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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  cubic 
  feet, 
  the 
  amount 
  considered 
  necessary 
  for 
  canal 
  purposes 
  

   -alone. 
  Such 
  a 
  dam, 
  Mr 
  Bogart 
  estimates, 
  could 
  be 
  erected 
  for 
  

   about 
  $1,000,000. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  performed 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  writer 
  in 
  1893 
  

   was 
  of 
  an 
  entirely 
  different 
  character. 
  The 
  report 
  of 
  1890 
  having 
  

   indicated 
  the 
  Mount 
  Morris 
  canyon 
  as 
  a 
  desirable 
  location, 
  with 
  

   a 
  number 
  of 
  sites 
  pointed 
  out, 
  of 
  which 
  general 
  investigations 
  

   had 
  been 
  made, 
  it 
  became 
  desirable 
  to 
  investigate 
  those 
  sites 
  in 
  

   detail 
  and 
  to 
  prepare 
  close 
  estimates 
  of 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  constructing 
  

   dams 
  at 
  each. 
  Detailed 
  investigations 
  were 
  accordingly 
  made 
  

   of 
  the 
  three 
  sites 
  favorably 
  reported 
  upon 
  in 
  1890, 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  

  

  Fig. 
  39 
  Dam, 
  58 
  feet 
  high, 
  proposed 
  for 
  Genesee 
  river 
  near 
  Mount 
  Morris, 
  

  

  which 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Annual 
  Reports 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  

   and 
  Surveyor 
  for 
  1893 
  and 
  1894, 
  where 
  estimates 
  of 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  

   the 
  several 
  dams 
  are 
  also 
  given 
  in 
  detail. 
  Referring 
  to 
  the 
  esti- 
  

   mates, 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  at 
  site 
  No. 
  1, 
  in 
  Mount 
  Morris 
  canyon, 
  a 
  

   dam 
  raising 
  the 
  water 
  surface 
  130 
  feet 
  would 
  cost, 
  if 
  built 
  of 
  

   concrete 
  alone, 
  $2,450,000, 
  but 
  if 
  built 
  with 
  sandstone 
  faces 
  

   throughout, 
  except 
  for 
  the 
  spillway, 
  where 
  granite 
  is 
  provided, 
  

   the 
  estimated 
  cost 
  would 
  become 
  $2,590,000. 
  A 
  dam 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   bight 
  at 
  site 
  No. 
  2, 
  if 
  built 
  throughout 
  of 
  concrete, 
  would 
  cost 
  

   $2,600,000, 
  but 
  with 
  sandstone 
  faces 
  and 
  independent 
  spillway 
  the 
  

   cost 
  would 
  be 
  $2,720,500. 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  total 
  storage 
  to 
  be 
  obtained 
  in 
  Mount 
  Morris 
  

   canyon 
  the 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  figures 
  at 
  sites 
  Nos. 
  1 
  and 
  2, 
  the 
  two 
  

   sites 
  chiefly 
  considered 
  : 
  At 
  site 
  No. 
  1 
  a 
  dam 
  of 
  130 
  feet 
  in 
  hight 
  

  

  