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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  SELLING 
  PRICE 
  OF 
  WATERPOWER 
  

  

  The 
  original 
  places 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  at 
  which 
  hydraulic 
  

   developments 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  selling 
  power 
  

   are 
  Oswego, 
  Cohoes, 
  Lockport 
  and 
  Niagara 
  Falls. 
  At 
  Oswego 
  

   the 
  power 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  is 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  Oswego 
  

   Oanal 
  Company, 
  the 
  development 
  being 
  by 
  a 
  canal 
  4000 
  feet 
  long, 
  

   with 
  an 
  average 
  surface 
  width 
  of 
  60 
  feet 
  and 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  6 
  feet. 
  

   The 
  water 
  from' 
  this 
  canal 
  is 
  dropped 
  into 
  the 
  Oswego 
  river 
  at 
  

   the 
  level 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  The 
  working 
  head 
  is 
  from 
  18 
  to 
  20 
  

   feet, 
  although 
  with 
  high 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  canal 
  and 
  low 
  water 
  in 
  

   Lake 
  Ontario, 
  the 
  working 
  head 
  becomes 
  somewhat 
  greater. 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  controls 
  the 
  first 
  right 
  to 
  the 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  Oswego 
  

   river 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  maintain 
  slack-water 
  navigation 
  in 
  the 
  pool 
  

   above 
  the 
  dam 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Oswego 
  Canal 
  Company's 
  race- 
  

   way; 
  all 
  water 
  not 
  needed 
  for 
  canal 
  purposes 
  being 
  equally 
  

   divided 
  between 
  the 
  Oswego 
  Canal 
  Company's 
  race 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  

   side 
  and 
  the 
  Varick 
  canal 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side. 
  The 
  Oswego 
  Canal 
  

   Company 
  gives 
  a 
  999-year 
  lease 
  of 
  water, 
  but 
  without 
  land 
  for 
  

   location 
  of 
  buildings. 
  A 
  water 
  right 
  on 
  this 
  canal 
  is 
  called 
  a 
  

   run, 
  meaning, 
  probably, 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  water 
  required 
  to 
  drive 
  

   a 
  run 
  of 
  stone, 
  a 
  run 
  of 
  water 
  being 
  taken 
  at 
  11.75 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

   per 
  second 
  which, 
  under 
  the 
  ordinary 
  working 
  head 
  of 
  20 
  feet, 
  

   will, 
  at 
  75 
  per 
  cent 
  efficiency, 
  produce 
  20 
  horsepower. 
  There 
  are 
  

   assumed 
  to 
  be 
  32 
  first-class 
  runs, 
  the 
  rental 
  for 
  which 
  is 
  $350 
  

   a 
  year 
  for 
  each 
  run. 
  At 
  this 
  price 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  a 
  horse- 
  

   power 
  a 
  year, 
  with 
  75 
  per 
  cent 
  efficiency, 
  becomes 
  $17.48, 
  

   or 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  a 
  gross 
  horsepower 
  a 
  year 
  becomes 
  $13.11. 
  

   There 
  are 
  also 
  32 
  second-class 
  runs, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  rental 
  

   varies 
  from 
  $250 
  to 
  $300 
  a 
  year 
  for 
  each 
  run. 
  Further, 
  there 
  are 
  

   surplus 
  runs 
  which 
  are 
  rented 
  at 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  one-half 
  of 
  the 
  

   rental 
  charged 
  for 
  first-class 
  runs. 
  In 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  shortage 
  of 
  

   water 
  the 
  surplus 
  runs 
  are 
  shut 
  down 
  successively, 
  beginning 
  

   with 
  the 
  most 
  recent 
  leases; 
  after 
  this 
  the 
  seeond-clasiS 
  runs 
  

   share 
  equally 
  with 
  one 
  another 
  in 
  reduction; 
  and 
  finally, 
  in 
  case 
  

   of 
  extreme 
  shortage, 
  the 
  first-class 
  runs 
  are 
  similarly 
  cut 
  down. 
  

  

  The 
  Varick 
  canal 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  controls 
  one- 
  

   half 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  water 
  not 
  needed 
  for 
  navigation 
  purposes, 
  the 
  

   same 
  as 
  the 
  Oswego 
  Canal 
  Company's 
  canal 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side. 
  In 
  

  

  