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entering the Hudson 'river at the village of Catskill. For the 

 last two miles of its course, below the mouth of Kaaterskill creek, 

 there is slack water. From Kaaterskill creek to Leeds, a dis- 

 tance of three miles, it flows through a bluesitone gorge, the fall 

 for this distance being 180 feet. The stream flows over a rock 

 bed through most of its course and is subject to wide variations 

 in flow. The slopes of the catchment area are precipitous and 

 there are no lakes or other artificial storage. The catchment area 

 at the mouth is 394 square miles. 



Water power of Gatskill creel-. The following tabulation shows 

 the principal developed water powers on Gatskill creek : 



(1) 



l 



2 



3 

 4 

 1 



2 



1 



Location 



(2) 



Leeds 



Leeds 



Lake's mills. . 

 Woodstock . . . 



Freehold 



Greenville . . . 

 East Durham 

 East Durham 

 East Durham 



Name of mill and of owner or 

 operator 



(3) 



Gatskill Woolen Mill. . . 

 Waterville Woolen Mill 



Lake's Mills 



Woodstock Paper Mill . 



Brown's Mill 



Reed's Mills 



Not reported 



After Bros 



U 4) 



O'+H 



§5 



4>"" 



III 



4> ^ 4> 



c a> £ 



*!* 



(4) 



11 

 22 

 16 



10 



ad 



C aJ 



(5) 



200 

 200 



15-20 

 22 



30 



• 03 



u 



O 30 



(6) 



60 

 80 



None 

 8 



Fishkill creek, Rondout creek, Wallkill river, Esopus creek and 

 Catskill creek have all been considered as water supplies for the 

 City of New York. The following tabulation gives the catchment 

 areas above the reservoir proposed, as well as above the mouth, 

 for each of these streams: 



Catchment area in square 

 miles 



Above 

 mouth 



Fishkill creek. 

 Rondout creek 

 Wallkill river. 

 Esopus creek . . 

 Catskill creek. 



Above pro- 

 posed 

 reservoir 



158 

 184 

 4(i4 

 24:3 

 140 



204 

 !369 

 779 

 417 

 394 



i Above junction with Wallkill river. 



