8 Annual Report of the Conservation Commission 



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Union Water Distbict Pbojects 27 



Stream Suevets 27 



Supervision over Docks and Dams 27 



Tabular exhibit of 49 dams for which plans and specifications were 

 approved by the Commission, 1914. Of five dams which failed during the 

 year, four were built before the creation of this Commission ; the other one 

 failed through lack of precaution to protect it against high water during 

 construction. 



II THINGS TO BE ACHIEVED 

 New York's Water Power Eesoueces 32 



Approximately 1,000,000 h.p. developed and 1,500,000 h. p. undeveloped 

 within the State. 



Stream Regulation 34 



Sub-topics : Public Health, Safety and Welfare, page 37 ; Benefit to 

 Mill Owner From Increase of Power, page 38 ; Cost to be Borne by the 

 State and the Owner, page 39 ; Power of Eminent Domain Involved, page 

 40 ; Undeveloped Powers, Owned and Controlled by the State, page 41. 



Utilization of Forests 43 



Selective cutting and sale of ripe timber, without injury to the forests, 

 will yield to the State $1,000,000 a year. 



A Tripartite Department 44 



Three divisions, each charged with duties relating to lands and forests, 

 fish and game, or inland waters. The great problems of conservation are 

 indissolubly interrelated ; the forests and the waters depend the one 

 upon the other, and tbe fish and game upon both. 



Memorandum by Commissioner McCabe on Water Power Resources 

 and Development 46 



Report of Conservation Bureau, Attorney-General's Oifice 53 



During the year 109 cases were disposed of, 65 of which involved title 

 to lands in the Forest Preserve. 



Financial Statement 58 



Showing in detail the receipts and expenditures of the Commission for 

 the past fiscal year. 



