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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  14) 
  Transference 
  at 
  lower 
  lake 
  ports 
  is 
  necessary 
  for 
  economi- 
  

   cal 
  distribution 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  freight 
  shipped 
  in 
  lake 
  

   vessels, 
  and 
  this 
  would 
  be 
  the 
  case 
  regardless 
  of 
  any 
  canal. 
  

  

  15) 
  The 
  present 
  cost 
  of 
  transference 
  at 
  lower 
  lake 
  ports 
  can 
  

   be 
  materially 
  reduced 
  and 
  business 
  still 
  be 
  done 
  at 
  a 
  profit. 
  

  

  16) 
  Any 
  canal 
  which 
  will 
  enable 
  this 
  transference 
  to 
  be 
  

   avoided 
  will 
  cause 
  its 
  reduction 
  to 
  a 
  minimum. 
  

  

  17) 
  The 
  amount 
  of 
  tonnage 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  estimated 
  may 
  be 
  

   possibly 
  tributary 
  to 
  a 
  ship 
  canal 
  is 
  24,000,000 
  annually, 
  

   18,000,000 
  tons 
  transported 
  eastward 
  and 
  6,000,000 
  tons 
  trans- 
  

   ported 
  westward. 
  

  

  18) 
  The 
  cost 
  of 
  a 
  ship 
  canal 
  suitable 
  for 
  use 
  by 
  the 
  largest 
  

   vessels 
  of 
  the 
  lakes 
  from 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  to 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  necessary 
  

   work 
  in 
  connection 
  therewith, 
  would 
  be 
  approximately 
  $200,- 
  

   000,000, 
  and 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  operation 
  and 
  maintenance 
  would 
  be 
  

  

  Ares 
  7500 
  j<? 
  ft. 
  

   Average 
  wicUb 
  250 
  fee 
  

  

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  Fig. 
  57 
  Cross-section 
  of 
  deep 
  waterways, 
  partly 
  in 
  rock 
  and 
  partly 
  in 
  

   earth, 
  for 
  30-foot 
  channel. 
  

  

  approximately 
  |2,000,000 
  per 
  year. 
  The 
  cost 
  would 
  depend 
  

   largely 
  upon 
  the 
  arrangement 
  which 
  could 
  be 
  made 
  with 
  New 
  

   York 
  'State 
  for 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  its 
  canals, 
  feeders, 
  reservoirs, 
  

   etc. 
  which 
  would 
  necessarily 
  be 
  absorbed 
  in 
  the 
  greater 
  canal. 
  

  

  19) 
  The 
  Erie 
  canal, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  being 
  enlarged 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   New 
  York, 
  will, 
  if 
  all 
  restrictions 
  upon 
  its 
  use 
  be 
  removed, 
  give 
  

   commercial 
  advantages 
  practically 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  commercial 
  ad- 
  

   vantages 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  given 
  by 
  a 
  ship 
  canal. 
  

  

  20) 
  If 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  be 
  further 
  improved 
  by 
  enlarging 
  it 
  to 
  

   a 
  size 
  sufficient 
  for 
  1500-ton 
  barges, 
  making 
  necessary 
  alterations 
  

   in 
  its 
  alignment 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  continuously 
  descending 
  canal 
  all 
  

   the 
  way 
  from 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  to 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  and 
  canalizing 
  the 
  Mo- 
  

   hawk 
  river, 
  such 
  improved 
  canal, 
  navigated 
  by 
  barges, 
  will 
  enable 
  

   freight 
  to 
  be 
  transported 
  between 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  at 
  a 
  lower 
  

   rate 
  than 
  could 
  a 
  ship 
  canal 
  navigated 
  by 
  the 
  large 
  lake 
  or 
  ocean 
  

   vessels. 
  The 
  cost 
  of 
  such 
  enlargement 
  would 
  be 
  approximately 
  

   one 
  quarter 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  a 
  ship 
  canal. 
  

  

  21) 
  If 
  a 
  ship 
  canal 
  were 
  built, 
  the 
  business 
  thereon 
  would 
  not 
  

   be 
  done 
  in 
  large 
  lake 
  or 
  ocean 
  vessels, 
  but 
  in 
  barges 
  and 
  boats 
  

   which 
  could 
  be 
  equally 
  well 
  accommodated 
  in 
  a 
  canal 
  of 
  much 
  

   less 
  size. 
  

  

  