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In order that such a board might properly transact its business, 

 provision should be included for the Comptroller to make ad- 

 vances out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro- 

 priated, the total amount of such advancement to be limited to a 

 certain sum, which should be repaid to the State treasury when 

 properly assessed and collected from the municipalities. In this 

 way, and also by virtue of the preceding suggestion as to bonds, 

 the State may temporarily loan its credit to any municipality 

 requiring an upland water supply, but the cost of such must in 

 the end be returned to the State. 



Finally, it is suggested that a commission of three is amply 

 large, two of whom could be appointed by the Governor, and the 

 third — who should be an hydraulic engineer — be elected by the 

 two. These commissioners should devote their whole time to the 

 work. 1 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER POWER IN NEW YORK 



Power employed in manufacturing. The Twelfth Census Report 

 gives the steam power employed in manufacturing in 1900 in 

 the State of New York as 677,219 horsepower, while the water 

 power employed in manufacturing was 368,456 horsepower; 

 in 1890, the steam power aggregated 537,447 horsepower; 

 and the water power 233,795 horsepower; in 1880, the steam 

 power amounted to 234,795 horsepower and the water power to 

 219,348 horsepower; in 1870, steam power was 126,107 horse- 

 power and water power, 208,256 horsepower. These statistics 

 show that in 1880 the two kinds of power were substantially 

 equal — steam power exceeded water power by only 15,447 horse- 

 power; in 1870, water power exceeded steam power by 82,149 

 horsepower. 



According to the statement 2 of Dr Chas. E. Emery, the yearly 

 cost of slcani power, with coal at $3 per ton, will, for 365 days 

 of 20 hours each vary, depending upon the kind of engine used, 

 from |76.54 to |48.79. At the present time, with everything 



1 Partly abstracted from paper, State Water Supply in New York, in 

 Proe. Ninth An. Convention of Am. Soc. of Municipal Improvements, 

 hold at Rochester, ctober 7-9, 1002. 



2 Cost of Steam Power, by Chas. E. Emery, Ph. D.. in Trans. Am. Inst. 

 Elec. Engrs., March, 1893. 



