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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  from 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  farmer, 
  a 
  loss 
  which 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  

   regained 
  by 
  the 
  development 
  to 
  the 
  fullest 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  manufac- 
  

   turing 
  industries 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  thus 
  making 
  a 
  home 
  market 
  for 
  

   farm 
  products 
  that 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  transported 
  a 
  long 
  distance, 
  such 
  

   as 
  garden 
  truck 
  and 
  small 
  fruits. 
  The 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  

   York 
  can 
  purchase 
  the 
  western 
  breadstuff's 
  as 
  cheaply 
  as 
  they 
  

   can 
  be 
  produced 
  at 
  home, 
  and 
  this 
  condition 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  continue 
  

   indefinitely. 
  

  

  The 
  long 
  supremacy 
  of 
  the 
  navigation 
  interests 
  has 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  

   incorporation 
  in 
  the 
  law, 
  jurisprudence, 
  and 
  public 
  policy 
  of 
  this 
  

   State 
  of 
  certain 
  rules 
  of 
  action 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  use 
  the 
  water 
  

   of 
  inland 
  streams, 
  which 
  have 
  tended 
  to 
  discourage 
  the 
  full 
  devel- 
  

   opment 
  of 
  manufacturing 
  interests 
  which 
  now 
  appears 
  desirable, 
  

   although 
  the 
  writer 
  views 
  with 
  satisfaction 
  the 
  rapid 
  change 
  of 
  

   public 
  sentiment 
  now 
  taking 
  place 
  on 
  these 
  questions. 
  That 
  

   manufacturing 
  industries 
  by 
  waterpower 
  are 
  rapidly 
  increasing 
  

   in 
  the 
  State 
  is 
  made 
  sufficiently 
  clear 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  statistics 
  : 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  censuses 
  of 
  1870 
  and 
  1880 
  the 
  

   total 
  developed 
  waterpower 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  was, 
  in 
  

   1870, 
  208,256 
  horsepower; 
  in 
  1880, 
  219,348 
  horsepower; 
  increase 
  

   in 
  the 
  ten 
  years, 
  11,092 
  horsepower. 
  The 
  increase 
  in 
  ten 
  years 
  of 
  

   11,092 
  horsepower 
  is 
  equivalent 
  to 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  5.4 
  per 
  cent. 
  

   The 
  United 
  States 
  census 
  of 
  1890 
  did 
  not 
  include 
  any 
  statistics 
  of 
  

   waterpower, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  therefore 
  to 
  state 
  definitely 
  the 
  

   horsepower 
  in 
  that 
  year 
  ; 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  returns 
  of 
  the 
  Twelfth 
  

   Census 
  (1900) 
  there 
  was 
  over 
  368,000 
  horsepower 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  

   of 
  New 
  York. 
  1 
  The 
  manufacture 
  of 
  mechanical 
  wood 
  pulp 
  alone 
  

   consumes 
  nearly 
  125,000 
  gross 
  horsepower. 
  These 
  figures, 
  while 
  

   very 
  suggestive 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  future, 
  are 
  nevertheless 
  rendered 
  more 
  

   pertinent 
  by 
  considering 
  that 
  with 
  full 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  water- 
  

   storage 
  possibilities 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  possibilities 
  of 
  

   power 
  development 
  on 
  the 
  Niagara 
  and 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  rivers, 
  we 
  

   may 
  hope 
  ultimately 
  to 
  reach 
  a 
  waterpower 
  development 
  in 
  

   New 
  York 
  something 
  like 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  Gross 
  horse- 
  

   power 
  

  

  Streams 
  tributary 
  to 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  3,000 
  

  

  Niagara 
  river 
  (in 
  New 
  York 
  State) 
  350,000 
  

  

  Genesee 
  river 
  and 
  tributaries 
  65,000 
  

  

  *See 
  statements 
  on 
  p. 
  570. 
  

  

  