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LENOX BASIN-LEWIS.
in part on the north by Oneida lake. | Le Ray, Jefferson co. contains Lenox, Bennett's Corners, Canas- about 200 inhabitants, 30 dwelling houses, 1 church, 2 taverns, 1 store and 1 saw mill. tota, Clockville, Oneida Lake, State Bridge and Wempsville are names of post offices.
LENOX BASIN, Lenox, Madi- son co. is situated on the Erie canal; here are located 1 tavern, 5 stores, and about 20 dwelling houses.
LEON, t. Cattaraugus co. situa- ted 18 miles west of the village of Ellicottville, and distant 310 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 1,326 inhabitants. The surface is high but mostly level ; soil, clay and sandy loam of good quality; drained south by the Connewango creek and its tributaries. Leon and Leon Mills are names of post offices.
LEONARDSVILLE, V. and p. o. Brookfield, Madison co. is situated on the Unadilla river; it contains about 250 inhabitants ; 40 dwelling houses, 1 church, 1 tavern, 4 stores, 1 flouring mill, 1 saw mill and a hoe manufactory.
LE RAY, t. Jefferson county, situated 8 miles north-east of the village of Watertown, and distant 158 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 3,721 inhabitants. The surface is undulating ; soil, clay and sandy loam, easily tilled and very fertile; watered by Black river on the south, and Indian river on the north. Evan's Mills, Le Raysville and West Le Ray are names of post offices.
LE RAYSVILLE, V. and p. o.
LE ROY, t. Genesee co. situa ted 10 miles east of the village of Batavia, and distant 234 mile from Albany ; contained in 1840 4,323 inhabitants. The surface is mostly level ; soil, sandy and gra- velly loam, easily tilled, and pro- ducing large crops of wheat and other grain ; drained by Allen's creek. Le Roy and South Le Roy are names of post offices.
LE ROY, v. and p. o. Le Roy, Genesee county, is situated on Al- len's creek ; it was incorporated in 1834, and now contains about 1,500 inhabitants, 200 dwelling houses, 1 bank, 1 Presbyterian, 1 Episcopa!, 1 Baptist and 1 Methodist church ; a female seminary in a flourishing condition ; 3 taverns, 15 stores and groceries, 2 flouring mills and 1 extensive tannery.
LE ROY, v. Exeter, Otsego co. is situated at the outlet of Canade- raga lake ; it contains about 200 inhabitants, 30 dwelling houses, 2 churches, 2 taverns, 3 stores and 1 grist mill.
LEVANNA, V. Ledyard, Cayu- ga co. is situated on the east side of Cayuga lake, where is a steam- boat landing ; it contains about 200 inhabitants, 30 dwelling houses, 1 church, 1 tavern, 1 store, and 2 warehouses for the transhipment of grain and other produce, and 1 steam flouring mill.
LEWIS COUNTY, taken from Oneida in 1805, is centrally distant 130 miles from the city of Albany. It is bounded on the north by Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties, east by Herkimer, south by Oneida, and on the west by Oswego and Jefferson. The surface of this county is rather hilly and broken; the soil various, mostly susceptible of productive cultivation. The valley of the Black river extends in a northerly direction through this county; the alluvial flats along the stream are extensive and very fertile. The country east of this valley is a wild and unsettled region, covered with extensive forests of hem- lock, pine, spruce, maple, beech, elm, ash and some oak and walnut. " The two sides of the Black river strongly contrast with each other
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LEWIS-LEWISTON.
as to rocks, soil, vegetation and population. ' The surface of the east side or primary division, consists, with few exceptions, of an almost unbroken range of forest, spread upon an uneven surface. The western side of the river on the contrary is well settled, and exhibits those steps or terraces common to the horizontal rocks, or undisturbed mechanical deposits, presenting an almost unbroken outline. Thus it is obvious that the county is naturally divided into two geological divisions, the eastern formed of primary masses, and the western those of transition
class." It is supposed to be rich in mineral productions ; the cursory examinations which have been made, have resulted in the discovery of many valuable specimens ; there are beds of iron ore in the town of Watson; in the vicinity of Martinsburgh and Lowville, veins of, galena exist, which have been worked to some extent. In addition to Black river which flows nearly through the centre of this county, it receives Beaver, Independence and Moose rivers on the east, besides several large creeks, also several important streams on the west ; on the south-west rises Salmon river ; Salmon creek and Fish creek running into Lake Ontario, while on the north-east it is drained by Indian and Oswegatchie rivers. The Black River Canal, when finished, will unite with the Black river below the High Falls, in this county. Its area is about 1,122 square miles, or 718,265 acres.
