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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  route 
  deemed 
  most 
  desirable 
  for 
  such 
  a 
  canal 
  from 
  Lake 
  

   Erie 
  to 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  is 
  to 
  follow 
  the 
  present 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  Erie 
  

   canal 
  with 
  minor 
  diversions 
  from 
  Buffalo 
  to 
  just 
  east 
  of 
  Clyde, 
  

   then 
  to 
  deflect 
  into 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  and 
  follow 
  down 
  this 
  river 
  

   and 
  up 
  Oneida 
  river 
  through 
  Oneida 
  lake, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  

   Wood 
  creek 
  to 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  near 
  New 
  London. 
  The 
  

   two 
  aqueducts 
  across 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  would 
  also 
  be 
  done 
  away 
  with 
  

   and 
  the 
  canal 
  thrown 
  into 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  at 
  West 
  Troy 
  side-cut 
  

   the 
  location 
  would 
  be 
  changed 
  to 
  better 
  the 
  debouchment 
  into 
  the 
  

   Hudson. 
  This 
  canal 
  would 
  require 
  the 
  rebuilding 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  locks 
  

   on 
  the 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  retained, 
  substituting 
  at 
  Cohoes, 
  

   Lockport 
  and 
  possibly 
  at 
  Newark, 
  pneumatic 
  or 
  other 
  mechanical 
  

   locks 
  for 
  those 
  now 
  existing, 
  building 
  new 
  locks 
  on 
  the 
  Seneca- 
  

  

  Fig. 
  67 
  Earth 
  section 
  of 
  Erie 
  canal 
  from 
  Black 
  Rock 
  to 
  Tonawanda. 
  

  

  Oneida 
  and 
  lower 
  Mohawk 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  route, 
  and 
  deepening 
  

   and 
  widening 
  the 
  prism 
  of 
  the 
  canal 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  waterway 
  of 
  not 
  

   less 
  than 
  1000 
  square 
  feet 
  cross-section. 
  

  

  By 
  such 
  a 
  canal 
  the 
  cost 
  per 
  ton 
  of 
  carrying 
  freight 
  from 
  

   Buffalo 
  to 
  New 
  York 
  would 
  be 
  26 
  cents; 
  the 
  cost 
  per 
  bushel, 
  

   0.8 
  cent, 
  and 
  the 
  cost 
  per 
  ton 
  mile, 
  0.52 
  mill. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  trips 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  annually 
  is 
  estimated 
  

   at 
  nine 
  for 
  the 
  Seymour- 
  Adams 
  plan, 
  and 
  at 
  ten 
  for 
  the 
  new 
  Erie 
  

   canal 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  for 
  the 
  enlarged 
  canal. 
  

  

  The 
  Canal 
  Committee 
  also 
  reported 
  that 
  the 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Oswego 
  

   canal 
  at 
  Phoenix 
  and 
  Oswego, 
  undertaken 
  in 
  1896, 
  should 
  be 
  com- 
  

   pleted. 
  The 
  cost 
  of 
  completing 
  the 
  Oswego 
  canal 
  was 
  estimated 
  

   at 
  $818,000. 
  

  

  The 
  Canal 
  Committee 
  recommended 
  that 
  the 
  Champlain 
  canal 
  

   should 
  be 
  improved 
  to 
  the 
  full 
  extent 
  authorized 
  by 
  chapter 
  79 
  

   of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  1895, 
  at 
  an 
  estimated 
  expense 
  of 
  $1,824,000. 
  

  

  The 
  estimated 
  cost 
  of 
  enlarging 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  to 
  a 
  barge 
  canal 
  

   was 
  $58,895,000, 
  or 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  for 
  the 
  Erie, 
  Oswego 
  and 
  Cham- 
  

   plain 
  canals 
  of 
  $61,537,000. 
  

  

  