﻿TOO 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  several 
  dams 
  below 
  Phillipsburg 
  at 
  which 
  power 
  

   is 
  used 
  for 
  operating 
  mills 
  and 
  factories, 
  although 
  the 
  total 
  

   power 
  does 
  not 
  much 
  exceed 
  1000 
  horsepower. 
  In 
  some 
  in- 
  

   stances 
  the 
  plants 
  have 
  a 
  capacity 
  in 
  excess 
  of 
  that 
  needed 
  for 
  

   the 
  minimum 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  stream. 
  The 
  principal 
  developed 
  

   power 
  is 
  at 
  Walden. 
  The 
  population 
  here 
  is 
  from 
  2500 
  to 
  3000 
  

   people, 
  and 
  its 
  prosperity 
  depends 
  upon 
  the 
  waterpower 
  which 
  

   has 
  been 
  developed 
  by 
  two 
  dams, 
  amounting 
  to 
  500 
  horsepower 
  

   at 
  minimum 
  low 
  water 
  flow. 
  To 
  cripple 
  this 
  power 
  would 
  seri- 
  

   ously 
  affect 
  the 
  community 
  depending 
  upon 
  it. 
  In 
  the 
  estimates 
  

   therefore 
  very 
  liberal 
  figures 
  have 
  been 
  used, 
  which 
  are 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  sufficiently 
  high 
  to 
  cover 
  any 
  method 
  of 
  compensation 
  

   which 
  might 
  be 
  adopted. 
  

  

  By 
  increasing 
  the 
  hight 
  of 
  the 
  dam 
  at 
  Phillipsburg 
  to 
  422 
  

   feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level, 
  the 
  flooded 
  area 
  would 
  become 
  58 
  square 
  

   miles 
  and 
  the 
  available 
  storage 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  reservoir, 
  when 
  

   drawn 
  down 
  to 
  elevation 
  402, 
  would 
  be 
  219,000,000,000 
  gallons 
  

   (29,300,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet). 
  With 
  such 
  a 
  storage 
  a 
  minimum 
  

   yield 
  would 
  be 
  417,000,000 
  gallons 
  daily. 
  The 
  total 
  amount 
  of 
  

   water 
  impounded 
  with 
  full 
  reservoir 
  would 
  be 
  387,000,000,000 
  

   gallons 
  (51,700,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet). 
  It 
  is 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  

   that 
  this 
  reservoir 
  would 
  be 
  the 
  largest 
  artificial 
  lake 
  in 
  the 
  

   world, 
  but 
  a 
  comparison 
  with 
  Black 
  river 
  reservoir 
  will 
  show 
  

   that 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  somewhat 
  larger. 
  Neither,, 
  however, 
  is 
  yet 
  

   built, 
  and 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  can 
  only 
  claim, 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  its 
  

   exceptionally 
  favorable 
  topography, 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  two 
  of 
  

   the 
  largest 
  reservoirs 
  thus 
  far 
  proposed 
  anywhere. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  legal 
  objections 
  to 
  the 
  Wallkill 
  river 
  reservoir 
  

   have 
  already 
  been 
  discussed. 
  

  

  The 
  estimated 
  cost 
  of 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  Wallkill 
  reservoir 
  

   for 
  a 
  supply 
  of 
  250,000,000 
  gallons 
  daily, 
  the 
  water 
  to 
  be 
  filtered 
  

   and 
  delivered 
  into 
  a 
  new 
  covered 
  reservoir 
  at 
  New 
  York 
  310 
  

   feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level, 
  is 
  $42,421,000. 
  The 
  annual 
  cost 
  for 
  opera- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  maintenance 
  is 
  figured 
  at 
  $1,819,770, 
  or 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  per 
  

   million 
  gallons 
  for 
  the 
  water 
  filtered 
  and 
  delivered 
  into 
  a 
  reser- 
  

   voir 
  at 
  New 
  York 
  of 
  $19.64. 
  In 
  these 
  estimates 
  labor 
  is 
  taken 
  

   at 
  $2 
  per 
  day. 
  

  

  For 
  460,000,000 
  gallons 
  daily 
  from 
  the 
  Wallkill 
  river 
  the 
  esti- 
  

   mate 
  of 
  cost 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  $2 
  per 
  day 
  for 
  labor 
  is 
  $80,864,000, 
  

   with 
  an 
  annual 
  cost 
  for 
  operation 
  and 
  maintenance 
  of 
  $3,328,078, 
  

  

  