﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  661 
  

  

  nectady, 
  Glens 
  Falls, 
  Troy 
  and 
  Albany. 
  The 
  company 
  states 
  

   that 
  at 
  times 
  of 
  low 
  water 
  the 
  minimum 
  power 
  development 
  will 
  

   be 
  20,000 
  horsepower. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  understood 
  the 
  company 
  has 
  in 
  contemplation 
  the 
  con- 
  

   struction 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  storage 
  reservoir 
  at 
  Conklinville 
  and 
  at 
  

   other 
  points 
  on 
  Hudson 
  river. 
  

  

  The 
  power-house 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  three 
  sections 
  — 
  the 
  wheel 
  

   room, 
  generator 
  room 
  and 
  transformer 
  and 
  switchboard 
  room. 
  

   In 
  the 
  wheel 
  room 
  there 
  are 
  ten 
  pairs 
  of 
  turbines, 
  each 
  with 
  

   capacity 
  of 
  5000 
  horsepower 
  under 
  80 
  feet 
  head. 
  These 
  wheels 
  

   are 
  set 
  12 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  tail-water, 
  each 
  pair 
  outletting 
  

   to 
  one 
  draft-tube. 
  The 
  generator 
  room 
  contains 
  ten 
  3350-horse- 
  

   power 
  3-phase 
  2000-volt, 
  40 
  cycle, 
  direct 
  connected 
  General 
  

   Electric 
  Company's 
  generators, 
  running 
  at 
  240 
  revolutions 
  per 
  

   minute. 
  There 
  will 
  also 
  be 
  three 
  265-horsepower 
  exciters, 
  each 
  

   direct 
  connected 
  to 
  its 
  own 
  water 
  wheel. 
  In 
  the 
  transformer 
  

   room 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  thirty 
  1000-horsepower 
  high 
  potential 
  trans- 
  

   formers, 
  besides 
  motors 
  and 
  blowers, 
  and 
  high 
  and 
  low 
  potential 
  

   switchboards. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  pole 
  line 
  five 
  feeder 
  circuits 
  have 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  50,000 
  

   horsepower, 
  the 
  longest 
  one 
  being 
  42 
  miles. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  financial 
  resources 
  of 
  the 
  

   Hudson 
  River 
  Water 
  Power 
  Company 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  com- 
  

   pany's 
  prospectus: 
  

  

  Contracts 
  with 
  General 
  Electric 
  Co. 
  : 
  

  

  Xo. 
  1 
  (5000 
  horsepower) 
  f 
  112,500 
  00. 
  

  

  Xo. 
  2 
  (5000 
  horsepower) 
  134,375 
  00 
  

  

  |246,875 
  00 
  

  

  Contract 
  with 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  Portland 
  Cement 
  Co.: 
  

  

  1000 
  horsepower 
  guaranteed 
  22,500 
  00 
  

  

  Contract 
  with 
  United 
  Traction 
  Co., 
  

   Albany 
  (through 
  the 
  Hudson 
  

   River 
  Electric 
  Co. 
  and 
  the 
  

   Hudson 
  River 
  Power 
  Trans- 
  

   mission 
  Co.) 
  minimum 
  estimate 
  : 
  

  

  Xo. 
  1 
  (4000 
  horsepower) 
  f 
  72,500 
  00 
  

  

  Xo. 
  2 
  (2000 
  horsepower) 
  90,000 
  00 
  

  

  162,500 
  00 
  

  

  