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owners — although such rights have been guaranteed by legisla- 

 tive enactment — except as there may be surplus water over and 

 above the necessities of the canal. 



Referring to the tabulations of tonnage of the canals for the 

 year 1896, as given in the same report of the Superintendent of 

 Public Works, it appears that the total tonnage of Seneca canal 

 for that year was 54,739 tons, of which 45,493 tons were anthra- 

 cite and bituminous coal, carried for Pennsylvania coal producers, 

 and only 8,295 tons of domestic produce carried for shippers 

 living within and doing business in the State of New York. At 

 the best, the cost of transportation on these 54,739 tons could not 

 have been over $25,000 less than it would have been if transported 

 by rail. 



The manufacturing establishments on the Seneca river at the 

 present time include the following firms : 



The Gould Manufacturing Company 



American Globe & School Supply Company 



Seneca Falls Manufacturing Company 



Shoemaker & Daniels 



National Advertising Company 



Seneca Woolen Mills 



Seneca Electric Company 



Gleason & Bailey 



Gleason Knitting Mills 



American Fire Engine Company 



Yawger Milling Company 



Harrison & Chamberlain 



Davis & Stevens Manufacturing Company 



Rumsey & Company, Limited 



W. J. Littlejohn 



H. C. Silsby 



Roberts & Briggs 



The amount of capital employed and the annual product of 

 these firms is unknown, but as several of them are very strong 

 firms, employing large amounts of capital and a great number of 

 hands, the total capital employed may be safely placed at not less 

 than $2,500,000, and the total number of employees at probably 

 exceeding 1500. In effect therefore, the proposition of the Super- 



