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  Skaneateles 
  outlet. 
  Skaneateles 
  outlet, 
  which 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  

   power 
  streams 
  of 
  the 
  region, 
  has 
  a 
  fall 
  of 
  about 
  500 
  feet 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  

   miles. 
  According 
  to 
  a 
  statement 
  made 
  by 
  W. 
  R. 
  Hill, 
  formerly 
  

   Ohief 
  Engineer 
  of 
  the 
  Syracuse 
  Waterworks, 
  there 
  is 
  about 
  3000 
  

   horsepower 
  on 
  this 
  stream. 
  However, 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  the 
  city's 
  

   taking 
  Skaneateles 
  lake 
  as 
  a 
  water 
  supply 
  for 
  Syracuse, 
  the 
  water 
  

   rights 
  on 
  this 
  stream 
  have 
  either 
  been 
  purchased 
  or 
  condemned 
  

   "by 
  that 
  city. 
  Some 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  still 
  in 
  use 
  in 
  1904, 
  but 
  definite 
  

   statements 
  are 
  not 
  at 
  hand 
  as 
  to 
  whether 
  they 
  all 
  are. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  streams 
  of 
  the 
  Oswego 
  catchment 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  utilized 
  for 
  a 
  water 
  supply 
  to 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  : 
  Owasco, 
  Spring, 
  

   Putnam, 
  Skaneateles 
  Carpenter, 
  Nine 
  Mile, 
  Butternut, 
  Lime- 
  

   stone, 
  Chittenango, 
  Cowaselon 
  and 
  Oneida 
  creeks. 
  The 
  total 
  

   catchment 
  area 
  above 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  diversion 
  amounts 
  to 
  about 
  

   750 
  square 
  miles. 
  On 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  Limestone 
  creek 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  diversion 
  from 
  De 
  Ruyter 
  reservoir, 
  artificially 
  supplied 
  from 
  

   the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  Tioughnioga 
  creek, 
  which 
  naturally 
  drains 
  to 
  

   the 
  Susquehanna 
  river. 
  

  

  Salmon 
  river 
  west. 
  The 
  next 
  stream 
  of 
  any 
  importance 
  tribu- 
  

   tary 
  to 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  is 
  Salmon 
  river 
  west, 
  which 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  

   highlands 
  of 
  Lewis 
  county 
  and 
  flows 
  first 
  southerly, 
  then 
  westerly, 
  

   into 
  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  Its 
  headwaters 
  are 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  over 
  

   1600 
  feet 
  above 
  tide. 
  

  

  In 
  1889 
  this 
  stream 
  was 
  extensively 
  considered 
  as 
  the 
  source 
  

   of 
  a 
  public 
  water 
  supply 
  for 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Syracuse. 
  The 
  Salmon 
  

   river 
  catchment, 
  above 
  the 
  proposed 
  point 
  of 
  diversion, 
  comprises 
  

   70 
  square 
  miles 
  of 
  forest 
  land 
  from 
  1000 
  to 
  1600 
  feet 
  above 
  tide- 
  

   water, 
  and 
  distant 
  northeast 
  from 
  Syracuse 
  about 
  40 
  miles. 
  The 
  

   orooks 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  stream 
  head 
  in 
  springs 
  and 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  flow 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  few 
  miles 
  through 
  swamps. 
  Above 
  Red- 
  

   field 
  the 
  fall 
  is 
  rapid 
  along 
  the 
  main 
  stream, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  stated 
  

   to 
  be 
  very 
  little 
  vegetation 
  along 
  the 
  shores, 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  sand- 
  

   stone 
  and 
  gravel. 
  The 
  water 
  is 
  clear 
  but 
  of 
  a 
  brownish 
  tint. 
  It 
  

   is 
  estimated 
  that 
  from 
  80 
  to 
  85 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  catchment 
  is 
  

   wooded. 
  

  

  