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  three 
  quarters 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  required 
  on 
  a 
  direct 
  waterway 
  from 
  

   Lake 
  Erie 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawk. 
  The 
  matter 
  therefore 
  takes 
  this 
  form 
  : 
  

   If 
  it 
  is 
  desired 
  to 
  develop 
  a 
  waterway 
  best 
  subserving 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   ests 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  commerce, 
  the 
  route 
  should 
  be 
  through 
  Lake 
  

   Ontario 
  and 
  a 
  ship 
  canal 
  from 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  to 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  would 
  

   be 
  an 
  essential 
  part 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  Five 
  surveys 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  for 
  a 
  canal 
  on 
  the 
  American 
  side 
  

   from 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  to 
  Ontario, 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  which 
  only 
  two 
  routes 
  

   have 
  been 
  considered 
  — 
  one 
  from 
  Niagara 
  river 
  above 
  the 
  falls 
  at 
  

   Lasalle 
  to 
  below 
  the 
  falls 
  at 
  Lewiston, 
  thence 
  by 
  the 
  Niagara 
  

   river 
  to 
  Lake 
  Ontario; 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  from 
  Tonawanda 
  to 
  Lake 
  

   Ontario 
  at 
  Olcott. 
  These 
  surveys 
  contemplated 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  

   Niagara 
  river 
  from 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  to 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  canal 
  as 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  route. 
  

  

  The 
  Board 
  of 
  Engineers 
  on 
  Deep 
  Waterways 
  studied 
  two 
  routes 
  

   for 
  the 
  Niagara 
  ship 
  canal. 
  Both 
  of 
  these 
  begin 
  at 
  deep 
  water 
  

   in 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  and, 
  running 
  through 
  Black 
  Rock 
  harbor 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  

   head 
  of 
  Squaw 
  island, 
  lock 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  river 
  level 
  and 
  then 
  

   follow 
  the 
  general 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  to 
  Tonawanda 
  and 
  Oayuga 
  

   island, 
  just 
  off 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Lasalle, 
  at 
  which 
  points 
  the 
  two 
  

   waterways 
  leave 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  Lasalle-Lewiston 
  route. 
  The 
  Lasalle-Lewiston 
  route 
  continues 
  

   from 
  Lasalle 
  to 
  within 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  of 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  lock 
  No. 
  2, 
  

   above 
  Lewiston. 
  The 
  route 
  then 
  passes 
  down 
  the 
  bluff 
  to 
  the 
  

   Niagara 
  below 
  the 
  falls 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  below 
  Lewiston, 
  with 
  six 
  

   double 
  locks, 
  each 
  of 
  40 
  feet 
  lift 
  and 
  two 
  locks 
  each 
  of 
  39.4 
  

   feet 
  lift. 
  The 
  estimated 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  30-foot 
  channel, 
  with 
  Lake 
  

   Erie 
  regulated, 
  is 
  $73,435,000. 
  Estimating 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  

   standard 
  low 
  water, 
  the 
  estimated 
  cost 
  for 
  a 
  30-foot 
  channel 
  

   is 
  $75,084,000. 
  The 
  estimate 
  for 
  a 
  21-foot 
  channel 
  with 
  Lake 
  

   Erie 
  regulated 
  is 
  $42,393,000 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  21-foot 
  channel 
  with 
  

   standard 
  low 
  water 
  the 
  estimated 
  cost 
  is 
  $43,214,000. 
  

  

  Tonawanda-Olcott 
  route. 
  This 
  route 
  leaves 
  the 
  Niagara 
  river 
  

   at 
  Tonawanda 
  and 
  continues 
  at 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  to 
  just 
  

   west 
  of 
  Lockport, 
  from 
  which 
  point 
  it 
  descends 
  to 
  Eighteenmile 
  

   creek, 
  one 
  mile 
  from 
  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  following 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  that 
  

   creek 
  to 
  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  The 
  descent 
  is 
  accomplished 
  by 
  two 
  

   single 
  and 
  three 
  double 
  locks 
  of 
  40 
  feet 
  lift 
  each; 
  one 
  single 
  

  

  