. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. Ares 7500 j<? ft. Average wicUb 250 fee 'm^^Mm/ffi^ Fig. 57 Cross-section of deep waterways, partly in rock and partly in earth, for 30-foot channel. approximately |2,000,000 per year. The cost would depend largely upon the arrangement which could be made with New York 'State for the possession of its canals, feeders, reservoirs, etc. which would necessarily be absorbed in the greater canal. 19) The Erie canal, as it is being enlarged by the State of New York, will, if all restrictions upon its use be removed, give commercial advantages practical
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. Ares 7500 j<? ft. Average wicUb 250 fee 'm^^Mm/ffi^ Fig. 57 Cross-section of deep waterways, partly in rock and partly in earth, for 30-foot channel. approximately |2,000,000 per year. The cost would depend largely upon the arrangement which could be made with New York 'State for the possession of its canals, feeders, reservoirs, etc. which would necessarily be absorbed in the greater canal. 19) The Erie canal, as it is being enlarged by the State of New York, will, if all restrictions upon its use be removed, give commercial advantages practically equal to the commercial ad- vantages which would be given by a ship canal. 20) If the Erie canal be further improved by enlarging it to a size sufficient for 1500-ton barges, making necessary alterations in its alignment so as to give a continuously descending canal all the way from Lake Erie to the Hudson, and canalizing the Mo- hawk river, such improved canal, navigated by barges, will enable freight to be transported between the east and west at a lower rate than could a ship canal navigated by the large lake or ocean vessels. The cost of such enlargement would be approximately one quarter the cost of a ship canal. 21) If a ship canal were built, the business thereon would not be done in large lake or ocean vessels, but in barges and boats which could be equally well accommodated in a canal of much less Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State Museum; New York State Museum. Albany : New York State Education Dept
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