Greene, Gen. Francis V., engineer,
107; member of Roosevelt commis-
sion, 245; at dinner to Gov. Roose-
velt, 251; address made, 253; din-
ner for, given by Merchants' Ex-
change of Buffalo, 340-343; address
at dinner, quoted, 342-343; speaks
at Canal Association banquet, New
York, 372.
Griffin, F. B., of Clinton, 354; ad-
dress at Canal Improvement Asso-
ciation banquet, quoted, 355.
"Griffon," ship, 427.
Grout, Edward M., of Brooklyn, 425.
Guenther, Henry H., canal advocate,
216.
Guthrie, S. S., of Buffalo, 204.
Haack, R., engineer, 116.
Haines, Alfred, advocate of canal im-
provement, 261, 391; delegate to
Buffalo convention, 1901, 272;
Albany conference, 1903, 282; chair-
man of meeting of Canal Committee
of Buffalo Merchants' Exchange,
292; leader in barge canal
paign, 345; death, 396.
Hait, Charles E., member of pro-canal
committee of Binghamton, 385.
Hall, A. M., of Oswego, delegate to
Buffalo convention, 1901, 272.
Hall, Gordon W., of Lockport, speaks
at Buffalo convention, 1901, 271;
member of canal committee of Buf-
falo Merchants' Exchange, 292.
Hall, Ralph A., of Chautauqua co.,
383.
Halloway, A. I., 292.
Hamilton, Alexander, political max-
ims, 3, 465.
Hamilton co., N. Y., votes against
referendum measure, 393-
Hammond, Fred W., amendment to
barge canal bill, 337.
Hanks, Byron M., engineer, 395.
Hanley, E. K., member of pro-canal
committee of Binghamton, 385.
Hanse, Hendrick, report concerning
forts, 30; reply to charges of the
French, 31.
Harbor Ássociation, Buffalo, 109.
Harbors, systems in Great Britain,
106-107.
Hardenburgh, Maj. Abraham,
veyor, 49; lays out canal between
Mohawk and Wood creek, 77.
Harding, Jackson, of Chateaugay,
barge canal advocate, 385.
Harrison, Jonas, member of Harbor
Association, 106, 109.
Harrower, W. C., 341.
Hartland, N. Y., citizens petition for
canal, 85.
Hatch, C. W., at Lockport canal meet-
ing, 379.
Hatch, Hyatt C., 251.
Hatch, Israel T., quoted, 168; speech
at Detroit, cited, 201-202; report on
commerce with Canada, cited, 202;
vice-president of canal convention,
204; offers amendment to barge ca-
nal survey bill, 256.
Hathaway, Judge Joshua, president of
Rome, 98.
Haupt, address at Rochester anti-
canal convention, quoted, 357.
Hawkins, John A., of Greater New
York, 317; votes for barge canal
bill, 336; at dinner of Buffalo Mer-
chants Exchange, 343.
Hawkins, William M., canal advocate,
216.
Hawley, Jesse, conversation with Mr.
Geddes, 64; letters of "Hercules"
advocating Erie canal, cited, 71; has
been credited with first suggestion
of Erie canal, 74, 439; mentioned,
78.
Hawley, Merwin S., paper on canals,
cited, 74:
"Hawley System," 307-308.
Hayes, Isaac I., of New York, address
in Assembly, cited, 188-189.
Hayes, J. D., of Buffalo, opposes Nia-
gara ship canal, 202.
Hazard, George S., president of Buf-
falo Board of Trade, 200; vice-
president of canal convention, 204;
quoted, 458.
Heacock, Seth G., 406.
Heath, John S., canal advocate, 392.
Hebert, Henry B., speaks at Com-
merce convention, 247; present at
dinner to Gov. Roosevelt, 251; dele-
gate to barge canal hearings, 254,
255; member of canal committee,
Syracuse convention, 263; delegate
to Buffalo convention, 1901, 272;
chairman of Canal Enlargement As-
sociation, 282, 387; at hearing on
Davis-Bostwick bill, 299; member of
state committee for canal improve-
ment, 348, 351; chairman of canal
enlargement committee of New York
Produce Exchange, 367; presides at
Canal Association banquet, 1903,
address, quoted, 369-372; canal pa
pers, cited, 389 note.
Heckman, G. A., 254.
Hefford, Robert R., letter to, from
the State Engineer, quoted, 229,
230-231; member of Committee on
Canals and Harbors, 293; leader in
barge canal campaign, 345; member
of Canal Improvement state commit-
tee, 348, 351; identified with canal
affairs, 391.
