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Waterpower hy industries in 1900. The following tabulation, 

 from the Twelfth Census, shows the number of water wheels and 



the power developed in New York in 1900 : 



Number Net 



of horse- 

 wheels power 



Agricultural implements 34 1,691 



Boots and shoes 8 590 



Boxes 33 920 



Brick and tile 1 50 



Carriages and wagons 31 1,002 



Cheese, etc 35 709 



Chemicals 21 114 



Cotton goods 15 8,521 



Dyeing, etc 6 440 



Electrical apparatus 2 18 



Flouring mills, etc 2,131 58,384 



Foundry 136 6,273 



Furniture 56 1,834 



Hosiery 95 7,069 



Ice 1 25 



Iron and steel 8 1,150 



Leather 42 1,258 



Lime and cement 38 827 



Malt liquors 3 95 



Lumber 1.201 44,324 



Planing mills, etc 86 2,803 



Marble and stone 2 75 



Paper and pulp 1,021 191.117 



Printing 61 106 



Silk J, v .. 15 852 



Woolen 71 4,101 



Worsteds 14 3,310 



5,200 337,991 



Other uses 30,465 



368,456 



Estimated electric motors from water power 81,544 



Total iu State 150.000 



