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sible for the irrill owners to increase their plants about fifty per 

 cent (50%) and still run them at full capacity for the same 

 length of time that they do at present. The potential power pos- 

 sibilities at undeveloped sites would be similarly increased by the 

 construction of this reservoir. The increase to the power-produc- 

 ing capacity of the Hudson by such regulation would amount to 

 eighty-three thousand five hundred and sixty (83,500) h: p. Simi- 

 lar results would follow on the Genesee, Black, Raquette, Oswe- 

 gatchie and Saranac rivers, as appears from the following table : 