The following are the names of the towns in Lewis county, with the population in 1840. In 1941, a new town was erected from parts of Diana and Watson, and named Croghan.
Denmark,
2,388 | Pinkney, 907
Diana,
883
Turin,
1,704
Greig,
592
Watson,
1,707
Harrisburgh,
850
Leyden, .
2,438
Lowville,
2,047
MARTINSBURGH,
2,272
LEWIS, t. Essex co. situated 10 | miles north of the village of Eliza- beth, and distant 141 miles from Albany; contained in 1840, 1,505 inhabitants. The surface is mostly hilly and mountainous ; on the east it is more level, with a medium quality of soil; drained by the Bouquet river and its tributa- ries. Lewis is the name of a post office.
Bridge, South Salem and Vista are names of post offices.
LEWIS LAKE, is a small body of water lying in the town of Lake Pleasant, Hamilton county.
LEWISTON, t. Niagara county, situated 15 miles west of the vil- lage of Lockport, and distant 295 miles from Albany; contained in 1840, 2,533 inhabitants. The sur- face is divided into two plains, by a high ridge which extends east and west; soil, calcareous and sandy loam of good quality; wa- tered on the west by Niagara river. The Tuscarora Indians have a settlement in this town. Lewis-
LEWISBOROUGH, t. Westches- ter co. situated 18 miles north of the village of White Plains, and distant 119 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 1,619 inhabi- tants. The surface is somewhat broken; soil, clay and sandy loam; | ton and Pekin are namnes of post it is drained on the west by the ; offices.
LEWISTON, V. and p. o. Lewis-
Croton river and some of its tribu- taries. Cross River, Golden's I ton, Niagara co. is situated on the
West Turin, 2,042
Total inhabitants, .17,830
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LEXINGTON-LIMA.
east side of the Niagara river, at | stores and about 20 dwelling houses.
the head of steamboat navigation, 7 miles from Lake Ontario ; it was incorporated in 1822, and now contains about 900 inhabitants, 100 dwelling houses, 1 Presbyterian, 1 Episcopal, 1 Baptist and 1 Uni- versalist church ; an incorporated academy in a flourishing condition ; 5 hotels and taverns, 10 stores and groceries, 1 grist mill and 1 distil- lery. Here is a convenient steam- boat landing from which boats ply to various places on Lake Ontario ; a commodious horse ferry boat also plies across the Niagara river to Queenston, Canada. A branch railroad extends from Queenston a distance of 3 miles to its junction with the Lockport and Niagara Falls railroad, affording a speedy communication with Lockport, Niagara Falls and Buffalo. The railroad, steamboat and canal packet boat route from Buffalo to Albany, via. Niagara Falls, Lewis- ton, Oswego and Syracuse, is a desirable, cheap and speedy mode of conveyance during the summer months.
LEXINGTON, t. Greene co. si- tuated 28 miles west of the village of Catskill, and distant 50 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 2,313 inhabitants. The surface is mountainous, the Catskill moun- tains extending through this part of the county ; drained north by the Schoharie creek and some of its head branches. Lexington, Lexington Heights, East Lexing- ton, Sportsville and Westkill are names of post offices.
LEXINGTON, V. and p. o. Lex- ington, Greene county, commonly known as Lexington Flats, is a scattered settlement containing 2 churches, 2 taverns, 3 stores, 1 ex- tensive tannery and about 20 dwel- lings.
LEYDEN, t. Lewis co. situated 15 miles south of the village of Martinsburgh, and distant 116 miles from Albany; contained in 1840, 2,438 inhabitants. The sur- face is hilly ; soil, sandy loam of good quality; drained by Moose and Black rivers. Leyden and West Leyden are names of post offices.
