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  per 
  se, 
  but 
  to 
  gain 
  time. 
  If, 
  then, 
  the 
  time 
  can 
  be 
  gained 
  and 
  

   lockages 
  retained, 
  there 
  could 
  apparently 
  be 
  no 
  objection 
  to 
  the 
  

   Seneca-Oneida-rivers-Oneida-lake-line, 
  where 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  broad, 
  

   deep 
  channel 
  greater 
  speed 
  can 
  be 
  obtained. 
  Especially 
  would 
  

   this 
  be 
  true 
  if 
  the 
  river 
  line 
  can 
  be 
  built 
  at 
  less 
  cost. 
  

   ******** 
  

  

  Very 
  truly 
  yours, 
  

   (Signed) 
  Geo. 
  W. 
  Rafter. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  meantime 
  the 
  proposed 
  change 
  of 
  plan 
  was 
  suggested 
  

   in 
  a 
  conversation 
  with 
  Major 
  Symons 
  on 
  September 
  18, 
  1899. 
  

   September 
  22 
  General 
  Greene 
  answered 
  the 
  letter 
  of 
  September 
  

   16, 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  terms 
  : 
  

  

  George 
  W. 
  Rafter, 
  Esq., 
  Consulting 
  Engineer, 
  Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y.: 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir. 
  — 
  Yours 
  of 
  September 
  16 
  arrived 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  since, 
  but 
  

   owing 
  to 
  my 
  absence 
  in 
  Philadelphia 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  until 
  now 
  had 
  

   an 
  opportunity 
  to 
  answer 
  it. 
  I 
  am 
  also 
  in 
  receipt 
  of 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  

   Major 
  Symons 
  telling 
  me 
  of 
  his 
  conversation 
  with 
  you, 
  and 
  that 
  

   he 
  said 
  the 
  committee 
  would 
  undoubtedly 
  like 
  to 
  have 
  you 
  make 
  

   the 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  route 
  through 
  the 
  Oneida 
  river 
  and 
  lake, 
  

   and 
  I 
  write 
  to 
  confirm 
  Major 
  Symons' 
  statement. 
  

   * 
  * 
  * 
  *,* 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  

  

  Yours 
  very 
  truly, 
  

   (Signed) 
  F. 
  V. 
  Greene. 
  

  

  Conclusions 
  of 
  Canal 
  Committee. 
  The 
  Canal 
  Committee, 
  as 
  the 
  

   result 
  of 
  its 
  examination, 
  states 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  committee 
  is 
  unanimously 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  

   only 
  three 
  projects 
  for 
  consideration. 
  The 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  the 
  

   completion 
  of 
  the 
  project 
  authorized 
  by 
  the 
  law 
  of 
  1895, 
  with 
  the 
  

   following 
  modifications 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  deepening 
  of 
  the 
  prism 
  to 
  9 
  feet 
  throughout, 
  and 
  the 
  

   lengthening 
  of 
  the 
  locks 
  on 
  one 
  tier, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  pass 
  two 
  boats, 
  each 
  

   125 
  feet 
  in 
  length, 
  17% 
  feet 
  in 
  width 
  and 
  8 
  feet 
  draft, 
  with 
  a 
  cargo 
  

   capacity 
  of 
  450 
  tons 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  lengthening 
  of 
  the 
  locks 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  

   tier 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  pass 
  a 
  single 
  boat 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  size. 
  

  

  The 
  use 
  of 
  pneumatic 
  locks, 
  or 
  other 
  mechanical 
  lifts, 
  at 
  Cohoes, 
  

   Lockport, 
  and 
  possibly 
  Newark 
  and 
  Little 
  Falls. 
  

  

  The 
  construction 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  canal 
  from 
  near 
  Clyde 
  to 
  near 
  New 
  

   London, 
  about 
  81 
  miles 
  in 
  length, 
  giving 
  a 
  wide 
  waterway 
  through 
  

   the 
  Seneca 
  and 
  Oneida 
  rivers 
  and 
  Oneida 
  lake, 
  and 
  avoiding 
  Mon- 
  

   tezuma 
  marshes. 
  

  

  