The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-27
Plan FOR BUILDING
new YORK CANALS
900 Worth of Wat.
erways May Be Completed
in Five Years.
st MEANS MUCH TO WEST
dow the Great Sum of Money Is to Be
Observation-Disclosures of Calculating
Cost-lnsures Much Lower
Freight Rates.

New York special: The period pre-
lcribed by the eminent engineers who
have given study to the subject with
IN which the Erie. Oswego n Cham
plain canals can be improved SO as to
make them capable of floating 1,0oo-ton
barges is five years.
The adoption by the people Of the
canal referendum, voted on Tuesday
last, completed all of the legislation
necessary for the issuance of state
bonds to the extent Of SOL. 900, 900, which
IS the estimated cost of the carrying
out Of the project.
The S101, 900. 900 of bonds are to be
sold to the highest bidder. They will
be issued for a term of not more than
eighteen years, will peal 8 per cent. in
terest, and will be exempt from tax
alton. To meet the interest charges on
che bonds, and to take them up at ma
tur1ty, the law provides that there shall
be levied an annual tax of $4,000 of a
mill upon each lola Of valuation of
the real and personal property in the
state subject to taxation, for each and
every 81, 600, 600 or part thereof in par
value of said ond issued and out
standing in any of the fiscal years
within the period for which the bonds
are to run; the annual amount of such
lax is to be computed by the state con-
troller. and to be levied and collected
ny It's annual assessment n collec-
ton OF taxes for each of said years in
the manner prescribed by law.
The proceeds of the tax, after paying
the interest due upon the outstanding
bonds, shall be invested by he con-
sroller under the direction of the COM
nlssloners of the canal fund, and, to-
sether with the interest arising there
from, snail be devoted to the sinking
sund, which is to be created, and pay
tnent from which shall only be made
toward the exttnguishment of the in
~aebtedness created by the sale of the
bonds as the bonds become due.
The estimate of $l01. 900, 900 is based
spon the results of the survey author
tzed by the legislature of 1900 and car
red out by State Engineer Bond, as
Ested by a board of eminent engineers,
ana on the survey made by the deep
waterways commission appointed by
the congress Of the United States. Of
both surveys 1t has been said that none
more thorough was ever undertaken in
this ountry
Added Contingent Fund.
In order to guard against the posi-
oility of the people having to pay more
man they had been informed would be
sufficient to cover he cost of the prof.
ect ~ per cent. was added to the ac-
:ual cost as figured out by the engi-
aeers, and, moreover, there was in
Guided In the $101, 00O, 900 estimate the
cost Of deepening the Hudson river be-
:"een Albany and Troy and Of deepen
ing the Niagara river, which is to be
me western outlet Of the Erie canal,
II IS confidently expected that appro-
21ations for these river improvements
Will be made by the United States gov
ernment
II the Whole SOL, 900, 900 were to be
oald IN one year the canal tax on each
bl,OOO OF assessment would be about
klo.s4, the assessed valuation of the
property in the state being virtually
$4,000, 100000. But as the is
% De spread over a period of fifty years
he annual payment will be small.
Eighty-fve per cent. of 1t will be paid
by New York and Buffalo.
The route of the improved Erie ca
nal is to be as follows:
Beginning at Congress street. TROY.
n passing up the Hudson river to
Waterford; thence to the westward
through the branch north of Pebbles
Island, and by a new canal and locks
reach the Mohawk river above Cohoes
Falls; thence in the Mohawk river ca
named to Little Falls; thence generally
by the existing line of the Erie canal
and feeder around through Little Falls
20 the Mohawk river above the upper
dam; thence in the Mohawk river ca
nalized with the necessary cutting
trough bends to a point just east Of
Jacksonburg; thence generally by the
existing line of the Erie canal to Her
kimer; thence in the valley of the MO
aawk river, following the thread of the
stream as much as practicable. to a
point about six miles east Of Rome:
thence over to and down the valley Of
Wood creek to Oneida lake; thence
through Oneida lake to the Oneida riv-
ar homo 10yrn Tho n~~yl- 49,.
ting out the bends thereof where desir-
able, to Three River Point; thence up
the Oswego river to the outlet of Onon-
aaga lake; hence up the Seneca river
to and through the state ditch at
Jacks Reefs; thence westerly gener-
ally following said river to the mouth
Of CruSoe creek; thence substantially
paralleling the New York Central rail-
road and to the north of it to a juno
ton with the present Erie cana about
n and eight-tenths miles east of
Clyde; thence following substantially
the present route Of the canal, with
necessary changes near Lyons and
Newark. to F%airport; thence curving
to the south and west on a new location
Joining the present canal about one
half mile west Of the crossing Of the
l~rondequoit creek; thence following
the old canal to a point about one and
one-fourth miles west of Pittsford;
11ShSC !Oi1OWiliS lllc eXlSClnR line or
the canal for nearly a mile; thence
running across the country south of
Rochester to the Genesee river near
Genesee Valley Park; here crossing the
river in a pool formed by a dam;
thence running to the west OF the OUT
skirts of Rochester n joining the
present cana about one mile east of
South Greece; thence following sub
stantially the route of the present Erie
canal, with the necessary change in
alignment G Medina to a junction
with the Niagara river at Tonawanda:
thence by the Niagara river and Black
Rock Harbor to Buffalo and Lake Erie.
The existing Erie canal, from Tona-
wanda creek to Main street, Buffalo, is
to be retained for feeder and harbor
purposes.
The Osweao Canal Route.
The route Of the improved Oswego
canal is to be as follows: Beginning
at the junction Of the Oswego, Seneca
and Oneida rivers, it shall run north
ward to a junction with Lake Ontario
at Oswego. following the Oswego river
canalized. and the present oswego
canal.
.sTiI1e route of the Champlain canal, as
'4ssEiproyed sNsWillsbe as follows: Beginning
In the Hudson river at Waterford,