LIBERTY, t. Sullivan co. situa- ted 15 miles north-west from the village of Monticello, and distant 128 miles from Albany; contained in 1840, 1,569 inhabitants. The surface is mountainous; soil, prin- cipally gravelly loam ; drained by Callicoon and other small streams flowing into the Delaware river, which in part bounds it on the west.
LIBERTY, V. and p. o. Sullivan co. is a small agricultural settle- ment, containing about 75 inhabi- tants, 15 dwelling houses, 1 Pres- byterian and 1 Episcopal church, 1 tavern and 1 store.
LIBERTY, V. Conhocton, Steu- ben county, is situated on the Conhocton river ; it contains about 300 inhabitants, 40 dwelling houses, 1 Presbyterian and 1 Me- thodist church, 2 taverns and 3 stores.
LIBERTYVILLE, p. o. New Paltz, Ulster co. Here are situa- ted 1 tavern, 1 store, 1 grist mill, 1 fulling mill and carding machine, located on the bank of the Wall- kill.
LIMA, 1. Livingston co. situated 12 miles north-east of the village of Geneseo, and distant 213 miles from Albany; contained in 1840, 2176 inhabitants. The surface is rolling ; soil, clay and calcareous loam, fertile and well cultivated, drained by Honeoye creek and one of its tributaries.
LEXINGTON HEIGHTS, p O. Lexington, Greene county; here LIMA, V. and p. o. Lima, Liv- are situated 1 church, 1 tavern, 2 ingston co. is a long, scattered set-
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LIME LAKE-LITTLE FALLS.
tlement, containing 1 Presbyterian and 1 Methodist church; the Gen- esee Wesleyan seminary, an incor- porated institution ; 3 taverns, 4 stores, 100 dwelling houses, and about 600 inhabitants.
LIME LAKE, is a small body of water lying in the town of Ma- chias, Cattaraugus co.
LIMERICK, V. and p. o. Brown- ville, Jefferson co. is situated on Perch river : it contains about 200 inhabitants, 35 dwelling houses, 2 taverns, 2 stores and 1 saw mill.
LINDLEY, t. Steuben co. situa- ted 25 miles south-east of the vil- lage of Bath, and distant 221 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 638 inhabitants. The surface is hilly ; soil, clay and sandy loam ; drained north by Tioga river. The Corning and Blossburg railroad runs through this town, which is bounded on the south by the Penn- sylvania state line. Lindleytown and Erwin Centre are names of post offices.
LINKLEAN, t. Chenango co. situated 18 miles north-west of the village of Norwich, and distant 110 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 1,249 inhabitants. The sur- face is undulating ; soil, argilla- ceous loam ; drained by some branches of the Otselic river. Linklean and West Linklean are names of post offices.
LISBON, t. St Lawrence co. sit- uated 10 miles north-west of the village of Canton, and distant 211 miles from Albany ; contained in 1340, 3,508 inhabitants. The sur- face is undulating ; soil, rich loam, heavily timbered with oåk, pine and hemlock; drained by Grass river on the east angle, and by sev- eral small streams flowing into St. Lawrence river, which bounds it on the north-west. Isle au Gal- lope, lying in the St. Lawrence, is attached to this town. Lisbon is the name of a post office situated at Red Mills.
LISLE, t. Brcome co. situated 18 miles north of the village of Binghamton, and distant 140 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 1,560 inhabitants. The surface is undulating ; soil, clay and sandy loam, well adapted for grazing; drained by the Tioughnioga river, and some of its tributaries. Lisle, Centre Lisle, and Union village, are names of post offices.
LITCHFIELD, t. Herkimer co. situated 10 miles south-west of the village of Herkimer, and distant 83 miles from Albany; contained in 1840, 1,672 inhabitants. The sur- face is hilly ; soil, calcareous loam ; drained south by one of the head branches of the Unadilla river, and north by two or three small streams flowing into the Mohawk river. Litchfield and Cedarville are names of post offices.
LITHIGOW, p. o. Washington, Dutchess co.
LITTLE AU SABLE RIVER. See Au Sable.
LITTLE BRITAIN, p. o. Hamp- tonburgh, Orange co.
LITTLE CHAZY RIVER. See Chazy.
LITTLE DELAWARE RIVER, rises in the town of Bovina, Dela- ware co. and flows west, emptying into the Mohawks or west branch of the Delaware river.
