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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Paper 
  Company, 
  where 
  the 
  water 
  wheels 
  ordinarily 
  work 
  under 
  

   from 
  67 
  to 
  68 
  feet 
  head, 
  yielding 
  a 
  power 
  of 
  something 
  like 
  7731 
  

   horsepower. 
  The 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  power 
  dam 
  above 
  the 
  falls 
  is 
  at 
  

   an 
  elevation 
  of 
  801 
  feet 
  above 
  tidewater, 
  while 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  

   barrage 
  at 
  Carthage 
  will 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  772 
  feet 
  above 
  tidewater. 
  

   There 
  will 
  remain, 
  then, 
  when 
  the 
  reservoir 
  is 
  just 
  full, 
  29 
  feet 
  

   head 
  instead 
  of 
  about 
  68 
  feet, 
  as 
  at 
  present. 
  During 
  such 
  flood- 
  

   flows 
  as 
  occur, 
  with 
  the 
  water 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  reservoir 
  above 
  

   crest 
  of 
  barrage 
  at 
  Carthage, 
  the 
  head 
  will 
  be 
  less, 
  although 
  this 
  

   condition 
  will 
  only 
  rarely 
  occur. 
  Usually, 
  with 
  the 
  reservoir 
  

   drawn 
  somewhat 
  down, 
  the 
  head 
  at 
  Lyon 
  Falls 
  will 
  be, 
  on 
  an 
  

   average, 
  from 
  30 
  to 
  35 
  feet. 
  In 
  any 
  case 
  the 
  mill 
  will 
  largely 
  re- 
  

   quire 
  reconstructing 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  conform 
  to 
  the 
  new 
  conditions, 
  

   and 
  from 
  this 
  point 
  of 
  view 
  the 
  damages 
  have 
  been 
  liberally 
  

   estimated. 
  The 
  Gould 
  Paper 
  Company' 
  was 
  expending 
  about 
  

   $200,000 
  on 
  improvements 
  to 
  their 
  mill 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  

   1899. 
  

  

  At 
  Deer 
  River 
  village 
  the 
  backwater 
  of 
  the 
  reservoir 
  just 
  

   about 
  reaches 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  dam, 
  practically 
  eliminating 
  

   waterpower 
  at 
  that 
  dam. 
  

  

  At 
  Lowville 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  old 
  mill, 
  the 
  waterpower 
  of 
  which 
  will 
  

   be 
  destroyed. 
  

  

  At 
  New 
  Bremen 
  there 
  are 
  three 
  small 
  establishments 
  entirely 
  

   submerged. 
  

  

  At 
  Fenton's 
  Mill, 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  reservoir, 
  a 
  small 
  

   feedmill 
  will 
  be 
  submerged. 
  

  

  The 
  chief 
  damage 
  will 
  occur 
  at 
  Beaver 
  Falls 
  and 
  Lyon 
  Falls, 
  

   the 
  mills 
  at 
  the 
  other 
  places 
  being 
  relatively 
  unimportant. 
  

  

  Tabulations 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Engineers 
  

   on 
  Deep 
  Waterways 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  given 
  in 
  discussing 
  the 
  

   Genesee 
  river 
  storage 
  project, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  learned 
  that 
  a 
  

   reservoir 
  of 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  capacity 
  indicated 
  would 
  furnish 
  2200 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  to 
  Black 
  river 
  every 
  day 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  and 
  

   at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  be 
  adequate 
  to 
  meet 
  all 
  possible 
  contingencies 
  

   of 
  water 
  supply 
  for 
  the 
  proposed 
  deep 
  waterways. 
  The 
  total 
  

   capacity 
  of 
  the 
  reservoir 
  would 
  be 
  about 
  2600 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  

   second. 
  

  

  The 
  estimated 
  cost 
  of 
  this 
  reservoir 
  was, 
  in 
  1899, 
  $5,712,200. 
  

   In 
  1904 
  the 
  cost 
  may 
  be 
  expected 
  to 
  be 
  approximately 
  25 
  per 
  

  

  

  