﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OP 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  605 
  

  

  that 
  not 
  only 
  should 
  the 
  railway 
  negotiation 
  be 
  closed 
  and 
  the 
  

   new 
  line 
  placed 
  under 
  construction, 
  but 
  all 
  rights 
  in 
  the 
  flow- 
  

   age 
  ground 
  should 
  be 
  secured 
  before 
  beginning 
  construction 
  of 
  

   the 
  dam. 
  This 
  is 
  because 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  construction 
  proposed 
  in- 
  

   volves 
  the 
  possible 
  flooding 
  of 
  work 
  while 
  the 
  dam 
  is 
  in 
  process. 
  

   It 
  is 
  obvious 
  that 
  should 
  such 
  flooding 
  occur 
  before 
  the 
  company 
  

   had 
  secured 
  the 
  area 
  to 
  be 
  flooded, 
  very 
  heavy 
  damages 
  might 
  

   accrue. 
  The 
  valley 
  to 
  be 
  flooded 
  is 
  broad 
  and 
  deep, 
  and 
  there 
  

   might 
  even 
  be 
  loss 
  of 
  life. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  other 
  way, 
  therefore, 
  

   than 
  to 
  fully 
  acquire 
  the 
  flowage 
  ground 
  and 
  construct 
  a 
  new 
  

   line 
  of 
  railway 
  before 
  beginning 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  dam. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  foregoing 
  several 
  steps 
  taken, 
  the 
  next 
  thing 
  will 
  

   be 
  to 
  finance 
  the 
  project. 
  Possibly 
  this 
  can 
  be 
  accomplished 
  

   before 
  acquiring 
  flowage 
  ground 
  of 
  reservoir 
  and 
  right 
  to 
  remove 
  

   railway, 
  although 
  it 
  is 
  considered 
  that 
  with 
  these 
  several 
  things 
  

   fully 
  accomplished 
  the 
  financing 
  of 
  the 
  project 
  will 
  take 
  care 
  

   of 
  itself. 
  

  

  Assuming 
  that 
  the 
  necessary 
  rights 
  have 
  been 
  acquired 
  and 
  

   the 
  finances 
  arranged, 
  the 
  next 
  step 
  will 
  be 
  to 
  construct 
  the 
  

   dam 
  and 
  the 
  power 
  stations 
  at 
  Rochester, 
  together 
  with 
  any 
  

   other 
  special 
  constructions 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  decided 
  on. 
  

  

  Provided 
  the 
  matter 
  be 
  taken 
  up 
  actively 
  and 
  driven 
  along 
  

   in 
  a 
  businesslike 
  manner, 
  the 
  work 
  can 
  be 
  completed 
  and 
  the 
  

   company 
  ready 
  to 
  deliver 
  power 
  in 
  from 
  four 
  to 
  six 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  foregoing 
  statement 
  of 
  things 
  necessary 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  before 
  

   the 
  Genesee 
  River 
  Company 
  can 
  be 
  placed 
  an 
  its 
  feet 
  indicates 
  

   that 
  a 
  considerable 
  amount 
  of 
  money 
  must 
  be 
  invested 
  without 
  

   being 
  absolutely 
  certain 
  that 
  the 
  project 
  will 
  finally 
  be 
  carried 
  

   out, 
  and 
  on 
  presenting 
  this 
  phase 
  of 
  the 
  matter 
  to 
  capitalists 
  

   no 
  one 
  has 
  thus 
  far 
  been 
  willing 
  to 
  invest 
  perhaps 
  $300,000 
  to 
  

   $400,000 
  on 
  the 
  chance, 
  although 
  the 
  project 
  is 
  safe 
  enough 
  

   if 
  one 
  has 
  a 
  full 
  realization 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  benefits 
  to 
  be 
  derived. 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  the 
  Rochester 
  Water 
  Power 
  

   The 
  following 
  gives 
  a 
  brief 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  Rochester 
  water 
  

   power 
  as 
  it 
  existed 
  in 
  1900. 
  

  

  The 
  power 
  is 
  developed 
  at 
  four 
  dams. 
  The 
  first, 
  or 
  upper, 
  

   one 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Johnson 
  and 
  Seymour 
  dam. 
  It 
  

   is 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  the 
  city, 
  just 
  above 
  Court 
  street 
  bridge. 
  

  

  