﻿THE 
  HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  THE 
  SOURCE 
  OF 
  THE 
  GREATNESS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  Introductmy 
  statements. 
  It 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  give 
  in 
  this 
  report 
  

   some 
  general 
  statements 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  water 
  resources 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  to 
  be 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  discussion 
  in 
  detail 
  

   of 
  the 
  chief 
  contributing 
  causes 
  which 
  have 
  made 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  

   great. 
  As 
  we 
  proceed, 
  we 
  shall 
  see 
  not 
  only 
  in 
  what 
  manner 
  the 
  

   resources 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  have 
  been 
  developed, 
  but 
  also 
  how 
  restric- 
  

   tive 
  legislation 
  has 
  prevented 
  any 
  such 
  full 
  development 
  as 
  has 
  

   occurred 
  in 
  neighboring 
  states 
  where 
  such 
  restrictive 
  legislation 
  

   has 
  never 
  been 
  enacted. 
  A 
  comprehensive 
  commercial 
  policy 
  will 
  

   be 
  outlined, 
  which, 
  if 
  followed, 
  will 
  lead 
  to 
  a 
  relatively 
  far 
  greater 
  

   development 
  than 
  has 
  occurred 
  in 
  the 
  past. 
  

  

  The 
  preeminent 
  position 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  due 
  almost 
  entirely 
  to 
  

   her 
  great 
  natural 
  water 
  resources. 
  Reaching 
  from 
  the 
  ocean 
  on 
  

   the 
  east 
  to 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  on 
  the 
  west, 
  she 
  has 
  gathered 
  to 
  hex- 
  

   self 
  the 
  treasures 
  of 
  the 
  foreign 
  world 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  half 
  the 
  

   western 
  continent. 
  Her 
  inland 
  rivers, 
  with 
  their 
  great 
  water 
  

   powers, 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  and 
  will 
  continue 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  

   future 
  a 
  perpetual 
  source 
  of 
  wealth. 
  Taking 
  into 
  account 
  the 
  

   commercial 
  supremacy 
  guaranteed 
  by 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

   said 
  that 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  State's 
  progress 
  during 
  the 
  nineteenth 
  

   century 
  was 
  largely 
  a 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  her 
  water 
  

   resources. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  the 
  writer 
  in 
  this 
  report 
  to 
  relate 
  

   briefly 
  not 
  only 
  in 
  what 
  manner 
  these 
  resources 
  have 
  been 
  em- 
  

   ployed, 
  but 
  to 
  indicate 
  the 
  recent 
  lines 
  of 
  development 
  and 
  the 
  

   probable 
  future 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  if 
  her 
  water 
  is 
  utilized 
  to 
  the 
  fullest 
  

   degree. 
  It 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  describe 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  way 
  the 
  river 
  

   systems, 
  giving 
  brief 
  descriptions 
  of 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  

   utilizations 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  discussion 
  of 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  economic 
  problems 
  confronting 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  