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Taple no. 94 — First cost and revenues from the New York state canals 



CANALS 



Cost of 

 construc- 

 tion 



Cost of 

 mainte- 

 nance and 

 operation 



Total 

 cost 



Revenue 

 from all 

 sources 



Loss 



Gain 



(7) 



(1) 



(2) 



(3) 



(4) 



(5) 



(6) 



$57, 688, 676 

 4,643,921 

 1, 886, 662 

 4,077,882 

 233,962 

 513, 439 

 31,000 

 1,602 

 2,020 

 395, 092 

 4,81)7,952 

 1,512.041 

 6, 741,839 



$41,582, 759 

 3, 736,676 

 1,157,754 

 2,082, 251 

 41,236 

 144, 060 

 18, 039 

 20 

 948 

 424, 658 

 2, 105,217 

 2,022, 259 

 2,814, 809 



$99,271,435 

 8,380,597 

 3, 044, 416 

 6, 160, 133 

 275, 198 

 657, 499 

 49,039 

 1,622 

 2,968 

 819, 750 

 6,913,169 

 3,534,300 

 9, 556, 648 



$128,191,068 

 3,715.567 

 1,055,016 

 305. 663 

 214, 428 

 65, 180 

 1,261 

 7,782 

 7,534 

 45, 490 

 744, 027 

 525, 565 

 860,165 





$28,319,633 





$4,665,030 

 1,989, 400 

 5, 854. 470 

 60, 770 

 592, 319 

 47,778 











Oneida river improvement 





Baldwinsville (so called).. 

 Seneca river towing-path. 



6, 160 

 4,566 



$28,930,359 



Crooked lake (abandoned) 

 Chenango (abandoned)... 



Chemung (abandoned) 



Genesee val. (abandoned). 



Total 



774,260 

 6. 169, 142 

 3,008, 735 

 8, 696, 483 



$82,536,088 



$56, 130, 686 



$138,666,774 



$135, 738,746 $31,858,387 



The total cost of Crooked lake, Chenango, Chemung and Gene- 

 see Valley canals, which were abandoned under the provisions of 

 the law of 1877, was $20,823,867, and the total revenue from all 

 sources $2,175,247. The total loss on the abandoned canals was 

 therefore $18,648,620. The following is the complete financial 

 exhibit of all canals from their inception to September 30, 1892 : 

 Total loss on abandoned canals, $18,648,620; net gain on canals 

 now in operation, $15,720,592; loss on the whole system, 

 $2,928,028. 



Improvement of Erie canal. The canal improvement of 1895 

 was formulated by State Engineer and Surveyor Horatio Seymour 

 jr., in 1878. In his annual report for that year Mr Seymour dis- 

 cusses extensively transportation questions as related to the Erie 

 canal, pointing out that transportation can be cheapened in two 

 ways — by increasing the tonnage of boats or by increasing their 

 speed. As to increasing the tonnage of boats, he states that two 

 methods may be used — the locks may be lengthened or the depth 

 of water may be increased. The width of the canal, Mr Seymour 

 states, is substantially what it should be, but it lacks the neces- 

 sary depth in order to conform to the law of relation of cross 

 section of water to immerged section of boat, as determined by 

 Mr Sweet. Reports were submitted showing that an additional 

 depth of one foot could be obtained for about $1,100,000. 



