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  cent 
  greater, 
  or 
  $7,140,000. 
  The 
  relations 
  of 
  cost 
  to 
  the 
  water 
  

   power 
  to 
  be 
  developed 
  may 
  be 
  obtained 
  by 
  considering 
  the 
  de- 
  

   tailed 
  tables 
  of 
  developed 
  power 
  on 
  Black 
  river 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  

   Deep 
  Waterways 
  report. 
  The 
  storage 
  of 
  Black 
  river 
  reservoir 
  at 
  

   level 
  of 
  crest 
  of 
  dam 
  is 
  57,200,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  Hence 
  the 
  cost 
  

   per 
  million 
  cubic 
  feet 
  of 
  storage 
  becomes, 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  the 
  esti- 
  

   mate 
  of 
  1904, 
  about 
  $125. 
  

  

  Storage 
  Reservoirs 
  on 
  Hudson 
  River 
  

   Hudson 
  river 
  is 
  divided 
  at 
  the 
  Troy 
  dam 
  into 
  the 
  upper 
  or 
  

   water-power 
  section 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  or 
  tidal 
  portion. 
  The 
  pro- 
  

   posed 
  reservoirs 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  section 
  above 
  Troy. 
  

  

  Early 
  surveys. 
  The 
  project 
  for 
  constructing 
  storage 
  reservoirs 
  

   on 
  the 
  upper 
  Hudson 
  has 
  been 
  agitated 
  for 
  many 
  years, 
  the 
  first 
  

   surveys 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  having 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  1874. 
  In 
  that 
  year 
  

   Prof. 
  F. 
  N. 
  Benedict 
  conducted 
  surveys, 
  and 
  in 
  his 
  report 
  pro- 
  

   posed 
  an 
  extensive 
  system 
  of 
  reservoirs. 
  The 
  chief 
  interest 
  

   attaching 
  to 
  this 
  report 
  is 
  the 
  proposition 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  Mr 
  

   Benedict 
  to 
  build 
  storage 
  reservoirs 
  at 
  Blue 
  Mountain, 
  Raquette, 
  

   Forked, 
  Beach 
  and 
  Long 
  lakes, 
  and 
  divert 
  the 
  water 
  stored 
  on 
  

   these 
  several 
  lakes 
  from 
  their 
  natural 
  drainage 
  into 
  Raquette 
  

   river, 
  to 
  the 
  south, 
  thus 
  making 
  them 
  artificially 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  

   Hudson 
  river. 
  In 
  proposing 
  this 
  diversion, 
  Mr 
  Benedict 
  appar- 
  

   ently 
  assumed 
  that 
  the 
  State, 
  in 
  its 
  sovereign 
  capacity, 
  could 
  

   divert 
  waters 
  from 
  one 
  catchment 
  area 
  to 
  another 
  without 
  re- 
  

   gard 
  to 
  the 
  rights 
  or 
  wishes 
  of 
  the 
  riparian 
  owners. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  lakes 
  already 
  enumerated, 
  which 
  are 
  

   naturally 
  tributary 
  to 
  Baquette 
  river, 
  Mr 
  Benedict 
  proposed 
  to 
  

   make 
  reservoirs 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  lakes 
  and 
  ponds 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  

   Hudson 
  catchment 
  area: 
  Round 
  pond, 
  Catlin 
  lake, 
  Rich 
  lake, 
  Har- 
  

   ris 
  lake, 
  Lake 
  Henderson, 
  Newcomb 
  lake, 
  Lower 
  works 
  reservoir, 
  

   Chain 
  lakes, 
  Goodenow 
  pond, 
  Goodenow 
  river 
  reservoir, 
  South 
  

   pond, 
  Clear 
  pond, 
  Slim 
  pond, 
  Ackerman 
  pond, 
  Perch 
  pond, 
  Trout 
  

   pond, 
  Lake 
  Harkness, 
  Shedd 
  lake, 
  First 
  Sergeant 
  pond, 
  Third 
  

   Sergeant 
  pond, 
  Plumley 
  pond, 
  Moose 
  pond, 
  and 
  Gary 
  pond. 
  The 
  

   total 
  storage 
  to 
  be 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  entire 
  system 
  of 
  reservoirs 
  

   is 
  placed 
  at 
  18,419,781,600 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  The 
  total 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   posed 
  reservoirs 
  was 
  placed 
  by 
  Mr 
  Benedict 
  at 
  about 
  $265,000, 
  

   or, 
  including 
  the 
  diversion 
  canal 
  and 
  improvements 
  at 
  Long 
  lake, 
  

   at 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  about 
  $460,000. 
  The 
  dams 
  proposed 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  

  

  