Heingartner, consul at Riga, 1907,
Hell Gate, 180.
Helmer, Charles M., 292.
Hemlock lake, 23.
Hennepin canal, 435, 461.
"Hendrick Hudson,
Henry, John F., 209.
Hepburn, A. B., chairman of commit-
tee to investigate railroads, 191; at
dinner given to Gov. Roosevelt,
251; at meeting of New York
Chamber of Commerce, 292.
Herbrum, Schutzenwehr, 414.
"Hercules," pseud. See Hawley, Jesse.
Herkimer, N. Y., 295, 402.
Hewett, L. M., 292.
Hewitt, Abram S., opposes federal ca-
nal plan, 298.
Hickman, Arthur W., speech for abo-
lition of tolls, quoted, 194-195; mem-
ber of executive committee of Canal
Union, 209; delegate to convention,
212; canal advocate, 216; secretary
of Canal Union, 217; addresses
meeting of Buffalo Merchants' Ex-
change, 292.
Higgins, A. Foster, member of Canal
Commission, 241.
Higgins, Frank W., 237.
High Falls, 162.
Hill, Charles B., 253.
Hill, David B., hearing on canal bill,
1886, 208.
Hill, Henry W., "Historical Review
of Waterways and Canal Construc-
tion in New York," 1-430; proposes
constitutional amendment, 227; in-
troduces seven million dollar refer-
endum measure in Assembly, 231;
addresses Merchants' Association,
238; speaks at State Commerce con-
vention, 247; chairman of Assem-
bly Canal committee, introduces
barge canal survey bill, 251, 256;
member of canal committee of Syra-
cuse convention, 263; work for the
canal, 265; delegate to Buffalo con-
vention, 1901, 272; proposes con-
stitutional amendments, 275-276,
283; reply to editorial of John I.
Platt, quoted, 291-292; attitude on
canal questions, quotation from Buf
falo Evening News, 318; speech in
reply to Senator Lewis, quoted, 322-
327; reply to Senator Malby's pro-
posed amendment, 333; votes for
barge canal bill, 336; credit from
press for work for bill, 337; pres-
ent at signing of bill by Gov. Odell,
339; at dinner of Buffalo Mer-
chants' Exchange, 341, 343; ad-
dresses Buffalo meeting, 346; Lily
Dale meeting, 359; Buffalo His-
torical Society, 366; joint debate
with J. I. Platt at Troy, 366-367;
speaks at Dunkirk, 375; at Masten
Park High School, 378; at Wayne
co. fair, 379; at Lockport, 380; at
Binghamton, 385; member of Con-
stitutional convention, 1894, 392;
bill to amend bonding feature of
referendum measure, 402; address
at banquet of Ithaca Business Men's
Association, quoted, 403; introduces
bill providing for rebate in fran-
chise tax of certain companies, 405;
member of Senate committee to
which canal bills are referred, 406;
chairman of committee to formulate
plans for N. Y. State Waterways
Association, speaks at conference,
423; first vice-president of associa
tion, 424; member of executive
committee, 425; address "On the
Canal Amendments," 433-467; itin-
erary during barge canal campaign,
468; "Speech on the Canal Im
provement Referendum measure,"
469-512.
Hillsborough, Earl of, report to, from
Gov. Moore, quoted, 38-39.
Hinckley, N. Y., reservoir, 401.
Hinds, J. A., 209.
Hinman, H. W., 384.
Hinson, Charles W., supports_ barge
canal bill, 338; at dinner of Buffalo
Merchants' Exchange, 341.
Historian of the Five Indian Nations.
See Colden, Cadwallader.
Hobart, Judge John Sloss, 53.
Hodenosaunee, 6.
Hofeller, Theo, 292.
Hoffman, John T., governor of New
York, message, 1871, quoted, 185-
186.
Hoffman, Michael, report at Constitu-
tional convention, 224, 225.
Hobegan Indians, 7.
Hoile, James T., Brooklyn, 425.
Holland Land Company, schedule of
sessions, 83; grant 100,632 acres in
Cattaraugus Co., 101, 105.
Holley, Byron, engineer, 394.
Holley, Myron, treasurer of canal
commissioners, 87, 439; attends
hearing on canal terminal, 110.
Honeoye lake, 23.
Hooker, Samuel P., 283.
Hooker, Justice Warren B., 383.
Hopewell, N. Y., trading post, 18.
Hoyt, J. T. N., engineer, 259.
