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are OF l,3OO feet radius. The summit 99S feet
above Lake Champlain, and $50 feet above the
waters Of Lake Ontario. The cost of construct
ing the Northern route, by way Of Norfolk, is
estimated at S1,77S,4592 that by way Of
Potsdam, 81 ,923, 60SO9, exclusive of engines,
cars, fixtures, stations, sc. &c. estimated at
S214,OOO
For full and complete details of the explora-
tons, surveys and locations made Of the esti-
Of the cost OF constructing the work on the Sc
veral routes its practcability and feasibility !:
the amount Of labor to be performed and va
riety of other interesting and important matter,
bearing upon the project, the committee res
pectfully refer the House ty the report Of the
chief engineer, and the accompanying reports of
his principal assistants, heretofore submitted to
the House.
The result Of all these protracted and minute
examinations, is, that the construction of rail-
road from Ogdensburgh to Lake Champlain, is
practicable on either of the routes located, and
at an expense not exceeding that of similar works
constructed in this and other States.
One hundred and seventy-two releases of
land have been misunderstanding three fourths
or more of the route, at the trifing sum of $3.50.
The commissioners feel great confidence in
fixing the maximum cost ofland for the road bed,
turn-outs depots, and other necessary fixtures,
at $4,000.
The examinations Of the past year, the great
mass of valuable and statistical evidence bearing
on this project have inspired the petitioners to
come before the Legislature with revived hopes
and increased confidence in the merits of their
application. No stone has been left unturned,
and no point in their case left uniortified. They
ask The construction Of This 1oork by the Slate
They have not the capital to invest in its prose-
cuton. The section of the State is COMPARE
lively new, and unsubdued, Their limited
capital is all required in other channels. The
petitioners find themselves in the situation that
the citizens of western New-York would have
ound themselves in, had they been called on
1917, TO have drained their pockets for the con-
struction of the Erie canal. The hardy pioneers
of western New York at the day, found use for
all their capital in subduing the wilderness and
changing it into the fertile fields, and surmount-
the obstacles incident to new country and
had the Erie canal never been built till the in
habl,ants lining its border had contributed the
funds, western New-York would still have been
wilderness, instead of being brought to the
very door OF the metropolis. But western New
do for them what they could not do for them
selves. Nor was their appeal in vain the
State turned listening oar and has never had
cause to regret its munliicence.
Tho Noodle ,i,,,, H., $50 ',. NJ VI,
and Erie Rail Raj ,ltha,,,L ,,a,,,r,'s,,. n;I11
b., ,ha 49,, ~, ~ VI "'ueu
entirely inadequate 10 the completion Of that stu
pendous work, without the liberal aid of the
State. The southwestern tier of counties made
powerful and successful appeal to the State,
else that work had yet been in its embryo state.
The citizens of St Lawrence, Franklin, Gin
ton and Essex, only ask the same extension of
aastorn ,ho ,,r ',,. Ia. occn sla'i'eu u tlie
western soc,;ons ~ ,ha c. a a''a ."c oou'''-
oxnons;,.o r,,o ro,';.; go, anu az d Id, iess
Jar s,,r,, ra,,,., - .t az Nv ,cr! INSTANT
o,.,r J,I,or ,ia Wv .o,iI." VI '''c "'a'e' Vi
G,' oJ1;,;' 'o ,I .'a. "u'""ee.
se.tions ,horo ~ ~. .,J"ns Put lor'n oy otner
,rn;sh ,lis -, ;,,ou.a nv .hat u'St''i-
n ,h', ' h' -. nt ne rou'e ioca.eu,
o;Ios no,r, rar.i,oi I' 49,. -, lu,i'ns some l-V
V;oweI in Ioin, Of ,,; ",m i ,nS H""a.a hit
s,ror,r 81, i,,, ,,,,,,,, .ia presents
w,ui5 sr,,, ut" I"o so; "ll'foths as !,
comn,,nicat;ons ho,r'n, ."c.l,..ts 'or raplu
noSts and hv ;ncro,s Hi ,h tne ,aonuef hil'ary
country ,hc smros, ,"e p.a,on VI 'ne
sunnort If this nos;tion tl'e on;,,;o, a'f A.. ="
Cap 81. '"'s posI,oi me o',',oh o' MAJOR
- r,; i'uIo'o' anu WI WORTH
If tho Tni,oJ Sa,nn ,up' L ~ 1"e arin!
mr. ,f
;mnorlance in ,he ~, i,,a,u dotonoo - ",a.''oa'.''
tbern frontior WA "o'-
The ne,;toncrs mint 70 tho ;roxh,rs,;,,.
MINERAL resources nf,his soo,;nn All ahame.'
comparison with all other nar,s the State IT,
mines of IoaI ;ro,, anJ pa'aa y. 'no o'a'e us
of valuable marble and plaster stone, are sour.
ces of wealth, in which The whole State is in.
terested. The world is moving now bv steam
power; and iron, most Of all other articles. is he.
coming an object of indispensable impor,oncc
The State, and indeed the'countrv, are looking
to these mineral regions for our future unlimited
supplies. The iron ore of this region excels in
quality and quantity that of anv other part Of
North America. in connection with this branch
the committee would remind the Legislature Of
the recent discovery of a new and extensive
vein of magnetic oxide of iron. denomnated
''steel ore" The astonishing proner,ies of this
ore, as tested by chemical ANALYSIS. and bv
repeated experiments in all forms and nses
promise speedily to throw the Sheffield cutlerv
and indeed all other. far into the hack rrorrI
The House is referred to the report Of b. S.
Roberts, ESQ. one of the assistant engineers for
amnu'e account of this "steel ore" and the
value of its discovery.
In addition 10 its mineral resources. the no.