LITTLE FALLS, t. Herkimer co. situated 6 miles east of the vil- lage of Herkimer, and distant 73 miles from Albany; contained in 1840, 3,831 inhabitants. The sur- face is hilly, and in some places mountainous ; soil, sandy and ar- gillaceous loam, based on lime- stone and granite, abounding with beautiful specimens of crystalized quartz. It is watered by the Mo- hawk river, on the south side of which runs the Erie canal, while on the north extends the line of the Utica and Schenectady railroad. Little Falls and Eatonvile are names of post offices.
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LITTLE FALLS-LITTLE SODUS BAY.
LITTLE FALLS, V. and p. o. this valley passes the Erie canal, Little Falls, Herkimer co. is situa- ted on both sides of the Mohawk river, 73 miles west of the city of Albany. It was first incorporated in 1811, and amended in 1827; it now contains about 2,500 inhabi- tants, 300 dwelling houses, 1 Pres- byterian, 1 Episcopal, 1 Baptist, 1 Methodist and 1 Roman Catholic church, a large and beautiful aca- demy building, a banking house, 5 hotels and taverns, 30 stores and groceries, 2 printing offices, to- gether with almost every other kind of mechanic work shops; and the village is rapidly improving in population and business. The Mo- · hawk river here falls, in the dis- tance of half a mile, about 42 feet, affording hydraulic power to a large extent, only a small portion of which is at present occupied for manufacturing purposes. There are now erected and in operation, 1 extensive woollen factory, with new and improved machinery, 3 paper mills, 3 flouring mills, 2 saw mills, 1 plaster mill, 1 trip ham- mer works, 4 furnaces, 1 machine shop, 1 distillery, 1 brewery, 1 sash factory and 1 fulling mill. This place and vicinity is justly celebrated for its wild and roman- tic scenery, and is much resorted to by the admirers of nature and art. The gap between the moun- tains, through which the river has apparently worn for itself a pas- sage, though apparently confined, is still of breadth sufficient to af- ford room for a large town. The rock at the river bed is primitive granitic gneiss, very hard, but is readily quarried and broken into building stones. Above this, on the mountain sides, lies the sand rock, and still higher, at the top, are ex- tensive beds of blue limestone; great quantities of which have been used in constructing the locks, and for purposes of building, for co- ping and for flagging. Through
on the south side of the river; and the Utica and Schenectady rail- road and the Mohawk turnpike on the north ; and it constitutes the av- enue through which the products and travel of the great west must from necessity pass to reach tide water. An aqueduct crosses the Mohawk at this place, communi- cating with a feeder on the north side of the river, which is a fine specimen of masonry. A daily line of stages runs between Little Falls and Trenton Falls, and seve- ral mail routes north and south branch off at this place.
LITTLE GENESEE, p. o. Gen- esee, Allegany co.
LITTLE GENESEE CREEK, ri- ses in Allegany co. and flows south-west into Cattaraugus co. where it empties into the Allegany river.
LITTLE HOOSICK CREEK, rises in the town of Berlin, Rens- selaer co. and flows north into the Hoosick river.
LITTLE LAKES, V. Warren, Herkimer co. is the name of an agricultural settlement, containing 1 church, 2 taverns, 3 stores, 25 or 30 dwellings, and the Warren post office.
LITTLE NECK, lies in the town of Huntington, Suffolk co. having Great Cow Harbor on the east, and Little Cow Harbor on the west.
LITTLE NECK BAY, lies on the north side of Long Island, mostly in the town of Flushing, Queens co. It is about 3 miles long, and 1 mile wide, surrounded in part by highly cultivated farms, and country residences.
LITTLE SoDUS, p. o. Sterling, Cayuga co. Here is a small set- tlement on the Little Sodus bay.
LITTLE SODUS BAY, lies in the town of Sterling, Cayuga co. and communicates with Lake On- tario on the north. It is about 2 miles long and 1 mile wide. This
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LITTLE VALLEY-LIVINGSTON.
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is a deep body of water, but is ob- structed by a bar at its mouth ; into it flows the Sodus creek.
