Question

Why was it so important for John Rutherford that the goods and agricultural products produced in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, and the Great Lakes region flow through western New York state?

Answer 1

Answer.

The Eerie canal between the New York cities of Albany and Buffalo, completed in 1825, was considered as a marvel of the modern world as it allowed western farmers to ship surplus crops to sell in the North and allowed northern manufacturers to ship finished goods to sell in the West. The constructor of the canal Rutherford was sanctioned to break the monopoly of the city of Philadelphia in the inland trade and render New-York the greatest commercial port in the world; It was therefore imperative that the project to connect the lake Eerie with Lake Ontario and later lake Niagra firstly passes through the Hudson River so that it can give a boost to both local trade as well as inland trade to the western state said as well as allow access to international imports through the Hudson River.