﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  -the 
  period 
  from 
  June. 
  1894, 
  to 
  November, 
  1896, 
  inclusive, 
  would 
  

   there 
  be 
  any 
  water 
  wasted 
  from 
  the 
  reservoir, 
  the 
  total 
  for 
  this 
  

   period 
  being 
  2.11 
  inches. 
  In 
  June, 
  1894, 
  521 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  ; 
  

   in 
  April, 
  1895, 
  1058 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  and 
  in 
  April, 
  1896, 
  350 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second. 
  In 
  no 
  case 
  would 
  there 
  be 
  at 
  Rochester 
  less 
  

   than 
  1000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  reservoir 
  of 
  7,500,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  capacity, 
  

   there 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  wasted 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  9.36 
  inches 
  on 
  the 
  catch- 
  

   ment 
  during 
  the 
  same 
  period. 
  In 
  June, 
  1894, 
  645 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  

   second; 
  in 
  November, 
  1894, 
  287 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second; 
  in 
  

   December, 
  1894, 
  216 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  ; 
  in 
  January, 
  1895, 
  260 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  ; 
  in 
  March, 
  1895, 
  1266 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  ; 
  

   in 
  April, 
  1895, 
  1440 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second; 
  in 
  March, 
  1896, 
  1145 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second; 
  in 
  April, 
  1896, 
  2716 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  

   and 
  in 
  November, 
  1896, 
  269 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second. 
  The 
  amount 
  

   flowing 
  at 
  Rochester 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  less 
  than 
  600 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

   per 
  second. 
  

  

  Moreover 
  had 
  the 
  enlarged 
  canal 
  been 
  in 
  operation 
  in 
  July, 
  

   1894, 
  and 
  taking 
  the 
  estimated 
  quantity 
  of 
  80 
  cubic 
  feet 
  of 
  water 
  

   per 
  second 
  from 
  Genesee 
  river, 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  water 
  going 
  to 
  the 
  

   canal 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  27.4 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  

   for 
  that 
  month; 
  in 
  August, 
  18.1 
  per 
  cent; 
  in 
  May, 
  1895, 
  46 
  per 
  

   cent; 
  in 
  June, 
  28.3 
  per 
  cent; 
  in 
  July, 
  34.5 
  per 
  cent; 
  in 
  August, 
  

   33.5 
  per 
  cent; 
  in 
  September, 
  36.2 
  per 
  cent, 
  and 
  in 
  October, 
  

   34.8 
  per 
  cent. 
  In 
  May, 
  1896, 
  the 
  canal 
  would 
  have 
  taken 
  51.3 
  

   per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  for 
  that 
  month; 
  in 
  June, 
  

   12.2 
  per 
  cent; 
  in 
  July, 
  15.9 
  per 
  cent; 
  in 
  August, 
  19.2 
  per 
  cent, 
  

   and 
  in 
  September, 
  24.5 
  per 
  cent. 
  It 
  appears, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  the 
  

   taking 
  of 
  SO 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  from 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river 
  for 
  canal 
  

   purposes 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  serious 
  matter 
  to 
  the 
  waterpower 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  

   and 
  is 
  unjustifiable, 
  unless 
  it 
  be 
  clearly 
  shown 
  that 
  the 
  addition 
  

   to 
  the 
  wealth 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  is 
  greater 
  than 
  if 
  the 
  water 
  were 
  used 
  

   for 
  supplying 
  power. 
  The 
  actual 
  damage 
  resulting 
  from 
  taking 
  

   at 
  times 
  50 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  unregulated 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  is 
  about 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  As 
  shown 
  on 
  a 
  previous 
  page, 
  the 
  minimum 
  flow 
  of 
  

   the 
  river 
  is 
  capable 
  of 
  producing 
  6727 
  gross 
  horsepower, 
  or, 
  what 
  

   is 
  the 
  same 
  thing, 
  assuming 
  75 
  per 
  cent 
  efficiency, 
  5046 
  net 
  horse- 
  

   power. 
  One 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  low- 
  water 
  power 
  may 
  therefore 
  be 
  taken 
  

   at 
  2523 
  net 
  horsepower. 
  

  

  