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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  figures 
  for 
  towns 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  are 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  

   Mr 
  Freeman 
  : 
  

  

  Name 
  of 
  town 
  Population 
  

  

  Franklin 
  Furnace 
  913 
  

  

  Deckertown 
  993 
  

  

  Hamburg 
  519 
  

  

  Ogdensburg 
  ....'' 
  5G5 
  

  

  Sparta 
  501 
  

  

  The 
  outside 
  population 
  on 
  farms 
  is 
  estimated 
  at 
  about 
  twenty 
  

   to 
  the 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Mr 
  Freeman 
  made 
  some 
  observations 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  

   reservoir 
  bottom. 
  Samples 
  of 
  soils 
  were 
  collected 
  in 
  clean 
  glass 
  

   jars 
  and 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  analyst 
  of 
  the 
  Metropolitan 
  Water 
  Board 
  

   for 
  examination 
  by 
  the 
  ignition 
  method. 
  A 
  sample 
  from 
  one 
  

   foot 
  depth 
  showed 
  69 
  per 
  cent 
  organic 
  matter; 
  from 
  3 
  feet 
  down, 
  

   85 
  per 
  cent, 
  and 
  from 
  5 
  feet 
  down, 
  89 
  per 
  cent. 
  Another 
  sample 
  

   from 
  6 
  inches 
  in 
  depth 
  showed 
  49 
  per 
  cent 
  organic 
  matter, 
  with 
  

   little 
  or 
  no 
  iron 
  present. 
  Several 
  other 
  samples 
  from 
  6 
  inches 
  

   to 
  3% 
  feet 
  down 
  showed 
  from 
  78 
  per 
  cent 
  to 
  90 
  per 
  cent 
  organic 
  

   matter. 
  These 
  observations 
  show 
  at 
  once 
  the 
  necessity, 
  in 
  case 
  

   a 
  reservoir 
  for 
  water 
  supply 
  purposes 
  should 
  be 
  constructed 
  at 
  

   this 
  point, 
  for 
  covering 
  the 
  bottom 
  with 
  gravel, 
  as 
  already 
  

   suggested. 
  

  

  Reservoirs 
  on 
  Esopus, 
  Catskill 
  and 
  Schoharie 
  creeks. 
  Reser- 
  

   voirs 
  were 
  considered 
  by 
  Mr 
  Fuertes 
  on 
  Esopus, 
  Catskill 
  and 
  

   Schoharie 
  creeks. 
  The 
  lowest 
  elevations 
  considered 
  in 
  seeking 
  

   reservoirs 
  on 
  these 
  streams 
  were 
  for 
  Catskill 
  and 
  Esopus 
  creeks, 
  

   500 
  feet 
  and 
  on 
  Schoharie 
  creek, 
  1100 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  These 
  

   elevations 
  were 
  decided 
  upon 
  because 
  lower 
  elevations 
  will 
  not 
  

   economically 
  permit 
  of 
  the 
  delivery 
  of 
  water 
  at 
  New 
  York 
  300 
  

   feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  

  

  Catskill 
  and 
  Esopus 
  creeks 
  flow 
  in 
  a 
  southeasterly 
  direction, 
  

   nearly 
  parallel 
  and 
  about 
  twenty-five 
  miles 
  apart. 
  Catskill 
  creek 
  

   is 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Catskill 
  mountains 
  and 
  Esopus 
  

   creek 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side. 
  Both 
  streams 
  empty 
  into 
  the 
  Hudson 
  

   river 
  — 
  Catskill 
  creek 
  at 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Catskill 
  and 
  Esopus 
  creek 
  

   at 
  Saugerties. 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  lies 
  between 
  Catskill 
  and 
  

   Esopus 
  creeks 
  and 
  flows 
  in 
  the 
  opposite 
  direction, 
  bending 
  

  

  