﻿600 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  was 
  at 
  an 
  end 
  in 
  1825. 
  In 
  con- 
  

   sequence 
  of 
  that 
  belief 
  they 
  only 
  made 
  out 
  a 
  bill 
  for 
  specific 
  

   temporary 
  damages 
  sustained 
  during 
  the 
  years 
  while 
  the 
  

   Genesee 
  river 
  water 
  was 
  used 
  as 
  the 
  sole 
  or 
  nearly 
  sole 
  source 
  

   of 
  supply, 
  which 
  was 
  during 
  1822 
  to 
  1825 
  before 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  was 
  

   reached. 
  

  

  On 
  bills 
  rendered 
  as 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  under- 
  

   standing 
  that 
  the 
  awards 
  were 
  for 
  temporary 
  diversion 
  only, 
  

   the 
  Canal 
  Appraisers, 
  in 
  182G, 
  awarded 
  damages 
  to 
  the 
  owners 
  

   of 
  water 
  rights 
  at 
  Rochester, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Childs 
  & 
  Ketchum 
  |140 
  00 
  

  

  Richard 
  Gorsline 
  247 
  90 
  

  

  Hervey 
  Ely 
  700 
  00 
  

  

  Hervey 
  Ely 
  1581 
  79 
  

  

  William 
  Atkinson 
  1000 
  00 
  

  

  William 
  Atkinson 
  1241 
  65 
  

  

  E. 
  Peck 
  . 
  . 
  382 
  00 
  

  

  A. 
  & 
  S. 
  Carpenter 
  717 
  84 
  

  

  H. 
  N. 
  & 
  A. 
  B. 
  Curtis 
  1318 
  62 
  

  

  Williams 
  & 
  Whitney 
  275 
  00 
  

  

  E. 
  S. 
  Beach 
  1332 
  16 
  

  

  E. 
  Johnson 
  and 
  heirs 
  of 
  O. 
  iSeymour 
  300 
  00 
  

  

  E. 
  Johnson 
  500 
  00 
  

  

  Thos. 
  H. 
  Rochester 
  Co 
  1106 
  08 
  

  

  Buck 
  & 
  Lockwood 
  309 
  45 
  

  

  E. 
  Gilbert 
  140 
  00 
  

  

  Amount 
  $12,049 
  66 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  learned 
  from 
  the 
  available 
  records 
  the 
  fore- 
  

   going 
  sum 
  of 
  $12,049.66 
  includes 
  all 
  that 
  has 
  ever 
  been 
  paid 
  to 
  

   the 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  hydraulic 
  privileges 
  at 
  Rochester 
  on 
  account 
  

   of 
  diversion 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   the 
  Erie 
  canal. 
  

  

  The 
  foregoing 
  list 
  includes 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  proprietors 
  of 
  

   the 
  Rochester 
  water 
  power 
  and 
  in 
  use 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  

   construction. 
  

  

  The 
  matter 
  of 
  payment 
  for 
  temporary 
  damage 
  at 
  Rochester 
  was 
  

   a 
  source 
  of 
  controversy 
  from 
  1826 
  to 
  1852, 
  in 
  which 
  year 
  Jacob 
  

   Graves 
  and 
  others, 
  occupants 
  of 
  water 
  power 
  on 
  the 
  Genesee 
  

  

  