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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 \ia 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 [he 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 



