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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  ingly 
  early 
  arranged 
  to 
  have 
  this 
  matter 
  thoroughly 
  examined. 
  

   The 
  writer 
  examined 
  the 
  several 
  routes 
  in 
  detail. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  elevations 
  and 
  distances 
  on 
  the 
  levels 
  

   from 
  Rome 
  level 
  westward 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  level 
  at 
  Newark 
  : 
  

  

  Elevation 
  

   above 
  

   Length 
  of 
  tide 
  water, 
  

   Designation 
  of 
  level 
  level, 
  miles 
  feet 
  

  

  Rome 
  level 
  429 
  . 
  7 
  

  

  Short 
  level, 
  from 
  lock 
  47 
  to 
  lock 
  48 
  . 
  19 
  419.5 
  

  

  Level, 
  lock 
  48 
  to 
  lock 
  49 
  0.71 
  409.0 
  

  

  Syracuse 
  level, 
  lock 
  49 
  to 
  lock 
  50 
  5.01 
  402 
  . 
  

  

  Jordan 
  level, 
  lock 
  50 
  to 
  lock 
  51 
  14 
  . 
  90 
  409 
  . 
  9 
  

  

  Port 
  Byron 
  level, 
  lock 
  51 
  to 
  lock 
  52 
  7 
  . 
  79 
  404.3 
  

  

  Montezuma 
  level, 
  lock 
  52 
  to 
  lock 
  53 
  17.69 
  392.9 
  

  

  Level, 
  lock 
  53 
  to 
  lock 
  54 
  3.15 
  397.6 
  

  

  Level, 
  lock 
  54 
  to 
  lock 
  55 
  3.35 
  405.0 
  

  

  Level, 
  lock 
  55 
  to 
  lock 
  56 
  1.71 
  411.2 
  

  

  Level, 
  lock 
  56 
  to 
  lock 
  57 
  3.22 
  421.1 
  

  

  Level, 
  lock 
  57 
  to 
  lock 
  58 
  0.18 
  429.1 
  

  

  Level, 
  lock 
  58 
  to 
  lock 
  59 
  0.16 
  437.1 
  

  

  Total 
  distance 
  58.06 
  

  

  Level 
  above 
  lock 
  59 
  (Newark-Palmyra 
  level) 
  445. 
  6 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  southern 
  route. 
  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  persistency 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  

   proposed 
  high 
  level 
  continuously 
  descending 
  rectification 
  from 
  

   Newark 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Rome 
  level 
  has 
  gotten 
  into 
  the 
  Erie 
  

   canal 
  improvement 
  literature, 
  it 
  seems 
  proper, 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  clarify- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  matter, 
  to 
  discuss 
  it 
  at 
  length, 
  even 
  though 
  the 
  studies 
  

   made 
  in 
  1899 
  have 
  shown 
  that 
  this 
  proposed 
  high-level 
  rectification 
  

   is 
  not 
  applicable 
  to 
  present 
  conditions. 
  

  

  The 
  objections 
  to 
  the 
  southern 
  route 
  are 
  three 
  in 
  number: 
  

   (1) 
  Seneca 
  river 
  crossing; 
  (2) 
  right 
  of 
  way 
  in 
  Syracuse; 
  and 
  (3) 
  

   difficult 
  construction 
  of 
  canal 
  on 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel 
  areas. 
  The 
  

   Seneca 
  river 
  crossing 
  would 
  be 
  about 
  1.9 
  miles 
  in 
  length, 
  with 
  the 
  

  

  *The 
  foregoing 
  elevations 
  refer 
  to 
  mean 
  tide 
  at 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  differ 
  

   somewhat 
  from 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  datum 
  which 
  is 
  mean 
  tide 
  at 
  Albany. 
  The 
  

   difference 
  is 
  about 
  1.3 
  feet. 
  

  

  