﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  797 
  

  

  and 
  ordinary 
  shallow 
  canals 
  and 
  who 
  were 
  acquainted 
  with 
  the 
  

   history 
  of 
  canal 
  transportation 
  as 
  affected 
  by 
  the 
  competition 
  of 
  

   railways 
  and 
  who 
  had 
  the 
  knowledge 
  that 
  would 
  enable 
  us 
  to 
  

   profit 
  by 
  the 
  experience 
  of 
  other 
  countries 
  in 
  these 
  matters. 
  

  

  This 
  committee, 
  which 
  was 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Canal 
  Committee, 
  

   reported, 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  January 
  15, 
  1900, 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  enlarging 
  the 
  

   canal 
  enough 
  to 
  take 
  a 
  barge 
  of 
  1000 
  tons 
  capacity. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  

  

  Fig*. 
  64 
  Earth 
  section 
  of 
  original 
  Erie 
  canal. 
  Width 
  of 
  bottom 
  of 
  

   canal 
  26 
  feet. 
  

  

  accomplish 
  this, 
  a 
  canal 
  12 
  feet 
  deep 
  is 
  required, 
  75 
  feet 
  wide 
  at 
  

   the 
  bottom 
  and 
  123 
  feet 
  wide 
  at 
  water 
  surface. 
  

  

  Seymour 
  plan 
  for 
  enlargement 
  of 
  Erie 
  canal. 
  The 
  canal 
  im- 
  

   provement 
  of 
  1895 
  was 
  formulated 
  by 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Sur- 
  

   veyor, 
  Horatio 
  Seymour, 
  Jr., 
  in 
  1878. 
  

  

  The 
  Canal 
  Committee 
  considered 
  the 
  Seymour 
  plan 
  and 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  that 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  completing 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  f 
  12,923,639. 
  This 
  

   estimate 
  includes 
  the 
  work 
  required 
  to 
  deepen 
  the 
  prism 
  of 
  the 
  

   canal 
  to 
  9 
  feet 
  and 
  to 
  give 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  8 
  feet 
  across 
  aqueducts, 
  

  

  Fig. 
  65 
  Earth 
  section 
  of 
  enlargement 
  of 
  Erie 
  canal 
  of 
  1862. 
  

   of 
  bottom 
  of 
  canal 
  52 
  feet. 
  

  

  Width 
  

  

  mitre 
  sills, 
  culverts 
  and 
  other 
  permanent 
  structures, 
  and 
  for 
  

   lengthening 
  and 
  improving 
  locks 
  remaining 
  to 
  be 
  lengthened. 
  

   The 
  estimates 
  are 
  considered 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  increased 
  

   cost 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  eight-hour 
  law 
  and 
  the 
  increase 
  in 
  cost 
  of 
  labor 
  

   and 
  materials 
  and 
  for 
  engineering 
  and 
  inspection. 
  

  

  The 
  Seymour-Adams 
  plan. 
  In 
  his 
  report 
  for 
  1896 
  State 
  Engi- 
  

   neer 
  Adams 
  proposed 
  an 
  extension 
  or 
  modification 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  

   project 
  authorized 
  for 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  under 
  the 
  " 
  f 
  9,000,000 
  act." 
  

   His 
  proposition 
  was 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  9 
  feet 
  throughout 
  the 
  

  

  