LITTLE VALLEY, t. Cattarau- gus co. situated 10 miles south- west of the village of Ellicottville, and distant 299 miles from Albany; contained in 1840, 700 inhabitants. The surface is hilly and somewhat broken; soil, various. It is drained by Little Valley creek on the north, and several streams on the south, all flowing into the Allegany river, which runs east and west nearly through the centre of the town, and on which is situated the Allegany Indian Reservation. Lit- tle Valley and Bucktooth are names of post offices.
LITTLEVILLE, V. Avon, Liv- ingston co. is situated on the out- let of the Conesus Lake. It pos- sesses valuable hydraulic privile- ges, and contains about 100 inhab-
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itants, 20 dwelling houses, 1 Con- gregational church, 1 store, 2 grist mills, 2 saw mills and 1 turning machine.
LITTLE YORK, p. o. Homer, Cortland co.
LITTLE YORK, V. Fowler, St. Lawrence co. contains about 150 inhabitants, 25 dwelling houses, 1 tavern, and 2 stores.
LIVERPOOL, V. and p. o. Sali- na, Onondaga co. is situated on Onondaga lake, 5 miles north-west of Syracase. It was incorporated in 1830, and now contains about 1,000 inhabitants, 150 dwelling houses, 1 church, 3 taverns and 10 stores. In 1840, here were manu- factured 802,954 bushels of fine salt, from the saline springs, situa- ted in the village, which belong to the state. The Oswego canal passes through this place, also the stage road from Syracuse to Oswego.
LIVINGSTON COUNTY, erected from Ontario and Genesee coun- ties in 1821, is centrally distant from the city of Albany, 224 miles. It is bounded on the north by Monroe county, on the east by Ontario, on the south by the counties of Allegany and Steuben, and on the west by Genesee and Wyoming. The surface of this county is much diversi- fied-in some parts hilly, in others undulating or quite level. The soil is mostly good and very productive ; rich alluvion flats border the Genesee river ; on the upland, a gravelly loam predominates. Wheat and other grain of the best quality, is here raised in large quantities ; considerable attention is also given to grazing, and fruit is produced in abundance. Gypsum and bog iron ore are the most important mine- als which are known to exist in large quantities in this county ; a brine spring has been found near York, although not of sufficient strength for any useful purpose. The Sulphur Springs of Avon have long been cele- brated, and their value tested by thousands of invalids ; they deserve to be ranked among the most important springs of this class in the Uni- ted States. For an analysis, see Avon. Conesus lake lies nearly in the centre of this county, and Hemlock lake on the eastern extremity. The Genesee river flows through the north-west part, and receives Can- aseraga creek and the outlet of Conesus lake. The outlet of Hemlock lake joins the outlet of Honeoye, and flows along the eastern boundary into Monroe county, where it empties into the Genesee. The Genesee Valley Canal enters this county on the west side of the Genesee river, and extends to near Mount Morris, where it crosses the river, running up the valley of the Cashaqua creek, while a branch canal extends from the Shaker settlement to the village of Dansville, in the town of Sparta. Its area is about 509 square miles, or 325,760 acres.
The following are the names of the towns in Livingston county, with the population in 1840.
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LIVINGSTON-LOCKPORT.
Avon, 2,999
Caledonia, 1,987
Conesus, . 1,654
GENESEO, 2,892
Groveland, .2,000
Leicester, 2,415
Lima 2,176
LIVINGSTON, t. Columbia co. situated 10 miles south of the city of Hudson, and distant 38 miles from Albany, contained in 1840, 2190 inhabitants. The surface is diversified ; soil, clay, loam and gravel, underlaid by lime and slate ; drained by Ancram or Roeliff Jan- sen's creek, flowing into the Hud- son river, which bounds it on the west. Livingston is the name of a post office
LIVINGSTONVILLE, V. and p. o. Broome, Schoharie co. contains 1 Presbyterian and 1 Methodist church, 1 tavern, 3 stores, 1 saw mill, and 15 or 20 dwelling houses.
LIVONIA, t. Livingston co. situated 8 miles east of the village of Geneseo, and distant 217 miles from Albany; contained in 1840, 2,719 inhabitants. The surface is rolling; soil, of good quality, un- derlaid with limestone; drained by the outlet of Hemlock lake, and some small streams flowing west into Conesus lake. Livonia, Lake- ville, Hemlock Lake and South Li- vonia are names of post offices.
