﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  Some 
  of 
  the 
  elevations 
  on 
  Schroon 
  river 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Feet 
  

  

  At 
  month 
  610 
  

  

  Schroon 
  lake 
  , 
  807 
  

  

  Paradox 
  lake 
  820 
  

  

  Schroon 
  Falls 
  840 
  

  

  Elk 
  lake 
  1,986 
  

  

  Water 
  power 
  of 
  Schroon 
  river. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  developed 
  water 
  

   power 
  on 
  Schroon 
  river 
  except 
  at 
  Warrensburg. 
  The 
  Schroon 
  

   River 
  Pulp 
  & 
  Paper 
  Company 
  at 
  that 
  place 
  use 
  something 
  over 
  

   1000 
  horsepower, 
  while 
  at 
  several 
  other 
  dams 
  there 
  is 
  450 
  to 
  500 
  

   horsepower 
  in 
  use, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  in 
  use 
  at 
  Warrensburg 
  of 
  about 
  

   1 
  500 
  horsepower. 
  The 
  detail 
  of 
  this 
  power 
  may 
  be 
  obtained 
  from 
  

   the 
  writer's 
  first 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Upper 
  Hudson 
  Storage 
  Surveys, 
  in 
  

   a 
  table 
  facing 
  p. 
  150. 
  1 
  

  

  Boreas 
  river. 
  This 
  stream 
  rises 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  high 
  Adirondack 
  mountains, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  over 
  2000 
  

   feet 
  above 
  tidewater. 
  It 
  flows 
  through 
  Boreas 
  pond, 
  in 
  a 
  south- 
  

   erly 
  direction, 
  entering 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  five 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  North 
  

   River 
  village. 
  The 
  country 
  through 
  which 
  Boreas 
  river 
  flows 
  is 
  

   mountainous 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  power 
  developments. 
  There 
  is, 
  

   however, 
  a 
  fine 
  opportunity 
  to 
  make 
  storage 
  at 
  Cheney 
  pond, 
  

   Boreas 
  pond, 
  etc. 
  and 
  undoubtedly 
  this 
  stream 
  will 
  be 
  ultimately 
  

   utilized 
  for 
  water 
  storage 
  as 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  system 
  of 
  

   storage 
  reservoirs. 
  

  

  Indian 
  river. 
  The 
  Indian 
  river 
  issues 
  from 
  a 
  precipitous, 
  for- 
  

   ested 
  mountain 
  area 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  Hamilton 
  county. 
  It 
  

   rises 
  in 
  Indian 
  lake 
  and 
  flows 
  in 
  a 
  northeasterly 
  direction 
  into 
  the 
  

   Hudson 
  river. 
  In 
  1898 
  the 
  writer 
  constructed 
  1 
  for 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   River 
  Company 
  a 
  masonry 
  storage 
  dam 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  Indian 
  lake, 
  

   replacing 
  the 
  lumberman's 
  dam 
  which 
  was 
  formerly 
  at 
  this 
  loca- 
  

   tion, 
  and 
  raising 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  artificial 
  lake 
  twenty-three 
  feet, 
  

   or 
  about 
  thirty-four 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  original 
  water 
  level. 
  The 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  reservoir 
  is 
  about 
  twelve 
  miles 
  and 
  it 
  stores 
  

  

  'In 
  An. 
  Rept. 
  of 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  for 
  1895. 
  

  

  