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  was 
  also 
  built 
  on 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  Cranberry 
  lake, 
  which 
  is 
  still 
  stand- 
  

   ing. 
  This 
  lake 
  has 
  a 
  water 
  area 
  of 
  12.8 
  square 
  miles. 
  

  

  While 
  it 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  these 
  acts 
  recognize 
  the 
  principle 
  of 
  the 
  

   mill 
  acts, 
  still, 
  if 
  called 
  upon 
  to 
  defend 
  them, 
  their 
  originators 
  

   would 
  probably 
  hold 
  the 
  improvement 
  of 
  navigation 
  and 
  the 
  check- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  freshets 
  as 
  the 
  real 
  matter 
  of 
  public 
  utility. 
  

  

  Although 
  we 
  have 
  no 
  general 
  mill 
  act 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State, 
  we 
  

   nevertheless 
  reap 
  the 
  benefit 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  of 
  the 
  mill 
  act 
  

   in 
  the 
  neighboring 
  State 
  of 
  Massachusetts. 
  Thanks 
  to 
  State 
  lines, 
  

   we 
  receive 
  this 
  benefit 
  without 
  cost 
  to 
  anybody 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   New 
  York. 
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  The 
  greatest 
  development 
  of 
  these 
  waterpower 
  reservoirs 
  is 
  

   probably 
  in 
  Rhode 
  Island 
  and 
  Connecticut, 
  although 
  they 
  are 
  

   common 
  in 
  Maine, 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  and 
  Massachusetts. 
  

  

  The 
  absence 
  of 
  such 
  legislation 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  traced 
  

   largely 
  to 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  idea 
  here 
  that 
  the 
  navigation 
  interests 
  

   are 
  paramount 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  manufacturing, 
  whence 
  it 
  has 
  resulted 
  

   that 
  the 
  important 
  streams 
  of 
  this 
  'State 
  have 
  been 
  mostly 
  re- 
  

   served 
  for 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  the 
  internal 
  navigation 
  system, 
  although 
  

   the 
  showing 
  herein 
  made, 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  the 
  

   Hudson 
  river 
  for 
  waterpower 
  in 
  comparison 
  with 
  its 
  value 
  for 
  

   the 
  use 
  of 
  navigation, 
  may 
  well 
  lead 
  us 
  to 
  consider 
  whether 
  after 
  

   all 
  the 
  manufacturing 
  interests 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  are 
  not 
  quite 
  as 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  consideration 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  neighboring 
  New 
  England 
  

   States. 
  We 
  ought 
  not 
  to 
  forget 
  that, 
  aside 
  from 
  carrying 
  grain 
  

   for 
  producers 
  outside 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  the 
  chief 
  business 
  of 
  the 
  

   canals 
  must 
  come 
  from 
  fostering 
  manufacturing 
  interests 
  within 
  

   the 
  State 
  itself. 
  

  

  State 
  ownership 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  and 
  its 
  effect 
  in 
  restricting 
  

   the 
  development 
  of 
  waterpower. 
  Titles 
  to 
  lands 
  bordering 
  on 
  

   and 
  lying 
  under 
  the 
  beds 
  of 
  large 
  rivers 
  like 
  the 
  Hudson 
  have 
  

   been 
  somewhat 
  complicated 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  by 
  the 
  peculiar 
  circum- 
  

   stances 
  of 
  its 
  early 
  settlement 
  and 
  history. 
  Thus, 
  all 
  original 
  

   titles 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  and 
  middle 
  Hudson 
  valley, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  valley, 
  are 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  law 
  T 
  s 
  of 
  Holland 
  

   as 
  they 
  existed 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  seventeenth 
  century. 
  Under 
  the 
  Dutch 
  

   law 
  the 
  riparian 
  proprietors 
  owned 
  neither 
  the 
  beds 
  nor 
  banks 
  

  

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  For 
  account 
  of 
  reservoirs 
  in 
  Massachusetts 
  see 
  page 
  265. 
  

  

  