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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  111 
  order 
  that 
  such 
  a 
  board 
  might 
  properly 
  transact 
  its 
  business, 
  

   provision 
  should 
  be 
  included 
  for 
  the 
  Comptroller 
  to 
  make 
  ad- 
  

   vances 
  out 
  of 
  any 
  money 
  in 
  the 
  treasury 
  not 
  otherwise 
  appro- 
  

   priated, 
  the 
  total 
  amount 
  of 
  such 
  advancement 
  to 
  be 
  limited 
  to 
  a 
  

   certain 
  sum, 
  which 
  should 
  be 
  repaid 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  treasury 
  when 
  

   properly 
  assessed 
  and 
  collected 
  from 
  the 
  municipalities. 
  In 
  this 
  

   way, 
  and 
  also 
  by 
  virtue 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  suggestion 
  as 
  to 
  bonds, 
  

   the 
  State 
  may 
  temporarily 
  loan 
  its 
  credit 
  to 
  any 
  municipality 
  

   requiring 
  an 
  upland 
  water 
  supply, 
  but 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  such 
  must 
  in 
  

   the 
  end 
  be 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  Finally, 
  it 
  is 
  suggested 
  that 
  a 
  commission 
  of 
  three 
  is 
  amply 
  

   large, 
  two 
  of 
  whom 
  could 
  be 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  Governor, 
  and 
  the 
  

   third 
  — 
  who 
  should 
  be 
  an 
  hydraulic 
  engineer 
  — 
  be 
  elected 
  by 
  the 
  

   two. 
  These 
  commissioners 
  should 
  devote 
  their 
  whole 
  time 
  to 
  the 
  

   work. 
  1 
  

  

  THE 
  DEVELOPMENT 
  OF 
  WATER 
  POWER 
  IN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  Power 
  employed 
  in 
  manufacturing. 
  The 
  Twelfth 
  Census 
  Eeport 
  

   gives 
  the 
  steam 
  power 
  employed 
  in 
  manufacturing 
  in 
  1900 
  in 
  

   the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  as 
  677,219 
  horsepower, 
  while 
  the 
  water 
  

   power 
  employed 
  in 
  manufacturing 
  was 
  368,456 
  horsepower; 
  

   in 
  1890, 
  the 
  steam 
  power 
  aggregated 
  537,447 
  horsepower; 
  

   and 
  the 
  water 
  power 
  233,795 
  horsepower; 
  in 
  1880, 
  the 
  steam 
  

   power 
  amounted 
  to 
  234,795 
  horsepower 
  and 
  the 
  water 
  power 
  to 
  

   219,348 
  horsepower; 
  in 
  1870, 
  steam 
  power 
  was 
  126,107 
  horse- 
  

   power 
  and 
  water 
  power, 
  208,256 
  horsepower. 
  These 
  statistics 
  

   show 
  that 
  in 
  1880 
  the 
  two 
  kinds 
  of 
  power 
  were 
  substantially 
  

   equal 
  — 
  steam 
  power 
  exceeded 
  water 
  power 
  by 
  only 
  15,447 
  horse- 
  

   power; 
  in 
  1870, 
  water 
  power 
  exceeded 
  steam 
  power 
  by 
  82,149 
  

   horsepower. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  the 
  statement 
  2 
  of 
  Dr 
  Chas. 
  E. 
  Emery, 
  the 
  yearly 
  

   cost 
  of 
  steam 
  power, 
  with 
  coal 
  at 
  $3 
  per 
  ton, 
  will, 
  for 
  365 
  days 
  

   of 
  20 
  hours 
  each 
  vary, 
  depending 
  upon 
  the 
  kind 
  of 
  engine 
  used, 
  

   from 
  |76.54 
  to 
  $48.79. 
  At 
  the 
  present 
  time, 
  with 
  everything 
  

  

  1 
  Partly 
  abstracted 
  from 
  paper, 
  State 
  Water 
  Supply 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  in 
  

   Proc. 
  Ninth 
  An. 
  Convention 
  of 
  Am. 
  Soe. 
  of 
  Municipal 
  Improvements, 
  

   held 
  at 
  Rochester, 
  ctober 
  7-9, 
  1902. 
  

  

  2 
  Cost 
  of 
  Steam 
  Power, 
  by 
  Chas. 
  E. 
  Emery, 
  Ph. 
  D., 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Am. 
  Inst. 
  

   Elec. 
  Engrs., 
  March, 
  1893. 
  

  

  