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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  tario 
  by 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  river, 
  and 
  the 
  American 
  

   seaboard 
  reached 
  from 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  either 
  the 
  

   Oswego-Mohawk-Hudson 
  route 
  or 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence-Champlain- 
  

   Hudson 
  route. 
  The 
  Deep 
  Waterways 
  Commission 
  was 
  not 
  au- 
  

   thorized 
  to 
  make 
  any 
  considerable 
  expenditure 
  for 
  surveys, 
  and 
  

   hence 
  the 
  conclusions 
  announced 
  are 
  to 
  some 
  degree 
  tentative. 
  

   In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  uncertainty 
  as 
  to 
  final 
  cost, 
  it 
  is 
  recommended 
  that 
  

   the 
  alternative 
  routes 
  from 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  to 
  the 
  Hudson 
  be 
  sub- 
  

   ject 
  to 
  complete 
  survey 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  full 
  development 
  of 
  

   the 
  governing 
  economic 
  considerations, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  determine 
  

   their 
  relative 
  availability. 
  

  

  The 
  commission 
  also 
  recommends 
  a 
  moderate 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  

   level 
  of 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  and 
  of 
  Niagara 
  river 
  above 
  Tonawanda 
  by 
  dam, 
  

   but 
  leaves 
  the 
  practical 
  details 
  undetermined 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  a 
  

   full 
  understanding 
  of 
  the 
  physical 
  conditions. 
  

  

  The 
  credit 
  for 
  systematizing 
  the 
  information 
  belongs 
  almost 
  

   entirely 
  to 
  Lyman 
  E. 
  Oooley. 
  In 
  his 
  special 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  

   technical 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Deep 
  Waterways 
  Commission 
  he 
  has 
  de- 
  

   fined 
  clearly 
  the 
  main 
  elements 
  of 
  the 
  problem 
  and 
  produced 
  a 
  

   report 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  an 
  important 
  reference 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  deep 
  

   waterways 
  are 
  a 
  live 
  topic 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  of 
  Major 
  Thomas 
  W. 
  Symons. 
  The 
  river 
  and 
  harbor 
  

   act 
  of 
  June 
  3, 
  1896, 
  directs 
  the 
  (Secretary 
  of 
  War 
  to 
  cause 
  to 
  be 
  

   made 
  accurate 
  examinations 
  and 
  estimates 
  of 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  con- 
  

   structing 
  a 
  ship 
  canal 
  by 
  the 
  most 
  practicable 
  route, 
  wholly 
  within 
  

   the 
  United 
  States, 
  from 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  to 
  the 
  navigable 
  waters 
  

   of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river, 
  of 
  sufficient 
  capacity 
  to 
  transport 
  the 
  ton- 
  

   nage 
  of 
  the 
  lakes 
  to 
  the 
  sea. 
  Under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  

   a 
  report 
  was 
  submitted 
  by 
  Major 
  Thomas 
  W. 
  Symons, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Corps 
  of 
  Engineers, 
  dated 
  June 
  23, 
  1897. 
  x 
  

  

  Major 
  Symons 
  states 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  three 
  possible 
  routes 
  for 
  

   the 
  ship 
  canal, 
  entirely 
  within 
  the 
  territory 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  

   from 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  to 
  the 
  navigable 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  1) 
  From 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  via 
  the 
  upper 
  Niagara 
  river 
  to 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   of 
  Tonawanda 
  or 
  La 
  Salle 
  ; 
  thence 
  by 
  canal, 
  with 
  locks, 
  either 
  to 
  

   the 
  lower 
  Niagara 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  Lewiston, 
  or 
  to 
  some 
  point 
  on 
  Lake 
  

  

  1 
  Report 
  Chief 
  of 
  Engineers 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1897. 
  

  

  