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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  justify 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  its 
  collection 
  and 
  delivery 
  separately 
  to 
  the 
  

   city. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  analyses 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  from 
  Snow 
  springs 
  

   as 
  made 
  by 
  Professor 
  Lattimore 
  : 
  

  

  (Parts 
  per 
  100,000) 
  

  

  (1) 
  

  

  (2) 
  

  

  26.5 
  

  

  26.0 
  

  

  10.0 
  

  

  10.0 
  

  

  16.5 
  

  

  16.0 
  

  

  trace 
  

  

  trace 
  

  

  none 
  

  

  none 
  

  

  none 
  

  

  none 
  

  

  none 
  

  

  none 
  

  

  none 
  

  

  none 
  

  

  18.0 
  

  

  17.5 
  

  

  Total 
  solids 
  

  

  Loss 
  on 
  ignition 
  , 
  

  

  Fixed 
  residue 
  

  

  Sodium 
  chloride 
  

  

  Ammonia, 
  free 
  

  

  Ammonia, 
  albuminoid 
  

  

  Nitrates 
  

  

  Nitrites 
  

  

  Hardness 
  

  

  . 
  The 
  Hubbard 
  springs. 
  These 
  springs 
  are 
  also 
  situated 
  on 
  both 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  Buffalo 
  road 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  North 
  Chili, 
  about 
  9.5 
  

   miles 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  Rochester. 
  On 
  July 
  8, 
  1890, 
  their 
  

   combined 
  discharge 
  was 
  about 
  375,000 
  gallons 
  per 
  day, 
  as 
  de- 
  

   termined 
  by 
  weir 
  measurement. 
  A 
  portion 
  of 
  this 
  flow, 
  however, 
  

   came 
  from 
  a 
  spring 
  which 
  was 
  slightly 
  tainted 
  with 
  sulphur, 
  be- 
  

   ing 
  similar 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  Gates 
  well. 
  Whether 
  

   the 
  flow 
  could 
  be 
  materially 
  and 
  permanently 
  increased 
  by 
  exca- 
  

   vating, 
  boring 
  or 
  pumping 
  operations, 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  foretold, 
  but 
  

   it 
  was 
  considered 
  improbable 
  that 
  it 
  could 
  be 
  increased 
  sufficiently 
  

   to 
  yield 
  1,500,000 
  gallons 
  per 
  day. 
  The 
  elevation 
  of 
  these 
  springs 
  

   is 
  estimated 
  at 
  about 
  61 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  canal 
  aqueduct, 
  or 
  about 
  

   the 
  same 
  level 
  as 
  Snow 
  springs, 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  miles 
  east. 
  The 
  

   discharge 
  is 
  into 
  Black 
  creek. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  suggested 
  that 
  the 
  flow 
  from 
  the 
  Hubbard 
  and 
  Snow 
  

   springs 
  should 
  be 
  united 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  conduit 
  which 
  would 
  convey 
  

   the 
  water 
  by 
  gravity 
  to 
  a 
  pumping 
  station 
  located 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  

   Coldwater, 
  whence 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  forced 
  into 
  the 
  city 
  mains. 
  The 
  

   two 
  series 
  of 
  springs 
  are 
  on 
  different 
  catchment 
  areas, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  

   probable 
  that 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  cutting 
  through 
  the 
  intervening 
  

   ridge 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  too 
  great 
  to 
  render 
  such 
  a 
  project 
  feasible, 
  

   even 
  if 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  possibility 
  of 
  securing 
  the 
  requisite 
  quantity. 
  

  

  