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The increase in the amount Of tolls received at Oswe
CO. Syracuse, and Albany in isa4 compared with ls43
was very large per cent while the receipts at Roches
ter, Black Rock and West Troy but tnfe larger
than in ls43 The tolls collected at Buffalo in ls44
So less than in si3 The increase in the amount Of
tolls received at Buffalo in lS43, compared with lS42,
about thirty per cent but the opening of the
Wellsnd Canal, connecting Lake Ontario with Lake
Erie eased the trade Of Oswego and increased
the tolls at that point An attempt made during the
session of the Legislature last winter to obtain the pas
sage of act making discrimination in tolls
chandse entering the Canal at Oswego and at Buffalo
Report upon report made upon the subject which
suited in nothing The commerce of the Great Western
Lakes hereafter will terminate at the extremity
OF Lake Ontario. Oswego has heretofore been third
or fouth rate lake port and until very recently
merce has been confined to the lake which she is
situated The opening Of the Weand Canal has open
ed to her the navigation of all the Western Lakes
This has given her trade Impetus which her western
rivals striving to deprive her Of few years will
show that Oswego is favorably located carry on
the commerce of the lakes than any other port within
our limits