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Bridge Over Barge Canal and New Lock
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No. 2.—The new lock of tha barge canal at lower Mechanicsville. Operating machinery had not been installed when view waa taken.
OUR WATERSHEDS ARE^UNIQUE
Send Waters to St. Lawrence and Gulf of Mexico.
CELEBRATING A
GREAT EVENT
OONIIEGTEO BY CANALS.
Canal Improwmant Mad* Necessary by Competing Waterway* to the North of U*.
In order to understand the canal sys¬ tem of New York state It Is necesstiry to know something about tbe water¬ sheds Into which the state Is divided. It Is probable that nowhere In the United States lu there a more unique or remarkable situation thau there is in the state of New York. Uivers which rise in this state empty Into the ocean at points as far distant as the gulf of St. Lawrence and the gulf of Mexico, and every important bay along tbe Atlantic coast, the great lakes watershed system, including Luke Champlain, the Seneca river antl Lake Ontario, meets the Hudson system near Kome, with but a few miles be¬ tween navigable water in both sys¬ tems and with uo high range or hills between. Tbis is also remarkable that between the different river valleys in New York state the hills are lower than they are In Pennsylvtlnla or any other eastern state. It is easier, there¬ fore, to build the canal crossing the watershed from one river valley to another In this state tban In any oth¬ er state on the Atlantic coast.
The early canal development In New York state contemplated the connect¬ ing up of all these different water¬ sheds. The Erie canal, with the Cham¬ plain and'Oswego, connected the great lakes system directly with the Atlan¬ tic ocean, the Genesee valley canal branch of the Erie reaching the Alle¬ gheny river and through it tbe Ohio and Mississippi. Tbe Chenango valley canal, also branching from the Erie, reached the Susquehanna. The Che¬ mung canal, starting from tbe south¬ ern end of Seneca lake, also reaches the SuBquehanpi| through the Che- mang river. The 'watersheds of tbe At¬ lantic coast in New York state, of the Snsqnehanna, of tbe Mississippi and of the great lakes were thus connected.
After tbe country had been cleared and the lumber and other early prod¬ ucts taken out tbere was Ilttle busi¬ ness to move on the nortb and south lines, bnt the great development of the west offered and still offers a tre¬ mendous freight tonnage for tbe main itue of the Erie canal. Tbere are only three gaps In the Appalachian range of monntains through which navigation W or can be made possible. Canadians bave one in the St Lawrence. We have tbe best of all In the Mobawk- Hadaon valley, and tbe aoathem ronte is 80 dlfQcult that it was abandoned many years ego. Tbe railroad service between tbe great Ialr<» and tbe ocean is unable to compete with the Canadi¬ an ronte. If New Tork ..tat* wishes to continue to haul the goods from tbe great west through Its twandarles it must complete its iuUitl. 4. vote for the canal referendum T'l t!iu> tall will Inrare continued pPu«p«iit9 to tb* ¦tate of Ncw Torlr.
New Yorkers of 1825 Appre¬ ciated Need of Erie Canal.
Ninety years ago this fnll—to be more exact, in October, 182.') — New York state had the greatest celebration in its history, it was tbe occasion of the completion of the Erie canai be¬ tween Buffalo and New York. The newspapers of thut loug past time gave the celebration nenrly all of their space. It seemed to the state of New York thon the most Iniportant achieve¬ ment iu the world. The accounts of that famous celebrjitlon read like ex¬ aggerations, and yet there Is no Ques¬ tion ns to how the people of that day regarded the task wlilch they hud lin¬ ished. It wns to tlieir mind the grent- est thing which had happened on the American continent since its discovery.
After ninety years we are again eon- fronted with the ciiiiiii problem. Pres¬ ent day conditions (Iemande<i an en¬ largement of the whole canal. The state undertook that enlargement in 1903, and after twelve years and with the work nearly finished the funds have been exhausted.
At the coming election the most Im¬ portant question to be voted upou is the bond issue, which wlll provide funds for the immediate completion of the work.
The extravagant expectations of the people in 1825 as to the value of their great canal were fulfilled many times over. The Increase in wealth and pop¬ ulation of the state of New York which followed the opening of the Erie canal in 1825 was greater than any similar Increase in American history. If the people of the state vote again, as they have voted many times In the past, to go ahead with the canal work and this time bring It to a successful comple¬ tion, there la no question but what the results will agaiu warrant all of the lalior and cost which the canal system has taken, nor la there any question but what a new industrial development of New York state will bring untold wealth and prosperity to the people wbo very wisely for a century iMve kept and enlarged the canal systeoL
WILL AHRACT NEW INDUSTRIES
Good Transportation Facilities of tlie Barge Canal.
Nearly every enterprising city and town In the state of New York Is try¬ ing to attract uew Industries. In m.nny of the cities organizations are employ¬ ing trained men to present the merits of the particular locality to manufac¬ turers and newcomers wbo may be in¬ duced to locate there.
One of the most important arguments that can lie used with a manufacturer to Induce hitn to locate In nuy particii- lur towu Ls the argument thnt the town In question has good transportation fa¬ cilities aud thut Its freight rates are fair.
The state of New York is now build¬ ing this new barge cannl, the main object of which is to create in ull of the towns which It touches a favor¬ able situation In regard to freight rates. The cnnal with its branches ex¬ tends 700 miles through the state of New Y'ork. It reaches almost all of tbe principal ritles and towns of the state. Eighty-five per cent of the rwp- uhitlon of the state ilve olose to the barge cnnnl, and the freight rates of fully 95 per cont of the people of the state wlll be affected by the canal.
Comparing New York state with all of the other states in tbe eastern part of the country, tbe completion of the barge canals, with the consfequent ad¬ justment of freight ratea which will have to follow, will make tbis state and every town In this state a better location for manufacturing tban can be found elsewhere.
The completion and successful op¬ eration, therefore, of the barge canals ought to and will result in developing 700 miles of good industrial territory, thus adding Immensely to the wealth and populntion of New Tork state. The completion of these canals depends on the vote nt the coming election of tbe canal referendum bond issue. Ev¬ ery town which is desirous of growing, of adding more manufactures ^nd more wealth, should return an over¬ whelming majority for the referendum.
Comparison Between New York State
Barge Cafnal and Panama Canai
BARGE CANAL.
540 miles long, exclualve of con¬
necting rivers.
Total lockage lift, 1,050 feet.
Dams, 39.
Locks, 57 lift, 2 guard and 9 smaller'locks.
Number of structures, between
350 and 400.
Cost, $127300,000. without ter¬
minals.
Built by state with • popula¬
tion of 9,000,000.
Excavation, estimated total,
114,100,000 cubic ya!-d«.
Concrete, estimated total, 2,750,- 000 cubic yards.
Excavation to Jan. 1, 1913, 78,-
428,286 cubic yard*.
Work bagun April 24. 1906.
PANAMA CANAL.
50 miles long.
Total lockage- lift, 170 feet.
Dams, 4.
Locks, 6 pairs.
Number of structure*, 12 lock*, 1 Bpillway and 4 dams.
Cost, $375,000,000.
Built by United Stat** with •
population of 90,000,00.
Excavation, estimated total.
203,710,000 cubic yards.
Concrete, eetimatad total, 5,000,-
000 cubic yard*. Exeavati*n to Jan. 1, 1913, 188,-
280,312 cubic yard*.
Werk b*sun by Am*ric«n* May
4, 1904.
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