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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  still 
  remain 
  whether 
  such 
  a 
  dam 
  might 
  not 
  be 
  desirable 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  of 
  regulating 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  increasing 
  the 
  water 
  power 
  

   thereon. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  preliminary 
  investigations 
  relative 
  to 
  

   the 
  proposed 
  Genesee 
  storage, 
  Governor 
  Morton, 
  in 
  1896, 
  approved 
  

   an 
  additional 
  appropriation, 
  which 
  was 
  expended 
  during 
  the 
  

   summer 
  of 
  that 
  year 
  in 
  completing 
  further 
  surveys. 
  To 
  the 
  

   present 
  time 
  the 
  State 
  has 
  expended! 
  on 
  preliminary 
  investiga- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Genesee 
  storage 
  project 
  the 
  following 
  amounts: 
  In 
  

   1890, 
  |3000; 
  in 
  1892, 
  $7000; 
  in 
  1893, 
  $10,000; 
  in 
  1896, 
  f 
  10,000; 
  

   in 
  all, 
  $30,000. 
  As 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  this 
  expenditure 
  complete 
  plans 
  

   and 
  specifications 
  have 
  been 
  prepared 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  Annual 
  

   Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor 
  for 
  1896. 
  1 
  

  

  Interests 
  to 
  ~be 
  served. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  interests 
  to 
  be 
  

   served 
  by 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  these 
  extensive 
  storage 
  works 
  on 
  

   Genesee 
  river 
  : 
  

  

  1) 
  The 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  would 
  be 
  regulated, 
  thus 
  effectually 
  

   preventing 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  the 
  devastating 
  floods 
  which 
  occurred 
  in 
  

   1815, 
  1835, 
  1857, 
  1865, 
  1889, 
  1893, 
  1894, 
  1896 
  and 
  1902. 
  The 
  floods 
  

  

  lBy 
  way 
  of 
  presenting 
  a 
  full 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Genesee 
  storage, 
  

   reference 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  special 
  report 
  of 
  John 
  Bogart, 
  State 
  Engineer 
  

   and 
  Surveyor 
  in 
  Appendix 
  F 
  of 
  the 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  

   and 
  Surveyor 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  September 
  30, 
  1890. 
  The 
  reports 
  

   of 
  Messrs 
  Bailey 
  and 
  Kibbie, 
  assistant 
  engineers 
  to 
  Mr 
  Bogart, 
  are 
  covered 
  

   by 
  the 
  same 
  reference. 
  The 
  report 
  of 
  Martin 
  Schenck, 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  

   Surveyor, 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  at 
  page 
  44 
  of 
  the 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  September 
  30, 
  1893. 
  The 
  

   report 
  of 
  E. 
  Sweet, 
  ex- 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor, 
  as 
  consulting 
  engineer, 
  

   may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  Appendix 
  H 
  of 
  the 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  

   and 
  Surveyor 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  September 
  30, 
  1893. 
  The 
  report 
  

   of 
  the 
  commissioners 
  appointed 
  in 
  1892 
  by 
  Governor 
  Flower 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  Senate 
  Doc. 
  No. 
  23, 
  1893. 
  The 
  first 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  writer 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  Appendix 
  G 
  of 
  the 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor 
  

   for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  September 
  30, 
  1893. 
  The 
  second 
  report 
  may 
  be 
  

   found 
  in 
  Appendix 
  E 
  of 
  the 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  

   Surveyor 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  September 
  30, 
  1894. 
  The 
  work 
  done 
  in 
  

   1896 
  is 
  described 
  at 
  length 
  in 
  the 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  

   and 
  Surveyor 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  September 
  30, 
  1896. 
  See 
  also 
  a 
  

   paper 
  by 
  the 
  writer, 
  Genesee 
  River 
  Storage 
  and 
  its 
  Relations 
  to 
  the 
  

   Erie 
  Canal 
  and 
  the 
  Manufacturing 
  Interests 
  of 
  Western 
  New 
  York, 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  for 
  the 
  Rochester 
  Chamber 
  of 
  Commerce. 
  This 
  paper 
  contains 
  a 
  

   large 
  amount 
  of 
  historical 
  information 
  not 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  official 
  reports. 
  

   Governor 
  Morton's 
  veto 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Governor's 
  State 
  Papers 
  for 
  

   1895. 
  

  

  