﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  581 
  

  

  000,000 
  cubic 
  feet; 
  at 
  this 
  rate 
  the 
  cost 
  per 
  million 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

   stored 
  would 
  be 
  $173.33, 
  but 
  with 
  25 
  per 
  cent 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  esti- 
  

   mate 
  to 
  conform 
  to 
  conditions 
  in 
  1904, 
  the 
  cost 
  per 
  million 
  cubic 
  

   feet 
  stored 
  is 
  $216.67. 
  

  

  The 
  main 
  characteristics 
  of 
  the 
  proposed 
  reservoir 
  are 
  shown 
  

   by 
  table 
  Xo. 
  83, 
  condensed 
  from 
  pages 
  708-9 
  of 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor 
  for 
  1896 
  : 
  

  

  Table 
  No. 
  83 
  

  

  — 
  Capacity 
  of 
  Pkoposed 
  Portage 
  

  

  Reservoir 
  

  

  Elevation 
  

  

  of 
  water 
  surface 
  

  

  above 
  sea 
  level, 
  

  

  feet 
  

  

  Area 
  of 
  water 
  

  

  surface, 
  

   square 
  miles 
  

  

  Total 
  volume 
  

  

  of 
  water 
  

  

  in 
  reservoir, 
  

  

  cubic 
  feet 
  

  

  Inches 
  on 
  

   catchment 
  

  

  1,100.0 
  

  

  0.2320 
  

  

  101,400,000 
  

  

  0-.044 
  

  

  1,105.0 
  

  

  0.5330 
  

  

  217,623,000 
  

  

  0.094 
  

  

  1,110.0 
  

  

  0.8340 
  

  

  333,900,000 
  

  

  0.143 
  

  

  1,115.0 
  

  

  1.1350 
  

  

  450,100,000 
  

  

  0.194 
  

  

  1,120.0 
  

  

  1.4357 
  

  

  566,300,000 
  

  

  0.244 
  

  

  1,125.0 
  

  

  2.0659 
  

  

  942,100,000 
  

  

  0.406 
  

  

  1,130.0 
  

  

  2.6692 
  

  

  1,318,000,000 
  

  

  0.567 
  

  

  1,135.0 
  

  

  3.3264 
  

  

  1,694,000,000 
  

  

  0.729 
  

  

  1,140.0 
  

  

  3.9566 
  

  

  2,070,000,000 
  

  

  0.891 
  

  

  1,145.0 
  

  

  4.5255 
  

  

  2,780,000,000 
  

  

  1.196 
  

  

  1,150.0 
  

  

  5.0944 
  

  

  3,490,000,000 
  

  

  1.502 
  

  

  1,155.0 
  

  

  5.6633 
  

  

  4,200,000,000 
  

  

  1.808 
  

  

  1,160.0 
  

  

  6.2322 
  

  

  4,910,000,000 
  

  

  2.113 
  

  

  • 
  1,165.0 
  

  

  6.8293 
  

  

  5,945,000,000 
  

  

  2.559 
  

  

  1,170.0 
  

  

  7.4264 
  

  

  6,980,000,000 
  

  

  3.004 
  

  

  1,172.0 
  

  

  7.6652 
  

  

  7,395,000,000 
  

  

  3.182 
  

  

  1,173.0 
  

  

  7.7846 
  

  

  7,602,000,000 
  

  

  3.271 
  

  

  1,175.0 
  

  

  8.0235 
  

  

  8,016,000,000 
  

  

  3.451 
  

  

  1,180.0 
  

  

  8.6206 
  

  

  9,051,000,000 
  

  

  3.896 
  

  

  1,185.0 
  

  

  9.4362 
  

  

  10,366,000,000 
  

  

  4.462 
  

  

  1,190.0 
  

  

  10.2518 
  

  

  11,681,500,000 
  

  

  5.016 
  

  

  1,195.0 
  

  

  11.3007 
  

  

  13,257,000,000 
  

  

  5.710 
  

  

  1,200.0 
  

  

  12.3495 
  

  

  15,000,000,000 
  

  

  6.458 
  

  

  Comparing 
  the 
  foregoing 
  statements 
  of 
  cost 
  with 
  those 
  made 
  

   on 
  the 
  preceding 
  page 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  proposed 
  

   reservoir 
  in 
  Mount 
  Morris 
  canyon, 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  at 
  Portage 
  a 
  

  

  