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  feeder 
  to 
  the 
  canal, 
  but 
  that 
  the 
  resolution 
  authorizing 
  this 
  appro- 
  

   priation 
  also 
  contained 
  the 
  provision 
  that 
  the 
  State 
  should 
  draw 
  

   all 
  the 
  water 
  furnished 
  by 
  Nine 
  Mile 
  creek 
  and 
  Carpenter's 
  brook 
  

   for 
  supplying 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  during 
  the 
  dry 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  navi- 
  

   gation 
  season. 
  1 
  This 
  order, 
  the 
  commissioners 
  state, 
  was 
  re- 
  

   scinded, 
  because 
  of 
  containing 
  conditions 
  that 
  might 
  have 
  ren- 
  

   dered 
  the 
  reservoir 
  unavailable 
  at 
  a 
  time 
  when 
  most 
  required. 
  

  

  In 
  September, 
  1843, 
  the 
  Canal 
  Board 
  made 
  another 
  order, 
  appro- 
  

   priating 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  as 
  a 
  reservoir 
  and 
  feeder, 
  omitting 
  

   what 
  from 
  the 
  State 
  officials' 
  point 
  of 
  view 
  were 
  the 
  objectionable 
  

   features 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  order 
  — 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  say, 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  Septem- 
  

   ber 
  1843, 
  appropriated 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  the 
  Skaneateles 
  lake 
  and 
  

   outlet, 
  without 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  rights 
  of 
  the 
  riparian 
  owners, 
  any 
  

   further 
  than 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  for 
  actual 
  damages 
  in- 
  

   curred. 
  2 
  

  

  Following 
  this 
  order 
  the 
  Canal 
  Appraisers 
  awarded 
  damages 
  to 
  

   the 
  owners 
  of 
  water 
  rights 
  on 
  Skaneateles 
  outlet 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  

   of 
  |28,450. 
  Later 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  reconstructed 
  the 
  dam 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  

   of 
  Skaneateles 
  lake, 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  cutting 
  down 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   of 
  the 
  outlet 
  enough 
  to 
  permit 
  of 
  drawing 
  7 
  feet 
  depth 
  of 
  water, 
  

   measuring 
  from 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  highwater 
  as 
  indicated 
  by 
  a 
  certain 
  

   stone 
  monument. 
  

  

  Previous 
  to 
  1888 
  the 
  water 
  supply 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Syracuse 
  was 
  

   furnished 
  by 
  a 
  private 
  company. 
  The 
  water 
  furnished 
  was, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  of 
  inferior 
  quality 
  and 
  the 
  distribution 
  system 
  inadequate 
  

   to 
  the 
  wants 
  of 
  a 
  growing 
  city 
  like 
  Syracuse. 
  Under 
  these 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  Syracuse 
  procured 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  an 
  act, 
  

   chapter 
  532 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  1888, 
  constituting 
  a 
  board 
  of 
  special 
  

   commissioners 
  to 
  inquire 
  into 
  and 
  investigate 
  the 
  several 
  sources 
  

   of 
  water 
  supply 
  which 
  could 
  be 
  made 
  available 
  for 
  the 
  public, 
  

   mechanical 
  and 
  domestic 
  uses 
  of 
  said 
  city. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  provided 
  

   that 
  said 
  investigation 
  should 
  take 
  into 
  account 
  the 
  abundance 
  

   of 
  the 
  proposed 
  supply 
  of 
  water, 
  its 
  quality 
  and 
  character. 
  

  

  Presumably 
  what 
  was 
  meant 
  was 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  water 
  these 
  streams 
  could 
  

   furnish 
  should 
  be 
  drawn 
  before 
  any 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  Skaneateles 
  lake. 
  

  

  2 
  For 
  an 
  extended 
  abstract 
  of 
  early 
  history 
  of 
  Skaneateles 
  feeder, 
  see 
  the 
  

   Supreme 
  court 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Syracuse 
  against 
  Richard 
  M. 
  Stacey 
  and. 
  

   others, 
  Syracuse, 
  1894. 
  

  

  

  