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deal of lumber and other articles are also brought to market by this channel ; tolls about 

 50,000 dollars a year. 



The total length of the artificial navigable channels of this State, including the two unfinished 

 works, is about 950 miles, made at an expense of about 20,000,000 dollars ; there are also 

 about 500 miles of river and lake navigation within its borders, and a frontier hne of navigable 

 lakes and rivers of about 400 miles. Ship-canals have been projected round the falls of 

 Niagara, from the river Seneca to Great Sodus Bay on Lake Ontario, and from Oswego by the 

 Oswego and Oneida rivers, Lake Oneida, and the Mohawk to the Hudson. 



Amount and Value of Goods cleared on the Stale Canals in 1836. 



Produce of the forest (lumber, timber, staves, ashes, &c.). 

 Produce of animals (butter, cheese, provisions, wool, &c.), 

 Vegetable food (wheat, flour, &c.), . 

 Other agricultural produce, ...... 



Manufactures, ........ 



Merchandise, ........ 



Other articles, ........ 



Totals, 



Although there have been several reductions of the rates of toll on the canal during the last 

 four years, there has, nevertheless, been a considerable increase of the aggregate amount col- 

 lected in that period, as appears from the following statement for four years at the old rates, 

 and for four years since the reductions commenced. 



Tons. 



Valve. 



755,252 



55^7,282,438 



24,025 



5,328,023 



195,810 



12,102,863 



5,903 



1,188,943 



88,810 



7,380,576 



127,895 



31,973,864 



113,103 



2,377,631 



1,310,807 



67,633,343 



Amount of Tolls from 1829 to 1833, and from 1833 to 1836. 



1829, $794,055 



1830, .... 1,032,599 



1831, 1,194,610 



1832, .... 1,195,804 



Total in 4 years, . . 4,218,068 



1833 (reduct. about 30 per cent.), $l,4i2,695 



1834 (reduct. about 15 per cent.), 1,294,957 



1835 (reduct. on lumber 37 and J ^ 

 shingles 50 per cent.), ^ ' ' ^ 



1836, ...... 1,555,965 



Total in 4 years at reduced rates, 5,765,569 



3. Railroads. The railroads in this State are wholly the work of incorporated companies, 

 but the State has lent its credit in aid of one great work of general interest, the connexion of 

 the Hudson and Lake Erie by a railroad through the southern counties. Upwards of 350 

 miles of railroad are completed, and about 500 more are in progress. The Long Island Rail- 

 road, which is to extend from Brooklyn to Grecnport, 98 miles, has been completed as far as 

 Hicksville, 27 miles ; a ferry of 25 miles from Greenport to Stonington, will connect this road 

 with the Stonington and Boston Railroad. The Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad extends 

 from Troy to Ballston Spa, 24s miles. The JSIohawk and Hudson Railroad runs from 

 Albany to Schenectady, 15 miles, and is continued by the Schenectady and Saratoga Rail- 

 road, running from the former place to Saratoga Spring, 21 -|- miles. The Utica and Sche- 

 nectady Railroad, running along the northern bank of the Mohawk, connects those two places, 

 78 miles. The Utica and Syracuse Railroad, 50 miles, is also finished, and now (1840.) 

 forms the connecting link between Albany and Auburn, a distance of 139 miles, by means 

 of the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad, of 25 miles, which extends from Syracuse to Auburn. 

 The Tonawanda Railroad extends from Rochester through Batavia to Attica, 47 miles, 

 and is connected with Lake Ontario by the Rochester Railroad, of 8 miles. The Lockport 

 and J^iagara Falls Railroad connects those two points, 20 miles. The Buffalo and 

 Jfiagara Falls Railroad runs from ButTalo to the Falls, 23 miles. The Ithaca and Oivego 

 Railroad connects Lake Cayuga with the Susquehanna, 29 miles. The Hudson and 

 Berkshire Railroad extends from the city of Hudson to the INlassacluisells line towards 

 West Stockbridge, 32 miles, and the Catskill and Canajoharie Road continues this route 

 from the former place on the Hudson to the latter on the Mohawk, 70 miles. The Harlam 

 Railroad, from New York to Harlaem, although but a few miles long, is remarkable for its 



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