﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  695 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  there 
  are: 
  

  

  2) 
  Wallkill 
  river, 
  which 
  is 
  also 
  an 
  interstate 
  stream. 
  

  

  3) 
  The 
  catchment 
  of 
  the 
  Catskill 
  mountains, 
  including 
  

   Esopus, 
  Catskill, 
  Schoharie 
  and 
  Rondout 
  creeks. 
  

  

  4) 
  Hudson 
  river 
  itself, 
  either 
  at 
  a 
  point 
  near 
  Poughkeepsie 
  

   or 
  by 
  an 
  aqueduct 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  catchment 
  area. 
  

  

  The 
  Housatonic 
  river, 
  Ten 
  Mile 
  river 
  and 
  Wallkill 
  river 
  catch- 
  

   ment 
  areas 
  are, 
  however, 
  eliminated 
  from 
  consideration 
  by 
  reason 
  

   of 
  certain 
  legal 
  difficulties 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  streams 
  being 
  

   partly 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  partly 
  in 
  Connecticut 
  and 
  the 
  Wallkill 
  

   being 
  partly 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  partly 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  There 
  

   seems 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  a 
  lower 
  riparian 
  owner 
  in 
  either 
  Con- 
  

   necticut 
  or 
  Xew 
  Jersey 
  could 
  by 
  an 
  injunction 
  prevent 
  the 
  use 
  

   of 
  either 
  of 
  these 
  catchment 
  areas 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  New 
  Y 
  r 
  ork, 
  

   and 
  even 
  though 
  Connecticut 
  and 
  New 
  Jersey 
  should, 
  by 
  their 
  

   legislatures, 
  grant 
  either 
  to 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  or 
  to 
  a 
  corpora- 
  

   tion 
  acting 
  under 
  its 
  authority 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  condemnation, 
  such 
  

   acts 
  would 
  be 
  unconstitutional. 
  Moreover, 
  it 
  is 
  doubtful 
  in 
  the 
  

   case 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey 
  whether 
  that 
  State 
  would 
  even 
  attempt 
  to 
  

   assist 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  because 
  recent 
  legislation 
  in 
  New 
  

   Jersey 
  has 
  indicated 
  a 
  policy 
  to 
  preserve 
  for 
  its 
  own 
  citizens 
  the 
  

   waters 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  catchments 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   State. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  also 
  considered 
  that 
  legal 
  complications 
  would 
  arise 
  even 
  

   if 
  a 
  private 
  corporation 
  should 
  attempt 
  to 
  furnish 
  water 
  from 
  

   New 
  Jersey. 
  As 
  regards 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  Wallkill 
  river 
  as 
  a 
  water 
  

   supply 
  for 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  such 
  use 
  involves 
  the 
  building 
  

   of 
  a 
  reservoir, 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  422 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  

   level. 
  The 
  Wallkill 
  river, 
  at 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  proposed 
  reser- 
  

   voir, 
  is 
  about 
  380 
  feet 
  above 
  tidewater. 
  The 
  dam 
  would 
  flood 
  an 
  

   area 
  of 
  GO 
  square 
  miles, 
  of 
  which 
  one-fifth 
  is 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  If 
  

   New 
  York 
  can 
  purchase 
  the 
  lands 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  it 
  can 
  of 
  course 
  

   Hood 
  them 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  a 
  reservoir 
  intended 
  to 
  supply 
  New 
  

   York, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  way 
  by 
  which 
  New 
  York 
  city 
  can 
  acquire 
  

   title 
  to 
  these 
  lands 
  by 
  condemnation. 
  Subject, 
  therefore, 
  to 
  this 
  

   difficulty 
  of 
  purchase, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  objection 
  to 
  the 
  Wallkill 
  river 
  

   as 
  a 
  supply 
  for 
  New 
  York. 
  1 
  

  

  1 
  Abstracted 
  from 
  Report 
  of 
  Committee 
  on 
  Legislation, 
  in 
  Report 
  of 
  

   Merchants' 
  Association 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  