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  the 
  basis 
  of 
  f3000 
  per 
  water 
  right, 
  and 
  further 
  assume 
  that 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  low-water 
  flow 
  is 
  200 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  the 
  value 
  for 
  

   permanent 
  power 
  becomes 
  $120.35, 
  while 
  at 
  $4000 
  per 
  water 
  right 
  

   it 
  becomes 
  $164.45 
  per 
  gross 
  horsepower. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  water 
  rights 
  on 
  Brown's 
  race 
  are 
  about 
  as 
  

   valuable 
  for 
  business 
  purposes 
  as 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  Johnson 
  and 
  Sey- 
  

   mour 
  and 
  Rochester, 
  Carroll 
  and 
  Fitzhugh 
  raceways. 
  Hence, 
  at 
  

   $4000 
  per 
  water 
  right, 
  Brown's 
  race 
  is 
  cheap 
  waterpower 
  even 
  

   under 
  present 
  adverse 
  conditions 
  of 
  low 
  summer 
  flow 
  of 
  at 
  times 
  

   only 
  about 
  200 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  or 
  even 
  less. 
  

  

  Rochester 
  Power 
  Company's 
  raceway. 
  This 
  raceway 
  is 
  on 
  east 
  

   side 
  of 
  Genesee 
  river, 
  at 
  upper 
  falls. 
  It 
  is 
  entitled 
  to 
  A 
  of 
  the 
  

   entire 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  being 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  flow 
  not 
  taken 
  into 
  

   Brown's 
  race. 
  This 
  power 
  is 
  now 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  Rochester 
  Gas 
  

   & 
  Electric 
  Company, 
  having 
  been 
  purchased 
  by 
  that 
  company 
  

   a 
  few 
  years 
  ago. 
  The 
  purchase 
  price 
  is 
  not 
  known. 
  On 
  the 
  

   same 
  basis 
  as 
  on 
  Brown's 
  race, 
  the 
  waterpower 
  would 
  be 
  worth 
  

   $18,000. 
  As 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  fact, 
  however, 
  it 
  is 
  probably 
  now 
  valued 
  

   much 
  higher 
  than 
  this. 
  

  

  The 
  Genesee 
  Paper 
  Company 
  and 
  estate 
  of 
  Chas. 
  J. 
  Hayden. 
  

   This 
  waterpower 
  comprises 
  the 
  entire 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river 
  at 
  

   the 
  middle 
  falls, 
  where 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  28 
  feet. 
  The 
  Genesee 
  Paper 
  

   Company 
  owns 
  io 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  flow 
  of 
  river 
  and 
  the 
  estate 
  of 
  

   Charles 
  J. 
  Hayden, 
  - 
  2 
  - 
  -. 
  With 
  1000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  flow, 
  

   the 
  gross 
  horsepower 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  falls 
  is 
  3180. 
  Of 
  this, 
  2703 
  

   gross 
  horsepower 
  pertain 
  to 
  the 
  Genesee 
  Paper 
  Company's 
  power 
  

   and 
  477 
  to 
  the 
  Hayden 
  estate. 
  The 
  Genesee 
  Paper 
  Company 
  offers 
  

   its 
  water 
  rights 
  at 
  $125,000, 
  or 
  $200,000 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  property, 
  

   which 
  includes 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  not 
  very 
  valuable 
  buildings 
  and 
  

   several 
  acres 
  of 
  land. 
  At 
  $125,000 
  for 
  the 
  Genesee 
  Paper 
  Com- 
  

   pany's 
  water 
  rights, 
  the 
  price 
  per 
  gross 
  horsepower, 
  on 
  a 
  basis 
  

   of 
  1000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  flow, 
  becomes 
  $46.24. 
  At 
  this 
  

   price 
  the 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  rights 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  falls 
  is 
  

   $147,043. 
  It 
  is 
  considered 
  that 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  

   Genesee 
  Paper 
  Company 
  is 
  worth 
  the 
  price 
  asked, 
  namely, 
  $75,000. 
  

  

  The 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  Genesee 
  Paper 
  Company 
  was 
  sold 
  to 
  the 
  

   Rochester 
  Gas 
  & 
  Electric 
  Company 
  in 
  February, 
  1900. 
  

  

  Brush 
  Electric 
  Light 
  Company's 
  power 
  at 
  lower 
  falls. 
  This 
  

   company, 
  which 
  was 
  absorbed 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  ago 
  by 
  the 
  Rochester 
  

  

  