Actual Estimated 



1910 1920 1930 1940 



Albany 100,253 113,344 130,000 150,000 



Binghamton 48,443 66,800 90,000 120,000 



Buffalo 423,715 506,775 600,000 740,000 



New York City 4,766,883 5,620,048 6,813,000 8,354,000 



Niagara Falls 30,445 50,760 78,000 115,000 



Rochester 218,149 295,750 375,000 470.000 



Schenectady 72,826 88,723 110,000 130;000 



Syracuse 137,249 171,717 210,000 250,000 



Troy 76,813 72,013 85,000 95,000 



Utica 74,419 94,156 115,000 140,000 



Yonkers 79,803 100,176 130,000 175,000 



New York State 



(whole state) 9,113,614 10,385,227 12,000,000 13,920,000 



$15,000,000 Bond Issue Required unth Provision for Permanent 

 Improvemenis as Well as Acquisition of Land 



After a most careful consideration, we have concluded that 

 a new bond issue of fifteen million dollars would adequately 

 provide not only for the further developments of the Forest 

 Preserve and the Palisades Interstate Park, to which the State 

 is already committed, but also for the needs of the other parts 

 of the State for the coming seven or eight years. 



An essential feature of the new bond issue bill should be an 

 authorization to the legislature to provide for permanent im- 

 provements as well as the acquisition of land in all cases save 

 that of the Forest Preserve. The modem park must provide 

 good roads, lakes, facilities for large outings and where pos- 

 sible camps and the other facilities which make a park acces- 

 sible and attractive to people who come from considerable dis- 

 tances. 



Summary of Provisions of Proposed New Bond Issue Bill 



The essential features of the proposed bond issue bill, which 

 are discussed at greater length in another part of this report 

 may be summarized as follows: ' 



The Committee recommends that 



(1) A bill be submitted at the 1923 session of the legis- 

 lature calling for the issuing of fifty-year serial bonds to 

 an amount not to exceed $15,000,000. The purpose of the 

 bill is to establish new state parks and to provide for the 



