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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  take 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  It 
  is 
  understood 
  now 
  that 
  they 
  

   are 
  preparing 
  to 
  build! 
  this 
  canal. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  Welland 
  canal 
  was 
  opened 
  it 
  would 
  accommodate 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  vessels 
  of 
  that 
  day, 
  but 
  since 
  then 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  

   lake 
  vessels 
  has 
  greatly 
  increased 
  — 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  running 
  larger 
  

   vessels 
  being 
  less 
  in 
  proportion— 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  now 
  a 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  fleet 
  shut 
  in 
  between 
  Buffalo 
  and 
  Port 
  Oolborne. 
  The 
  

   barge 
  canal 
  having 
  carried 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  the 
  Canadians 
  are 
  now 
  

   contemplating 
  a 
  radical 
  improvement 
  to 
  the 
  Welland 
  canal, 
  and 
  

   preliminary 
  thereto 
  are 
  spending 
  $2,000,000 
  at 
  Port 
  Oolborne, 
  

   the 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  end 
  of 
  Welland 
  canal, 
  in 
  harbor 
  improvements, 
  

   the 
  intention 
  being 
  to 
  deepen 
  the 
  harbor 
  to 
  accommodate 
  boats 
  

   drawing 
  20 
  feet 
  of 
  water. 
  

  

  The 
  project 
  is 
  also 
  being 
  actively 
  agitated 
  to 
  reconstruct 
  

   Welland 
  canal, 
  making 
  it 
  deep 
  enough 
  to 
  take 
  boats 
  of 
  20 
  feet 
  

   draft. 
  The 
  fall 
  from 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  to 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  is 
  326 
  feet, 
  

   which 
  is 
  now 
  made 
  by 
  twenty-five 
  locks. 
  It 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  re- 
  

   construct 
  these, 
  making 
  seven 
  or 
  eight 
  locks 
  instead, 
  each 
  lock 
  

   to 
  be 
  650 
  feet 
  by 
  65 
  feet 
  and 
  22 
  feet 
  on 
  the 
  sills. 
  It 
  is 
  estimated 
  

   that 
  such 
  an 
  enlargement 
  can 
  be 
  completed 
  in 
  four 
  years 
  at 
  a 
  

   cost 
  not 
  exceeding 
  about 
  $25^000,000. 
  

  

  This 
  project 
  is 
  advocated 
  by 
  the 
  Dominion 
  Marine 
  Association 
  

   and 
  by 
  the 
  St 
  Catherine 
  and 
  Thorold 
  Boards 
  of 
  Trade. 
  In 
  case 
  

   the 
  Welland 
  canal 
  is 
  enlarged 
  as 
  proposed, 
  the 
  deepening 
  of 
  the 
  

   St 
  Lawrence 
  route 
  to 
  20 
  feet 
  would 
  then 
  be 
  a. 
  comparatively 
  

   small 
  matter. 
  

  

  Recent 
  Canal 
  Projects 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Committee 
  on 
  Canals 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  On 
  March 
  8, 
  

   1899, 
  Governor 
  Roosevelt 
  appointed 
  Francis 
  V. 
  Greene, 
  George 
  E. 
  

   Green, 
  John 
  W. 
  Scatcherd, 
  Thomas 
  W. 
  Symons, 
  Frank 
  S. 
  With- 
  

   erbee, 
  Edward 
  A. 
  Bond 
  and 
  John 
  N. 
  Partridge 
  a 
  committee 
  on 
  

   canals 
  to 
  consider 
  the 
  whole 
  question 
  and 
  to 
  advise 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   New 
  York 
  as 
  to 
  what 
  policy 
  should 
  be 
  followed 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  

   the 
  canals. 
  In 
  the 
  letter 
  of 
  appointment 
  it 
  is- 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  

   opinion 
  of 
  a 
  body 
  of 
  experts 
  was 
  required 
  who 
  should 
  include 
  not 
  

   merely 
  high-class 
  engineers, 
  but 
  men 
  of 
  business, 
  who 
  knew 
  the 
  

   relative 
  advantages 
  and 
  disadvantages 
  of 
  ship 
  canals, 
  barge 
  canals 
  

  

  