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  additional 
  80 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  as 
  available 
  for 
  producing 
  

   power 
  at 
  Rochester. 
  With 
  this 
  understanding 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  at 
  Rochester 
  somewhat 
  over 
  31,000 
  gross 
  horsepower 
  in 
  the 
  

   vear 
  of 
  minimum 
  flow. 
  For 
  ordinary 
  years 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  several 
  thousand 
  horsepower 
  more 
  than 
  this. 
  

  

  Rochester 
  is 
  a 
  manufacturing 
  city 
  of 
  175,000 
  inhabitants. 
  The 
  

   •demands 
  for 
  power 
  are 
  large, 
  and 
  notwithstanding 
  full 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  in 
  its 
  present 
  state, 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  is 
  

   increasing 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  year. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  605 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  189S 
  incorporated 
  the 
  Genesee 
  River 
  

   'Company 
  and 
  conferred 
  the 
  necessary 
  powers 
  for 
  carrying 
  out 
  the 
  

   project 
  in 
  detail. 
  

  

  Plan 
  for 
  acquiring 
  water 
  rights. 
  During 
  the 
  several 
  years 
  of 
  

   general 
  discussion 
  of 
  this 
  project 
  at 
  Rochester 
  various 
  plans 
  for 
  

   acquiring 
  the 
  water 
  rights 
  have 
  been 
  formulated. 
  The 
  water 
  

   rights, 
  as 
  they 
  now 
  stand, 
  are 
  attached 
  to 
  real 
  estate, 
  but 
  it 
  

   is 
  proposed 
  that 
  the 
  owners 
  deed 
  to 
  the 
  company 
  all 
  interest 
  

   in 
  water 
  rights, 
  each 
  owner 
  retaining 
  his 
  real 
  estate. 
  The 
  deeds 
  

   would 
  transfer 
  to 
  the 
  company 
  all 
  power 
  dams 
  and 
  head 
  races 
  

   which 
  the 
  company 
  on 
  its 
  part 
  would 
  undertake 
  to 
  maintain, 
  

   delivering 
  water 
  to 
  the 
  several 
  properties 
  at 
  the 
  race-wall, 
  pay- 
  

   ment 
  for 
  water 
  so 
  delivered 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  company 
  at 
  the 
  

   rate 
  of 
  f 
  10 
  per 
  year 
  per 
  gross 
  horsepower. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  proposed 
  

   to 
  limit 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  water 
  to 
  present 
  owners 
  at 
  a 
  price 
  of 
  $10 
  per 
  

   year 
  per 
  gross 
  horsepower 
  to 
  present 
  necessities 
  — 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  

   say, 
  to 
  about 
  18,000 
  to 
  20,000 
  gross 
  horsepower. 
  This 
  will 
  leave 
  

   about 
  10,000 
  to 
  12,000 
  gross 
  horsepower 
  to 
  be 
  developed 
  at 
  

   power 
  stations. 
  

  

  Tilings 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  place 
  the 
  project 
  on 
  its 
  feet. 
  The 
  

   first 
  thing 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  is 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  test 
  case 
  as 
  to 
  condemnation 
  

   of 
  flowage 
  grounds. 
  The 
  act 
  authorizing 
  the 
  Genesee 
  River 
  Com- 
  

   pany 
  begins 
  with 
  a 
  preamble, 
  wherein 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  : 
  

  

  Whereas, 
  It 
  is 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  improvement 
  and 
  preserva- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  health, 
  for 
  the 
  checking 
  of 
  floods, 
  for 
  the 
  

   furnishing 
  of 
  water 
  for 
  the 
  enlarged 
  Erie 
  canal, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  sup- 
  

   plying 
  of 
  pure 
  and 
  wholesome 
  water 
  for 
  municipal 
  purposes, 
  that 
  

   the 
  land 
  and 
  real 
  property 
  comprised 
  within 
  the 
  flowage 
  limits 
  

   hereinafter 
  described 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  dam 
  or 
  reservoir 
  to 
  be 
  erected 
  

   on 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river 
  near 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Portageville, 
  as 
  herein- 
  

   after 
  in 
  this 
  act 
  set 
  forth 
  and 
  provided 
  for, 
  should 
  be 
  taken 
  for 
  

  

  