Hoyt, Peter H., 383.
Hudson, Hendrick, 443, 475.
Hudson, N. Y., 295.
Hudson & Mohawk Lock Navigation
Company, incorporated, 131.
Hudson river, navigable, 39-40; bill
for imp.oving Hudson river, 1791,
48; tonnage, 84; dam above Fort
Miller falls, 133; steamboat naviga.
tion, 177; ship canal to Lake On-
tario proposed, 234-235; canalizing
suggested, 258; route of ship canal
surveyed by U. S. engineers, 295;
conservation of water power, 408;
proposed improvement of upper
Hudson, 426; mentioned, 456; fed-
eral government's jurisdiction over,
Hughes, Charles E., member of com-
mittee of fifty of N. Y. Board of
Trade and Transportation, 364; as
governor, approves franchise tax re-
bate bill, 406.
Hulbert, Archer Butler, "Portage
paths," cited, 24, 37 note.
Hull, John, Jr., member of pro-canal
committee of Binghamton, 385.
Humphrey, Charles, Speaker of the
Assembly, 234.
Humphrey, Correl, secretary of Buf
falo convention, 1901, 272.
Humphrey, Richard, delegate to Buf-
falo convention, 1901, 272.
Hunt, Washington, governor of New
York, 181; message, 1851, quoted,
182.
Hunter, A. W., vice-president of canal
convention, 221.
Huntington, George, report to Secre
tary Gallatin, cited, 69.
Hurd, Harvey J., speech in Assembly,
cited, 188; canal advocate, 216.
Husted, James W., speech in Assem-
bly, quoted, 187; member of com-
mittee to investigate railroads, 191.
Hutchinson, Holmes, plans for doub
ling the locks, 151; survey for en
larging Erie canal, 153, 154; report
on Glens Falls feeder, 156; engi.
neer, 394.
Hutchinson, W., Herbert, speaks at
banquet of Ithaca Business Men's
Association, 402.
Hyde, George H., opposes Davis-Bost-
wick canal bill, 289.
Iagara. See Niagara.
Illinois & Mississippi canal, 399.
Indian trade routes, 10-11.
International Towing & Power Com-
Fany, proposition for electric equip
ment of canals, 307.
Iroquois Indians, Lake Champlain for-
merly named after, 7; commanding
position in Mohawk valley, 354-
Irving, John L., member of pro-canal
committee of Binghamton, 385.
Italy, canals, 315, 434-
Ithaca, N. Y., to be benefited by canal
from Cayuga lake to barge canal,
403.
Ithaca Business Men's Association,
banquet, 402-403.
Ithaca Daily News, canal advocate,
390.
Ithaca Journal, opposes barge canal,
Jamestown, N. Y., 310, 358, 359; ca-
nal meeting, 1903, 362-363;
tories, 481.
Jarvie, James S., 304.
Jarvis, John B., engineer, 394-
Jefferson, Thomas, message to Con-
gress, 1806, recommending improve.
ment of canals and rivers, 66-67;
denied power of Congress to grant
federal aid for canals, 457.
Jefferson co., N. Y., vote on barge ca-
nal question, 360.
Jenks, Frank, of Chautauqua co., 383.
Jenne, Daniel C., engineer, 394.
Jerome, Walter W., engineer, 394.
Jerome, William, engineer of Cham-
plain canal, 133.
Jerondaguat. See Irondequoit.
Jervis, John B., engineer, surveys for
enlargement of Erie canal, 153, 154.
Jesup, Morris K., member of New
York Chamber of Commerce, 292,
298.
Jogues, Isaac, Jesuit missionary, dis-
covered Lake George, 177.
Johnson, A. B., of Utica, communica-
tion in favor of a ship canal, quoted,
234.
Johnson, Crisfield, "Centennial his-
tory of Erie county," quoted, 109.
Johnson, Ebenezer, member of Har-
bor Association, Buffalo, 106, 109.
Johnson, Edwin F., survey for ship
canal, 234.
Johnson, Major J. Emil, 383.
Johnson, Sir William, 45.
Joncaire, Louis Thomas de, sieur de
Chabert, journeys to Niagara, 19.
Jones, Bert L., of Buffalo, 422.
Jones, G. Wilson, of New York State
Retail Lumber Dealers' Association,
299.
Jones, Orsino E., of Chautauqua co.,
383.
