376 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF 



Township 29. acres. 



All of the unallotted part of Township 29, in Johnsburg, ex. 2,400 

 a. E'ly end of the Rutherford Tract, 80c. wide, E. & W. 

 1,200 a. N. pt. of all the Balfour Tract in Wan'en county, 

 176 1-5 a. b'd N. by the Sacandaga River, E. by line p'rl with 

 and 80 c. W. from E. hne of township, and S. by the S. line 

 of the Rutherford Tract, 116 a. known as the Benj. Harring- 

 ton farm, b'd E. by said 176 1-5 a. parcel, 64 a. being all of 

 1251^ a. on S. hne of the Rutherford Tract, 8oc. W. from E. 

 line or township, loc. 26 1. wide on E. and 10 c. 67 1. on W. 

 line not covered by said 176 1-5 a. and 116 a. parcels, . . 7,317.84 



S. E. cor. in Thurman, bd. N. by town line & W. by lot 20, . . 1,020.6 



Russell Tract. 



N. E. cor. in Johnsburg. 41 c. 25 1. wide N. and S. and 80 c. long 



E. cS: W., 330 



On E. line of Township, beg. 103 ch. 75 1. from N. E. cor. and 



being 25 c. wide N. & S. and 80 c. long E. & W., . . 200 



Total acreage, ........ 17.354.52 



The deed is dated February 12, 1896; the consideration named is $26,031.32. 



Tl)e Webb Parchase. 



In 1886, the State of New York erected a dam on the Beaver River at Stillwater, 

 in Herkimer county, for the purpose of impounding water and creating a large 

 reservoir in which to store the motive power necessary for the manufactories on the 

 Black River, into which the Beaver River empties. 



Prior to its erection the State had diverted the water of the Black River at 

 Forestport by the erection of a dam that turned the entire stream, from above that 

 point, into the feeder of the Erie Canal, thus transferring it into a watershed other 

 than its natural one. The manufacturers at Watertown and other points on the 

 Black River demanded that the State should provide for this loss of water by con- 

 structing some reservoir. The dam on the Beaver River was authorized by act 

 of Legislature and built accordingly. This dam is eighteen feet high, and the back 

 flow caused by it extends up the river for twenty miles, flooding a large area of 

 country. 



A claim for damages was made by Mary L. Fisher, of Lyons Falls, N. Y., who 

 owned 9,500 acres east of Stillwater, bordering on the Beaver River, and the Board 

 of Claims allowed $9,970. 



