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  preferable. 
  The 
  quality 
  of 
  Lake 
  George 
  water 
  — 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  

   Schroon 
  river 
  — 
  is 
  unexceptionable. 
  

  

  Reservoir 
  system 
  for 
  river 
  regulation 
  only. 
  This 
  project 
  pro- 
  

   poses 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  storage 
  on 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  

   river 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  hold 
  low 
  -water 
  flow 
  at 
  as 
  high 
  a 
  point 
  as 
  possible, 
  

   thereby 
  driving 
  salt 
  water 
  further 
  downstream 
  and 
  consequently 
  

   permitting 
  of 
  taking 
  a 
  supply 
  from 
  the 
  lower 
  Hudson 
  by 
  pumping 
  

   lower 
  down 
  than 
  1 
  would 
  otherwise 
  be 
  possible. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  first 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  Hudson 
  surveys 
  it 
  is 
  shown 
  that 
  

   a 
  reservoir 
  system 
  may 
  be 
  developed 
  capable 
  of 
  maintaining 
  a 
  flow 
  

   at 
  Mechanieville 
  of 
  4500 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second. 
  The 
  following 
  

   tabulation 
  gives 
  the 
  main 
  elements 
  -of 
  such, 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  reservoirs 
  

   so 
  far 
  as 
  worked 
  out, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  approximate 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  

   same, 
  all 
  based 
  on 
  13.5 
  inches 
  on 
  the 
  catchment 
  except 
  Schroon 
  

   valley, 
  which 
  is 
  taken 
  at 
  18 
  inches 
  : 
  

  

  Name 
  of 
  Reservoir 
  

  

  Location, 
  

   on 
  what 
  stream 
  

  

  Estimated 
  

  

  capacity 
  in 
  

  

  cubic 
  feet 
  

  

  Tributary- 
  

   catchment 
  

   area 
  in 
  

   square 
  

   miles 
  

  

  Estimated 
  

   cost 
  

  

  (1) 
  

  

  (2) 
  

  

  Sacandaga 
  river 
  . 
  . 
  

   Sacandaga 
  river 
  . 
  . 
  

   Sacandaga 
  river. 
  . 
  

   Sacandaga 
  river 
  . 
  . 
  

   Main 
  North 
  river 
  . 
  

   Main 
  North 
  river 
  . 
  

   Main 
  North 
  river 
  . 
  

   Main 
  North 
  river 
  . 
  

  

  Main 
  North 
  river 
  . 
  

   Main 
  North 
  river 
  . 
  

   Main 
  North 
  river 
  . 
  

  

  Boreas 
  river 
  

  

  Cedar 
  river 
  

  

  Schroon 
  river 
  .... 
  

  

  (3) 
  

  

  (4) 
  

  

  (5) 
  

  

  Conklinville 
  

  

  Lake 
  Pleasant 
  

  

  Piseco 
  lake 
  

  

  Arietta 
  flow 
  

  

  Hadlev 
  

  

  10, 
  000, 
  000, 
  000 
  

   1.400,000,000 
  

   1,725.000,000 
  

   1,400,000,000 
  

   4.000.000,000 
  

  

  439. 
  000, 
  000 
  

   1,819,000,000 
  

  

  784, 
  000, 
  000 
  

  

  2,603,000.000 
  

   565, 
  000, 
  000 
  

   2,101,000,000 
  

   1,411,000,000 
  

   1,819,000,000 
  

   21,662,000,000 
  

  

  900 
  

   45 
  

   55 
  

   40 
  

  

  $1,400,000 
  

  

  110,000 
  

  

  100, 
  000 
  

  

  80, 
  000 
  

  

  750,000 
  

  

  160, 
  000 
  

  

  45, 
  000 
  

  

  50, 
  000 
  

  

  250, 
  000 
  

   40, 
  000 
  

   240, 
  000 
  

   160, 
  000 
  

   150, 
  000 
  

   1,700,000 
  

  

  Thirteenth 
  pond 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Chain 
  lakes 
  

  

  Catlin 
  lake 
  

  

  Lakes 
  Rich, 
  Harris, 
  

  

  Newcomb, 
  etc. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Lake 
  Henderson. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Tahawus 
  flow 
  

  

  Boreas 
  river, 
  etc. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Wakely 
  flow 
  

  

  Tumblehead 
  falls. 
  . 
  

  

  14 
  

   58 
  

   25 
  

  

  83 
  

   ' 
  18 
  

   67 
  

   45 
  

   58 
  

   518 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  51,728,000,000 
  

  

  

  $5, 
  235, 
  000 
  

  

  

  

  The 
  capacity 
  of 
  Indian 
  lake 
  reservoir 
  of 
  about 
  5,000,000,000 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  should 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  foregoing 
  total 
  of 
  51,728,000,000 
  

   cubic 
  feet, 
  giving 
  a 
  final 
  total 
  of 
  56,728,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  Fur- 
  

   ther 
  examination 
  will 
  probably 
  show 
  that 
  a 
  somewhat 
  greater 
  

   storage 
  can 
  be 
  obtained, 
  but 
  thus 
  far 
  the 
  data 
  foir 
  final 
  con- 
  

   clusions 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  gathered. 
  A 
  moderate 
  amount 
  of 
  storage 
  

   may 
  also 
  be 
  constructed 
  on 
  headwaters 
  of 
  Mohawk 
  river, 
  but 
  

  

  