Dansville Branch.
Places.

Shaker Settlement........................

Fitzhugh’s Basin.........................

Kysorville.................................

Rock Spring .........................

Sherwoods Landing.—.................

Steam Sawmill..........................

McNairs Landing...................—

Woodville..................................

Oommonsville............................

Dansville....................................,

Total.

¹ This work was 2 years in charge of the Agent of the State
Prison and the Mayor of Auburn, hut in 1855 it was placed in
the hands of the Canal Commissioners. The work, up to 1857,
was greatly injured by a Spring flood. From 1852 to 1857 in¬
clusive, $33,485 had been appropriated for this work.

² In 1824, and several times afterward, the drainage of these
marshes was made the subject of legislative enactment, but
without other results than surveys. A concise.history of this
movement is given in Senate Doc. 35, 1853. The work was
placed in 1853 under the direction of George Geddes, and up to
1858, $175,000 had been appropriated and mostly expended.—
Report Canal Commissioners, 1858, p. 110.

* The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company was incorporated
April 23,1823, with a capital of $1,500,000, with the right of
using$500,000 in banking until 1844. The credit of the State
was loaned for $800,000, in stock, bearing interest of 4J or 5 per
cent. The canal was begun in July, 1825, and opened for use in
Oct. 1828. Its length from Rondout to Port Jervis, on the Dela¬
ware, is 59 miles; and from Port Jervis, up the Delaware tp the
mouth of the Lakawaxen, 24 miles. It crosses the river at the
latter place, and extends 26 miles further to Honesdale. Its
highest summit between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers is 585
feet above tide. Its descent to the Delaware is 80 feet; its rise
along the Delaware is.148 feet; and its rise between the Delaware
and Honesdale 187 feet. The aggregate number of locks is 109.
and the total rise and fall is 950 feet. The railroad to the coal
mines is also owned by the Canal Company. The original cost
of the New York section of the canal was $1,424,994, and of the
Penn, section $612,123. The company own most of the boats
used upon, the canal, and conduct the mining operations at Car-
bondale. Present capital, $7,500,000. The canal was originally
constructed to afford 4 feet of depth, and to accommodate boats
of 30 tons. In Sept., 1842, a plan of enlargement was adopted,
and 5 feet of water was obtained, accommodating boats of 40 tons
each. In 1851 a further enlargement was completed, obtaining
6 feet of water, and accommodating boats of 120 tons. The
locks are now constructed with a single gate at the upper end,
which turns down upon hinges like a door. It is found to be
very serviceable, and much quicker to operate than the double

Annual Receipts of Tolls on the Delaware and Hudson Canal
since its completion.