building of, 104–110; divisions of, 105; engineers constructing, examine Middlesex Canal, 105; original size of, 106; original estimate of cost of, 106–110; explorations of route of, 106–110; map and profile of (1834), 107; bill authorizing, nearly killed in Council of Revision, 110; vote of Chancellor Kent saves Bill for, 110–112; early stages of work on, 112–116; ridiculed, 113; accuracy of early surveys on, 114–115; celebration of beginning of, 116–119; view of, at Rome, 117; laborers eager to work on, 119; nature of early contracts for building of, 120; tools and machines used in building of, 121–127; dates of completed portions of, 128–136; illness of laborers on, 129; Western Inland Lock Navigation purchased by, 130–131; view of, at Little Falls, 133; first tolls received from, 135–137; inaugural celebration of, 137–151; Buffalo inaugural celebration of, 138–140; Buffalo committee in celebration of opening of, 139; prominent boats in inauguration of, 140; Clinton's triumphal tour through, 140–144; discontent occasioned at Rome, New York, by route of, 143; displeasure occasioned by route of, at Little Falls, New York, 144; discontent at Schenectady occasioned by, 144–145;
