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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Merchants' 
  Association 
  report 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  an 
  

   additional 
  water 
  supply 
  for 
  New 
  York 
  city, 
  adequate 
  until 
  its 
  

   population 
  shall 
  increase 
  to 
  18,000,000, 
  can 
  be 
  obtained 
  from 
  

   the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  above 
  Poughkeepsie, 
  at 
  which 
  point 
  it 
  is 
  pro- 
  

   posed 
  to 
  build 
  pumping 
  stations 
  and 
  filter 
  beds 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  river, 
  together 
  with 
  an 
  aqueduct 
  to 
  the 
  northern 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  

   city, 
  where 
  a 
  reservoir 
  would 
  be 
  constructed. 
  This 
  plant 
  should 
  

   be 
  capable 
  of 
  supplying 
  250,000,000 
  gallons 
  daily, 
  although 
  it 
  is 
  

   not 
  proposed 
  to 
  build 
  a 
  plant 
  capable 
  of 
  delivering 
  at 
  first 
  more 
  

   than 
  100,000,000 
  gallons 
  daily. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  water 
  above 
  Poughkeepsie 
  from 
  becom- 
  

   ing 
  brackish, 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  taking 
  so 
  large 
  an 
  amount 
  of 
  water 
  

   from 
  the 
  river 
  at 
  this 
  point, 
  it 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  build 
  in 
  the 
  Adiron- 
  

   dacks 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  reservoirs 
  discussed 
  on 
  a 
  preceding 
  page, 
  

   in 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  stored 
  flood-flows 
  during 
  the 
  spring 
  months. 
  

   This 
  water 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  delivered 
  into 
  the 
  river 
  during 
  the 
  dry 
  season, 
  

   thus 
  keeping 
  the 
  flow 
  uniform 
  throughout 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  As 
  incidental 
  benefits, 
  the 
  navigation 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  from 
  Troy 
  

   down 
  will 
  be 
  considerably 
  improved, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  prevention 
  

   of 
  floods 
  at 
  Albany 
  and 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  pro- 
  

   vision 
  for 
  a 
  uniform 
  flow 
  for 
  mill 
  owners 
  at 
  various 
  points 
  

   higher 
  up. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  also 
  suggested 
  that 
  water 
  be 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  Hudson 
  at 
  

   Hadley, 
  as 
  indicated 
  in 
  the 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  Schroon 
  valley 
  

   reservoir. 
  

  

  The 
  annual 
  cost 
  of 
  taking 
  water 
  at 
  Poughkeepsie, 
  including 
  

   operation 
  and 
  maintenance, 
  will 
  be 
  |28.33 
  per 
  million 
  gallons 
  

   for 
  250,000,000 
  gallons 
  daily. 
  The 
  annual 
  cost 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  

   amount 
  from 
  the 
  Adirondack®, 
  including 
  interest, 
  operation 
  and 
  

   maintenance, 
  will 
  be 
  |30 
  per 
  million 
  gallons, 
  while 
  to 
  furnish 
  

   500,000,000 
  gallons 
  from 
  the 
  Adirondacks, 
  the 
  yearly 
  cost 
  after 
  

   construction 
  will 
  become 
  $29.25 
  per 
  million 
  gallons. 
  

  

  The 
  Committee 
  on 
  Water 
  Supply 
  of 
  the 
  Merchants' 
  Association, 
  

   however, 
  considered 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  certain 
  advantages 
  in 
  the 
  

   Poughkeepsie 
  plan 
  over 
  either 
  the 
  Catskill 
  or 
  Adirondack 
  in 
  

  

  that: 
  

  

  1) 
  The 
  ultimate 
  first 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  Poughkeepsie 
  plan 
  would 
  

  

  be 
  less. 
  

  

  