LLOYD'S NECK, lies on the north side of Long Island, in the town of Oyster Bay, Queens coun- ty. It is almost entirely surround- ed by water, having Long Island Sound on the north, Huntington bay on the east, and Oyster bay on the west, with a deep indentation from Huntington bay on the south, called Lloyd's Harbor.
LOCKE, t. Cayuga county, si- tuated 20 miles south of the village of Auburn, and distant 153 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 1,654 inhabitants. The surface is hillv; soil, gravelly loam, under- laid with slate; drained north by
| Livonia, . .2,719
Mount Morris, 4,576
Sparta, .. 5,841
Springwater, 2,832
York, 3,049
Total inhabitants, 35,140
the Owasco inlet. Locke is the name of a post office situated in the village of Milan.
LOCKE BERLIN, p. o. Galen, Wayne co.
LOCKPORT, t. Niagara county, contains the county buildings si- tuated in the village of the same name; it is distant 277 miles from Albany, and contained in 1840, 9,125 inhabitants. The surface is about equally divided by a terrace, or range of hills, declining north towards the shore of Lake Ontario; soil, calcareous and sandy loam ; watered on the south by Tonawan- da creek, and drained north by a tributary of Eighteen Mile creek. There is in this town several qua- ries of fine building stone, exten- sively used in the construction of canal locks and aqueducts. Lock- port and Hickory Corners are names of post offices.
LOCKPORT, V. and p. o. Lock- port, Niagara county, is situated on the Erie canal, 31 miles north- east of Buffalo, and distant from Albany by canal route, 333 miles. It was incoporated in 1827, and now contains about 6,500 inhabi- tants, 800 dwelling houses, a court house, jail and county clerk's office, 2 Presbyterian, 1 congre- gational, 2 Episcopal, 1 Baptist, 1 Methodist, 1 Roman Catholic, 1 Lutheran and 1 African church ; besides an Orthodox and Hicksite meeting house; 2 banking houses, 16 hotels and taverns, 80 stores and groceries, 2 female seminaries, 4 large flouring mills, 1 grist mill, an extensive cotton factory con- taining 2,100 spindles, 2 woollen factories, 9 saw mills, one of which is a large gang mill used
234 LOCKPORT AND NIAGARA FALLS R. R .- LONG FALLS.
extensively for sawing ship plank ; | lage of Lewiston,) thence to the 2 plough factories, 2 plaster mills, Falls, where it terminates. The company was incorporated in 1834, with a capital of $175,000. It is contemplated to extend the above road from its termination in Lockport, to Batavia or Rochester; thus uniting with the great line of railroads extending from Albany to Buffalo. 1 sash factory, 2 furnaces, 1 ma- chine shop where is constructed steamboat and railroad machinery, besides other machine shops ; 4 cloth' dressing establishments, 1 manufactory of fanning mills, and 2 for threshing machines, 2 car- riage factories and 2 tanneries. The hydraulic power derived from the surplus waters of the Erie ca- nal at this place is immense, afford- ing sufficient water power to propel at least 300 run of mill stones, and is admirably located for an extensive manufacturing town. In addition to the Erie ca- nal which passes through the cen- tre of the village, the Lockport and Niagara Falls railroad commences at this place, and runs to Niagara Falls, a distance of 24 miles ; the LODI, v. and p. o. Lodi, Seneca county, is situated on elevated ground ; it contains about 400 in- habitants, 50 dwelling houses, 1 church, 2 taverns and 4 stores. Buffalo and Niagara Falls railroad extends a further distance of 22 miles to the city of Buffalo, afford- ing a speedy communication for travellers visiting the Falls and Buffalo. Here are now re-building ten combined locks, to be construc- ted of lime rock in the most finished style of masonry, to ac- commodate the Enlarged Erie canal. Lockport has sprung up and become one of our largest in- land villages since the completion of the above canal, deriving its name from the above locks. Here is the first fall of water between this place and Lake Erie, there being a descent of about 60 feet. A daily line of stages run from this place to Batavia, and to Rochester LOGAN, p. o. Hector, Tomp- kins co. by the ridge road, in addition to daily lines of canal packet boats running east and west.
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