Vide observations on this subject in Chapter X.
Extract from lecture delivered by S.B. Ruggles, at New York, October, 1852.
This extract is from a lecture by S.B. Ruggles to the citizens of Rochester, October, 1849.
The neighbouring colony "whips" the Republic in canals. Vessels from 350 to 400 tons can pass the St. Lawrence and Welland Canals. Nothing above 75 tons can use the Erie Canal.
The governor of the State, in his annual message, 1854, calls attention to the fact, that the toll on the canals is rapidly decreasing, and will be seriously imperilled if steps are not taken to enlarge it.