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  YORK 
  STATE 
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  The 
  data 
  for 
  the 
  preceding 
  estimate 
  are 
  not 
  very 
  complete, 
  but 
  

   it 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  $3,000,000 
  is 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  meet 
  

   somewhat 
  adverse 
  conditions. 
  

  

  The 
  construction 
  of 
  Schroon 
  valley 
  reservoir 
  as 
  here 
  proposed 
  

   would 
  submerge 
  several 
  villages, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  cost 
  is 
  included 
  in 
  

   land 
  damages. 
  

  

  With 
  a 
  total 
  storage 
  of 
  21,662,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  and 
  total 
  cost 
  

   of 
  f 
  3,000,000, 
  the 
  cost 
  per 
  million 
  cubic 
  feet 
  stored 
  becomes 
  

   roundly 
  $138.50. 
  In 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  the 
  cost 
  per 
  million 
  gallons 
  

   stored 
  becomes 
  about 
  f 
  18.50. 
  

  

  Schroon 
  valley 
  reservoir 
  no 
  injury 
  to 
  waterpower 
  on 
  Hudson 
  

   river. 
  The 
  foregoing 
  discussion 
  of 
  Schroon 
  valley 
  reservoir 
  pro- 
  

   ject 
  shows 
  that 
  not 
  only 
  may 
  all 
  injury 
  to 
  existing 
  waterpower 
  

   in 
  Schroon 
  valley 
  be 
  obviated, 
  but 
  that 
  10,639 
  gross 
  horsepower 
  

   may 
  be 
  permanently 
  created 
  there. 
  With 
  Hadley 
  dam 
  ulti- 
  

   mately 
  constructed, 
  as 
  proposed 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  Hudson 
  report 
  of 
  

   1895, 
  there 
  would 
  be 
  Stillwater 
  in 
  Hudson 
  river 
  from 
  mouth 
  of 
  

   Schroon 
  river 
  to 
  Hadley. 
  Inasmuch 
  as 
  Hadley 
  dam 
  is 
  intended 
  

   as 
  a 
  regulator 
  of 
  upper 
  Hudson 
  reservoir 
  system, 
  without 
  any 
  

   special 
  waterpower 
  development 
  connected 
  therewith, 
  no 
  injury 
  

   to 
  waterpower 
  above 
  Hadley 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  diversion 
  of 
  775 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  would 
  occur. 
  But 
  from 
  the 
  regulating 
  dam 
  

   down 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  waterpower 
  s 
  would 
  suffer, 
  but 
  not 
  to 
  

   the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  775 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  

   year. 
  Broadly, 
  the 
  proposition 
  takes 
  this 
  form: 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  

   large 
  temporary 
  storage 
  on 
  Schroon, 
  Brant 
  and 
  Paradox 
  lakes, 
  

   the 
  mean 
  summer 
  flow 
  of 
  Schroon 
  river 
  is 
  higher 
  than 
  it 
  would 
  

   otherwise 
  be 
  for 
  the 
  given 
  catchment 
  area. 
  Taking 
  into 
  account 
  

   this 
  natural 
  advantage, 
  what 
  injury 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  to 
  Hudson 
  river 
  

   waterpowers 
  from 
  Hadley 
  to 
  Troy 
  by 
  the 
  continuous 
  diversion 
  

   of 
  775 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  the 
  quantity 
  so 
  diverted 
  to 
  be 
  

   drawn, 
  not 
  from 
  the 
  natural 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  but 
  from 
  a 
  large 
  

   storage 
  reservoir 
  substantially 
  regulating 
  the 
  entire 
  flow 
  for 
  a 
  

   series 
  of 
  years? 
  

  

  In 
  answering 
  this 
  question 
  we 
  must 
  take 
  into 
  account 
  the 
  

   character 
  of 
  the 
  waterpower 
  development 
  on 
  Hudson 
  river. 
  

   The 
  most 
  of 
  it 
  is 
  24-hour 
  power 
  used 
  for 
  pulp-grinding 
  and 
  paper- 
  

   making. 
  Pulp 
  may 
  be 
  ground 
  in 
  high-water 
  flow 
  and 
  stored 
  for 
  

   use 
  in 
  months 
  of 
  minimum 
  flow. 
  This 
  circumstance 
  has 
  led 
  to 
  

  

  