﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OP 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  775 
  

  

  Mohawk 
  river 
  at 
  Cohoes 
  will 
  necessarily 
  be 
  made 
  subservient 
  to 
  

   the 
  exigencies 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  canal, 
  although 
  Mr 
  Judson, 
  in 
  the 
  paper 
  

   already 
  referred 
  to, 
  has 
  pointed 
  out 
  how 
  valuable 
  these 
  water 
  

   powers 
  would 
  be 
  for 
  seven 
  or 
  eight 
  months 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  to 
  the 
  

   manufacturing 
  cities 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  valley. 
  Under 
  this 
  head 
  

   we 
  may, 
  however, 
  inquire 
  as 
  to 
  how 
  the 
  waterpower 
  for 
  only 
  

   seven 
  months 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  would 
  be 
  of 
  any 
  special 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  city 
  

   of 
  Cohoes, 
  where, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  kind 
  of 
  manufacturing, 
  continu- 
  

   ous 
  power 
  three 
  hundred 
  and 
  ten 
  days 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  is 
  required. 
  

   This 
  development 
  is 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  wise 
  management 
  of 
  the 
  water- 
  

   power, 
  without 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  reason 
  to 
  suppose 
  that 
  the 
  area 
  

   on 
  which 
  the 
  city 
  stands 
  would 
  have 
  any 
  greater 
  value 
  than 
  that 
  

   of 
  the 
  surrounding 
  farming 
  region. 
  A 
  proposition 
  to 
  interfere 
  

   seriously 
  with 
  the 
  waterpower 
  at 
  Cohoes 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  looked 
  on 
  

   by 
  the 
  writer 
  as 
  most 
  extraordinary. 
  Indeed, 
  not 
  the 
  least 
  extra- 
  

   ordinary 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  agitation 
  for 
  ship 
  canals 
  across 
  

   the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  the 
  entire 
  lack 
  of 
  appreciation: 
  — 
  so 
  far 
  

   as 
  the 
  discussion 
  indicates 
  — 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

   of 
  its 
  inland 
  waters. 
  

  

  Aside 
  from 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  Major 
  Symons, 
  the 
  discussion 
  has 
  thus 
  

   far 
  apparently 
  proceeded 
  on 
  the 
  supposition 
  that 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  

   inland 
  waters 
  for 
  navigation 
  purposes 
  was 
  a 
  matter 
  on 
  a 
  par 
  with 
  

   the 
  taking 
  of 
  agricultural 
  lands 
  for 
  right 
  of 
  way, 
  the 
  economic 
  

   value 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  for 
  power 
  purposes 
  and 
  the 
  resulting 
  effect 
  on 
  

   the 
  internal 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  having 
  thus 
  far 
  been 
  almost 
  

   entirely 
  ignored. 
  

  

  What 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  need 
  to 
  consider 
  first 
  

   of 
  all 
  is 
  whether 
  the 
  inland 
  waters 
  are 
  not 
  now 
  worth 
  more 
  for 
  

   manufacturing 
  than 
  they 
  can 
  possibly 
  be 
  worth 
  for 
  navigation 
  

   purposes. 
  If 
  after 
  investigation 
  it 
  is 
  shown 
  that 
  the 
  water 
  will 
  

   produce 
  greater 
  income 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  manufactur- 
  

   ing 
  than 
  it 
  will 
  in 
  operating 
  such 
  a 
  canal, 
  then 
  from 
  mere 
  com- 
  

   mercial 
  considerations 
  the 
  people 
  ought 
  not 
  to 
  consent 
  to 
  the 
  

   construction 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  canal. 
  The 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  can 
  not 
  

   afford 
  to 
  forego 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  developing 
  its 
  manufacturing 
  

   interest 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  furnish 
  water 
  for 
  the 
  summit 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  

   proposed 
  Oswego-Mohawk-Hudson 
  deep-water 
  canal. 
  At 
  any 
  rate 
  

   we 
  should 
  know 
  just 
  what 
  results 
  may 
  be 
  expected 
  before 
  em- 
  

  

  