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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  routes 
  for 
  a 
  waterway 
  between 
  Lake 
  

   Erie 
  and 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  indicates 
  that 
  the 
  Lasalle-Lewiston 
  line 
  

   can 
  be 
  constructed 
  at 
  less 
  cost 
  than 
  the 
  others, 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  tra- 
  

   versed 
  by 
  a 
  type 
  carrier 
  between 
  points 
  common 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  routes 
  

   in 
  less 
  time 
  than 
  by 
  the 
  other 
  routes. 
  

  

  The 
  natural 
  harbor 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Niagara 
  river 
  and 
  the 
  

   comparatively 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  restricted 
  channel 
  on 
  the 
  Lewiston 
  

   line 
  make 
  it 
  a 
  better 
  location 
  on 
  which 
  to 
  construct 
  a 
  waterway 
  

   than 
  the 
  route 
  from 
  Tonawanda 
  to 
  Olcott. 
  

  

  The 
  route 
  from 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  to 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  208 
  miles 
  farther 
  

   by 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence, 
  Lake 
  Champlain 
  and 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  than 
  

   by 
  the 
  Oswego, 
  Mohawk 
  and 
  Hudson 
  rivers, 
  but 
  has 
  292 
  feet 
  less 
  

   lockage 
  than 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  low 
  level 
  and 
  366 
  feet 
  less 
  lockage 
  than 
  

   the 
  Mohawk 
  high 
  level 
  routes. 
  

  

  The 
  length 
  of 
  standard 
  canal 
  prism 
  is 
  practically 
  the 
  same 
  by 
  

   each 
  route, 
  the 
  difference 
  in 
  distance 
  being 
  almost 
  entirely 
  in 
  the 
  

   open 
  lake 
  and 
  river 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  waterway. 
  

  

  The 
  sailing 
  time 
  for 
  a 
  type 
  carrier 
  is 
  twelve 
  hours 
  longer 
  by 
  the 
  

   Champlain 
  route 
  than 
  by 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  route, 
  which 
  difference 
  is 
  

   due 
  to 
  the 
  greater 
  time 
  required 
  to 
  sail 
  208 
  miles 
  farther 
  by 
  the 
  

   former 
  than 
  to 
  make 
  eighteen 
  more 
  lockages 
  on 
  the 
  latter. 
  

  

  The 
  comparative 
  values 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  routes 
  depend 
  largely 
  upon 
  

   the 
  cost 
  to 
  construct 
  and 
  maintain 
  the 
  respective 
  channels, 
  the 
  

   annual 
  traffic 
  capacity 
  of 
  each, 
  and 
  the 
  time 
  required 
  for 
  type 
  

   carriers 
  to 
  make 
  round 
  trips. 
  

  

  The 
  estimated 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  21-foot 
  waterway 
  and 
  the 
  sailing 
  

   times 
  between 
  terminals 
  are 
  based 
  on 
  locks 
  600 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  60 
  

   feet 
  wide. 
  If 
  the 
  locks 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  80 
  feet 
  wide 
  for 
  the 
  pur- 
  

   pose 
  of 
  passing 
  large 
  ships 
  from 
  the 
  lake 
  shipyards 
  to 
  the 
  Atlantic, 
  

   the 
  estimated 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  route 
  would 
  be 
  increased 
  

   14,221,000 
  and 
  the 
  Champlain 
  route 
  $2,560,000, 
  the 
  annual 
  ca- 
  

   pacity 
  of 
  the 
  routes 
  • 
  slightly 
  diminished, 
  and 
  the 
  time 
  required 
  

   for 
  making 
  round 
  trips 
  increased. 
  

  

  Summit 
  level 
  water 
  supply. 
  The 
  following 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  summit 
  

   level 
  water 
  supply 
  for 
  a 
  30-foot 
  channel 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  report 
  to 
  the 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Engineers 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  proposed 
  summit 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  Oswego-Mohawk 
  route, 
  with 
  

   water-surface 
  elevation 
  of 
  416 
  feet 
  above 
  tide, 
  extends 
  a 
  distance 
  

  

  