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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  In 
  1899 
  the 
  writer 
  was 
  consulting 
  engineer 
  to 
  the 
  Canal 
  Com- 
  

   mittee, 
  and 
  added 
  very 
  greatly 
  to 
  his 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  hydrology 
  

   of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  In 
  1902 
  he 
  was 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Water 
  Storage 
  Commission 
  of 
  

   New 
  York 
  and 
  extensively 
  considered 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  storage 
  and 
  

   power 
  projects 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  Since 
  1900 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  general 
  practice 
  as 
  consulting 
  

   engineer, 
  and 
  during 
  this 
  time 
  has 
  been 
  employed 
  on 
  power 
  

   projects 
  in 
  this 
  and 
  other 
  States, 
  until 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  there 
  

   is 
  hardly 
  a 
  phase 
  of 
  power 
  development 
  or 
  water 
  storage 
  that 
  has 
  

   not 
  at 
  some 
  time 
  been 
  before 
  him 
  for 
  consideration. 
  

  

  During 
  all 
  this 
  time 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  gathering 
  information 
  in 
  

   regard 
  to 
  water 
  power 
  and 
  allied 
  subjects 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  There 
  is, 
  

   however, 
  still 
  much 
  to 
  be 
  learned, 
  as, 
  aside 
  from 
  the 
  studies 
  of 
  

   the 
  writer, 
  very 
  little 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  

   City 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  The 
  elevations 
  of 
  points 
  above 
  tidewater 
  have 
  been 
  compiled 
  

   from 
  all 
  available 
  sources 
  of 
  information, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  Dictionary 
  

   of 
  Altitudes 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  76 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  ; 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  Sur- 
  

   vey 
  and 
  railway 
  and 
  canal 
  profiles 
  ; 
  the 
  topographic 
  quadrangles 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  and 
  the 
  reports 
  on 
  the 
  

   water 
  power 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  Tenth 
  Census, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  

   report 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Engineers 
  on 
  Deep 
  Waterways. 
  Mr 
  Free- 
  

   man's 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  water 
  supply, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  

   report 
  of 
  the 
  Merchants' 
  Association, 
  has 
  been 
  drawn 
  upon 
  in 
  

   discussing 
  the 
  water 
  supply 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  city. 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  be 
  easily 
  inferred 
  that 
  this 
  report 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  even; 
  

   that 
  is, 
  the 
  information 
  is 
  more 
  completely 
  developed 
  on 
  some 
  

   streams 
  and 
  on 
  some 
  subjects 
  than 
  on 
  others. 
  On 
  the 
  Genesee, 
  

   Oswego, 
  Salmon, 
  Black 
  and 
  Hudson 
  rivers 
  and 
  their 
  tributaries, 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  Niagara 
  river, 
  the 
  information 
  is 
  tolerably 
  complete. 
  

   It 
  is 
  also 
  fairly 
  complete 
  on 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  streams, 
  al- 
  

   though 
  on 
  the 
  majority 
  there 
  is 
  still 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  work 
  to 
  be 
  

   done, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  streams 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  section 
  — 
  Allegheny, 
  Sus- 
  

   quehanna 
  and 
  Delaware 
  rivers, 
  with 
  their 
  tributaries 
  — 
  very 
  little 
  

  

  