New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-27
PLAN OF A SHIP CANAL.
A WATERWAY FROM THE GREAT LAKES
TO THE OCEAN.
THE ROUTE ADOPTED PRACTICALLY THE SAME
AS ONE LAID OFT BY THE STATE En-
GINErR's DEPARTMENT Az rs

GlNErR's DEPARTMENT AN rs
TlMATE OF THE CoSf
Albany Sent 8-The Deep Waterways com
mission appoin;cd by President Mckinney % w.
nor, on Il canal route connecting the upper '"N''
with the soaboard. has practically selec'eo o'e' a."
cor,liug to a statement made by 'nlci H'e
Harrison starting from North Tonawahoa an" 80.
tending to Lake ontario the outlet 10 pe "'" ~"
son. beginning again at Oswego and going tnence
,o I .Lo Oneida and from there 10 the MOHAWK
River which Is a direct connection by way Oh 'he
Hudson with the Atlantic ocean. ,,.
T., soliciting this route the commission ADOPTS 'he
pIon OF the present State Engineer anu ""'
Campbell W. Adams. and his predecessors III W.
Office Elnathan Sweet and John bosatl' WIN, 49,,
zing that ship canal between the u''"' -,
and the sea was Inevitable, have foho"eu e"o"
.n. ,.orL IN formulating n route until one was
di,ed unon "a being favorable. Ii Is Know" "
,hor "a the "Oswego route" and Is almost iue""'
cal with II no, absolutely the same as 'he o"e "
lected by the Deep waterways Commiss'o"
Ia $50, Albert J. Hines resident engineer OF 'he
Eastern Division OF the New-fork state c"'"'
the instisat.on OF State Engineer ADAMS "au. az
examination OF this line so az to secure p'o'',e
80, ,.r,,,to, ~ II ard To prepare an estimate
of the cost OF constructing canal ine ,,,'s.on
sotoc,cd for this examination leaves the Huuso"
River AZ the West Troy side cut OF the Err =,
and follows the Mohawk River 10 ''oi"e' ,o
eniers Wood Creek and passes into ana acIoa' a
oneida and down the Oswcgo River TO LAKE ""
,ario. The report OF Mr.. Hines on the 'e'"''
his Investigations is In part as foilowS. ,.,o
:, :. nronosed 70 convert the Mohawk River mo 10
series OF level pools by means OF da n ,ss the
make the bottom width OF ,he ns sa loek. so fee, by
81 sna The depth Of y feet has been ad9pteo ny
the United states ensinS%rs as which is good
son considering a., the ,hnre are advocates
not. .
ever apparent that for exhlnltihs we cod "a any
the route n depth Of % feet II NJ eoo' -"
AZ Scotia near schenectady It Is PROPOSE
leave the river tn Void aargc bend To fol-
1u, he rivcr around this bend would make veiy
crooHGd ch"n,',, "r'rh,bio mat the channel would
iii UP at sver, stage OF hism Wbaro,,eb t;tca and
bo,pro deem enough for a summit level 70 exteh enc
from Little Falls TO and beyond ~ hDni ~ the
ryor can he used A far Hon. but beyond Una
place the cross section o. me "a .be esimate has
ben made for the excavation OF the entire ea""'
section from on to 0T ~ ,hs l Iake is said TO be
feet and in some places IT is 90 feet de e9 ,bomt
three feet above low water. but II IsHH nttF fsr
even then some dredging viii he neeacu onntS
crossing the lake the route paSs,S wes The river
Rlycr a short distance. th"n u ledts -. 49, ,rd
cuts on Iarso bend then crosses me river ana
passes through large nut ns' a"rr be sSn'Sern
cdcr 81 a large piece OF wet land known as Feter
SCOTS swamp. Al on. pIAV' VIZ. ~ c,r.,, ~,
aUd continues therein FOR about one-haf mile. IL
thcn leaves the river channel continues t,olk w
sv,or,n passeg just north OF PhpniX ana enters
tho Oswego River just below ne PhuniN D'n, med.
No month OF a small creek known as BIandy
Rrook The channel OF the Oswcgo River forms the
remainder OF the route 10 oswegp. -,
nh. aizo Of The locks has been assumed 10 De f''
80, 90, tho M, ranging from ~ fect 20 ,, feet
Locks with 3D-feet llfts af" us"d on th' LINK .
V,ic,. canal and a common lock, having llft OF
- f,ct was proposed on IN" Nicaragua 'ahhi;
rho M, Of The new lock at Sault ste: Marie u =
- fee, e In any deere" experimental more
careful location OF dams might reduc" me max
mum in, TO n feet and that should y. doe u pVs
chic The total number or vertical f"et III ~ Ii'
20, vo which amount has been used In the esu-
na,e AZ the cost OF the locks. III,
An existing bridges over the proposed route VIII
need 10 bo provided with pivot PIERS ana Civ
wai.rwavs ali intersections with Highways anI
railroads will require new bridges ne eN,S',i ~
hridQcs are as follows: Thirty-elght highway, SIN
sinyIc.,rack railway. two dOuble-tfhck railway
and three four-track railway mere WI, nc u, ,s
cd I've sides these nfteen new highway bridges onr
singic-track railway bridge ana one four-racK
railway bridge.
The total cost Of the construction or the caha'
,.,1 foo, nm according to the deductions and esti-
,n,,es from this examination OF the route. ~
,,,s col This amount Is divided ms follows: For
excavating ~ 5laOup cubic yards or earth AZ :,
c@nts a ward s2i. GO 100: for exclVaing 3.S'3mr
cubic yards Of rock AT - EsrI e. e. on. for
~. feet M OF locks. S2uI2D.mp for Sixty e
HrIdges Of all kinds 81. 10000, protection OF
stones S. lss 75I: land damages. S32lS ~ en-
cheering and contingencies, 80 per cent Na''o,oea
have been so large that It's stock Is worth S'"'
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