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  cost 
  per 
  net 
  horsepower 
  for 
  the 
  entire 
  system 
  would 
  become 
  

   182.40. 
  

  

  In 
  1897 
  an 
  electric-power 
  station 
  was 
  in 
  process 
  of 
  installation 
  

   by 
  the. 
  Dolgeville 
  Electric 
  Light 
  & 
  Power 
  Company 
  at 
  the 
  high 
  

   falls 
  just 
  below 
  Dolgeville, 
  capable 
  of 
  developing 
  1200 
  net 
  horse- 
  

   power. 
  The 
  wheels 
  set 
  are 
  two 
  twin 
  horizontal 
  36-inch 
  Victor 
  

   special 
  wheels, 
  to 
  work 
  under 
  a 
  72-foot 
  head, 
  and 
  which 
  are 
  

   claimed 
  by 
  the 
  manufacturers 
  to 
  yield, 
  at 
  full 
  capacity, 
  600 
  net 
  

   horsepower 
  each. 
  A 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  power 
  generated 
  at 
  this 
  sta- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  used 
  at 
  Dolgeville 
  for 
  manufacturing, 
  and 
  the 
  balance 
  is 
  

   transmitted 
  to 
  Little 
  Falls, 
  8 
  miles 
  distant. 
  

  

  Dolgeville 
  is 
  the 
  seat 
  of 
  the 
  piano-felt 
  and 
  other 
  industries 
  

   originally 
  established 
  by 
  Alfred 
  Dolge 
  & 
  Son. 
  The 
  power 
  for 
  the 
  

   establishments 
  now 
  in 
  operation 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  two 
  35-inch 
  

   Victor 
  turbines, 
  working 
  under 
  a 
  25-foot 
  head, 
  and 
  rated 
  by 
  the 
  

   manufacturers 
  to 
  furnish, 
  when 
  running 
  at 
  full 
  capacity, 
  229 
  net 
  

   horsepower 
  each, 
  or 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  458 
  horsepower. 
  According 
  to 
  the 
  

   manufacturer's 
  catalogue, 
  these 
  wheels 
  will 
  consume 
  197 
  cubic 
  

   feet 
  per 
  second 
  when 
  working 
  at 
  full 
  capacity, 
  and 
  the 
  statement 
  

   was 
  made 
  in 
  1897 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  ordinarily 
  so 
  worked. 
  The 
  catch- 
  

   ment 
  area 
  of 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek 
  above 
  Dolgeville 
  is 
  about 
  250 
  

   square 
  miles; 
  hence 
  the 
  present 
  development 
  is 
  based 
  upon 
  a 
  

   minimum 
  flow 
  of 
  0.79 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  As 
  

   there 
  is 
  very 
  little 
  pondage 
  at 
  Dolgeville, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  assumed 
  that 
  

   the 
  power 
  is 
  sometimes 
  short 
  in 
  a 
  dry 
  season, 
  although 
  the 
  effect 
  

   of 
  the 
  pondage 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  lakes 
  audi 
  ponds 
  on 
  the 
  

   head 
  waters 
  of 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek 
  will 
  undoubtedly 
  be 
  to 
  increase 
  

   considerably 
  the 
  minimum 
  flow. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  power 
  development 
  at 
  Beardslee 
  falls, 
  near 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek, 
  which 
  is 
  stated 
  to 
  be 
  capable 
  of 
  

   developing 
  1000 
  horsepower, 
  but 
  owing 
  to 
  deficiencies 
  in 
  the 
  

   design 
  it 
  is 
  uncertain 
  whether 
  or 
  not 
  this 
  amount 
  of 
  power 
  can 
  be 
  

   produced 
  continuously. 
  

  

  