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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  would 
  work 
  great 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  navigation 
  interests. 
  While 
  this 
  

   act 
  was 
  under 
  consideration 
  by 
  the 
  legislature, 
  the 
  Senate 
  requested 
  

   the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  (Surveyor 
  to 
  furnish 
  whatever 
  information 
  

   he 
  might 
  possess 
  as 
  to 
  sources 
  of 
  water 
  supply 
  which 
  could 
  be 
  

   made 
  available 
  for 
  the 
  Jordan 
  level, 
  together 
  with 
  his 
  opinion 
  

   as 
  to 
  the 
  mode 
  by 
  which 
  such 
  water 
  supply 
  could 
  be 
  stored, 
  and 
  

   the 
  probable 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  for 
  such 
  purpose. 
  Pursuant 
  to 
  this 
  

   resolution, 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor 
  reported, 
  under 
  date 
  

   of 
  March 
  12, 
  1889. 
  1 
  In 
  this 
  report 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  stated 
  that 
  

   it 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  practicable 
  to 
  make 
  provision 
  at 
  Skaneateles 
  

   lake 
  for 
  a 
  greater 
  amount 
  of 
  storage 
  than 
  that 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   isting 
  dam, 
  nor 
  did 
  there 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  any 
  point 
  for 
  additional 
  

   storage 
  reservoirs 
  between 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  Erie 
  canal 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  

   the 
  Skaneateles 
  creek. 
  It 
  was, 
  however, 
  pointed 
  out 
  that 
  about 
  

   two 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Jordan, 
  Carpenter's 
  brook 
  enters 
  Erie 
  canaL 
  

   On 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  this 
  brook, 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  southerly 
  from 
  the 
  canal, 
  

   the 
  topography 
  is 
  such 
  as 
  to 
  afford 
  a 
  location 
  for 
  a 
  large 
  reservoir 
  

   and 
  dam 
  55 
  feet 
  in 
  hight. 
  At 
  this 
  place 
  there 
  could 
  be 
  created 
  

   a 
  reservoir 
  flowing 
  650 
  acres 
  and 
  impounding 
  807,000,000 
  cubic 
  

   feet 
  of 
  water. 
  The 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  Carpenter's 
  brook 
  above 
  the 
  

   proposed 
  dam 
  is 
  stated 
  at 
  14.5 
  square 
  miles, 
  which, 
  according 
  to 
  

   the 
  estimate 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor, 
  may 
  furnish 
  

   429,500,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  yearly. 
  Carpenter's 
  brook, 
  however, 
  now 
  

   supplies 
  to 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  during 
  the 
  navigation 
  season 
  about 
  200 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  minute 
  which, 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  season, 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  

   at 
  70,500,000 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  Therefore 
  there 
  would 
  remain 
  available 
  

   for 
  storage 
  in 
  the 
  reservoir, 
  beyond 
  present 
  demands, 
  the 
  annual 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  359,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  noticed 
  that 
  the 
  stated 
  capacity 
  of 
  Carpenter's 
  brook 
  

   reservoir 
  of 
  807,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  is 
  in 
  excess 
  of 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  

   catchment 
  area 
  of 
  429,500,000 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  This 
  excess 
  capacity 
  

   of 
  the 
  reservoir 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  proposed 
  to 
  utilize 
  by 
  divert- 
  

   ing 
  water, 
  either 
  through 
  a 
  feeder, 
  or 
  by 
  pipe 
  lines 
  leading 
  to 
  the 
  

   Skaneateles 
  outlet, 
  whereby 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  made 
  possible 
  to 
  direct, 
  

   when 
  necessary, 
  the 
  flood-flows 
  of 
  Skaneateles 
  outlet 
  into 
  the 
  Car- 
  

   penter's 
  brook 
  reservoir. 
  

  

  l 
  Senate 
  document 
  No. 
  54 
  (1889). 
  

  

  