378 



REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF 



GROSS HORSE-POWER. 





210 



000 





60 



000 





5 



000 





2 S 



000 





30 



coo 





10 



000 



I 



5-i8 



000 





POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER-POWER IN NEW YORK. 



(Continued.) 



Hudson River and tributaries, not including Mohawk River, 



Mohawk River and tributaries, 



Streams tributary to Allegany River, 



Streams tributary to Susquehanna River, 



Streams tributary to Delaware River, 



Water-power of Erie Canal, . 



Total, ..... 



But 1,5 18,000 gross horse-power has an effective productive value in manufacturing 

 of say $100 per horse-power per annum, or the inland waters of this State have an 

 ultimate economic value when fully developed, of at least $151,800,000 per annum. 

 They may therefore be made, in producing capacity, substantially equal to the entire 

 agricultural product of the State in 1890, which, according to the United States census 

 of that year, amounted to a total of $161,593,009. Indeed, taking into account that 

 agricultural values are continually depreciating, and water-power values appreciating, 

 it is probable that ultimately, if New York State agriculture were to remain on the 

 same basis as at present, the water-power values would considerably exceed the 

 agricultural values. It is probable, however, if the manufacturing industries of this 

 State are ever so far developed as to bring water-power into use to the extent of 

 1,518,000 gross horse-power, that the local demand for agricultural products will have 

 considerably changed the present downward tendency. As an off-hand figure, we 

 may, therefore, place these two values, at some not very distant date, as equal, and 

 approximating about $200,000,000 per annum. 



INCREASE IN DEVELOPED WATER-POWER IN NEW YORK. 



In order to illustrate the increase in developed water-power in the State of New 

 York for the last seventeen years we have the following table of increase on 

 four rivers of the State. 



RIVER 



NET 



HORSE-POWER 



IN "USE IN 



1882 



NET 



HORSE-POWER 



IN USE IN 



1898 



INCREASE 



IN SIXTEEN 



YEARS 



Niagara, . . 



Genesee, . . . . . 



Black, 



Hudson, ......... 



2,650 



6,880 



13,000 



I 2,900 



45,000 

 I9,l80 

 50,000 

 52,000 



4 2 ,35° 

 12,300 

 37,000 

 39,IOO 



Totals, ........ 



35.43° 



l66,l80 



I3°,75° 



