The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-28
FROM LAKES TO OCEAN
o..o Waterway Commission Sc
p''p Iects Canal Route.
.copr OF THE BIG ENTERPRISE.

The Commission WIN h l.. a, me
n.,,diug of a Canal to start rom Nor'h
",,da-Lake Ontario, Oneida Lake.
iona" piyer and the Mohawk Basin
,r,, Re Used in Reaching the hudson
,,rer and the Ocean.
,,orv n. Y. Sept. 2S.-The deep
I H commission, appointed by
,aaent Mckinley to report on
Vi route connecting the upper lakes
'a4 The seaboard, has practically Sc
W." ts route. according to a state
- made by Chief Engineer Harrison
n'- -, commission. 1t will start from
~ Torawanda and extend to Lake
..rio the outlet to be near Wilson.
I'm IN ,ooin AGAIN at Oswego and run
'soros "a Lake oneida, and from there
ma Mohawk river. which is direct
unoction via the Hudson with the At
'.a,,, ocean. This route is known as
,sa osveeo route and is practically the
sano as that outlined and recommend
81 bv state Engineer Surveyor Adams
=, - nroposed 10 convert the Mohawk
.,,ar into a series of level pools bymeans
- dams and To make the bottom width
| - The cana, Joe feet the depth 20 Feet
avid the size OF the locks 45OX6O feet
Tho depth of % feet has been adopted
~ the United states engineers as a
standard in the improvement OF lake
channels.
Lin OF Twcnty-Four Feet.
Ar West Troy it is proposed TO build
| lock having a lift Of twenty-four feet.
~ constructing a few hundred feet of
law embankment the Mohawk basin, q
former outlet Of the Mohawk river. can
no made TO contain the first Of the canal.
II is proposed TO build a dam on the
crest of the Cohoes falls, making one
vertical lift Of $50 feet, to be operated
by huge counter balanced tank, in a
manner similar TO that used in building
J elevators At Little Falls is Is pro-
posed to build two locks and dams to
GET around the falls. 1t is then pro-
posed to make a great cut through
| Utica and Rome deep enough for a sum-
nit level to extend from Little Falls
to and beyond Brewertown, on the
westerly end of Oneida lake.
After crossing the lake the route
I PASSES down the Oneida river a short
4 distance, then it leaves the river, cuts
| off a large bend, and crosses the river
| At the river crossing a dam is planned
| to raise the lake level about thirteen
feet. On the western side is located a
combined lift and guard lock, having a
maximum lift Of twenty feet and min
imum lift Of ten feet. At this lock the
descent to Lake Ontario begins
Remainder of Route.
Thechannel Of the Oswego river forms
| the remainder of the route to Oswego
| At Oswego Falls a dam is proposed that
will back water To the crest of the
Phoenix dam and up the canal to the
combined lift and guard lock before
mentioned. A single lock viii suffice tC
reach the level just below the falls. The
next dam and lock are located a few
miles above Minnetto dam, and the next
and last dam and lock in the city o.
0swegO. The last dam will raise the
water about siXty-five feet above low
water in Lake Ontario. The lock viii
be partly within the lines Of the Os
wegO harbor, and it is considered tn,
end Of the canal.
All existing bridges over the pro
posed route will need to be provided
with pivot pier and draw span, anC
Whenever the canal leaves the natura
waterways all intersections with high
ways and railroads will require new
bridges, The total cost of the construc
ton of the canal will foot up. accord
ing to the deduction and estimates fror
this examination Of the route, SS,0S9,
Ml. The Suaz canal cost e1OO O00 mo