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  The 
  Seneca-Oneida 
  route. 
  The 
  southern 
  and 
  northern 
  routes 
  

   from 
  Newark 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  line 
  of 
  Syracuse 
  having 
  turned 
  out 
  so 
  

   unsatisfactory, 
  the 
  writer 
  then 
  proposed 
  to 
  the 
  Canal 
  Committee 
  

   to 
  entirely 
  modify 
  their 
  plan. 
  Instead 
  of 
  building 
  the 
  continu- 
  

   ously 
  descending 
  canal, 
  it 
  was 
  suggested 
  that 
  a 
  canal 
  dropping 
  

   down 
  to 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river 
  be 
  constructed, 
  thence 
  

   through 
  that 
  river 
  to 
  Three 
  Kivers 
  Point, 
  thence 
  through 
  the 
  

   Oneida 
  river 
  to 
  and 
  through 
  Oneida 
  lake, 
  with 
  an 
  artificial 
  chan- 
  

   nel 
  from 
  Oneida 
  lake, 
  finally 
  joining 
  the 
  Rome 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  Erie 
  

   canal 
  at 
  a 
  point 
  about 
  halfway 
  between 
  Stacey 
  Basin 
  and 
  New 
  

   London, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Rome. 
  

  

  One 
  main 
  object 
  of 
  the 
  proposed 
  high 
  level 
  continuously 
  de- 
  

   scending 
  canal 
  is 
  to 
  deliver 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  water 
  to 
  the 
  Rome 
  level 
  and 
  

   thence 
  into 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river, 
  thereby 
  obviating 
  difficulties 
  of 
  

  

  Fig. 
  71 
  Earth 
  section 
  of 
  Erie 
  canal 
  east 
  of 
  Rochester. 
  

  

  water 
  supplies 
  from 
  reservoirs 
  along 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  canal. 
  Another 
  

   point 
  to 
  be 
  gained 
  by 
  the 
  high-level 
  route 
  was 
  to 
  eliminate 
  lock- 
  

   ages, 
  thereby 
  saving 
  time. 
  If, 
  however, 
  as 
  much 
  time 
  can 
  be 
  

   gained 
  by 
  a 
  broad, 
  deep 
  river 
  and 
  lake 
  navigation 
  as 
  by 
  eliminat- 
  

   ing 
  lockages, 
  then 
  lockage 
  objection 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  important. 
  

   Taking 
  everything 
  into 
  account, 
  the 
  writer 
  reported 
  to 
  the 
  Canal 
  

   Committee 
  that 
  under 
  the 
  existing 
  conditions 
  a 
  route 
  by 
  Seneca- 
  

   Oneida 
  rivers 
  would, 
  due 
  to 
  breadth 
  and 
  depth 
  of 
  channel, 
  permit 
  

   of 
  navigation 
  in 
  less 
  time 
  than 
  by 
  a 
  proposed 
  high-level 
  canal. 
  

   The 
  argument 
  is 
  therefore 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  Seneca-Oneida 
  route, 
  

   specially 
  since 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  built 
  at 
  much 
  less 
  cost. 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  to 
  the 
  writer 
  an 
  extraordinary 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  possibil- 
  

   ities 
  of 
  the 
  Seneca-Oneida 
  route, 
  extending 
  as 
  it 
  does 
  for 
  over 
  

   ninety 
  miles 
  through 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  have 
  not 
  long 
  since 
  

   been 
  thoroughly 
  exploited. 
  Considering 
  the 
  relatively 
  small 
  cost 
  

   of 
  making 
  effective 
  navigation 
  on 
  this 
  line, 
  and 
  looking 
  at 
  the 
  

   question 
  from 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  view 
  of 
  today, 
  one 
  would 
  suppose 
  

  

  