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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  So 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  possibility 
  exists 
  of 
  a 
  draft 
  upon 
  the 
  river 
  equal 
  

   ■to 
  one-half 
  of 
  its 
  minimum 
  flow, 
  this 
  2523 
  net 
  horsepower 
  is 
  prac- 
  

   tically 
  rendered 
  useless 
  to 
  its 
  owners 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  the 
  uncertainty 
  

   as 
  to 
  the 
  exact 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  draft, 
  or 
  if 
  not 
  rendered 
  useless, 
  is 
  far 
  

   less 
  valuable 
  than 
  if 
  it 
  were 
  absolutely 
  permanent 
  power. 
  In 
  

   enforcing 
  this 
  view 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  pointed 
  out 
  that 
  Rochester 
  is 
  a 
  

   manufacturing 
  town, 
  made 
  up 
  chiefly 
  of 
  establishments 
  using 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  small 
  quantities 
  of 
  power 
  at 
  each 
  place, 
  but 
  that 
  the 
  

   power 
  must 
  still 
  be 
  continuous 
  every 
  day; 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  say, 
  it 
  must 
  

   be 
  permanent 
  power. 
  So 
  long, 
  therefore, 
  as 
  one-half 
  the 
  total 
  

   minimum 
  power 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  is 
  subject 
  to 
  stoppage 
  during 
  any 
  

   month, 
  the 
  manufacturers 
  will 
  preferably 
  use 
  steam 
  power, 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  its 
  permanency, 
  even 
  at 
  considerably 
  greater 
  expense. 
  

   Bearing 
  on 
  this 
  view 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  pointed 
  out 
  that 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  soft 
  

   coal 
  in 
  Rochester 
  for 
  steam 
  purposes 
  is 
  fully 
  500,000 
  tons 
  a 
  year, 
  

   which, 
  at 
  an 
  average 
  price 
  of 
  $2.40 
  per 
  ton, 
  amounts 
  to 
  the 
  sum 
  

   of 
  |1,200,000 
  annually. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  settled, 
  therefore, 
  

   that 
  waterpower 
  is 
  valuable 
  at 
  Rochester, 
  and 
  that 
  anything 
  

   which 
  tends 
  to 
  reduce 
  the 
  permanent 
  power 
  50 
  per 
  cent 
  is 
  a 
  

   serious 
  matter 
  to 
  the 
  manufacturers 
  of 
  the 
  city. 
  1 
  

  

  Comparison 
  of 
  Mount 
  Morris 
  and 
  Portage 
  sites. 
  As 
  a 
  further 
  

   point 
  in 
  the 
  discussion 
  of 
  Genesee 
  river 
  storage, 
  comparison 
  will 
  

   be 
  made 
  between 
  the 
  Mount 
  Morris 
  project, 
  storing 
  7,370,000,000 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  in 
  1904 
  of 
  about 
  |3,500,000, 
  and 
  the 
  Portage 
  

   project 
  storing 
  15,000,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet, 
  at 
  an 
  estimated 
  cost 
  in 
  

   1904, 
  of 
  |3,250,000, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  determining 
  the 
  relative 
  

   commercial 
  advantages. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  reservoir 
  at 
  Mount 
  Morris 
  storing 
  7,370,000,000 
  cubic 
  

   feet 
  there 
  is 
  282 
  feet 
  fall, 
  on 
  which 
  7,370,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet, 
  less 
  

   the 
  quantity 
  required 
  for 
  the 
  canal, 
  may 
  be 
  applied 
  for 
  power 
  

   purposes. 
  As 
  already 
  explained, 
  the 
  constant 
  outflow 
  from 
  the 
  

   reservoir 
  would 
  never 
  be 
  less 
  than 
  300 
  cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  second. 
  Con- 
  

   tinuous 
  power 
  development 
  under 
  this 
  plan 
  would, 
  therefore, 
  be 
  

   based 
  on 
  300 
  cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  second 
  at 
  Mount 
  Morris, 
  something 
  more 
  

   than 
  this 
  at 
  Geneseo 
  and 
  York, 
  and 
  on 
  600 
  cubic 
  feet 
  a 
  second 
  at 
  

   Rochester. 
  On 
  this 
  basis 
  of 
  computation 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  the 
  total 
  

  

  tf-The 
  new 
  project 
  for 
  a 
  barge 
  canal 
  does 
  not 
  contemplate 
  taking 
  water 
  

   from 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river. 
  This 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  argument 
  is 
  however 
  allowed 
  to 
  

   stand 
  as 
  an 
  illustration 
  of 
  conditions 
  existing 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  