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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  7) 
  While 
  we 
  can 
  not 
  wholly 
  ignore 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  State 
  has 
  

   had 
  in 
  contemplation 
  the 
  erection 
  of 
  the 
  reservoirs 
  and 
  may 
  yet 
  

   complete 
  them 
  and 
  the 
  water 
  be 
  restored, 
  we 
  can 
  only 
  take 
  these 
  

   things 
  into 
  account 
  in 
  a 
  qualified 
  and 
  limited 
  sense. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  foregoing 
  principles 
  in 
  view, 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Appraisers 
  

   handed 
  down 
  their 
  decisions 
  on 
  each 
  individual 
  claim, 
  the 
  aggre- 
  

   gate 
  being, 
  as 
  already 
  stated, 
  $91,108. 
  

  

  Later 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  made 
  additional 
  appropriations, 
  finally 
  

   carrying 
  out 
  an 
  extensive 
  reservoir 
  system 
  on 
  Black 
  river. 
  The 
  

   reservoirs 
  constructed 
  to 
  date, 
  with 
  their 
  available 
  capacities, 
  are 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Name 
  of 
  reservoir 
  

  

  White 
  lake 
  

  

  Chub 
  lake 
  

  

  Sand 
  lake 
  

  

  Woodhull 
  lake 
  

  

  Bisby 
  lakes 
  1 
  

  

  Canachagala 
  lake 
  

  

  North 
  lake 
  

  

  South 
  lake 
  

  

  Twin 
  lakes 
  

  

  Fulton 
  chain 
  lakes 
  

  

  Stillwater 
  2 
  

  

  Forestport 
  

  

  Mean 
  area, 
  

   acres 
  

  

  Mean 
  depth, 
  

   feet 
  

  

  Available 
  

   capacity, 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  

  

  296 
  

  

  5.0 
  

  

  64,000,000 
  

  

  200 
  

  

  4.0 
  

  

  35,000,000 
  

  

  306 
  

  

  15.0 
  

  

  200,000,000 
  

  

  1,118 
  

  

  18.0 
  

  

  438,000,000 
  

  

  

  3.5 
  

  

  40,000,000 
  

  

  320 
  

  

  4.0 
  

  

  56,000,000 
  

  

  277 
  

  

  28.0 
  

  

  676,000,000 
  

  

  372 
  

  

  26.0 
  

  

  350,000,000 
  

  

  175 
  

  

  8.0 
  

  

  60,000,000 
  

   800,000,000 
  

  

  3,200 
  

  

  6.0 
  

  

  850,000,000 
  

  

  700 
  

  

  7.0 
  

  

  213,000,000 
  

  

  Total 
  3,782,000,000 
  

  

  The 
  foregoing 
  total 
  of 
  3,782,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  storage 
  is 
  suffi- 
  

   cient 
  to 
  furnish 
  a 
  mean, 
  flow 
  from 
  the 
  storage 
  alone 
  of 
  about 
  220 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  for 
  200 
  days. 
  

  

  Notwithstanding 
  the 
  liberal 
  reservoir 
  capacity 
  on 
  Black 
  river, 
  

   the 
  mill 
  owners 
  have 
  complained 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  year 
  that 
  they 
  

   suffer 
  from 
  shortage 
  of 
  water 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  diversion 
  for 
  

   Black 
  river 
  and 
  Erie 
  canals, 
  and 
  an 
  investigation 
  in 
  1888 
  having 
  

   shown 
  that 
  the 
  mill 
  owners' 
  claim 
  that 
  the 
  water 
  was 
  improperly 
  

   used 
  by 
  lumbermen 
  was 
  well 
  founded, 
  the 
  legislature, 
  by 
  chapter 
  

  

  iThis 
  reservoir 
  has 
  been 
  abandoned. 
  

  

  2 
  This 
  reservoir 
  is 
  rebuilding 
  in 
  1902-3-4. 
  

  

  