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  YORK 
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  too, 
  without 
  any 
  lake 
  pondage, 
  with 
  steep 
  sharp 
  slopes, 
  and 
  with 
  

   everything 
  against 
  high 
  flows. 
  Obviously, 
  then, 
  the 
  conclusion 
  

   that 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  flows 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  0.4 
  cubic 
  foot 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  

   square 
  mile 
  is 
  absurd. 
  At 
  present 
  the 
  writer 
  does 
  not 
  feel 
  justi- 
  

   fied 
  in 
  assigning 
  to 
  it, 
  on 
  the 
  evidence, 
  more 
  than 
  from 
  0.2 
  to 
  0.25 
  

   cubic 
  foot 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  Such 
  flows, 
  however, 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  do 
  not 
  continue 
  very 
  long, 
  because 
  the 
  stream 
  responds 
  

   quickly 
  to 
  relatively 
  small 
  rains, 
  which 
  is 
  certainly 
  an 
  advantage, 
  

   the 
  more 
  especially 
  because 
  the 
  rainfall 
  is 
  possibly 
  slightly 
  greater 
  

   in 
  the 
  elevated 
  highlands 
  from 
  which 
  this 
  stream 
  issues 
  than 
  it 
  is 
  

   in 
  less 
  elevated 
  regions. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  also 
  stated 
  : 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  gagings 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  the 
  determination 
  

   of 
  the 
  minimum 
  flow 
  is 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  judgment, 
  but 
  taking 
  into 
  ac- 
  

   count 
  all 
  the 
  evidence, 
  the 
  writer 
  believes 
  he 
  has 
  given 
  Schoharie 
  

   creek 
  a 
  liberal 
  place. 
  

  

  Since 
  that 
  time 
  definite 
  gagings 
  have 
  been 
  kept, 
  showing 
  that 
  

   the 
  loAv-water 
  flow 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  is 
  lower 
  even 
  than 
  estimated 
  

   from 
  general 
  considerations 
  in 
  1900 
  ; 
  it 
  is, 
  in 
  fact, 
  shown 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  

   exceedingly 
  poor 
  water 
  yielder, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  clear 
  that 
  the 
  writer's 
  

   report 
  of 
  1900 
  did 
  not 
  place 
  the 
  low 
  water 
  flow 
  as 
  low 
  as 
  it 
  

   really 
  is. 
  

  

  Minimum 
  flow 
  of 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek. 
  The 
  mean 
  low-water 
  flow 
  

   of 
  this 
  stream 
  at 
  Dolgeville 
  for 
  September, 
  1899, 
  was 
  92 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

   per 
  second. 
  For 
  eleven 
  days 
  it 
  was 
  67 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  

   (catchment, 
  250 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  0.26 
  cubic 
  foot 
  per 
  

   second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  For 
  August, 
  1899, 
  the 
  mean 
  flow 
  for 
  the 
  

   month 
  was 
  97 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second. 
  For 
  September, 
  1900, 
  it 
  was 
  

   133 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second. 
  

  

  Minimum 
  flow 
  of 
  West 
  Canada 
  creek. 
  The 
  mean 
  flow 
  of 
  this 
  

   stream 
  at 
  Middleville 
  for 
  September, 
  1899, 
  was 
  221 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  

   second 
  (catchment, 
  518 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  0.42 
  cubic 
  

   foot 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  For 
  several 
  days 
  the 
  flow 
  was 
  

   only 
  145 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  and 
  for 
  eleven 
  days, 
  September 
  

   2-12, 
  inclusive, 
  the 
  mean 
  flow 
  was 
  183 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  or 
  at 
  

   the 
  rate 
  of 
  0.35 
  cubic 
  foot 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  In 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  month 
  of 
  August 
  the 
  mean 
  flow 
  for 
  the 
  month 
  was 
  235 
  cubic 
  

   feet 
  per 
  second. 
  These 
  figures 
  show 
  the 
  superiority 
  of 
  both 
  East 
  

   and 
  West 
  Canada 
  creeks 
  over 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  as 
  water 
  vielders. 
  

  

  