﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  175 
  square 
  miles 
  lie 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  between 
  2000 
  and 
  3000 
  

   feet 
  above 
  tidewater, 
  the 
  average 
  elevation 
  of 
  this 
  portion 
  being 
  

   about 
  2500 
  feet. 
  Of 
  the 
  remaining 
  200 
  square 
  miles 
  above 
  Pros- 
  

   pect 
  the 
  average 
  elevation 
  is 
  placed 
  at 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  1600 
  feet. 
  

   The 
  Trenton 
  Falls 
  Power 
  Company 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  as 
  intend- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  develop 
  an 
  extensive 
  storage 
  on 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  this 
  

   stream, 
  thus 
  enabling 
  it 
  to 
  produce 
  several 
  thousand 
  electrical 
  

   horsepower 
  at 
  Trenton 
  Falls 
  for 
  transmission 
  to 
  Utica, 
  Rome, 
  

   and 
  other 
  towns 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  General 
  plans 
  were 
  prepared 
  by 
  

   Mr 
  Johnson, 
  but 
  the 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  project 
  are 
  not 
  at 
  hand. 
  

   Judging 
  from 
  the 
  data 
  at 
  hand, 
  the 
  writer 
  is 
  disposed 
  to 
  place 
  the 
  

   minimum 
  flow 
  of 
  West. 
  Canada 
  creek 
  at 
  from 
  0.25 
  to 
  0.30 
  of 
  a 
  

   cubic 
  foot 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Water 
  power 
  of 
  West 
  Canada 
  creek. 
  However, 
  these 
  develop- 
  

   ments 
  were 
  not 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Trenton 
  Falls 
  Power 
  Company, 
  and 
  

   the 
  property 
  at 
  Trenton 
  Falls 
  has 
  passed 
  into 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  

   Utica 
  Gas 
  & 
  Electric 
  Company, 
  who 
  have 
  developed 
  an 
  electric 
  

   power 
  plant 
  which 
  presents 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  points 
  of 
  interest. 
  It 
  

   is 
  estimated 
  that 
  4000 
  horsepower 
  can 
  be 
  furnished 
  from 
  this 
  

   station. 
  Water 
  powers 
  are 
  also 
  in 
  use 
  on 
  West 
  Canada 
  creek 
  at 
  

   Herkimer, 
  Middleville, 
  Newport, 
  Prospect 
  and 
  Hinckley, 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  at 
  a 
  few 
  points 
  higher 
  up. 
  

  

  Parties 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  an 
  extensive 
  power 
  

   project 
  at 
  Trenton 
  Falls 
  have 
  claimed 
  that 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  storage 
  

   reservoir 
  could 
  be 
  constructed 
  in 
  the 
  main 
  valley 
  of 
  West 
  Oanadla 
  

   creek 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  above 
  Prospect, 
  and 
  at 
  very 
  low 
  cost 
  per 
  

   unit 
  volume 
  stored. 
  The 
  data 
  are 
  not 
  at 
  hand 
  for 
  accurately 
  

   determining 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  a 
  reservoir 
  at 
  this 
  place. 
  However, 
  

   casual 
  inspection 
  of 
  the 
  Remsen 
  sheet 
  of 
  the 
  topographic 
  map 
  of 
  

   the 
  State, 
  made 
  in 
  1897, 
  shows 
  that 
  such 
  a 
  reservoir 
  would 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  be 
  expensive 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  storage 
  gained. 
  A 
  trial 
  

   estimate 
  shows 
  that 
  with 
  a 
  dam 
  from 
  SO 
  to 
  100 
  feet 
  in 
  hight 
  a 
  

   storage 
  of 
  about 
  2,000,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  may 
  be 
  obtained. 
  The 
  

   cost 
  of 
  the 
  dam 
  necessary 
  to 
  store 
  this 
  quantity 
  of 
  water 
  can 
  

   hardly 
  be 
  placed 
  as 
  an 
  experimental 
  figure 
  at 
  less 
  than 
  f 
  1,000,000, 
  

   whence 
  the 
  cost 
  per 
  1,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  stored 
  would 
  become 
  $500. 
  

   This 
  approximate 
  estimate 
  has 
  no 
  other 
  significance 
  than 
  to 
  indi- 
  

  

  