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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  has 
  been 
  assumed. 
  Bringing 
  these 
  several 
  

   items 
  of 
  summit 
  water 
  supply 
  together 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  Cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  

  

  1) 
  Lockages 
  800 
  800 
  

  

  2) 
  Evaporation 
  5 
  to 
  10 
  

  

  3) 
  Percolation 
  75 
  to 
  100 
  

  

  4) 
  Leakage 
  at 
  gates, 
  etc 
  60 
  to 
  80 
  

  

  5) 
  Power 
  and 
  electric 
  lights 
  40 
  to 
  50 
  

  

  6) 
  Flushing 
  out 
  canal 
  boats, 
  barges 
  and 
  timber 
  

  

  rafts 
  50 
  to 
  60 
  

  

  7) 
  Wastage 
  at 
  spillways 
  150 
  to 
  250 
  

  

  Total 
  1,180 
  to 
  1,350 
  

  

  8) 
  Feeder 
  losses 
  300 
  to 
  600 
  

  

  Final 
  total 
  1,480 
  to 
  1,950 
  

  

  Proceeding 
  on 
  similar 
  lines 
  of 
  discussion 
  for 
  water 
  supply 
  of 
  

   summit 
  level 
  for 
  a 
  21-foot 
  channel, 
  it 
  is 
  concluded 
  that 
  from 
  1215 
  

   to 
  1600 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  would 
  be 
  required— 
  or 
  as 
  a 
  mean, 
  

   the 
  quantity 
  may 
  be 
  fixed 
  upon 
  as 
  1400 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  

   including 
  feeder 
  losses. 
  

  

  The 
  water 
  supply 
  for 
  a 
  low-level 
  ship 
  canal 
  may 
  be 
  fixed 
  at 
  

   from 
  1000 
  to 
  1100 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  which 
  could 
  be 
  furnished 
  

   from 
  storage 
  of 
  Oneida 
  lake. 
  

  

  The 
  deep 
  waterways 
  surveys 
  were 
  executed 
  in 
  1898-99. 
  

  

  The 
  Canadian 
  canals. 
  In 
  discussing 
  canal 
  projects 
  as 
  applying 
  

   to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  it 
  ought 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  overlooked 
  that 
  

   there 
  is 
  now 
  a 
  waterway 
  14 
  feet 
  in 
  depth 
  through 
  Canada, 
  by 
  

   way 
  of 
  the 
  Welland 
  canal, 
  connecting 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  with 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  

   and 
  the 
  several 
  canals 
  around 
  the 
  rapids 
  of 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  

   river, 
  to 
  tidewater 
  at 
  Quebec. 
  These 
  canals 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  exist- 
  

   ence 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years, 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  never 
  been 
  in 
  any 
  sense 
  

   competitors 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  canals, 
  largely 
  because 
  the 
  river 
  

   and 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  are 
  a 
  region 
  of 
  fogs, 
  which 
  necessarily 
  

   will 
  always 
  make 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  route 
  an 
  objectionable 
  one. 
  

   The 
  river 
  St 
  Lawrence* 
  must 
  be 
  thoroughly 
  marked 
  by 
  light- 
  

   houses 
  and 
  buoys, 
  and 
  even 
  after 
  this 
  is 
  done 
  there 
  will 
  remain 
  

   a 
  thousand 
  miles 
  of 
  difficult 
  navigation 
  from 
  Montreal 
  to 
  the 
  

   open 
  ocean. 
  

  

  