﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  571 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  preceding 
  statement 
  we 
  see 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  337,991 
  horse- 
  

   power 
  developed 
  on 
  5200 
  wheels, 
  whence 
  the 
  average 
  power 
  per 
  

   wheel 
  is 
  65 
  horsepower. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  other 
  uses 
  to 
  the 
  

   amount 
  of 
  30,465 
  horsepower 
  which, 
  however, 
  are 
  not 
  specifically 
  

   enumerated. 
  The 
  total 
  quantity 
  for 
  the 
  State, 
  including 
  electri- 
  

   cal 
  power, 
  of 
  which 
  water 
  power 
  is 
  the 
  primary 
  source, 
  is 
  taken 
  

   at 
  450,000 
  horsepower. 
  The 
  census 
  figures, 
  however, 
  only 
  show 
  

   a 
  total 
  of 
  368,456 
  horsepower, 
  and 
  the 
  electrical 
  power 
  actually 
  

   in 
  use 
  in 
  1900 
  is 
  estimated 
  at 
  81,544 
  horsepower. 
  The 
  state- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  companies 
  furnishing 
  electrical 
  horsepower 
  

   would 
  aggregate 
  more 
  than 
  this, 
  but 
  probably 
  81,544 
  horse- 
  

   power 
  is 
  a 
  conservative 
  estimate. 
  Statements 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   division 
  of 
  this 
  power 
  among 
  the 
  various 
  industries 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  

   made. 
  

  

  WATER 
  STORAGE 
  PROJECTS. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  last 
  ten 
  years 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  large 
  projects 
  for 
  storing 
  

   water 
  for 
  power 
  and 
  other 
  purposes 
  have 
  been 
  proposed 
  in 
  the 
  

   State 
  of 
  Xew 
  York. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  of 
  these 
  of 
  special 
  im- 
  

   portance 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  writer 
  has 
  been 
  concerned, 
  as 
  on 
  Gen- 
  

   esee 
  river. 
  Salmon 
  river. 
  Black 
  river, 
  Hudson 
  river, 
  Schroon 
  

   river, 
  etc. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  projects 
  of 
  considerable 
  

   importance 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  developed 
  by 
  others, 
  and 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  

   brief 
  description 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  here. 
  

  

  On 
  Genesee 
  river 
  an 
  extensive 
  development 
  of 
  water 
  power 
  has 
  

   led 
  to 
  a 
  demand 
  for 
  storage 
  reservoirs 
  on 
  that 
  stream. 
  The 
  

   State 
  surveys 
  indicated 
  that 
  a 
  reservoir 
  of 
  15,000,000,000 
  cubic 
  

   feet 
  capacity 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  constructed 
  in 
  1896 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  of 
  

   12,600,000, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  about 
  $173 
  per 
  million 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

   of 
  water 
  stored. 
  In 
  1904, 
  due 
  to 
  change 
  in 
  labor 
  conditions 
  and 
  

   the 
  considerable 
  advance 
  in 
  prices 
  generally, 
  this 
  reservoir 
  would 
  

   cost 
  about 
  25 
  per 
  cent 
  more, 
  or 
  $3,250,000. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  605 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  1898 
  authorized 
  a 
  private 
  company 
  

   to 
  construct 
  this 
  reservoir. 
  The 
  project 
  has 
  not 
  thus 
  far 
  been 
  

   carried 
  out. 
  

  

  The 
  developed 
  water-power 
  on 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river 
  has 
  increased 
  

   from 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  6000 
  net 
  horsepower 
  in 
  1882 
  to 
  about 
  20,000 
  

   net 
  horsepower 
  in 
  1904. 
  

  

  In 
  1898 
  and 
  1899 
  there 
  was 
  worked 
  up 
  for 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Engi- 
  

   neers 
  on 
  Deep 
  Waterways 
  a 
  reservoir 
  project 
  on 
  Salmon 
  river, 
  

  

  