﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  location 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  power 
  at 
  that 
  point 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  governing 
  

   condition. 
  

  

  Cohoes 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  selected 
  as 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  a 
  city 
  aside 
  from 
  

   the 
  location 
  of 
  extensive 
  water 
  power 
  there. 
  

  

  Glens 
  Falls 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  a 
  good 
  site, 
  and 
  small 
  towns 
  

   like 
  the 
  neighboring 
  villages 
  of 
  Fort 
  Edward 
  and 
  Sandy 
  Hill 
  

   would 
  probably 
  in 
  any 
  event 
  have 
  grown 
  up 
  at 
  this 
  point. 
  

  

  Economic 
  statistics 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Watertown. 
  Generally, 
  we 
  may 
  

   say 
  that 
  had 
  it 
  not 
  been 
  for 
  the 
  water 
  power, 
  these 
  seven 
  chief 
  

   manufacturing 
  towns 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  would 
  either 
  never 
  have 
  come 
  

   into 
  existence, 
  or 
  at 
  any 
  rate 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  developed 
  to 
  any 
  

   such 
  extent 
  as 
  we 
  now 
  find 
  them. 
  In 
  taking 
  this 
  view, 
  however, 
  

   it 
  is 
  not 
  overlooked 
  that 
  with 
  the 
  towns 
  once 
  started 
  other 
  causes 
  

   have 
  contributed, 
  in 
  some 
  cases, 
  very 
  materially 
  to 
  their 
  advance- 
  

   ment. 
  What 
  may 
  be 
  fairly 
  assumed 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  water 
  power 
  was 
  

   not 
  only 
  the 
  determining 
  cause 
  for 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  all 
  these 
  towns, 
  

   but 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  grown 
  much 
  larger 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  possessing 
  

   the 
  water 
  power 
  than 
  they 
  would 
  otherwise 
  have 
  grown. 
  It 
  is 
  

   also 
  assumed 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  locations 
  are 
  so 
  unsatisfactory 
  

   as 
  to 
  have 
  prevented 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  any 
  town 
  except 
  there 
  were 
  

   some 
  strong, 
  predetermining 
  cause 
  like 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  water 
  

   power. 
  It 
  appears 
  proper, 
  therefore, 
  to 
  examine, 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  

   connection, 
  the 
  economic 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  powers 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  

   river 
  valley 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  