﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  555 
  

  

  smaller 
  than 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  — 
  probably 
  for 
  these 
  three 
  States 
  it 
  

   does 
  not 
  exceed 
  25,000 
  water 
  horsepower 
  in 
  all. 
  

  

  Although 
  once 
  stated 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  way, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  again 
  

   repeated 
  that 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  available 
  waterpower 
  was 
  developed 
  

   relatively 
  earlier 
  in 
  the 
  States 
  of 
  Connecticut, 
  Massachusetts 
  and 
  

   Ehode 
  Island 
  than 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  shown 
  in 
  detail 
  further 
  on 
  that 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  

   region, 
  when 
  fully 
  utilized, 
  is 
  capable 
  of 
  developing 
  at 
  least 
  

   800,000 
  water 
  horsepower, 
  although 
  the 
  present 
  use 
  on 
  the 
  

   streams 
  issuing 
  from 
  this 
  region 
  is 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  about 
  one- 
  

   quarter 
  of 
  this. 
  

  

  Future 
  power 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  region. 
  A 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  years 
  ago 
  the 
  State 
  entered 
  into 
  a 
  policy 
  of 
  conserv- 
  

   ing 
  this 
  region 
  for 
  a 
  State 
  park, 
  and 
  a 
  notion 
  that 
  the 
  interests 
  

   of 
  people 
  who 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  park 
  is 
  inimical 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  manu- 
  

   facturing 
  has 
  become 
  prevalent. 
  Here 
  are. 
  located 
  the 
  best 
  

   streams 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  with 
  unparallelled 
  oppor- 
  

   tunities 
  for 
  storage. 
  Aside 
  from 
  a 
  few 
  developments, 
  the 
  

   region 
  is 
  as 
  yet 
  untouched. 
  This 
  extraordinary 
  fact 
  becomes 
  

   specially 
  pertinent 
  when 
  we 
  consider 
  that 
  not 
  only 
  is 
  the 
  area 
  

   of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  region 
  larger 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Massa- 
  

   chusetts, 
  but 
  that 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  and 
  the 
  climate 
  is 
  not 
  

   very 
  different 
  therefrom. 
  Massachusetts 
  is 
  a 
  rugged 
  region, 
  

   largely 
  underlaid 
  with 
  granitic 
  rocks— 
  the 
  same 
  thing 
  is 
  true 
  of 
  

   the 
  Adirondack 
  region. 
  Had 
  the 
  State 
  not 
  entered 
  into 
  a 
  mis- 
  

   taken 
  commercial 
  policy 
  this 
  region 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  developed 
  

   somewhat 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  Massachusetts 
  is, 
  and 
  the 
  population 
  

   instead 
  of 
  being 
  from 
  90,000 
  to 
  100,000 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  perhaps 
  

   1,500,000, 
  its 
  river 
  valleys 
  would 
  be 
  dotted 
  with 
  thriving 
  manu- 
  

   facturing 
  villages 
  and 
  its 
  assessed 
  valuation 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  per- 
  

   haps 
  $100,000,000 
  would 
  have 
  been, 
  in 
  1900, 
  from 
  $1,000,000,000 
  

   to 
  $2,000,000,000. 
  

  

  The 
  proviso 
  is 
  made 
  that 
  this 
  region 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  devel- 
  

   oped 
  someichat 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  Massachusetts, 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  realized 
  

   that 
  Massachusetts 
  possesses 
  some 
  advantages 
  which 
  the 
  Adiron- 
  

   dack 
  region 
  does 
  not 
  possess, 
  as 
  for 
  instance, 
  proximity 
  to 
  the 
  

   ocean, 
  etc. 
  This 
  region 
  is, 
  however, 
  near 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  lines 
  of 
  

   transportation 
  from 
  the 
  east 
  to 
  the 
  west, 
  and 
  can 
  therefore 
  receive 
  

  

  