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WATERWAYS FROM THE LAKES TO THE SEABOARD. 227 opening signal. From the Battery, New York, the distance to Troy is 160 miles, and a six feet draft is safe to either Albany or Troy, as well as through all the locks. Boats drawing less than three feet need no pilot up the Hudson river. The canal has seventy-two locks, and is 352 miles long. It can be entered at either Albany or Troy. The channel is seventy feet wide on the surface and 56 on the bottom. All locks are no feet long. Before entering the first lock a vessel must procure a pass—the canal is free and there is no toll to pay. Speed is regulated to 4 miles per hour, but permission to run 6 miles may be obtained from division superintendents. Yachts may strike spars and tow through the canal for $25 or $30. The total lockage amounts to 650 feet between Albany and Buffalo. Bridges are a half mile apart usually in open country, but very close in cities and towns. When approaching closed lock gates blow three whistles. The charts of the Hudson river printed by the government only show the channel as far as Hudson City. Beyond that they advise the services of a pilot, as the channel changes from season to season. Pilots may be obtained at Catskill lauding or at Hudson. The pilotage fee from Catskill or Hudson to Albany is $5, and return car fare for the pilot is 75 cents. From Catskill or Hudson to Troy the pilotage fee is $1 more. In case it is decided to feel the way without a pilot, great care should be used to avoid the shoal dykes, on either side in some places, and just below the water. The channel is very crooked, going from side to side, and no one should attempt to run ic at night.