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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  adopted 
  a 
  boat 
  25 
  feet 
  wide, 
  150 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  drawing 
  10 
  feet 
  

   of 
  water. 
  

  

  The 
  21-foot 
  channel 
  proposed 
  by 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Engineers 
  on 
  

   Deep 
  Waterways 
  would 
  have 
  a 
  bottom 
  width 
  of 
  215 
  feet 
  and 
  a 
  

   sectional 
  area 
  of 
  5497 
  square 
  feet. 
  The 
  section 
  proposed 
  for 
  a 
  

   30-foot 
  canal 
  would 
  have 
  a 
  bottom 
  width 
  of 
  203 
  feet 
  and 
  a 
  sec- 
  

   tional 
  area 
  of 
  7990 
  square 
  feet. 
  The 
  foregoing 
  widths 
  are 
  for 
  

   channels 
  in 
  earth 
  cutting— 
  in 
  rock 
  sections, 
  widths 
  are 
  somewhat 
  

   different. 
  The 
  Board 
  of 
  Engineers 
  proposed 
  for 
  a 
  21-foot 
  canal 
  

   a 
  boat 
  52 
  feet 
  wide, 
  480 
  feet 
  long, 
  with 
  19 
  feet 
  draft 
  and 
  a 
  net 
  

   carrying 
  capacity 
  of 
  8600 
  tons. 
  

  

  We 
  see, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  from 
  1825 
  to 
  1904 
  — 
  seventy-nine 
  years— 
  

   the 
  capacity 
  of 
  boats 
  has 
  increased 
  from 
  30 
  tons 
  to 
  a 
  proposed 
  

  

  «-— 
  — 
  — 
  -loo-"-- 
  -=> 
  

  

  Fig. 
  73 
  Earth 
  section 
  of 
  Montreal, 
  Ottawa 
  and 
  Georgian 
  Bay 
  canal. 
  

  

  capacity 
  of 
  over 
  8000 
  tons. 
  This 
  fact 
  is 
  cited 
  as 
  showing 
  that 
  

   inasmuch 
  as 
  there 
  is 
  actually 
  still 
  in 
  use 
  a 
  boat 
  carrying 
  240 
  

   tons, 
  canal 
  development 
  is 
  not 
  yet 
  commensurate 
  with 
  the 
  devel- 
  

   opments 
  of 
  commerce. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  U7 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  1903. 
  Chapter 
  147 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  

   1903, 
  an 
  act 
  making 
  provision 
  for 
  issuing 
  bonds 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  

   of 
  $101,000,000 
  for 
  the 
  improvement 
  of 
  Erie 
  canal, 
  Oswego 
  canal 
  

   and 
  Ohamplain 
  canal, 
  and 
  providing 
  for 
  submitting 
  the 
  same 
  

   to 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  people, 
  became 
  a 
  law 
  April 
  7, 
  1903, 
  with 
  

   the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  Governor. 
  This 
  act 
  was 
  voted 
  upon 
  at 
  the 
  

   general 
  election 
  held 
  November 
  3, 
  1903, 
  and 
  was 
  approved 
  by 
  a 
  

   majority 
  of 
  over 
  245,000. 
  New 
  York 
  county 
  gave 
  253,000 
  for 
  and 
  

   29,000 
  against; 
  Kings 
  county 
  gave 
  62,000 
  for 
  and 
  21,000 
  against; 
  

   Erie 
  county, 
  39,000 
  for 
  and 
  8000 
  against. 
  The 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  

   State, 
  with 
  few 
  exceptions, 
  was 
  against. 
  It 
  appears, 
  therefore, 
  

  

  