Jones, William B., of Albany, 422;
on committee to formulate plans for
N. Y. State Waterways Association,
speaks at conference, 423; member
of executive committee of associa-
tion, 425;
Journal of Commerce (N. Y.), atti-
tude on barge canal question, 350.
Judson, William Pierson, report fa-
voring Ontario route, quoted, 295-
Juilliard, Augustus D., 304.
Junction canal, 171-172.
Juniata river, 24.
Junius, N. Y., citizens petition for ca-
nal, 85.
Kahioghage (Salmon river), French
fort proposed, 30.
Kaley, John R., engineer, 394.
Kanadasaga. See Geneva.
Kanadasaga lake. See Seneca lake.
Kanadarque (now Canandaigua), 27.
Kaneenda (port of Onondaga), French
fort proposed, 30.
Keating, William, barge canal advo-
cate, 390.
Keefer, Thomas C., of Ottawa, quoted,
286.
Keenan, Luke A., votes for barge ca-
nal bill, 336.
Keep, Charles Hallam, secretary of
Buffalo Board of Trade, 391, 392.
Keeper, Thomas C., 206.
Kellas, John P., of Malone, barge ca-
nal advocate, 385.
Kelley, Hugh, member of N. Y. State
Commerce commission, 240.
Kellogg, Spencer, 392.
Kelsey, Otto, state comptroller, issues
bonds for barge canal, 396-397.
Kennedy, Hugh, 341.
Kenny, Hugh, of New York, 319.
Kent, James, chancellor, quoted, 126,
Kernan, John D., president state com-
merce convention, 246; speaks in
favor of canal improvement, 246,
247; approves barge canal bill, 250;
at dinner given to Gov. Roosevelt,
251; makes address, 253; president
of Buffalo Commerce convention,
272; address at Troy, cited, 359-
360; address at Utica, quoted, 360-
362; speaks at Binghamton, 385;
chairman of New York delegation
at National River and Harbor Con-
gress, 422; speaks at conference to
organize State Waterways Associa-
tion, 423; vice-president of asso-
ciation, 425.
Kessinger, A. R., of Rome, 354.
"Kettel" creek ("Sold Year" river),
Keyes, Thaddeus, journey to Canan-
daigua, 27.
Kieft, William, negotiates treaty with
Maquas, 16.
Kiel canal, 297, 325.
Kimball, Bruce' J., engineer, 394.
Kimball, Maurice S., engineer, 394.
King, E. F., 372.
King, William F., president of the
Merchants' Association, 238; advo-
cates Davis-Bostwick bill, 284, 290;
at meeting of New York Chamber
of Commerce, 292; canal advocate,
339.
Kingman, Major Dan C., member of
Board of Advisory Engineers, 259.
Kings co., N. Y., votes in favor of
referendum measure, 393; taxes,
Kingsbury, E. H., mayor of Little
Falls. 354:
Kingsley, Charles F., 341.
Kingston, Canada, 286.
Kinkel, Albert, of New York, dele-
gate to Buffalo convention, 1901,
Lachine canal, 145.
Lackawanna Steel Plant, 484.
La Famine. See Otihataugue.
Laimbeer, R. H., 220.
Laing, Philip A., address at Dunkirk
canal meeting, quoted, 375.
Lake Superior Power Company, 399.
Lambert, Justice John S., 383.
Lamont, G. D., 184.
Lamy, Charles, 216.
Landreth, William B., engineer, 259;
deputy in charge of barge canal con-
struction, 395.
Languedoc canal, 70, 435.
Laning, Albert P., canal advocate, 216.
Lansing Kill, 162.
La Salle, Robert Cavelier de, launches
the "Griffon," 427; mentioned, 443.
La Salle, N. Y., 294, 427.
Laughlin, John, speech for canal im-
provement, quoted, 215; canal ad-
vocate, 216; delegate to Syracuse
convention, 261; member of canal
committee, 263; motion for appoint-
ment of committees, 266; member
of canal committee of Buffalo Mer.
chants' Exchange, 292; at hearing
on Davis-Bostwick bill, 299; at din-
ner of Buffalo Merchants' Exchange,
341; leader in barge canal cam-
paign, 345.
Lautz, Frederick C. M., delegate to
Syracuse convention, 261; to Buf
falo convention, 272.
Lawrence, O. S., of Malone, barge ca-
nal advocate, 385
Lawrence, Sidney, 167.
Leach, Charles B., of Chautauqua co.,
383.
Le Couteulx, Louis, 111.
Lee, D. C., editor of Ithaca Daily
News, 390.
"Le Grand S. De Graff," lake freight-
er, 113.
