  

  

  60,770 
  

  

  592, 
  319 
  

  

  47,778 
  

  

  Gain 
  

  

  (7) 
  

  

  $28,919,633 
  

  

  774,260 
  

   6, 
  169, 
  142 
  

   3.008,735 
  

   8, 
  696, 
  483 
  

  

  6,160 
  

   4,566 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  cost 
  of 
  Crooked 
  lake, 
  Chenango, 
  Chemung 
  and 
  Gene- 
  

   see 
  Valley 
  canals, 
  which 
  were 
  abandoned 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  

   the 
  law 
  of 
  1877, 
  was 
  |20,823,867, 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  revenue 
  from 
  all 
  

   sources 
  $2,175,247. 
  The 
  total 
  loss 
  on 
  the 
  abandoned 
  canals 
  was 
  

   therefore 
  $18,648,620. 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  the 
  complete 
  financial 
  

   exhibit 
  of 
  all 
  canals 
  from 
  their 
  inception 
  to 
  September 
  30, 
  1892 
  : 
  

   Total 
  loss 
  on 
  abandoned 
  canals, 
  $18,648,620; 
  net 
  gain 
  on 
  canals 
  

   now 
  in 
  operation, 
  $15,720,592; 
  loss 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  system, 
  

   $2,928,028. 
  

  

  Improvement 
  of 
  Erie 
  canal. 
  The 
  canal 
  improvement 
  of 
  1895 
  

   was 
  formulated 
  by 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor 
  Horatio 
  ^Seymour 
  

   jr., 
  in 
  1878. 
  In 
  his 
  annual 
  report 
  for 
  that 
  year 
  Mr 
  Seymour 
  dis- 
  

   cusses 
  extensively 
  transportation 
  questions 
  as 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  Erie 
  

   canal, 
  pointing 
  out 
  that 
  transportation 
  can 
  be 
  cheapened 
  in 
  two 
  

   ways 
  — 
  by 
  increasing 
  the 
  tonnage 
  of 
  boats 
  or 
  by 
  increasing 
  their 
  

   speed. 
  As 
  to 
  increasing 
  the 
  tonnage 
  of 
  boats, 
  he 
  states 
  that 
  two 
  

   methods 
  may 
  be 
  used— 
  the 
  locks 
  may 
  be 
  lengthened 
  or 
  the 
  depth 
  

   of 
  water 
  may 
  be 
  increased. 
  The 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  canal, 
  Mr 
  Seymour 
  

   states, 
  is 
  substantially 
  what 
  it 
  should 
  be, 
  but 
  it 
  lacks 
  the 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  depth 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  conform 
  to 
  the 
  law 
  of 
  relation 
  of 
  cross 
  

   section 
  of 
  water 
  to 
  immerged 
  section 
  of 
  boat, 
  as 
  determined 
  by 
  

   Mr 
  Sweet. 
  Keports 
  were 
  submitted 
  showing 
  that 
  an 
  additional 
  

   depth 
  of 
  one 
  foot 
  could 
  be 
  obtained 
  for 
  about 
  $1,100,000. 
  

  

  