Open Road — Guides — Railroads — Canals — Bridges 

 DuNLAP, Orrin E. New concrete arch bridges at Niagara. (Sci. 1901 



Am., Nov. 23, 1901. 85:327.) d^p 



An article on the bridges which connect Goat Island with the mainland. 



Handbook to the Pan-American exposition, Buffalo and Niagara Falls. 1901 

 Chicago: Rand, McNally. ( 1 899-1 901 c) . Pp. 182-237. 



Michigan central railroad. General passenger department. Niagara 1901 

 Falls. Chicago: Rand, McNally. 1901. 



A well-arranged guide — How to see Niagara. The cost of the trip 

 is given with a description of the infinite variety of the scenery. There 

 is some account of the geology of the Falls and quotations from both prose 

 and poetry. The book is also illustrated. 



JUDSON, WiLLIAM PlERSON. History of the various projects, reports, 1901 

 discussions and estimates for reaching the great lakes from tide-water, Judson 

 1768-1901. N.p. N.d. Pp. 10-12. (1901.) 



A natural sequence of the many projects for canals of various 

 sizes from the Hudson to Lake Ontario, was the consideration of 

 a canal from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie, and projects for such a 

 canal were made in connection with and closely following the 

 ones already described. 



The first action was taken in 1 798 when a company was char- 

 tered by the State of New York to construct around Niagara 

 Falls, a canal capable of passing boats of eighty tons; which canal 

 was to be completed within ten years, but which was never begun. 

 On the expiration of this term, the Legislature directed the Sur- 

 veyor-General of the State of New York to explore a route for a 

 canal from the Hudson to Lake Erie and under this direction 

 James Geddes, C. E., made survey for a canal around Niagara 

 Falls from Schlossers to Lewiston. The results of this survey 

 were published under date of January 9, 1 809, as a Senate reso- 

 lution, in which it was stated that goods were taken from Lake 

 Erie to Lake Ontario- by a 28-mile portage for which the charge 

 was $ 1 per ton for the Niagara transfer only. 



In 1 826 another and more accurate survey was made by private 

 individuals, where the matter rested until 1835, when Captain 

 William G. Williams, of the United States Topographical 



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