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still remain whether such a dam might not be desirable for the 

 purpose of regulating the river and increasing the water power 

 thereon. 



In order to complete the preliminary investigations relative to 

 the proposed Genesee storage, Governor Morton, in 1896, approved 

 an additional appropriation, which was expended during the 

 summer of that year in completing further surveys. To the 

 present time the State has expended on preliminary investiga- 

 tion of the Genesee storage project the following amounts : In 

 1890, $3000; in 1892, $7000; in 1893, $10,000; in 1896, $10,000; 

 in all, $30,000. As a result of this expenditure complete plans 

 and specifications have been prepared as shown in the Annual 

 Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor for 1896. 1 



Interests to ~be served. The following are the interests to be 

 served by the construction of these extensive storage works on 

 Genesee river : 



1) The flow of the river would be regulated, thus effectually 

 preventing in the future the devastating floods which occurred in 

 1815, 1835, 1857, 1865, 1889, 1893, 1894, 1896 and 1902. The floods 



lBy way of presenting a full list of the work on the Genesee storage, 

 reference may be made to the special report of John Bogart, State Engineer 

 and Surveyor in Appendix F of the Annual Report of the State Engineer 

 and Surveyor for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1890. The reports 

 of Messrs Bailey and Kibbie, assistant engineers to Mr Bogart, are covered 

 by the same reference. The report of Martin Schenck, State Engineer and 

 Surveyor, may be found at page 44 of the Annual Report of the State 

 Engineer and Surveyor for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1893. The 

 report of E. Sweet, ex-State Engineer and Surveyor, as consulting engineer, 

 may be found in Appendix H of the Annual Report of the State Engineer 

 and Surveyor for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1893. The report 

 of the commissioners appointed in 1892 by Governor Flower may be found 

 in Senate Doc. No. 23, 1893. The first report of the writer may be found 

 in Appendix G of the Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor 

 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1893. The second report may be 

 found in Appendix E of the Amiual Report of the State Engineer and 

 Surveyor for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1894. The work done in 

 1896 is described at length in the Annual Report of the State Engineer 

 and Surveyor for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1896. See also a 

 paper by the writer, Genesee River Storage and its Relations to the 

 Erie Canal and the Manufacturing Interests of Western New York, pre- 

 pared for the Rochester Chamber of Commerce. This paper contains a 

 large amount of historical information not given in the official reports. 

 Governor Morton's veto may be found in the Governor's State Papers for 

 1895. 



