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  OP 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  575 
  

  

  advocated 
  by 
  the 
  Rochester 
  Chamber 
  of 
  Commerce 
  as 
  a 
  State 
  

   work, 
  with 
  the 
  result 
  that 
  under 
  a 
  resolution 
  of 
  the 
  Senate 
  dated 
  

   March 
  21, 
  1889, 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor 
  was 
  directed 
  

   to 
  make 
  a 
  general 
  investigation 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  

   storing 
  water 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  Genesee. 
  The 
  report 
  made 
  under 
  the 
  

   authority 
  of 
  this 
  resolution 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1890. 
  In 
  1892, 
  under 
  

   authority 
  of 
  a 
  concurrent 
  resolution 
  dated 
  March 
  15 
  of 
  that 
  year, 
  

   Governor 
  Flower 
  appointed 
  a 
  commission 
  consisting 
  of 
  Evan 
  

   Thomas, 
  Judge 
  Charles 
  McLouth, 
  and 
  John 
  Bogart 
  to 
  investigate 
  

   and 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  question 
  of 
  storage 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  Genesee. 
  

   This 
  commission 
  examined 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  proposed 
  reservoir 
  and 
  

   reported 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  entirely 
  feasible 
  to 
  construct 
  a 
  large 
  reser- 
  

   voir 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  Genesee 
  river, 
  the 
  site 
  especially 
  considered 
  by 
  

   the 
  commission 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  Genesee 
  canyon 
  or 
  gorge, 
  a 
  short 
  

   distance 
  above 
  Mount 
  Morris. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  recommendations 
  of 
  this 
  commission, 
  the 
  

   sum 
  of 
  |10,000 
  was 
  appropriated 
  at 
  the 
  legislative 
  session 
  of 
  1893 
  

   for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  studying 
  in 
  detail 
  the 
  several 
  proposed 
  sites 
  

   for 
  dams 
  in 
  the 
  canyon 
  of 
  Genesee 
  river, 
  above 
  Mount 
  Morris. 
  At 
  

   that 
  time 
  the 
  work 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  writer. 
  1 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  legislative 
  session 
  of 
  1894 
  a 
  bill 
  to 
  construct 
  a 
  dam 
  

   in 
  the 
  canyon 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  above 
  Mount 
  Morris 
  passed 
  the 
  

   Senate, 
  but 
  failed 
  in 
  the 
  Assembly. 
  At 
  the 
  session 
  of 
  1895 
  a 
  sim- 
  

   ilar 
  bill 
  passed 
  the 
  Senate 
  and 
  Assembly, 
  but 
  was 
  vetoed 
  by 
  

   Governor 
  Morton, 
  largely 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  that 
  the 
  bill 
  as 
  passed 
  

   made 
  no 
  provision 
  for 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  power 
  and 
  other 
  

   interested 
  parties 
  bearing 
  any 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  expense. 
  In 
  his 
  

   veto 
  Governor 
  Morton 
  expressed 
  the 
  belief 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  State 
  should 
  

   determine 
  to 
  build 
  a 
  dam 
  on 
  Genesee 
  river 
  some 
  provision 
  should 
  

   be 
  made 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Rochester 
  — 
  and 
  possibly 
  other 
  locali- 
  

   ties 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  — 
  might 
  contribute 
  to 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  

   construction. 
  Governor 
  Morton 
  also 
  pointed 
  out 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   posed 
  canal 
  enlargement 
  be 
  approved 
  by 
  the 
  people 
  public 
  senti- 
  

   ment 
  might 
  justify 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  a 
  storage 
  dam 
  on 
  Genesee 
  

   river 
  for 
  canal 
  purposes. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  if 
  the 
  proposition 
  

   to 
  deepen 
  the 
  canal 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  approved 
  the 
  question 
  would 
  

  

  x 
  The 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  studies 
  in 
  1893 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Annual 
  Reports 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  years 
  ending 
  September 
  30, 
  

   1893 
  and 
  1894. 
  

  

  