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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Report 
  to 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Engineers 
  on 
  Deep 
  Waterways 
  a 
  

   detailed 
  statement 
  is 
  given 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  power 
  and 
  business 
  at 
  

   each 
  mill, 
  but 
  these 
  statements 
  are 
  too 
  much 
  in 
  detail 
  to 
  reproduce 
  

   here. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  bring 
  these 
  statistics 
  down 
  to 
  date 
  the 
  Water 
  

   Storage 
  Commission 
  in 
  1902 
  sent 
  to 
  each 
  mill 
  owner 
  a 
  printed 
  

   copy 
  of 
  the 
  statements 
  as 
  to 
  power, 
  valuation 
  of 
  plant 
  and 
  of 
  

   product, 
  number 
  of 
  men 
  employed, 
  etc. 
  with 
  the 
  request 
  that 
  the 
  

   statement 
  should 
  be 
  corrected 
  if 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  conditions 
  had 
  been 
  

   changed. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  it 
  was 
  learned 
  that 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  shops 
  had 
  

   been 
  discontinued, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  new 
  powers 
  had 
  been 
  built 
  and 
  

   a 
  number 
  had 
  increased 
  their 
  capacity 
  and 
  business. 
  The 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  is 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  results, 
  as 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

   Water 
  Storage 
  Commission.. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  mills 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  

   Moose 
  and 
  Deer 
  rivers 
  are 
  also 
  added, 
  which 
  were 
  not 
  included 
  

   in 
  the 
  Report 
  to 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Engineers 
  on 
  Deep 
  Waterways 
  : 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  dams 
  furnishing 
  water 
  power. 
  . 
  . 
  44 
  

  

  Total 
  horsepower 
  of 
  water 
  wheels 
  in 
  use. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  71,133 
  

  

  Total 
  steaan 
  power 
  used 
  6,037 
  

  

  Value 
  of 
  establishments 
  112,302,100 
  

  

  Value 
  of 
  annual 
  product 
  15,101,440 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  hands 
  employed 
  5,349 
  

  

  The 
  permanency 
  of 
  Black 
  river 
  runoff. 
  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  vast 
  

   commercial 
  interests 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  power 
  of 
  Black 
  river, 
  the 
  ques- 
  

   tion 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  permanency 
  of 
  Black 
  river 
  runoff 
  becomes 
  of 
  

   considerable 
  importance. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  shown 
  on 
  a 
  preceding 
  page 
  

   that 
  reasoning 
  from 
  precipitation 
  data, 
  purely, 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  possible 
  

   there 
  may 
  occur 
  a 
  year 
  when 
  the 
  runoff 
  will 
  be 
  less 
  than 
  any 
  thus 
  

   far 
  observed. 
  

  

  As 
  regards 
  maintaining 
  the 
  observed 
  runoffs 
  of 
  Black 
  river, 
  the 
  

   conditions 
  are, 
  on 
  the 
  whole, 
  reassuring. 
  For 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  

   the 
  writer 
  has 
  been 
  gathering 
  data 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  forests 
  in 
  

   conserving 
  stream 
  flow, 
  with 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  satisfying 
  himself 
  that 
  

   it 
  may 
  be 
  tentatively 
  stated 
  that 
  forests 
  do 
  conserve 
  and 
  increase 
  

   the 
  runoff 
  of 
  issuing 
  streams 
  somewhat. 
  The 
  reasons 
  for 
  this 
  

   conclusion 
  are 
  stated 
  at 
  length 
  on 
  another 
  page 
  and 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  

   gone 
  into 
  here. 
  

  

  