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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  estimated 
  cost, 
  as 
  per 
  the 
  preceding, 
  of 
  $2,000,000 
  is 
  

   based 
  on 
  present 
  labor 
  conditions, 
  etc. 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

   So 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  writer 
  can 
  determine 
  with 
  the 
  data 
  at 
  hand, 
  

   $2,000,000 
  will 
  construct 
  the 
  compensating 
  reservoirs 
  proposed 
  in 
  

   the 
  foregoing, 
  

  

  Inasmuch 
  as 
  four 
  of 
  these 
  reservoirs 
  are 
  located 
  in 
  Sacandaga 
  

   river 
  catchment, 
  which 
  stream 
  is 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  

   below 
  proposed 
  Hadley 
  regulating 
  reservoir, 
  that 
  reservoir 
  is 
  not 
  

   included 
  in 
  present 
  series. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  shows 
  the 
  difference 
  in 
  cost 
  between 
  paying 
  

   water-power 
  damages 
  and 
  providing 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  compensating 
  

   reservoirs 
  : 
  

  

  Waterpower 
  damages 
  $4,761,180 
  

  

  Cost 
  of 
  compensating 
  reservoirs 
  2,000,000 
  

  

  Difference 
  < 
  $2,761,180 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  system 
  of 
  compensating 
  reservoirs 
  the 
  total 
  estimated 
  

   cost 
  of 
  reservoir 
  system 
  for 
  supply 
  of 
  775 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  

   becomes 
  $4,000,000. 
  But 
  if 
  waterpower 
  damages 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  

   in 
  money, 
  as 
  per 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  the 
  approximate 
  figure 
  becomes 
  

   $7,761,180. 
  For 
  even 
  figures, 
  we 
  may 
  take 
  the 
  latter 
  at 
  $8,000,000. 
  

  

  If, 
  however, 
  we 
  assume 
  that, 
  owing 
  to 
  legal 
  difficulties, 
  not 
  only 
  

   the 
  principle 
  of 
  compensation 
  in 
  kind 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  applied, 
  but 
  that 
  

   a 
  partial 
  taking 
  of 
  the 
  properties 
  is 
  impracticable, 
  it 
  follows 
  

   that 
  the 
  amount 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  proposed 
  diversion 
  

   of 
  775 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  — 
  supplied 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  large 
  reser- 
  

   voir 
  substantially 
  controlling 
  the 
  entire 
  flow 
  of 
  Schroon 
  river 
  — 
  

   becomes 
  considerably 
  greater. 
  The 
  data 
  are 
  not 
  at 
  hand 
  for 
  

   accurately 
  estimating 
  the 
  full 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  properties 
  

   affected, 
  but 
  from 
  casual 
  examination 
  the 
  provisional 
  figure 
  of 
  

   from 
  $12,000,000 
  to 
  $15,000,000 
  may 
  be 
  assumed. 
  In 
  any 
  case, 
  

   if 
  the 
  entire 
  properties 
  were 
  acquired 
  by 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  

   apparently 
  the 
  rational 
  procedure 
  would 
  be 
  to 
  make 
  such 
  reserva- 
  

   tions 
  as 
  might 
  seem 
  necessary 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  city's 
  right 
  

   to 
  775 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  quantity 
  fixed 
  upon, 
  

   and 
  to 
  then 
  sell 
  the 
  properties 
  subject 
  to 
  such 
  reservation. 
  By 
  

   proceeding 
  on 
  this 
  line 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  

  

  