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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  ence 
  shows 
  that 
  canal 
  water 
  supplies 
  must 
  be 
  made 
  ample, 
  as 
  

   otherwise 
  a 
  shortage 
  will 
  result 
  sooner 
  or 
  later. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  An 
  Enlarged 
  Waterway 
  Between 
  the 
  Great 
  

   Lakes 
  and 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Seaboard, 
  by 
  William 
  Pierson 
  Judson, 
  

   the 
  water 
  supply 
  of 
  the 
  summit 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  Oswego-Mohawk- 
  

   Hudson 
  route 
  is 
  discussed 
  at 
  length. 
  Mr 
  Judson 
  considers 
  that 
  

   it 
  would 
  be 
  entirely 
  proper 
  to 
  take 
  whatever 
  deficiency 
  there 
  

   might 
  be 
  from 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  river, 
  reservoirs 
  in 
  

   addition 
  to 
  those 
  now 
  existing 
  being 
  constructed 
  on 
  the 
  Beaver 
  

   and 
  Moose 
  rivers, 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  Black, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  fur- 
  

   nishing 
  this 
  water. 
  He 
  recognizes 
  that 
  the 
  item 
  of 
  adequate 
  

   water 
  supply 
  for 
  such 
  a 
  canal 
  is 
  vital, 
  and 
  states 
  that 
  if 
  surveys 
  

   and 
  thorough 
  investigations 
  were 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  demand 
  for 
  

  

  Fig. 
  58 
  Earth 
  section 
  of 
  deep 
  waterways 
  for 
  30-foot 
  channel. 
  

  

  water 
  for 
  such 
  a 
  canal 
  is 
  beyond 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  sources 
  of 
  

   supply, 
  then 
  the 
  Oswego-Mohawk-Hudson 
  route 
  would 
  be 
  shown 
  

   to 
  be 
  impracticable, 
  although 
  as 
  an 
  alternative 
  proposition 
  he 
  

   states 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  entirely 
  practicable 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  summit 
  

   level 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  canal 
  from 
  Lake 
  Erie. 
  This, 
  it 
  is 
  pointed 
  out, 
  

   can 
  be 
  accomplished 
  by 
  a 
  feeder 
  branch 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  present 
  

   Erie 
  canal 
  near 
  Macedon, 
  12 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Newark, 
  where 
  the 
  

   Erie 
  canal 
  is 
  now 
  35 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  Rome 
  level. 
  The 
  proposed 
  

   feeder, 
  instead 
  of 
  stepping 
  down, 
  as 
  does 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal, 
  can 
  be 
  

   swung 
  off 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  on 
  higher 
  ground 
  at 
  the 
  necessary 
  eleva- 
  

   tion, 
  passing 
  along 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Clyde 
  river 
  and 
  cross- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river 
  near 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  Lake 
  outlet. 
  Seneca 
  river 
  

   is 
  narrowest 
  here, 
  and 
  the 
  feeder 
  could 
  be 
  carried 
  across 
  it 
  in 
  an 
  

   open 
  trunk 
  on 
  a 
  40 
  to 
  50 
  foot 
  trestle 
  about 
  2 
  miles 
  long. 
  

  

  A 
  canal 
  on 
  the 
  Oswego-Mohawk-Hudson 
  route 
  28 
  to 
  30 
  feet 
  in 
  

   depth, 
  with 
  corresponding 
  surface 
  and 
  bottom 
  dimensions, 
  will 
  

   probably 
  absorb 
  all 
  available 
  water 
  of 
  central 
  New 
  York, 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  a 
  considerable 
  portion 
  of 
  Black 
  river. 
  The 
  waterpowers 
  on 
  

  

  