Proceedings of the Barge Canal Terminal Commission of the State of New York Volume 1; Transmitted to the Legislature March 1, 1911 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ... Oswego and several villages. The principal shipments on tie Cayuga and Seneca canal are coal, salt and lumber and witi better transfer facilities at Ithaca, Watkins and Geneva the coal shipments should show a great increase when the larger canals are in operation. When the additional water-power created at the higher Barge ranal dams on tie Oswego river is available the shipments over the Oswego canal, especially pulp-wood and paper mill products should increase. The present canal traffic to and from Syracuse is mainly in farm and flour mill products, coal, salt, stone and clay and foundry and machine shop products. The city of Syracuse is well located for shipment east and west by the Erie eanal and northward to Lake Ontario and Canada by the Oswego canal. As a large amount of possible water traffic to and from Buffalo will be carried on Lake Erie, and its Canadian freight to and over the Welland canal, it is probable that Buffalo canal freight will never reach the high percentage of total freight shown by Syracuse, the waterborne freight from the latter city being accessible by canal only. District No. 4 comprises the Erie canal from the east line of Onondaga county to the Herkimer county and the Black River canal. This district contains the cities of Rome, Utica and Little Falls and several villages. The present canal traffic as indicated by the canal clearances at Rome (the only clearance point in this district) is in firewood, farm products, stone and clay products and coal. The principal manufactures of the city of Utica suitable for canal traffic are foundry products, hosiery and knitting mill products. District No. 5 covers the Mohawk Valley from the east line of Herkimer county to the Hudson river and contains the cities of Amsterdam, Schenectady ...