﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  XEAY 
  YORK 
  

  

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  permanent, 
  continuous 
  power 
  to 
  be 
  realized 
  from 
  a 
  reservoir 
  stor- 
  

   ing 
  7,370,000.000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  and 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  Mount 
  Morris 
  gorge 
  

   would 
  be 
  18,327 
  gross 
  horsepower. 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  increase 
  in 
  waterpower, 
  the 
  effective 
  value 
  of 
  

   the 
  storage 
  will 
  be 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  permanent 
  power 
  above 
  the 
  low- 
  

   water 
  power 
  of 
  the 
  stream. 
  As 
  already 
  stated, 
  the 
  total 
  per- 
  

   manent 
  power 
  for 
  the 
  unregulated 
  stream 
  is 
  6727 
  gross 
  horse- 
  

  

  Fig. 
  40 
  Section 
  of 
  dam 
  and 
  gate-house 
  as 
  proposed 
  for 
  Genesee 
  river 
  at 
  

   Portage. 
  

  

  power. 
  The 
  gain 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  storage 
  is, 
  therefore, 
  11,600 
  gross 
  

   horsepower. 
  Assuming 
  a 
  price 
  of 
  $10 
  per 
  gross 
  horsepower, 
  we 
  

   reach 
  an 
  annual 
  return 
  from 
  the 
  increased 
  power 
  of 
  $116,000 
  ; 
  but 
  

   the 
  Mount 
  Morris 
  reservoir 
  is 
  estimated 
  in 
  1904 
  to 
  cost 
  $3,500,000, 
  

   although 
  ten 
  years 
  ago 
  it 
  was 
  estimated 
  at 
  $2,785,000. 
  Using 
  the 
  

   figure 
  of 
  the 
  estimate 
  of 
  ten 
  years 
  ago, 
  and 
  assuming 
  the 
  project 
  

   carried 
  out 
  by 
  a 
  private 
  company 
  with 
  money 
  at 
  5 
  per 
  cent, 
  the 
  

   annual 
  interest 
  on 
  the 
  investment 
  is 
  $139,250 
  — 
  a 
  sum 
  $23,250 
  in 
  

   excess 
  of 
  the 
  probable 
  annual 
  income 
  when 
  all 
  the 
  power 
  created 
  

   shall 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  into 
  use; 
  but 
  there 
  should 
  be 
  a 
  sinking, 
  

  

  