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  Schoharie 
  creek 
  about 
  9000 
  horsepower. 
  As 
  to 
  whether 
  the 
  power 
  

   is 
  to 
  be 
  10 
  hour, 
  12 
  hour 
  or 
  24 
  hour 
  power 
  will 
  also 
  be 
  taken 
  

   into 
  account. 
  There 
  is, 
  however, 
  some 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  whether 
  it 
  is 
  

   possible 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  storage 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  secure 
  a 
  flow 
  of 
  650 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  and 
  until 
  thorough 
  surveys 
  are 
  made 
  this 
  

   must 
  be 
  considered 
  merely 
  a 
  possibility. 
  In 
  view 
  of 
  this 
  uncer- 
  

   tainty 
  and 
  doubt, 
  it 
  is 
  considered 
  safer 
  to 
  assume 
  that 
  not 
  more 
  

   than 
  5000 
  to 
  6000 
  permanent 
  power 
  can 
  be 
  developed 
  within 
  

   commercial 
  limits. 
  

  

  The 
  dam 
  at 
  Schoharie 
  falls 
  is 
  of 
  masonry, 
  backed 
  with 
  

   timber. 
  It 
  was 
  originally 
  constructed 
  with 
  crest 
  380 
  feet 
  long, 
  

   tmt 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1901, 
  in 
  a 
  heavy 
  flood, 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   dam 
  and 
  canal 
  was 
  carried 
  away. 
  Damage 
  to 
  the 
  canal 
  was 
  

   due 
  to 
  inadequate 
  wasteway 
  arrangements 
  — 
  the 
  wasteway 
  origi- 
  

   nally 
  constructed 
  being 
  only 
  50 
  feet 
  in 
  length. 
  Owing 
  to 
  

   financial 
  difficulties 
  this 
  dam 
  was 
  not 
  repaired 
  until 
  1902, 
  at 
  

   which 
  time 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  repairing 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  raceway 
  and 
  the 
  

   making 
  of 
  the 
  necessary 
  repairs 
  to 
  power 
  station 
  was 
  estimated 
  

   at 
  |80,000 
  — 
  the 
  actual 
  cost 
  was 
  somewhat 
  more 
  than 
  this. 
  

   In 
  the 
  repairs, 
  the 
  dam 
  was 
  made 
  620 
  feet 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  the 
  waste- 
  

   way 
  100 
  feet 
  in 
  length. 
  It 
  is 
  understood 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1903 
  

   the 
  dam 
  was 
  again 
  carried 
  away 
  by 
  floods 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  

   yet 
  been 
  rebuilt. 
  Owing 
  to 
  these 
  unexpected 
  expenditures 
  the 
  

   company 
  is 
  in 
  financial 
  difficulties 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  uncertain 
  whether 
  

   the 
  dam 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  repaired. 
  

  

  Power 
  Development 
  on 
  West 
  Canada 
  Creek 
  

  

  The 
  Utica 
  Gas 
  & 
  Electric 
  Company. 
  In 
  1901-2 
  a 
  power 
  plant 
  

   w 
  T 
  as 
  constructed 
  at 
  Trenton 
  Falls 
  by 
  the 
  Utica 
  Gas 
  & 
  Electric 
  

   Company. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  particulars 
  of 
  this 
  plant, 
  

   as 
  derived 
  from 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  C. 
  A. 
  Greenidge, 
  superintendent 
  of 
  

   the 
  electrical 
  department 
  of 
  that 
  company, 
  dated 
  April 
  6, 
  1901 
  : 
  

  

  This 
  plant 
  includes 
  a 
  concrete 
  dam, 
  with 
  hight 
  above 
  the 
  bed 
  

   of 
  the 
  stream 
  of 
  60 
  feet 
  and 
  55 
  feet 
  thick 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  288 
  feet 
  

   long 
  and 
  arched 
  upstream 
  on 
  a 
  radius 
  of 
  800 
  feet. 
  It 
  is 
  con- 
  

   structed 
  of 
  concrete, 
  partly 
  faced 
  with 
  stone. 
  In 
  its 
  center 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  spillway 
  100 
  feet 
  wide 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  right, 
  cut 
  in 
  the 
  rock 
  face 
  

   of 
  the 
  gorge, 
  another 
  spillway 
  112 
  feet 
  wide. 
  At 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  40 
  

   feet 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  pond 
  there 
  are 
  four 
  60-inch 
  supply 
  

  

  