﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  ing 
  from 
  Whitehall 
  to 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  at 
  Fort 
  Edward, 
  the 
  

   elevation 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  below 
  

   Fort 
  Edward 
  being 
  somewhat 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  low-water 
  elevation 
  

   of 
  Lake 
  Champlain. 
  After 
  reaching 
  the 
  Hudson 
  the 
  work 
  would 
  

   include 
  the 
  deepening 
  of 
  that 
  stream 
  to 
  deep 
  water, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  

   below 
  Albany. 
  Either 
  of 
  the 
  foregoing 
  projects 
  would 
  further 
  

   include 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  a 
  ship 
  canal 
  connecting 
  Lakes 
  Erie 
  

   and 
  Ontario. 
  

  

  The 
  advantage 
  of 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence-Ohamplain-Hudson 
  over 
  the 
  

   Oswego-Mohawk-Hudson 
  route 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  lockage 
  would 
  be 
  all 
  in 
  

   one 
  direction 
  ; 
  that 
  is, 
  eastward-bound 
  vessels 
  would 
  lock 
  down 
  all 
  

   the 
  way 
  from 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  to 
  New 
  York. 
  Its 
  disadvantages 
  are 
  

   increased 
  length 
  and 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  canal 
  connecting 
  the 
  

   St 
  Lawrence 
  river 
  with 
  Lake 
  Champlain 
  in 
  Canadian 
  territory. 
  

   In 
  regard 
  to 
  increased 
  length, 
  it 
  is 
  claimed 
  that 
  not 
  much 
  more 
  

  

  Fig. 
  55 
  Earth 
  section 
  of 
  deep 
  waterways 
  for 
  21 
  -foot 
  channel. 
  

  

  time 
  would 
  be 
  required 
  in 
  traversing 
  it 
  than 
  would 
  be 
  consumed 
  

   in 
  locking 
  over 
  the 
  Oiswego-Mohawk 
  summit. 
  

  

  As 
  to 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  proposed 
  canal, 
  the 
  Deep 
  Waterways 
  

   Commission 
  points 
  out 
  in 
  its 
  report 
  that 
  such 
  a 
  canal, 
  if 
  built, 
  

   should 
  be 
  so 
  carried 
  out 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  adequate 
  for 
  vessels 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   economical 
  type, 
  not 
  only 
  for 
  coasting 
  or 
  domestic 
  trade 
  but 
  also 
  

   for 
  the 
  foreign 
  movement, 
  so 
  that 
  commerce 
  may 
  be 
  carried 
  on 
  

   directly 
  between 
  lake 
  ports 
  and 
  other 
  domestic 
  and 
  foreign 
  ports 
  

   without 
  transshipment. 
  Taking 
  into 
  account 
  various 
  other 
  con- 
  

   ditions, 
  the 
  commission 
  believes 
  that 
  the 
  requirements 
  of 
  the 
  pres- 
  

   ent 
  demand 
  a 
  limiting 
  draft 
  in 
  the 
  proposed 
  canal 
  of 
  27 
  or 
  28 
  feet; 
  

   hence, 
  the 
  commission 
  recommends 
  the 
  securing 
  of 
  a 
  channel 
  of 
  a 
  

   navigable 
  depth 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  28 
  feet. 
  

  

  The 
  commission 
  also 
  says 
  that, 
  starting 
  from 
  the 
  heads 
  of 
  Lakes 
  

   Michigan 
  and 
  Superior, 
  the 
  most 
  eligible 
  route 
  for 
  a 
  deep 
  waterway 
  

   is 
  through 
  the 
  several 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  and 
  their 
  intermediate 
  chan- 
  

   nels 
  and 
  the 
  proposed 
  Niagara 
  ship 
  canal 
  to 
  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  and 
  

   that 
  the 
  Canadian 
  seaboard 
  mav 
  then 
  be 
  reached 
  from 
  Lake 
  On- 
  

  

  