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  lock 
  of 
  30.5 
  feet 
  lift, 
  and 
  three 
  double 
  locks, 
  of 
  30 
  feet 
  lift, 
  each. 
  

   The 
  proposed 
  harbor 
  at 
  Olcott 
  is 
  a 
  widening 
  of 
  Eighteenmile 
  

   creek 
  to 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  400 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  last 
  lock 
  to 
  the 
  lake, 
  

   the 
  entrance 
  being 
  protected 
  by 
  breakwaters. 
  The 
  estimated 
  

   cost 
  of 
  the 
  Tonawanda-Olcott 
  route 
  for 
  a 
  30-foot 
  channel, 
  with 
  

   Lake 
  Erie 
  regulated, 
  is 
  $75,572,000, 
  and 
  with 
  standard 
  low 
  

   water 
  the 
  estimated 
  cost 
  of 
  a 
  30-foot 
  channel 
  is 
  $77,221,000. 
  

   The 
  estimate 
  for 
  a 
  21-foot 
  channel, 
  with 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  regulated, 
  

   is 
  $48,454,000, 
  and 
  with 
  standard 
  low 
  water 
  the 
  estimated 
  cost 
  

   for 
  a 
  21-foot 
  channel 
  is 
  $49,275,000. 
  

  

  As 
  to 
  the 
  relative 
  value 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  routes, 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  

   a 
  steamship 
  of 
  19 
  feet 
  draft 
  in 
  the 
  21-foot 
  channel 
  would 
  con- 
  

   sume 
  one 
  hour 
  and 
  nine 
  minutes 
  more 
  time 
  between 
  Buffalo 
  

   and 
  a 
  point 
  common 
  to 
  the 
  two 
  routes 
  in 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  in 
  trav- 
  

  

  Fig. 
  01 
  Earth 
  section 
  of 
  proposed 
  1500-ton 
  Barge 
  canal. 
  

  

  ersing 
  the 
  Tonawanda-Olcott 
  route 
  than 
  in 
  Lasalle-Lewiston 
  

   route, 
  and 
  that 
  in 
  a 
  30-foot 
  channel 
  a 
  steamship 
  of 
  27 
  feet 
  draft 
  

   would 
  be 
  one 
  hour 
  and 
  forty-three 
  minutes 
  longer 
  by 
  the 
  Tona- 
  

   wanda-Olcott 
  route. 
  The 
  cost 
  of 
  maintenance 
  of 
  the 
  Lasalle- 
  

   Lewiston 
  route 
  would 
  be 
  less 
  than 
  for 
  the 
  Tonawanda-Olcott 
  

   route. 
  It 
  is 
  therefore 
  evident 
  that 
  economy 
  in 
  original 
  con- 
  

   struction, 
  transportation 
  and 
  time 
  of 
  passage 
  for 
  ships 
  deter- 
  

   mine 
  the 
  Lasalle-Lewiston 
  route 
  as 
  preferable. 
  

  

  Oswego-Mohawk 
  route. 
  From 
  Lewiston 
  vessels 
  pass 
  through 
  

   the 
  deep 
  lower 
  Niagara 
  river 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  at 
  Queenstown, 
  from 
  

   whence 
  the 
  route 
  is 
  by 
  open 
  water 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  to 
  Oswego, 
  

   112 
  miles, 
  at 
  which 
  place 
  the 
  line 
  leaves 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  from 
  an 
  

   artificial 
  harbor 
  to 
  be 
  constructed 
  about 
  one 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  Oswe- 
  

   go 
  river. 
  It 
  then 
  passes 
  through 
  the 
  westerly 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  

   city 
  of 
  Oswego 
  to 
  a 
  dam 
  above 
  Minetto, 
  where 
  the 
  deep 
  water- 
  

   way 
  joins 
  the 
  river, 
  85.6 
  feet 
  above 
  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  This 
  differ- 
  

  

  