This disbursement has been a contribution by the State of New York to the national welfare. for this canal. on which 90 percent of the present tonnage is interstate. is toll free under the constitution of New York. This canal was the historic waterway over which in the early days passed the migratory frontiersmen who subsequently developed the great West. Over it passed the immigrant who had elected to make in America a home for himself and his descendants. The Oswego and Erie Canals were opened about the year 1828. It is interesting to note that the original Welland Canal was opened in the year 1833.
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