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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  At 
  present 
  there 
  are 
  five 
  bridges 
  over 
  Black 
  river 
  between 
  

   Carthage 
  and 
  Lyon 
  Falls, 
  namely: 
  Castorland, 
  1; 
  Lowville, 
  2; 
  

   Glenfleld, 
  1, 
  and 
  Greig, 
  1. 
  These 
  three 
  new 
  crossings 
  will 
  fairly 
  

   accommodate 
  the 
  traffic 
  of 
  the 
  region. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  the 
  Black 
  river 
  canal 
  levels, 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   dam 
  at 
  Carthage 
  is 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  723.53 
  feet 
  above 
  tidewater, 
  

   while 
  the 
  water 
  surface 
  at 
  Lyon 
  Falls, 
  42.5 
  miles 
  distant 
  by 
  the 
  

   meander 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  is 
  735.65. 
  At 
  present 
  the 
  slack-water 
  navi- 
  

   gation 
  from 
  Lyon 
  Falls 
  to 
  Carthage 
  is 
  made 
  by 
  two 
  dams 
  with 
  

   locks, 
  one 
  at 
  Otter 
  creek 
  with 
  a 
  lift 
  of 
  about 
  4 
  feet 
  and 
  one 
  at 
  

   Bushee's 
  Landing 
  with 
  a 
  lift 
  of 
  about 
  4.5 
  feet. 
  From 
  Lyon 
  Falls 
  

   the 
  Black 
  river 
  canal 
  rises 
  to 
  the 
  Boonville 
  summit, 
  where 
  the 
  

   elevation 
  of 
  the 
  summit 
  level 
  is 
  1126.96 
  feet 
  above 
  tide 
  in 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   tance 
  of 
  ten 
  miles. 
  From 
  Boonville, 
  Black 
  river 
  canal 
  drops 
  

   down 
  to 
  Erie 
  canal 
  level 
  at 
  Rome, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  25 
  miles. 
  

  

  That 
  portion 
  of 
  Black 
  river 
  valley 
  within 
  the 
  flow 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  

   proposed 
  reservoir 
  presents 
  a 
  considerable 
  diversity 
  of 
  soil. 
  In 
  

   the 
  lower 
  portion 
  the 
  soils 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  are, 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  

   degree, 
  sandy 
  and 
  of 
  very 
  little 
  value 
  for 
  agriculture, 
  while 
  on 
  

   the 
  west 
  side 
  there 
  are 
  considerable 
  areas 
  of 
  valuable 
  bottom 
  

   meadows. 
  To 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  southeast 
  of 
  Carthage 
  there 
  are 
  also 
  

   extensive 
  areas 
  almost 
  entirely 
  covered 
  with 
  rock 
  and 
  of 
  very 
  

   nominal 
  value. 
  The 
  following 
  notes 
  are 
  cited 
  as 
  showing 
  the 
  value 
  

   of 
  these 
  lands. 
  All 
  these 
  statements 
  are 
  as 
  per 
  the 
  assessors' 
  

   books 
  for 
  1899. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Denmark 
  the 
  assessors 
  state 
  that 
  hill 
  farms 
  

   are 
  valued 
  at 
  $20 
  per 
  acre, 
  flats 
  at 
  from 
  $60 
  to 
  $70. 
  These 
  the 
  

   assessors 
  consider 
  to 
  be 
  nearly 
  full 
  values. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Croghan 
  the 
  assessors 
  value 
  the 
  best 
  farms 
  in 
  

   the 
  flats 
  at 
  $37 
  per 
  acre, 
  and 
  other 
  lands 
  at 
  from 
  $6 
  to 
  $25 
  per 
  

   acre; 
  the 
  rock 
  and 
  sand 
  areas 
  at 
  from 
  $2 
  to 
  $5 
  per 
  acre. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  New 
  Bremen 
  the 
  equalized 
  assessed; 
  value 
  per 
  

   acre 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  township 
  is 
  $8.25. 
  The 
  assessors 
  state 
  that 
  

   this 
  is 
  about 
  60 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  value. 
  On 
  this 
  basis 
  the 
  average 
  

   value 
  of 
  lands 
  in 
  that 
  township 
  becomes 
  $13.75 
  per 
  acre. 
  

  

  In 
  Greig 
  township 
  the 
  assessors 
  state 
  that 
  good 
  river 
  flats 
  

   are 
  assessed 
  at 
  $25 
  per 
  acre; 
  sandy 
  flats 
  at 
  from 
  $6 
  to 
  $7 
  per 
  

   acre; 
  the 
  best 
  stony 
  land 
  at 
  $12 
  per 
  acre; 
  poor 
  stony 
  land 
  at 
  

   $7 
  per 
  acre, 
  and 
  swamps 
  at 
  $.50 
  per 
  acre. 
  

  

  