﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  619 
  

  

  In 
  Martinsburg 
  township 
  the 
  best 
  flat 
  lands 
  are 
  assessed 
  at 
  

   from 
  $30. 
  to 
  $35 
  per 
  acre; 
  swamps 
  at 
  $1 
  per 
  acre. 
  The 
  equalized 
  

   value 
  per 
  acre 
  in 
  this 
  township, 
  as 
  per 
  supervisors' 
  equalization 
  

   table 
  for 
  1898, 
  is 
  $22.65. 
  

  

  In 
  Lowville 
  township 
  river 
  flats 
  and 
  all 
  lands 
  between 
  the 
  New 
  

   York 
  Central 
  & 
  Hudson 
  river 
  railway 
  and 
  the 
  river 
  are 
  assessed 
  

   at 
  $50 
  per 
  acre. 
  The 
  equalized 
  value 
  in 
  this 
  township 
  is 
  $66.50. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Turin 
  flats 
  are 
  assessed 
  at 
  $40 
  per 
  acre, 
  and 
  

   lands 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  bench 
  above 
  the 
  flats 
  at 
  $30 
  per 
  acre. 
  

  

  Referring 
  to 
  the 
  supervisors' 
  equalization 
  table 
  in 
  the 
  Proceed- 
  

   ings 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Supervisors 
  of 
  Lewis 
  county 
  it 
  is 
  learned 
  

   that 
  the 
  total 
  assessed 
  area 
  in 
  Lewis 
  county 
  is 
  754,488 
  acres, 
  on 
  

   which 
  the 
  assessors 
  place 
  a 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  $8,834,204. 
  At 
  this 
  

   rate 
  the 
  average 
  price 
  per 
  acre 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  county 
  becomes 
  

   $11.71. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  50,000 
  acres 
  of 
  land 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  for 
  

   the 
  Black 
  river 
  reservoir 
  is 
  estimated 
  at 
  $1,876,000. 
  By 
  way 
  of 
  

   showing 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  an 
  ample 
  estimate 
  we 
  may 
  consider 
  that 
  

   while 
  50,000 
  acres 
  is 
  only- 
  about 
  one-fifteenth 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  area 
  

   of 
  Lewis 
  county, 
  the 
  estimated 
  value 
  of 
  $1,876,000 
  is 
  about 
  one- 
  

   fifth 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  valuation 
  of 
  the 
  county; 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  say, 
  the 
  

   estimated 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  lands 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  is 
  nearly 
  three 
  times 
  

   the 
  average 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  lands 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  county. 
  The 
  lands 
  

   to 
  be 
  taken 
  include, 
  however, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  in 
  the 
  county, 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  a 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  poorest 
  lands. 
  

  

  Probably 
  as 
  serious 
  a 
  consequence 
  as 
  any 
  to 
  result 
  from 
  the 
  

   construction 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  river 
  reservoir 
  is 
  the 
  considerable 
  inter- 
  

   ference 
  with 
  the 
  Avaterpower 
  at 
  Beaver 
  Falls, 
  Lyon 
  Falls, 
  New 
  

   Bremen, 
  Lowville, 
  Fenton's 
  Mill 
  and 
  Deer 
  River 
  village. 
  At 
  

   Beaver 
  Falls 
  on 
  Beaver 
  river 
  there 
  are 
  now 
  four 
  establishments 
  

   ordinarily 
  using 
  3071 
  horsepower 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  total 
  valuation 
  of 
  

   $425,000, 
  the 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  product 
  being 
  $448,600. 
  

   There 
  are 
  forty-two 
  hands 
  employed. 
  

  

  At 
  Lyon 
  Falls 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  custom 
  feedmill 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  small 
  

   electric 
  plant 
  for 
  lighting 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Lyon 
  Falls. 
  These 
  estab- 
  

   lishments 
  are 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  Black 
  river 
  canal, 
  just 
  above 
  where 
  

   said 
  canal 
  enters 
  Black 
  river, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  entirely 
  submerged. 
  

   The 
  value, 
  however, 
  is 
  small, 
  not 
  exceeding 
  $5000. 
  The 
  principal 
  

   establishment 
  at 
  Lyon 
  Falls 
  is 
  the 
  newspaper 
  mill 
  of 
  the 
  Gould 
  

  

  