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  The 
  matter 
  of 
  making 
  the 
  improvement, 
  however, 
  remained 
  in 
  

   abeyance 
  until 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  an 
  act 
  in 
  1895, 
  which 
  provided 
  for 
  

   submitting 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  at 
  the 
  State 
  election 
  in 
  November 
  of 
  

   that 
  year 
  the 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  whether 
  an 
  improvement 
  by 
  deepen- 
  

   ing 
  two 
  feet 
  should 
  be 
  undertaken 
  at 
  an 
  expense 
  of 
  $9,000,000. 
  

   Section 
  3 
  of 
  chapter 
  79 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  1895 
  reads 
  a® 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Within 
  three 
  months 
  after 
  issuing 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  bonds 
  the 
  Super- 
  

   intendent 
  of 
  Public 
  Works 
  is 
  hereby 
  directed 
  to 
  proceed 
  to 
  en- 
  

   large 
  and 
  improve 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal, 
  the 
  Champlain 
  canal, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Oswego 
  canal; 
  the 
  said 
  improvement 
  to 
  the 
  Erie 
  and 
  Oswego 
  

   canals 
  shall 
  consist 
  of 
  deepening 
  the 
  same 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  

   than 
  9 
  feet 
  of 
  water, 
  except 
  over 
  and 
  across 
  aqueducts, 
  miter 
  sills, 
  

  

  Capacity 
  2000 
  ToNs. 
  

  

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  Fig. 
  48 
  Lock 
  recommended 
  by 
  Canal 
  Committee 
  for 
  Barge 
  canal. 
  

  

  culverts, 
  and 
  other 
  permanent 
  structures, 
  where 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  

   water 
  shall 
  be 
  at 
  least 
  8 
  feet, 
  but 
  the 
  deepening 
  may 
  be 
  performed 
  

   by 
  raising 
  the 
  banks 
  wherever 
  the 
  same 
  may 
  be 
  practicable 
  ; 
  also 
  

   the 
  lengthening 
  or 
  improving 
  of 
  the 
  locks 
  which 
  now 
  remain 
  to 
  

   be 
  lengthened, 
  and 
  providing 
  the 
  necessary 
  machinery 
  for 
  drawing 
  

   boats 
  into 
  the 
  improved 
  locks, 
  and 
  for 
  building 
  vertical 
  stone 
  

   walls, 
  where, 
  in 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor 
  

   and 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Public 
  Works, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  necessary. 
  The 
  im- 
  

   provement 
  upon 
  the 
  Champlain 
  canal 
  shall 
  consist 
  in 
  deepening 
  

   the 
  said 
  canal 
  to 
  7 
  feet 
  of 
  water, 
  and 
  the 
  building 
  of 
  such 
  vertical 
  

   stone 
  walls 
  as, 
  in 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor 
  

   and 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Public 
  Works, 
  may 
  be 
  necessary. 
  

  

  The 
  necessary 
  preliminary 
  work 
  was 
  so 
  far 
  completed 
  that 
  bids 
  

   for 
  constructing 
  the 
  improvement 
  were 
  called 
  for 
  in 
  October, 
  

   1896, 
  and 
  shortly 
  thereafter 
  contracts 
  for 
  work 
  amounting 
  to 
  

   about 
  |4,000,000 
  were 
  awarded. 
  The 
  canal 
  was 
  closed 
  December 
  

  

  