﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  22) 
  A 
  ship 
  canal 
  between 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  and 
  the 
  ocean 
  would 
  

   have 
  no 
  military 
  value. 
  

  

  23) 
  The 
  construction 
  of 
  a 
  ship 
  canal 
  from 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  

   to 
  the 
  sea 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  project 
  worthy 
  of 
  being 
  undertaken 
  by 
  the 
  

   general 
  government, 
  as 
  the 
  benefits 
  to 
  be 
  derived 
  therefrom 
  would 
  

   not 
  be 
  properly 
  commensurate 
  with 
  the 
  cost. 
  

  

  24) 
  The 
  enlargement 
  of 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal, 
  as 
  suggested, 
  with 
  

   everything 
  adapted 
  to 
  transport 
  the 
  tonnage 
  of 
  the 
  lakes, 
  is 
  a 
  

   project 
  worthy 
  of 
  being 
  undertaken 
  by 
  the 
  .general 
  government, 
  

   as 
  the 
  benefits 
  to 
  be 
  derived 
  therefrom 
  would 
  be 
  properly 
  commen- 
  

   surate 
  with 
  the 
  cost. 
  

  

  25) 
  The 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  necessary 
  surveys 
  for 
  a 
  ship 
  canal 
  by 
  the 
  

   Niagara-Oswego 
  route 
  is 
  estimated 
  at 
  $190,000. 
  

  

  26) 
  The 
  cost 
  of 
  an 
  entirely 
  independent 
  survey 
  for 
  the 
  en- 
  

   largement 
  of 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  and 
  canalization 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  

   is 
  estimated 
  at 
  $125,000. 
  

  

  27) 
  The 
  cost 
  of 
  a 
  combined 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  Niagara-Oswego 
  

   ship 
  canal 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  enlargement 
  of 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  is 
  estimated 
  

   at 
  $250,000. 
  

  

  28) 
  A 
  thorough 
  understanding 
  with 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

   with 
  reference 
  to 
  its 
  canals 
  should, 
  if 
  possible, 
  precede 
  action 
  of 
  

   any 
  kind. 
  

  

  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Ostcego-Moliaiok-Hudson 
  route. 
  The 
  Oswego-MO- 
  

   hawk-Hudson 
  route 
  is 
  discussed 
  in 
  a 
  report 
  by 
  Albert 
  J. 
  Himes 
  

   appearing 
  in 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor 
  for 
  

   1895. 
  1 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  report 
  Mr 
  Himes 
  expresses 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  a 
  sufficient 
  

   water 
  supply 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  obtained 
  for 
  a 
  high 
  summit 
  level 
  across 
  

   the 
  divide, 
  and 
  hence 
  the 
  canal 
  must 
  be 
  cut 
  from 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  

   Oneida 
  lake 
  through 
  to 
  the 
  corresponding 
  level 
  in 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  

   valley. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  he 
  proposes 
  to 
  use 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  as 
  a 
  storage 
  

   reservoir 
  from 
  which 
  to 
  discharge 
  water 
  both 
  ways 
  to 
  the 
  

   Oswego 
  and 
  Mohawk 
  rivers. 
  By 
  this 
  plan 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  Oneida 
  

   lake 
  would 
  be 
  raised 
  10 
  feet, 
  furnishing 
  1100 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  

   second 
  continuously 
  for 
  seven 
  months. 
  If 
  such 
  a 
  canal 
  is 
  con- 
  

   structed, 
  the 
  experience 
  gained 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  seventy-five 
  years 
  

   teaches 
  the 
  danger 
  of 
  small 
  economies 
  in 
  water 
  supply. 
  Experi- 
  

  

  1 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Enlarged 
  Canal 
  via 
  the 
  Oswego 
  Route, 
  by 
  Albert 
  J. 
  

   Himes. 
  Report 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  Septem- 
  

   ber 
  30, 
  1895. 
  

  

  