﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  811 
  

  

  The 
  abolition 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  aqueducts 
  across 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river, 
  

   and 
  the 
  substitution 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  for 
  the 
  canal 
  from 
  Kexford 
  Flats 
  

   to 
  Oohoes. 
  

  

  The 
  construction 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  canal 
  from 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  falls 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mohawk, 
  near 
  Cohoes, 
  to 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river, 
  near 
  the 
  West 
  

   Troy 
  side-cut. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  project 
  is 
  for 
  a 
  canal 
  to 
  accommodate 
  boats 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  dimensions 
  as 
  above 
  given, 
  but 
  which 
  shall 
  follow 
  the 
  route 
  

   of 
  the 
  present 
  Erie 
  canal, 
  except 
  from 
  Albany 
  to 
  lock 
  18, 
  in 
  place 
  

   of 
  which 
  the 
  diversion 
  by 
  a 
  mechanical 
  lift 
  over 
  the 
  Cohoes 
  falls 
  

   and 
  a 
  canal 
  from 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  falls 
  to 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  at 
  

   West 
  Troy 
  side-cut 
  shall 
  be 
  substituted. 
  

  

  The 
  third 
  project 
  is 
  for 
  a 
  canal 
  following 
  the 
  same 
  route 
  as 
  

   the 
  first 
  project, 
  but 
  of 
  sufficient 
  size 
  to 
  carry 
  boats 
  150 
  feet 
  in 
  

   length, 
  25 
  feet 
  in 
  width 
  and 
  10 
  feet 
  draft, 
  with 
  a 
  cargo 
  capacity 
  

   of 
  approximately 
  1000 
  tons 
  each, 
  with 
  locks 
  capable 
  of 
  passing 
  

   two 
  boats 
  at 
  one 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  estimated 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  barge 
  canal, 
  including 
  the 
  improving 
  

   of 
  Oswego 
  and 
  Champlain 
  canals, 
  was, 
  in 
  round 
  figures, 
  $62,000,- 
  

   000. 
  In 
  regard 
  to 
  this 
  estimate 
  of 
  the 
  Canal 
  Committee, 
  it 
  may 
  

   be 
  stated 
  that 
  they 
  made 
  no 
  surveys, 
  although 
  the 
  writer 
  in 
  esti- 
  

   mating 
  upon 
  the 
  southern 
  and 
  northern 
  routes 
  between 
  Newark 
  

   and 
  just 
  east 
  of 
  Syracuse, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  estimate 
  for 
  the 
  Syra- 
  

   cuse 
  level 
  extended, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Seneca-Oneida 
  route, 
  availed 
  him- 
  

   self 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  sheets 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  at 
  

   a 
  scale 
  of 
  j^wo- 
  With 
  these 
  sheets 
  in 
  hand 
  the 
  several 
  routes 
  were 
  

   traversed, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  about 
  320 
  miles 
  in 
  all. 
  Subsequently, 
  

   profiles 
  were 
  platted 
  from 
  the 
  locations 
  decided 
  upon 
  in 
  this 
  way, 
  

   quantities 
  taken 
  out 
  and 
  an 
  estimate 
  made. 
  These 
  estimates, 
  

   therefore, 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  preliminary 
  — 
  

   they 
  could 
  hardly 
  be 
  classified 
  as 
  final 
  estimates. 
  On 
  other 
  

   portions 
  of 
  the 
  canal 
  the 
  maps 
  prepared 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  

   improvement 
  of 
  1895 
  were 
  used. 
  

  

  Attention 
  may 
  be 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  maps 
  which 
  were 
  prepared 
  of 
  

   these 
  surveys 
  in 
  1899. 
  They 
  present 
  the 
  topography 
  for 
  a 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  distance 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  proposed 
  lines 
  and 
  enable 
  

   anybody 
  with 
  the 
  requisite 
  training 
  to 
  determine 
  whether 
  or 
  

   not 
  the 
  best 
  lines 
  have 
  been 
  selected. 
  They 
  accompany 
  the 
  

   Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  for 
  1900. 
  

  

  