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city of 32,000,000,000 cubic feet, equivalent to 1150 

 acre feet. By a dam on the Genesee River at 

 Portageville, 18,000,000,000 cubic feet, equivalent 

 to nearly 700 acre feet may be stored. In one mile 

 a pressure head of 200 feet is available. Many of the 

 reservoir sites are in the State forest parks, and it is 

 now provided that 3 per cent of the area of such 

 state land may be utilized for reservoir purposes. 



The liydro-electric power that may be developed in 

 the State is estimated at a million and a half horse 

 power. Of this amount, a little over a half million 

 horse power is in use within the State, to which 

 should be added two hundred thousand horse power 

 developed on the international stream, the Niagara 

 River. It is interesting to note that the total water 

 liorse power now in use in the State is about the same 

 as it was in 1824. 



The development of water power comes under the 

 supervision of the Conservation Commission. Very 

 little has been done to make this power available to the 

 public and thereby conserve the supply of coal and 

 oil. That it ought to yield a considerable revenue 

 to the public treasurer is generally accepted. At 

 the same time the investment in existing power plants 

 should be reasonably protected perhaps by State ac- 

 quisition. The most extensive region for power de- 

 velopment is around the base of the Adirondack 

 Mountains on the several streams radiating out of 

 that center of high elevation and large rainfall. 



