New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-05


70 max sll'"I.u, Di'n ui'-0' .fiy across the VA
ie! ior hVe hl"s i"ousah'' .f acr,- Of tinber was
destroyed, "Meh "oud LOW D. yaluab,. al f1r
wAieh Ia S'".' -.S ~ de no compensation.
Soon su'' ''' -yusa and Seneca Canal was male
c.a the S.'' Lake made a reservoir for is supply,
IT, Cn" .eI Lake Canal made and that lake too,
no ' ercs,rvolr. the Cherurg Canal was male. and
81 d. Ci.m,rg River Ia branch Of the Sasquslanaa.
.rrr,d through Il into Seneca Lake. And YET, WITH all
these upuaural CAUSES tending to aood tbe Valley, the
higher portions could b. cultivated with such crops a'
could De- uu, 20 after Sprung i'cshets had s1os'deL
H. 1890 and 1881, on attempt was made by Comm.--
.ioners appointed by .-e State 10 carry part of tae
water To- au inland artificial ciaanel at Jacks Ree'
Tie top OF the channel was i'a she'd bu' The bottom
was rot. In high water, j Ni' s'ie ao'' H -'-'''H
water very itic; bui Il coun;,. ',d - '''' 'l'''
.xt.ltth. operation, above.
Va lie plans came io be settled ior en'''7s
Canal. .ome regard was h1n % '''' ''-
an interests involved. The fee n'tur" "'N '' ,'
re;,t over the whole Valley couli not p' ~
any plan, and tie cAanne. of the stream H'a'' V '
proved o. compensate tor thc h'e'''''
Before adopting q plan of crossing ihe cayusa va
l,v hv an aqueGuc' and high embaik kment "nc'
vou,d top Tire overflow over the Canal, examinations
ana e at,s were made Of the expense Of cutting ou'
tc ve.oot bar a. Jack Reefs and TIE other bar in
the way Of increasing the velocity of the current Inc
Commissioner of a' period 10 their cret be sa'i
did uottl.uk il glt 9rtLe State 70 I'll up iAe cham
r,lsof areft streams without providing some cqUya.-
emf. Ruf unfortunately the work Of fobstruc,ing went
an and h work Of couutercctlr lbs influence did NOT.
A. le canal crossing tie river b. ia two channels
hefa mile apart. one Is broad and shallow, tle other
,eer aul narrow.
H., S., ioto,,,ira al D., The Carol l}oarl 10 throw
o over both channels .o n. to save an their
IL. ,,.,.,;,.t,., bo,..,,.r .boval
n.lo oc.,. i.,.. ,., ,,... ,,., .,t4 I'm, d, c,,,fo.
l.,.. .. .,., - .,.l -,,.l,, T., .o,-. ..v
-. -. il,lt.. frrnt,e d.,r, channel mud trrn
ol.,,..,o T,. some This i. tboucnt
',,.I.t..........,...l l.,,. ,h..... was ,robsbl,
-.
VI. 3, o,,.,e a.,
1' 80" ""' W ,,t'.',ar.,.,oe,. A.,
.,....... ,.,.,i.,;,n sbonr5 mn,
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nav ',,, t... ,,., oo,,,,,s,.;..
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chahNe. s"ou." nave go "''0 '''''N wv
was h-cd up
- consequence 81 this h"' oo'"s "o"'' 'u' "''''
of tie .ream I'D medium ana 10" ""ter Is "ou' '"0
TO TWO feet higher nmeii''e'y ABOVE lno e'n"i .'"n
Immediate! below" 0'lge@t "a" P''""''" q
fIcm one 10 'r0 Jot lr0'y'HS az dW"e" ""SsS ~
Wo'er/ uhot there cas nafw@ty h0"e' the water oI
tic Cayus" Lake hs"er auu '' u'''''e' "e''' ''''
sver 1e.'ie ln 80 o1 " se','" o' ',''s'
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prom u S"''--''''' - '"' ,
:, e.i -, ~,i .,..'. 49,. .st,,-.I ~,
-. ~ 'oa...l I.. -, ,;..,'.r..l 60,
,rra .,.,, ,,os,. ,,t tt.. .treoro and ba. h.
- :.. -, 80, ho,. ,,J e.t. h.l,w Tlo
- r.fr,d i-,i,. ,l,.e NILS b,ou, ,o c.,,ol
,I.,,,,,,s l ,,, .,,,,srl,o,t and ,,r and tbr, was
.,.o,...l n f.rrd,,;.r firth, brilcc ana q Is,,.
amount f mad and .e,d ieoo.iteJ in fine strean IN
l., .ureed ont unou tae bars and aals nv ,s current
p,l an fins lb. State i. lurir, tbe .e.soro of ps,i.
cation, cIo,., i,, tre str.,n, tI,. ,eat..s ,fT.sh,
Tr C.ne.ee and Clemupg rivers NOT heI,re,n,, in IT,
Ler.ryed winters of Crooked and ssueca takes. and
from the Eas water enough to supply one lock of the
Erc Canal, AID two of tine Cayuea and Seneca Canal
opii.ed by water thnt would naturally 20 into tho
rive. twenty mikes below. Aud 70 little attention is
paid 70 tAs saljec by canal officers that dams and
temporary Instructions that were pat into the channel
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