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In the preceding statement we see that there is 337,991 horse- 

 power developed on 5200 wheels, whence the average power per 

 wheel is 65 horsepower. There are also other uses to the 

 amount of 30,405 horsepower which, however, are not specifically 

 enumerated. The total quantity for the State, including electri- 

 cal power, of which water power is the primary source, is taken 

 at 450,000 horsepower. The census figures, however, only show 

 a total of 3G8,45G horsepower, and the electrical power actually 

 in use in 1900 is estimated at 81,544 horsepower. The state- 

 ments of the several companies furnishing electrical horsepower 

 w r ould aggregate more than this, but probably 81,544 horse- 

 power is a conservative estimate. Statements as to the sub- 

 division of this power among the various industries can not be 

 made. 



WATER STORAGE PROJECTS. 



In the last ten years a number of large projects for storing 

 water for power and other purposes have been proposed in the 

 State of New. York. There are several of these of special im- 

 portance with which the writer has been concerned, as on Gen- 

 esee river, Salmon river, Black river, Hudson, river, Schroon 

 river, etc. There are also a number of projects of considerable 

 importance which have been developed by others, and of which a 

 brief description will be given here. 



On Genesee river an extensive development of water power has 

 led to a demand for storage reservoirs on that stream. The 

 State surveys indicated that a reservoir of 15,000,000,000 cubic 

 feet capacity could have been constructed in 1896 at a cost of 

 12,600,000, or at the rate of about $173 per million cubic feet 

 of water stored. In 1904, due to change in labor conditions and 

 the considerable advance in prices generally, this reservoir would 

 cost about 25 per cent more, or $3,250,000. 



Chapter 605 of the laws of 1898 authorized a private company 

 to construct this reservoir. The project has not thus far been 

 carried out. 



The developed waterpower on the Genesee river has increased 

 from a little over 6000 net horsepower in 1882 to about 20.000 

 not horsepower in 1904. 



In 1898 and 1S99 there was worked up for the Board of Engi- 

 neers on Deep Waterways a reservoir project on Salmon river, 



