New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-09-14
From the Buffalo Commercial Adves;is

From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
Erie Canal Enlargement.
The Journal of Commcacc and the Albany
Atlas have each taken the strongest possible po-
siton against the farther prosecution OF the En-
largement. They contend that it is better for the
State TO lose the 100000 already expended on
the work including interest, than to lay out w.
100000 more TO complete it.
II is now worth 333 cents, exclusive OF toll to
transport barrel Of -four ria canal feet by ~
to Albany. Allowing the banks of the canal TO
be perpendicular from the surface oi the water
down. its volume would be 100 feet. Ten mil
lions of dollars udiciously expended will increase
this volume to 400 feet, and reduce the expense
of Transporting flour and all other articles through
the canal over one half by horse power, and iull
two.thirds, allowing the traction to be performed
by steam 1t is much cheaper to build and keep
III repair one boat which will carry so tons than
three boats that will carry each 81 tons through
little volume of water only lG0 feet. The friction
of the water against the surface Of the canal oc-
casoned by the boats motion through IT, IS more
than twice as much in the small as in the large
canal.
The larger the portion Of the canal which is
occupied by the passing boat the more violent
will the water be driven against the sides and
bottom of the canal and the greater the resistance
TO the boats progress. The expense then Of
freight irrespective OF toll VIII DC reduced more
than one-hali by completing the enlargement.
But the most important question lnsolved IN tins
matter IS VIII II pay LII VIC iis1 piace VIC
beg to call the readers attention to the fact that
the correctness OF the data upon which the Re
gency Canal Commissioners first estimated, not
the cost of the work, but its productivcness has
been thus far fully sustained by experience
Let us now examine few facts OF recent date
During the three months OF May, June and july
Just past, there have been shipped from tins port
and Black Rock, -four and wheat equivalent to
64S2l4 barrels. And there IS still enough back
without taking but small portion Of the recent
harvest to increase the amount to million bar
ycls during the three months of August, Septcm-
Der and October. SO much for what now IS IN
regard TO one item oil Western exports. no"
much Is this TO be increased WITHIN ehe next Ten
years during the last Ten years we nave u, pee'.
shipping more or less agricultural prooucts HeS'
from tins port 10 iecu Immigrants VINO nave zone
tinlher TO setie oy tens ana iiuhurcos Oh 'nouSSius
And even 'his season OF general Peh'y we nav,
sent many cargo Oh oats ~ W isooiiStii; i1on
whence we arc soon TO nave mil,loiS Oh pleaa.
stuhs ana PROVISIONS rs wen DIS ieae anu opp.
IN return; IN 'G'S oelote .hv'c ~Ss oo.o0'T
once at bacN NON .lp toliS conco'cu III '!''s
city were only soo,ao2' III io4S 'iley hau III
creased 10 st4,,'o, cXciuSsve OF wI1al was re,
ceivec at black hpcS' Ia 1921 'he 'ois co!lee'e
IN 'h's clt' were SlIo,9ot ts 100 was S oelo5c aii
o5es ,, .S oeiea at nscA -. NJ inI'e1s,
% so''I us Se,Spn uu..l Sle my ,''oi..nS VI
- ~ c;,,, hos hoa, csSt5s I'll,
crease this season will eonal. and we ,onbt not
eyee, 500 per cent. when compared with the re-.
ceipts FIVE years ayo, iucludmg of course, the
tolls taken here and at Black Rock. Tbey will
reach this year S5O0.QO0. and If the canal he en-.
!arqea. within the next five years they will
anount 10 81 .500,0c9
Cleveland alone can command surrus OF
wheaton breadstuiiS this season equal TO one NIL
lion barrels OF flour with :, good market to call il
out. This opinion is founded upon data made
up BY one OF the most intelligent dealers IN the
city. Taking into account TIC fine wheat dis
trict west of Cleveland all the way around the
lake TO Michigan, the whole Pcninsuar State
Northern Indiana, Illinois and all Wisconsin, i,
is safe TO say that VIC shall have three times as
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