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  point 
  in 
  question 
  is 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  tributary, 
  Allen's 
  

   creek, 
  and 
  the 
  catchment 
  area 
  above 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  

   justify 
  the 
  assumption 
  of 
  a 
  minimum 
  flow 
  of 
  2,000,000 
  gallons 
  per 
  

   day. 
  The 
  lift 
  to 
  Mount 
  Hope 
  reservoir, 
  including 
  friction 
  head 
  

   in 
  a 
  16-inch 
  force 
  main, 
  would 
  be 
  at 
  least 
  300 
  feet. 
  Filtration 
  of 
  

   the 
  water 
  would 
  be 
  required, 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  works 
  on 
  

   this 
  plan 
  may 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  f 
  100,000. 
  

  

  Allen's 
  creek 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  available 
  tributary 
  to 
  Irondequoit 
  

   creek, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  reached 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  two 
  miles 
  from 
  Mount 
  

   Hope 
  reservoir. 
  At 
  this 
  point, 
  however, 
  the 
  minimum 
  flow 
  was 
  

   probably 
  much 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  desired 
  quantity, 
  so 
  that 
  storage 
  

   works 
  would 
  have 
  become 
  necessary. 
  The 
  water 
  was, 
  moreover, 
  

   liable 
  to 
  contamination 
  from 
  the 
  sewage 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  buildings. 
  

  

  Red 
  creek. 
  This 
  stream 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  southeastern 
  part 
  of 
  Hen- 
  

   rietta, 
  and 
  after 
  flowing 
  northwesterly, 
  enters 
  Genesee 
  river 
  a 
  

   little 
  over 
  one 
  and 
  one-half 
  miles 
  southerly 
  from 
  Mount 
  Hope 
  

   reservoir. 
  Its 
  catchment 
  area 
  was 
  too 
  small 
  to 
  insure 
  the 
  re- 
  

   quired 
  daily 
  volume 
  in 
  periods 
  of 
  drought, 
  and 
  its 
  waters 
  were 
  

   often 
  highly 
  discolored 
  by 
  swamp 
  drainage 
  — 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  

   which 
  it 
  is 
  named 
  Red 
  creek. 
  

  

  Little 
  Black 
  creek. 
  This 
  stream 
  rises 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  Ogden, 
  and 
  after 
  a 
  short 
  southerly 
  course 
  flows 
  through 
  

   the 
  southern 
  parts 
  of 
  Ogden 
  and 
  Gates 
  to 
  Coldwater 
  station 
  and 
  

   thence 
  to 
  Genesee 
  river. 
  Its 
  mouth 
  is 
  about 
  three 
  and 
  one-half 
  

   miles 
  southwest 
  from 
  Mount 
  Hope 
  reservoir, 
  and 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  

   the 
  river 
  is 
  here 
  about 
  127 
  feet 
  below 
  said 
  reservoir. 
  All 
  of 
  the 
  

   springs 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Coldwater, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  Snow 
  springs 
  

   farther 
  west, 
  discharge 
  into 
  this 
  creek 
  after 
  flowing 
  through 
  ex- 
  

   tensive 
  swamps. 
  Casual 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  near 
  Cold- 
  

   water 
  showed 
  not 
  only 
  that 
  the 
  water 
  could 
  not 
  safely 
  be 
  used 
  

   for 
  drinking 
  purposes 
  without 
  filtration, 
  but 
  also 
  that 
  its 
  flow 
  

   was 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  1,500,000 
  or 
  2,000,000 
  gallons 
  per 
  day. 
  Under 
  

   these 
  circumstances 
  this 
  source 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  recommended, 
  as 
  it 
  

   was 
  certain 
  that 
  the 
  flow 
  would 
  diminish 
  greatly 
  during 
  a 
  dry 
  

   season. 
  

  

  Wells 
  at 
  Coldwater. 
  It 
  was 
  rumored 
  that 
  a 
  large 
  supply 
  of 
  

   excellent 
  water 
  could 
  easily 
  be 
  obtained 
  from 
  wells 
  at 
  Coldwater, 
  

  

  