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in close proximity to large centers of population, and are scat- 

 tered with considerable uniformity along the entire length of the 

 canal. Thus, in the Capital District group of canal powers, the 

 total economic development at Troy, Waterford, Crescent and 

 Vischer Ferry is about 45,000 H. P. This is easily available 

 for use to Hudson on the south, Saratoga Springs on the north 

 and Amsterdam and Johnstown on the west. 



In the Utica group are the Mindenville, Little Falls, Nine Mile 

 creek and Delta powers with a total economic development of 

 about 12,000 H. P. readily available for use in Rome, Utica, Ilion, 

 Herkimer, Little Falls and nearby municipalities. 



In the Oswego river group are the powers on the Oswego river. 

 Adjudication between the State and all the riparian owners is 

 not yet complete, but it is probably safe to assume that the State 

 will own 20,000 or 25,000 H. P. on the Oswego river. This 

 power is best available for use in the municipalities of the 

 Oswego valley, in Syracuse and vicinity, eastward as far as 

 Oneida and westward to Auburn. 



The amount of state-owned canal power that will be available 

 at Seneca Falls, Waterloo, Rochester, Medina and Lockport can- 

 not yet be determined, but it will probably be not less than 

 20,000 H. P., which will be available to municipalities within 

 30 miles of the canal on either side, using a distribution voltage 

 of only 33,000. 



The Murtaugh hydro-electric bill is State-wide in scope, though 

 intended to be used only for the initiation and trial of a State 

 hydro-electric policy, leaving the coupling up of these powers 

 by the general high tension system, the development of other State- 

 owned powers, and the extension of the system to the more remote 

 parts of the State, until such time as the people shall have become 

 fully convinced of the adaptability of the policy to our economic 

 and political conditions. 



The Trend of the Times 



The Commission has heretofore pointed out that " if the fur- 

 nishing of hydro-electric power by a State or municipality for 

 public and private uses is socialistic, so is the furnishing of water 

 for public and private uses, and so are many other State and mu- 



