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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  equivalent 
  area 
  of 
  farming 
  land 
  in 
  the 
  adjoining 
  township 
  of 
  

   Lockport 
  was 
  $17,692.88 
  ; 
  the 
  total 
  annual 
  net 
  profit 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  

   on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Lockport 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  period 
  from 
  

   1865 
  to 
  1896, 
  inclusive, 
  was 
  $494,169.16, 
  and 
  the 
  present 
  value 
  

   (amount) 
  is 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  $1,584,765.17. 
  1 
  

  

  Streams 
  floiving 
  into 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  river. 
  Proceeding 
  along 
  the 
  

   St 
  Lawrence 
  river 
  we 
  find 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  streams, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  

   Oswegatchie, 
  which 
  flows 
  into 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  at 
  Ogdensburg; 
  

   the 
  Grasse, 
  which 
  enters 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  near 
  the 
  north 
  line 
  of 
  

   the 
  State; 
  the 
  Raquette 
  and 
  St 
  Regis, 
  flowing 
  into 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  

   a 
  short 
  distance 
  below 
  the 
  Grasse, 
  and 
  finally 
  the 
  Chateaugay, 
  

   which 
  flows 
  from 
  this 
  State 
  into 
  the 
  Dominion 
  of 
  Canada 
  and 
  

   thence 
  into 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence. 
  These 
  streams 
  all 
  head) 
  in 
  and 
  

   about 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  plateau 
  and, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  fall 
  rapidly 
  from 
  

   their 
  sources 
  to 
  near 
  their 
  mouths, 
  affording 
  large 
  water 
  powers, 
  

   which 
  thus 
  far 
  have 
  been 
  chiefly 
  utilized 
  for 
  pulp 
  grinding, 
  paper 
  

   making, 
  and 
  sawing 
  lumber. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  lack 
  of 
  definite 
  information 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  

   streams 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  No 
  detailed 
  surveys 
  

   of 
  this 
  region 
  have 
  been 
  made. 
  Partial 
  reservoir 
  systems 
  have 
  

   been 
  constructed 
  on 
  the 
  Oswegatchie, 
  Grasse, 
  and 
  Raquette 
  rivers. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  the 
  economic 
  questions 
  involved 
  in 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  

   these 
  reservoirs 
  have 
  been 
  discussed 
  on 
  another 
  page. 
  

  

  Until 
  within 
  a 
  year 
  or 
  two, 
  no 
  measurements 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  of 
  

   any 
  of 
  the 
  streams 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  river 
  proper. 
  It 
  

   is 
  probable, 
  however, 
  that 
  several 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  the 
  best 
  water- 
  

   yielding 
  streams 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  because 
  they 
  flow 
  from 
  the 
  great 
  

   northern 
  forest, 
  and 
  because 
  their 
  headwaters 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  extensive^ 
  

   lake 
  region 
  which 
  lies 
  immediately 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  Adirondack 
  

   mountains, 
  and 
  which 
  extends 
  westward 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   main 
  range 
  to 
  the 
  borders 
  of 
  the 
  forest, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  nearly 
  

   50 
  miles. 
  This 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  plateau 
  is 
  compara- 
  

   tively 
  level. 
  As 
  regards 
  geographic 
  distribution, 
  these 
  lakes 
  are 
  

   most 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  parts 
  of 
  Herkimer 
  and 
  Hamilton 
  

  

  1 
  Abstract 
  from 
  Keport 
  to 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Engineers 
  on 
  Deep 
  Waterways. 
  

  

  