Cost beginning at the confluence of Olean creek with the Allegany river, 4,371 66 3,564 28 4,883 98 5,287 98 6,780 93 2,891 94 3,571 80 3,413 20 9,261 38 $154,897 02 4,010 33 $150,886 69 Estimates of J. Clements Stocker. FREDERICK C. MILLS, ESQ., Chief Engineer. Sir-The following estimates in detail of the line of canal located by me, pursuant to your directions, from the summit level to Rochester, are Respectfully submitted, J. CLEMENTS STOCKER, This section extends from the starting point, between the head waters of Oil and Black creeks, to a point on the land of Messrs. Hurd and Smith. The soil is composed of a soft alluvial deposit resting upon clay, with an occasional statum of gravel. It is heavily timbered. 26,000 cubic yards of excavation, at 15 c.,..$3,900 00 at 7c.,.. 1,474 27 embankment, at 10c,.. 300 00 19,657 3,000 68 chains of grubbing and clearing, at $12, 822 00 $6,496 27 This section extends to a point on Mr. McIlheeny's land, and nearly to the road from Franklinville to Angelica. The soil is gravelly or clayey loam, the former prevailing. It is heavily timbered. 20,013 cubic yards of excavation, at 8 c.,. embankment, at 10 c.,. 10,000 66 61 chains of grubbing, at $9, 632 rods of fence, at 65 c.,... 1 lock 7 ft. lift,... $1,601 04 1,000 00 1 road bridge, 2d class, . 381 26 2 farm 66 762 52 6,054 58 $9,204,62 Cost of this division, $61,533.22, (from sec. 11 to sec. 22.) Extends from the termination of the preceding section to a point en Solomon Benjamin's land, to the north of Fisher and Romsley's saw-mill. The soil is of rather more difficult excavation than the preceding, being a mixture of clay and gravel, lying in steep banks and heavily timbered with hemlock and pine. 4,800 cubic yards of excavtion, at 9 c.,.. $432 00 2,640 00 675 00 880 00 Extends to a point on Mr. Bell's land. The soil is clay with a few chains of marshy alluvial deposit. 14,777 cubic yards of excavation, at 7 c... $1,034 39 at 8 C.,. 614 80 embankment at 8 e.,. 572 88 59 chains of grubbing, at $10,. 235 00 762 52 6,141 32 $9,543 39 Extends to a point on the land patented by Mr. Olmstead. The soil, like that of the preceding section, is a stiff clay heavily timbered. It has several small mountain streams, among the rest, Pine creek, a small but never failing one. 24,329 cubic yards of excavation, at 7 cts, $1,034 03 Is still along the valley of Black creek; soil, similar to the preceding, with an admixture of gravel for about two-thirds of the distance. It is entirely covered with heavy hemlock and pine timber. 17,878 cubic yards of excavation, at 10 cts. $1,787 80 500 80 6,260 Terminates near the point where the Black creek road crosses the creek to Bruce's mills. The soil is wholly a mixture of gravel and clayey loam, not of difficult excavation. 4,808 cubic yards of excavation, at 7 cts... $336 56 9,561 66 Extends to station 168, passing the bluff rocky point bordering Bruce's mill-dams. 15,640 cubic yards of excavation, at 8 cts.. $1,251 20 Raising bridge over creek, altering dams, &c. 80 rods of fence, at 65 cts.. 7 locks, 8 feet lift each,. 500 00 12,213 20 400 00 52 00 33,131 00 1,201 14 381 26 806 16 35,971 56 $48,184 76 Section 28-80 chains. Extends to a point opposite Stuart's house and saw-mill. The soil is principally clay, and of easy excavation, lying on a sidehill: 15,768 yards of excavation, at 7 cts...... $1,103 76 Extends to a point near the gravel ridge, in the swamp behind Ketchum's, leaving the valley of Black creek: 14,396 cubic yards of excavation, at 11 |