50 Second Annual Report of the 



at Piercefield; Racquette River at Massena Springs; Sacandaga 

 River at Hope; Sacandaga River at Hadley; Sacandaga River 

 at Blackbridge; Salmon River at Stillwater; Salmon River at 

 Pulaski ; Schroon River at Riverbank ; St. Regis River at Brasher 

 Center. 



New rainfall stations were established in 11)12 at Linden, 

 Genesee county; Yarysbury, Wyoming county; Warsaw, Wyoming- 

 county. Records were obtained from the following previously 

 installed stations in addition to the 118 rainfall stations main- 

 tained bv the U. S. Weather Bureau in this State: 

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Boonville, Faust, Forked Lake, Horse Shoe, Keep-a-wa, 

 Knowelhurst, Morehouseville, North Creek, Old Forge, Potsdam, 

 Rome, Wakely Dam, Ward's Creek, No. 4, Wanakena, Wells. 



The accuracy and reliability of the hydrometric work in New 

 York State is attested by the fact that during the past year repre- 

 sentatives of two foreign countries were sent by the L T nited States 

 government authorities at Washington to Albany to inspect this 

 work as it is being carried on in this State. 



LEGAL BUREAU. 



In addition to the litigations prosecuted by the Commission 

 through the Attorney-General, a summary whereof is hereto 

 appended, this Commission has been carrying on an important 

 litigation to sustain its right and power, as successor to the State 

 Water Supply Commission, to protect by river improvement pro- 

 ceedings the people of the State from danger to health, life, and 

 property. 



Prior to the creation of the Conservation Commission, the 

 State Water Supply Commission had undertaken a plan for the 

 improvement of Canaseraga creek and its tributaries between Mt. 

 Morris and Dansville in Livingston county. Certain property 

 owners had petitioned the Commission, under the provisions of 

 the so-called River Improvement Act, to undertake a plan for 

 the relief of the inhabitants of the Canaseraga valley from severe 

 malarial conditions, destruction of crops, and the menace to the 

 safety of the inhabitants from floods in the valley ; and in accord- 

 ance therewith an order had been made, establishing the improve- 

 ment with assessments upon the property owners benefited thereby 



