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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  Byron 
  to 
  Jordan 
  the 
  present 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  canal 
  would 
  

   be 
  followed 
  quite 
  closely, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  better 
  

   to 
  make 
  a 
  detour 
  at 
  the 
  Jordan 
  level 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  drop 
  it 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  

   elevation 
  of 
  that 
  at 
  Port 
  Byron. 
  The 
  rather 
  limited 
  water 
  supply 
  

   on 
  the 
  Jordan 
  level 
  makes 
  it 
  extremely 
  desirable 
  that 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   posed 
  change 
  be 
  made 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  reliable 
  water 
  supply 
  of 
  the 
  

   western 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondacks 
  can 
  pass 
  unimpeded 
  to 
  meet 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  on 
  the 
  Montezuma 
  level. 
  From 
  Syracuse 
  

   eastward 
  to 
  Rotterdam 
  the 
  present 
  alignment 
  would 
  be 
  quite 
  

   closely 
  adhered 
  to, 
  with 
  the 
  probable 
  substitution 
  of 
  a 
  hydraulic 
  

   lift 
  or 
  one 
  lock 
  for 
  the 
  three 
  upper 
  locks 
  at 
  Little 
  Falls. 
  From 
  

   Rotterdam 
  eastward 
  we 
  have 
  presented 
  to 
  us 
  the 
  choice 
  of 
  two 
  

   routes, 
  the 
  one 
  following 
  the 
  present 
  line 
  of 
  canal, 
  the 
  other 
  cross- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  on 
  a 
  new 
  aqueduct 
  to 
  be 
  built 
  at 
  that 
  place 
  and 
  

   making 
  a 
  short 
  cut 
  across 
  country, 
  striking 
  the 
  present 
  canal 
  line 
  

   at 
  the 
  eastern 
  terminus 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  Mohawk 
  aqueduct. 
  

  

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  100- 
  — 
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  Fig. 
  72 
  Earth 
  section 
  of 
  Welland 
  and 
  Soulanges 
  canals. 
  

  

  This 
  report 
  was 
  followed 
  by 
  that 
  of 
  Major 
  Symons, 
  dated 
  June 
  

   23, 
  1897, 
  who 
  proposed 
  a 
  boat 
  of 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  1500 
  tons 
  burden, 
  

   the 
  same 
  as 
  proposed 
  by 
  Mr 
  Schenck. 
  Neither 
  made 
  any 
  estimate, 
  

   although 
  Mr 
  Schenck 
  considered 
  that 
  his 
  canal 
  could 
  be 
  built 
  

   for 
  |25,000,000, 
  while 
  Major 
  Symons 
  considered 
  that 
  |50,000,000 
  

   would 
  be 
  sufficient. 
  The 
  Committee 
  on 
  Canals 
  considered 
  that 
  

   163,000,000 
  was 
  sufficient 
  to 
  build 
  the 
  canal; 
  the 
  barge 
  canal 
  

   survey 
  of 
  1900 
  placed 
  the 
  cost 
  at 
  from 
  $77,000,000 
  to 
  f 
  87,000,000, 
  

   depending 
  upon 
  the 
  route, 
  while 
  in 
  1903 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  

   placed 
  it 
  at 
  $101,000,000. 
  

  

  Increase 
  in 
  size 
  of 
  boat 
  in 
  comparison 
  with 
  cross-section 
  of 
  

   canal. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  progressive 
  changes 
  which 
  have 
  taken 
  

   place 
  in 
  our 
  ideas 
  of 
  canals, 
  the 
  cross-section 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  Erie 
  

   canal 
  and 
  of. 
  the 
  various 
  enlargements, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  cross- 
  

   section 
  of 
  the 
  recent 
  proposed 
  canals, 
  will 
  be 
  cited 
  in 
  comparison 
  

   with 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  boat 
  for 
  navigating 
  each 
  section. 
  

  

  