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  YORK 
  STATE 
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  some 
  of 
  the 
  details 
  of 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  gathered 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  

   tabulation 
  : 
  

  

  Plan 
  of 
  power 
  development 
  on 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek 
  

  

  Cost 
  per 
  

   Head 
  Horse- 
  Estimated 
  horse- 
  

  

  Location 
  in 
  feet 
  power 
  cost 
  power 
  

  

  Twin 
  Bridges 
  43 
  1,172 
  f 
  108,427 
  $92 
  . 
  51 
  

  

  Green 
  street 
  26 
  1,023 
  73,667 
  72 
  . 
  01 
  

  

  Factory 
  29 
  1,141 
  30,910 
  27 
  . 
  10 
  

  

  Intermediate 
  22 
  865 
  46,090 
  53 
  . 
  28 
  

  

  High 
  falls 
  72 
  2,700 
  56,320 
  20 
  . 
  86 
  

  

  No. 
  1 
  (below 
  High 
  falls) 
  . 
  74 
  2,956 
  125,092 
  42.40 
  

  

  No. 
  2 
  (below 
  High 
  falls) 
  . 
  . 
  34 
  1,360 
  56,408 
  41 
  . 
  40 
  

  

  No. 
  1 
  ( 
  Ingham's 
  mill) 
  .... 
  44 
  1,778 
  135,410 
  76 
  . 
  16 
  

  

  No. 
  2 
  ( 
  Ingham's 
  mill) 
  .... 
  44 
  1,778 
  129,800 
  73 
  . 
  00 
  

  

  Beardslee 
  falls 
  105 
  5,112 
  128,326 
  25 
  . 
  10 
  

  

  Totals 
  and 
  mean.... 
  423 
  19,885 
  $890,450 
  $44.80 
  

  

  This 
  plan 
  of 
  power 
  development 
  further 
  includes 
  the 
  construc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  a 
  storage 
  of 
  1,250,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet, 
  which 
  is 
  estimated 
  to 
  

   cost 
  $148,000, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  development 
  of 
  

   $1,038,450. 
  With 
  these 
  figures 
  the 
  final 
  cost 
  per 
  net 
  horsepoAver 
  

   becomes 
  $52.22. 
  The 
  estimates 
  leading 
  to 
  this 
  result 
  include 
  cost 
  

   of 
  land 
  to 
  be 
  flooded, 
  masonry 
  of 
  dams 
  and 
  head 
  works, 
  turbine 
  

   water 
  wheels, 
  flumes 
  and 
  head 
  feeders, 
  tail 
  raceways, 
  waste 
  gates, 
  

   _ 
  power 
  stations, 
  racks, 
  engineering 
  and 
  supe'rintendienice, 
  etc. 
  So 
  

   far 
  as 
  the 
  actual 
  power 
  developments 
  are 
  concerned, 
  the 
  work 
  can 
  

   probably 
  be 
  constructed 
  for 
  the 
  estimates, 
  but 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  

   storage 
  is, 
  in 
  the 
  writer's 
  opinion, 
  somewhat 
  too 
  low. 
  The 
  total 
  

   number 
  of 
  dams 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  build 
  is 
  stated 
  at 
  40, 
  thus 
  

   giving 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  only 
  $3700 
  per 
  dam. 
  This 
  sum 
  would 
  only 
  

   build 
  timber 
  dams 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  temporary 
  character. 
  The 
  proper 
  

   operation 
  and 
  repairs 
  of 
  this 
  number 
  of 
  dams, 
  scattered 
  over 
  an 
  

   area 
  of 
  200 
  square 
  miles, 
  would 
  entail 
  in 
  the 
  end 
  an 
  annual 
  

   expense 
  of 
  $30,000, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  annual 
  interest 
  at 
  5 
  per 
  cent 
  on 
  

   $600,000. 
  To 
  obtain 
  the 
  real 
  capitalized 
  cost 
  we 
  need 
  then 
  to 
  add 
  

   $600,000, 
  which 
  gives 
  an 
  amended 
  total 
  of 
  $1,638,450, 
  whence 
  the 
  

  

  