Lenox, N. Y., citizens petition for ca-
nal, 85.
Le Roy, N. Y., 146, 164.
Letchworth, Ogden P., address of wel-
come, State Commerce convention,
1901, 271; delegate, 272; speaks
at canal dinner of Buffalo Chamber
of Commerce, 396.
Letchworth, William P., 165.
Letchworth Park, 165.
Lettsom, Dr. John Coakley, 38 note.
Leutz, Trevor C., assistant consulting
engineer, 259.
Lewis, J. L., of Yates, 184.
Lewis, Loran L., canal advocate, 216.
Lewis, Merton E., introduces bill ask-
ing federal government to construct
canal, 291, 303, 304; bill defeated,
306; motion for recommitment of
barge canal bill to committee, 318;
speech in opposition to bill, quoted,
319-322; Senator Hill's reply, quoted,
322-327; speeches, cited, 374; speech
before Rochester Chamber of Com-
merce, quoted, 374.
Lewis, Gen. Morgan, letter relating
conversation with Gouverneur Mor-
ris, quoted, 63-64.
Lewis, Thomas D., of Fulton, 254:
chairman of Assembly Committee on
Canals, 268; delegate to Buffalo
convention, 1901, 272; reports sub-
stitute for Weekes canal bill, 275;
advocates improvement of Oswego
canal, 277, 278.
Lewis, W. H., secretary of Rome Co-
operative Insurance Company, at
hearing on Davis-Bostwick bill, 299,
300.
"Lewis bill," introduced by Senator
Lewis, 291, 303, 304; defeated, 306;
reported from committee, 317-318;
speech by Senator Lewis in support
of bill, quoted, 319-322; speeches
in opposition, quoted: Senator Hill,
322-327; Senator Davis, 330; Sena-
tor Grady, 331-332.
Lewiston, N. Y., trading post, 28.
L'Hommedieu, Irving, 317; votes for
barge canal bill, 336.
Lily Dale, N. Y., canal meeting, 359,
468.
Lincoln, Abraham, memorial to, re-
garding canals, 198.
Lincoln, Judge Chas. Z., "Constitu-
tional history of New York," quoted,
155, 250.
Little Buffalo creek, 107; canal to
terminate near mouth of, 108.
Little Carrying Place. See Little
Falls.
Little Falls, N. Y., portage, 7, 24, 28,
39, 76; trading post, 18; canal sug
gested by Gov. Moore, 37-39; by
Christopher Colles, 42; by Elkanah
Watson, 45; locks, 60, 61, 143, 439;
aqueducts, 102 and note; railroads
permitted to
Occupy canal lands,
187; mentioned, 310, 401; home of
P. W. Casler, 356; barge canal lock,
Littlejohn, Dewitt C., of Oswego, 184,
209; addresses Canal Union con-
vention, 211; chairman of commit-
tee of Rochester convention, 212;
speaks at banquet, 222.
Livingston, Col. James, bill for re-
moving obstructions in Hudson and
Mohawk rivers, 47-49.
Livingston, Peter R., of Dutchess co.,
opposed to canal bill, 91.
Livingston, Peter Van Brugh, 173.
Livingston, Philip, 173.
Livingston, Robert, quoted, 18; report
to the Earl of Bellomont, quoted,
28-29, 30; reply to charges of the
French, 31.
Livingston, Robert R., canal commis-
sioner, 80, 81, 439.
Livingston family, 173.
Lockport, N. Y., locks planned by Na-
than S. Roberts, 143; frauds in
constructing locks, 167-168; repre-
sented at Canal Union convention,
1887, 212; press support barge ca-
nal bill, 310; canal meeting, July,
1903, 351, 468; meeting Oct., 1903,
379-380; engineering difficulties at,
411, 413; industries, 489-493.
Locks. See Canal locks.
Lockwood, Daniel N., 392.
Long House, 6-7.
Long Island, vote on barge canal bill
of senator from, 335.
Long Island Sound, commerce, 179-
180.
Loomis, James H., canal advocate, 216.
Lossing, Benson J. "Empire state,"
cited, 37 note; "Life and times of
Philip Schuyler," quoted, 40.
Lotteries, 97-98.
Louis XIV, favored inland water
transportation, 436.
Love, John A., of Chautauqua co.,
383.
Low, Emil, engineer, article in the
Rome Sentinel, quoted, 409.
Low, Seth, ex-mayor of New York,
298; canal advocate, 364, 365.
Lowe, James, 191.
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