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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  alignment 
  near 
  Medina 
  to 
  a 
  junction 
  with 
  Niagara 
  river 
  at 
  Tona- 
  

   wanda; 
  thence 
  by 
  Niagara 
  river 
  and 
  Black 
  Rock 
  harbor 
  to 
  Buffalo 
  

   and 
  Lake 
  Erie. 
  The 
  existing 
  Erie 
  canal 
  from 
  Tonawanda 
  creek 
  

   to 
  Main 
  street, 
  Buffalo, 
  shall 
  be 
  retained 
  for 
  feeder 
  and 
  harbor 
  

   purposes. 
  The 
  route 
  of 
  the 
  Oswego 
  canal 
  as 
  improved 
  shall 
  be 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  Beginning 
  at 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  the 
  Oswego, 
  Seneca 
  and 
  

   Oneida 
  rivers, 
  it 
  shall 
  run 
  northward 
  to 
  a 
  junction 
  with 
  Lake 
  

   Ontario 
  at 
  Oswego, 
  following 
  Oswego 
  river, 
  canalized, 
  and 
  present 
  

   Oswego 
  canal. 
  The 
  route 
  of 
  the 
  Champlain 
  canal 
  as 
  improved 
  

   shall 
  be 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Beginning 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  at 
  Water- 
  

   ford; 
  thence 
  up 
  Hudson 
  river 
  canalized 
  to 
  near 
  Fort 
  Edward; 
  

   thence 
  via 
  the 
  present 
  route 
  of 
  Champlain 
  canal 
  to 
  Lake 
  Cham- 
  

   plain 
  near 
  Whitehall. 
  

  

  This 
  act 
  also 
  provides 
  for 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  an 
  advisory 
  board 
  

   of 
  five 
  engineers, 
  whose 
  duties 
  shall 
  be 
  to 
  advise 
  the 
  State 
  Engi- 
  

   neer 
  and 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Public 
  Works, 
  to 
  follow 
  the 
  progress 
  

   of 
  the 
  work, 
  and 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  to 
  report 
  to 
  the 
  Governor, 
  

   State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Superintendent 
  as 
  they 
  may 
  require, 
  or 
  as 
  the 
  

   board 
  may 
  deem 
  proper 
  and 
  advisable. 
  A 
  special 
  deputy 
  and 
  

   special 
  resident 
  engineers 
  are 
  also 
  provided 
  for 
  by 
  the 
  act. 
  The 
  

   following 
  have 
  been 
  appointed 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  advisory 
  board: 
  

   Edward 
  A. 
  Bond, 
  Thomas 
  W. 
  Symons, 
  Elmer 
  L. 
  Corthell, 
  Wm. 
  A. 
  

   Brackenridge 
  and 
  Alfred 
  B. 
  Frye. 
  

  

  Power 
  canal 
  along 
  line 
  of 
  Erie 
  canal. 
  In 
  a 
  discussion 
  before 
  

   the 
  American 
  Society 
  of 
  Civil 
  Engineers 
  several 
  years 
  ago, 
  

   Edward 
  P. 
  North 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  City 
  proposed 
  a 
  power 
  canal 
  

   along 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal, 
  and 
  J. 
  Y. 
  McClintock 
  of 
  

   Rochester 
  has 
  also 
  extensively 
  advocated 
  such 
  a 
  canal. 
  

  

  Mr 
  McClintock 
  proposes 
  that 
  deep 
  waterways 
  be 
  constructed 
  

   along 
  this 
  line 
  of 
  sufficient 
  dimensions 
  to 
  carry 
  water 
  enough 
  to 
  

   develop 
  800,000 
  horsepower. 
  This 
  water 
  would 
  be 
  taken 
  from 
  

   Niagara 
  river 
  and 
  the 
  power 
  developed 
  at 
  Lockport, 
  Gasport, 
  

   Middleport, 
  Medina, 
  Albion, 
  Holley, 
  Brockport, 
  Spencerport, 
  

   Rochester, 
  Pittsford, 
  Macedon, 
  Palmyra, 
  Newark, 
  Lyons 
  and 
  at 
  

   points 
  on 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  at 
  other 
  points 
  where 
  inter- 
  

   secting 
  streams 
  furnish 
  convenient 
  points 
  for 
  developing 
  power. 
  

   There 
  is 
  no 
  objection 
  to 
  such 
  a 
  project 
  and 
  possibly 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

   ultimately 
  carried 
  out, 
  although 
  at 
  present 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  probability 
  

   because 
  the 
  streams 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  will 
  furnish 
  several 
  hundred 
  

  

  