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  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  probably 
  approximated 
  these 
  figures. 
  Probably 
  the 
  headwaters 
  

   of 
  this 
  stream 
  will 
  give 
  flood-flows 
  of 
  60 
  to 
  70 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  

   second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Chenango 
  river. 
  The 
  serious 
  flood 
  which 
  occurred 
  at 
  Binghani- 
  

   ton 
  on 
  March 
  1-3. 
  1902, 
  was 
  mostly 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  overflow 
  of 
  Che- 
  

   nango 
  river. 
  A 
  flood 
  committee 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  Mayor 
  of 
  Bing- 
  

   hamton 
  has 
  reported 
  the 
  total 
  damage 
  resulting 
  from 
  this 
  flood 
  at 
  

   |16,720. 
  

  

  The 
  committee 
  also 
  submitted 
  a 
  detailed 
  statement, 
  with 
  names 
  

   of 
  individuals, 
  showing 
  a 
  total 
  decrease 
  in 
  valuation 
  of 
  property 
  

   of 
  f44,800. 
  

  

  The 
  flood-flow 
  of 
  Chenango 
  river 
  is 
  estimated 
  at 
  from 
  40.000 
  

   to 
  -15,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  ^ 
  catchment, 
  15S2 
  square 
  miles), 
  

   or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  possibly 
  30 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

   It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  smaller 
  tributaries 
  towards 
  the 
  head- 
  

   waters 
  have 
  flood-flows 
  of 
  50 
  to 
  60 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  

   square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Chemung 
  river. 
  The 
  Chemung 
  river, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  its 
  

   tributaries, 
  the 
  Cohoeton 
  and 
  the 
  Canisteo. 
  is 
  a 
  gently 
  flowing 
  or 
  

   alluvial 
  river. 
  The 
  third 
  tributary, 
  the 
  Tioga, 
  is 
  torrential 
  for 
  

   the 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  its 
  length. 
  

  

  The 
  city 
  of 
  Corning 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  Chemung 
  river, 
  about 
  

   two 
  miles 
  below 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  the 
  Tioga 
  and 
  the 
  Cohoeton. 
  A 
  

   large 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  is 
  built 
  directly 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  below 
  flood 
  

   level, 
  from 
  whence 
  it 
  results 
  that 
  Corning 
  has 
  suffered 
  seriously 
  

   from 
  floods, 
  but 
  the 
  city 
  has 
  recently 
  carried 
  out 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  

   improvements 
  which 
  thus 
  far 
  has 
  prevented 
  these 
  inundations. 
  

   The 
  river 
  flows 
  near 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  valley, 
  with 
  the 
  greater 
  

   portion 
  of 
  Corning 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  alluvial 
  strip 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  — 
  the 
  

   balance 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  extends 
  up 
  the 
  abrupt 
  hill, 
  flanking 
  the 
  valley 
  

   on 
  the 
  south. 
  The 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  floods 
  occur 
  on 
  the 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  though 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  some 
  which 
  were 
  

   more 
  severe 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  denser 
  population. 
  In 
  

   1892 
  an 
  act 
  was 
  passed 
  by 
  the 
  legislature 
  creating 
  a 
  Board 
  of 
  

   River 
  Commissioners 
  with 
  authority 
  10 
  carry 
  out 
  the 
  needed 
  im- 
  

   provements 
  and 
  to 
  issue 
  bonds 
  to 
  pay 
  for 
  them. 
  This 
  act 
  was 
  

   amended 
  in 
  1895, 
  extending 
  the 
  authority 
  to 
  issue 
  bonds 
  to 
  

   $150,000. 
  The 
  improvement 
  was 
  begun 
  in 
  1896 
  and 
  completed 
  in 
  

   1 
  897. 
  The 
  general 
  plan 
  was 
  to 
  enlarge 
  the 
  river 
  channel 
  through 
  

   and 
  below 
  the 
  eity 
  and 
  to 
  raise 
  the 
  banks 
  by 
  artificial 
  dykes. 
  

  

  