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Show EMIGRANT'S GUIDE. 9,243 feet lift, are to be made. At Whitehall, the canal is to be con~ nected with Lake Champlain by two locks of 8,550 feet lift each. -About fifteen miles of this route will need no excavation~ as the caw nal for that distance will occupy the natural channels of Moses' kill, Dead creek, and Wood creek. In order to turn off as much as po~si· ble the superfluous waters of freshets, and to ensure at all times a suffi. ciency of water on the summit-level, if' is proposed to erect a dam across Half-way brook of eighteen feet in height, half a mile above the mouth of the said brook, and by a natural ravine leading to the south, to direct so much of the water of said brook to the summitlevel, and from thence by several waste-wiers, into the Hudson, as may be necessary for the convenience of the canal. . The water in the canal is not to be less than thirty feet w1de at the surface, twenty feet at the bottom, and three feet deep, and the Jock to be seventy-five feet long and ten feet wide in the clear. By the mode of calculation heretofore adopted by the commissioners, the whole expense between Lake Champlain and the Hudson, at the mouth of Moses' kill, will not exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. From the mouth of Moses' kill it' is proposed to improve the channel of the Hudson for the purposes of navigation as far south as the village of Stillwater at the head of Stillwater falls. This may be ef4 fecteu in the following manner. By erecting a dam of three feet in ·height across the Hudson, at the head of Fort Miller faJJs, tbe ri\·er above as far as Fort Edward, would at all timei afford a sufficiency of water for boats drawing three feet. To overcome the descent of }i'ort Miller falls, a side cut or artificial canal of about one mile in length, and with two locks of 10,321 feet lift each, will be necessary.- These works, including the dam, locks, excavation, towing path, and all other expenses, may be estimated at fifty thousand dollars. Two and a half miles below the south end of this canal, at th head of Saratoga falls, a dam three feet in height is to be made across the river, anJ a side cut round the falls Eimilar to the above, • of about one mile in length, with two locks of 6,1 D8 feet lift each. It is be· lieved that all tke artificial works at this place may be constructed for thirty-five thousand dollars. Thirteen miles below this place, at the bead of Stillwater falls, another dam, of three feet in height, will in like manner ensure a good boat navigation up to the Saratoga falls. Th~ cost of this darn, the constructi on of a towin g-path, with sev~-· l'al bndges, the purchase of Schuyler's mill, which it is supposed w1ll be necessary, together with all the othtr expenses of this section, are estimated at fifty thousand dollars. . From . tb~ village of Stillwater at a point above the ~ am Jast men· t10ned, It IS proposed to cut an artificial can al to tbe v11lage of Waterford, where it is to be connected with the Hudson. This canal will ' be supplied with water from the river at its upper end. Its kngth will be nearly twelve miles, and the whole descent is 76,464 feet: whi~h will require eight locks. T he excavation of this c~n al fur some distance near the upper end, will be consiuerably expensive, EMIG:RANT'S GUIDE. 289 a5 it passes through a slate rock; the middle and lower parts, howevev, are very favourable. The expenses from Stillwater to Waterford, may be estimated a5 foJiows: 76 fe~t lockage at $ J 000 per foot, 12 miles of excavation and towing-path with bridges, culverts, :~nd other necessary works at an average of $30,000 per mile, ' RECAPITULATION OF EXPENSES. From 'YhitehaJJ to the Hudson, - - - Dam s1de cut, and other works at Fort Miller falls Do. at Saratoga falls, - _ - '_ To StiJI~ater, inc1uding dam, &c. - _ From StJJlw~ter to Waterford, including lockage, Add for contmger.lCies, engineers, and superintendence, 76,000 360,000 $250,000 50,000 35,000 50,000 436,000 50,000 Total, $871,000 Whether the canal from Lake Champlain enters the Hudson t Fort Edward creek or at Moses' kiJJ, is not very material in the est~~ ate 0 ~ expense ; and t~e commissioners wish to be explicitly un-· er~too , . that t~ey consider the question as still open and as one which will requtre mature deliberation. It is ascertai~ed that both rou tes are equa11y practicable. • .. • ' ,, \ |