CANAL REPORT.

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Characteristics of Canal.

Length of main line of eanal from Erie to Bridgewater. 136 miles.

Number of branch canals, with the length of each, viz : French

Creek feeder. 25 “

Canals leased by the company.... None.

Width of canal at top water line, (fifty-four feet). 54

Width of canal on bottom, (thirty feet). 30

Depth of water, (four'feet ). 4

Length and breadth of locks : Chambers, 80 by 15 feet; re-cesses for gates, 11 feet.

Number of basins, (thirty) .. 30

Number of houses. 34 lock houses and 1 weigh lock house.

Number of locks, (one hundred and thirty-three). 133

Number of weigh-loeks, (one). 1

Number of tunnels. None.

Number of bridges, (two hundred and twenty-one). 221

Number of dams, (thirteen) . 13

Number of aqueducts, (nine). 9

Number of miles of slackwater, (thirty-two). 32

Number of boats owned by the company, (eight repair flats,) 8

Number of boats owned and run by private parties, (two hun-dred and sixty-seven). 267

Average tonnage of boats, (sixty-five tons). 65

Length of boating season : 7-| months on northern end, and

on southern.

Feet of lockage on main line of canal, (about nine hundred

and seventy-seven). 97T

Value of real estate held by the company, exclusive of canal

and lock house lots, (fifty dollars). $50 00

Are the locks wood, cut-stone or composite ? Fifty-six are f

eut-stone and seventy-seven composite.

Doings of the year in Transportation.

No. of tons of 2,000 lbs. of through freight for the year onmain canal. Our business is all local.

Gross amount of tonnage for the year, including branches andleased canals ^. . 413, 458A§§$