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burg, in 1895, the dam at that place, over which the gagings are made, was practical!)- 

 water tight ; but witli.n the last two or three years there is considerable leakage. 

 Tlie later gagings are, therefore, somewliat less accurate than the earlier ones. The 

 writer visited Warrensburg in October, 1895. At that time the mill was not run- 

 ning, and, due to the fact that the dam at the foot of .Schroon Lake was closed 

 tightly, very little water was running in Schroon River. The water in the dam at 

 Warrensburg stood about four feet below the crest. The bed of .Schroon River 

 below said dam, was very nearly tlr}-, the flow )iot exceeding one to two cubic 

 feet per second. The writer has not seen this dam in several years, but reports 

 indicate that the leakage may now be anywhere from 30 to 50 cubic feet per sec- 

 ond. The dam at Fort Edward had very little leakage when the station at that 

 point was established in 1895. 



In i8g8, the writer undertook an investigation for the Board of Engineers on 

 Deep Waterways as to possibilities of water supply for the enlarged canals through 

 the State of New York. The scope of this investigation was exceedingly broad. 

 It showed that a water supply of from 1,200 to i,6oo cubic feet per second would 

 be required for the proposed canal. This water, it was also found, must be drawn 

 from some stream whose head waters lay high in the Adirondack plateau, which, so 

 far as precise information in regard to water resources, was practically an unknown 

 land. In order to gain information as to the water yielding possibilities of the 

 region, its flood flows, etc., the writer established the following gaging stations: 



SIZE OF CATCHMENT 

 NA.ME OF ST.ATION. IN SQUARE MILES. 



1. Seneca River at Baldwinsville, ------- 3,103.0 



2. Oswego River at Fulton, ....... 4,915.0 



3. Chittenango Creek at Bridgeport, ------ 306.9 



4. Oneida Creek at Kenwood, ------- 59 -o 



5. Wood Creek, near mouth, - - - - - - - 126.5 



6. Fish Creek, West Branch, at McCJonnellsville, - - - 186.7 



7. Fish Creek, East Branch, above Point Rock, - . . . 104 3 



8. Salmon River about one mile above Falls, - - - - 190.5 



9. Mohawk River at Ridge Mills, ------- I5--S 



10. Nine Mile Creek, i mile below Stittsville, - - - - 62.6 



11. Oriskany Creek, State Dam, Oriskany, i44-3 



12. Oriskany Creek at Colemans, 140.7 



13. Saquoit Creek at New York Mills, 51.5 



14. AVest Canada Creek at Middleville, 518.7 



15. Mohawk River at Little Falls, ------- 1,306.0 



16. East Canada Creek at Dolgeville, ----- -55-6 



17. Garoga Creek, three miles above nioutli, 80 8 



