HISTORY OF THE CANAL SYSTEM
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
TOGETHER WITH BRIEF HISTORIES OF THE CANALS
OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
BY NOBLE E. WHITFORD
VOLUME I .
Page 61, line 20, – for 1899 read 1809.
Page 106, line 29, – for 1882 read 1822.
Page 199, line 25, – for number read amount.
Page 219, line 19, – for 1885 read 1855.
Page 228, line 11, - for unexpected read unexpended.
Page 252, line 27, – to eighteen feet width on the miter-sills add, as a foot-note: The law was improperly worded; see p. 188 for correct dimensions.
Page 259, line 22, – for Chittenango read Limestone creek.
Page 259, line 35, – for length read depth.
Page 260, line 18, – for length read depth.
Page 289, line 10, – for 1873, etc., read 1872, and its full capacity realized during the season of navigation of 1873.
Page 359, line 27, – for Hines read Himes.
Page 371, line 8, – for Hines read Himes.
Page 416, line 21, – for These works read The river works.
Page 481, line 12, – for 1838 read 1839.
Page 577, last line of foot-notes, – for that name read the name of Southold.
Page 688, line 14, – for Chemung read Chenango.
Page 738, line 19, – for "Delaware and Susquehanna Canal Company," read "President, Managers and Company of the Delaware and Susquehannah Navigation Company."
Page 755, line 11, – for Newton read Newtown.
Page 761, first line of table, third column, – for $10,000 read $100,000.
Page 761, eleventh line of table, last column, – for 1870 read 1871.
Page 762, – combine "(Side canal)" and "Susquehannah and Chenango," – same project.
Page 775, line 20, – for which they proposed, etc., read which they proposed to retain, the Erie canal, and ultimately the Hudson river, water-supply would not be at all impaired by abandonment.
Page 882, line 17, – for material read materials.
Page 887, line 13, – for glad read led.
Page 914, Buffalo population, 1900, – for 52,387 read 352,387.
Page 951, line 1, last column, – for 33,39 read 33,399.
Page 961, line 47, – for canal read lock.
Page 966, line 43, – strike out line.
Page 969, line 44, – strike out line.
Page 977, line 34, – for Peterboro read Peterboro St.
Page 982, lines 26 and 45, – for Coreville and Coleville read Coveville.
Page 984, line 45, – for Coleville read Coveville.
Page 986, line 6, – for Glen St. read Glen St., Glens Falls.
Page 987, line 6, – transfer to year 1905.
Page 988, line 6, – for guard-locks read guard-lock.
Page 992, line 8, – for 20 read 2.
Page 1011, line 33, – for Caneadea read Canadice.
Page 1019, line 26, – for J. L. Whitbeck, read T. L. Witbeck.
Page 1023, line 38, – insert 1890 at beginning of line.
Page 1023, line 44, – for the river read improvements.
VOLUME II.
Page 1099, second line of table, third and fourth columns, – for 29 and 30 – 3,553 + 96 read 30 and 31 – 2,684 + 53.
Page 1292, line 2, – for 0,000 read $500,000.
Page 1349, line 13, – for Also incomplete form read Also in incomplete form.
Page 1375, line 20, – for eight on one to eleven on one read one on eight to one on eleven.
Page 1400, line 34, – for $7,904,972 read $4,695,204.
Map of the Canals and Navigable Rivers of the United States and Canada, in pocket of Volume II, – the Schuylkill canal, No. 51, Pennsylvania, should be shown in orange rather than red, indicating that it is an abandoned canal.
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