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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  As 
  to 
  the 
  crossing 
  of 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  while 
  the 
  river 
  is 
  only 
  

   about 
  400 
  feet 
  in 
  width, 
  the 
  depth 
  is 
  30 
  feet 
  with 
  soft 
  bottom. 
  

   A 
  few 
  hundred 
  feet 
  north 
  soundings 
  indicate 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  water 
  

   of 
  46 
  feet. 
  Probably 
  foundations 
  of 
  the 
  aqueduct 
  would 
  have 
  

   to 
  be 
  carried 
  considerably 
  deeper 
  than 
  this. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  serious 
  objection 
  to 
  the 
  northern 
  high-level 
  route 
  

   was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  considerable 
  areas 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel 
  which, 
  

   on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  are 
  even 
  more 
  extensive 
  than 
  

   on 
  the 
  south 
  side. 
  For 
  the 
  whole 
  distance 
  there 
  is 
  very 
  little 
  

   water 
  upon 
  the 
  surface, 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1899 
  the 
  farmers 
  

   of 
  the 
  region 
  were 
  hauling 
  water 
  for 
  domestic 
  use 
  several 
  miles. 
  

   Not 
  only 
  this 
  region, 
  but 
  that 
  along 
  the 
  proposed 
  southern 
  route, 
  

   is 
  entirely 
  destitute 
  of 
  stone— 
  for 
  miles 
  only 
  an 
  occasional 
  

   bowlder 
  is 
  seen. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  TO 
  Earth 
  section 
  of 
  Erie 
  canal 
  from 
  Pendleton 
  to 
  2%- 
  miles 
  above 
  

   Lockport. 
  

  

  The 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  canal 
  by 
  this 
  route 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  by 
  the 
  

   southern 
  route. 
  The 
  estimated 
  cost 
  was 
  $22,400,000, 
  which 
  for 
  

   a 
  total 
  length 
  of 
  57.8 
  miles 
  is 
  $387,540 
  per 
  mile. 
  

  

  Extension 
  of 
  Syracuse 
  level. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  proposed 
  that 
  a 
  

   rectification 
  could 
  be 
  made 
  more 
  cheaply 
  and 
  safely 
  by 
  extend- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  Syracuse 
  level 
  westward 
  near 
  the 
  present 
  canal 
  location 
  

   and 
  eastward 
  through 
  the 
  flat 
  country 
  south 
  of 
  Oneida 
  lake, 
  

   cutting 
  down 
  the 
  Rome 
  summit 
  to 
  correspond. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  under- 
  

   stand 
  this 
  possible 
  change, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  that 
  the 
  Syracuse 
  

   level 
  locks 
  up 
  at 
  both 
  ends. 
  To 
  the 
  east 
  it 
  rises 
  by 
  three 
  locks 
  

   to 
  the 
  Rome 
  level, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  by 
  one 
  lock 
  to 
  the 
  Jordan 
  

   level. 
  The 
  elevation 
  of 
  the 
  Syracuse 
  level 
  is 
  402 
  + 
  T. 
  W. 
  ; 
  of 
  the 
  

   Rome 
  level, 
  430 
  + 
  T. 
  W., 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Jordan 
  level, 
  410 
  + 
  T. 
  W. 
  

   There 
  are 
  also 
  long 
  stretches 
  of 
  marl 
  near 
  Jordan. 
  This 
  rectifica- 
  

   tion 
  was 
  examined 
  into 
  with 
  the 
  result 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  shown 
  to 
  present 
  

   great 
  difficulties. 
  The 
  estimated 
  cost 
  for 
  113 
  miles 
  amounts 
  to 
  

   $32,500,000. 
  

  

  