HYDROLOGY OF NEW YORK 



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The following tabulation shows the state of the reservoir at 

 the beginning and end of each navigation season, from Decem- 

 ber 1, 1891, to November 30, 1898, inclusive: 



Inches 



Date in reservoir 



December 1, 1891 N Empty 



May 1,1892 *13.50 



December 1, 1892 11.07 



May 1,1893 *13.50 



December 1, 1893 5.62 



May 1,1894 *13.50 



December 1, 1894 6.61 



May 1,1895 *13.50 



December 1, 1895 5.19 



May 1,1896 *13.50 



December 1, 1896 8.12 



May 1,1897 *13.50 



December 1, 1897 11.94 



May 1,1898 *13.50 



December 1, 1898 10.86 



The quantity wasted from the Salmon river reservoir in the 

 water years 1892-1898, inclusive, is as follows: In 1892, 9.93 

 inches; in 1893, 9.36 inches; in 1894, 2,93 inches; in 1895, 0.30 

 inches; in 1896, 4.30 inches; in 1897, 11.51 inches; in 1898, 13.64 

 inches. 



Tables are given in the Report of the Board of Engineers on 

 Deep Waterways similar to those for the Genesee storage, show- 

 ing the quantity of water which may be furnished from this 

 reservoir during a series of years. In the absence of definite 

 information derived from gagings, the inflow to this reservoir is 

 taken the same as the runoff of the Hudson river, although there 

 is some reason for believing that tlse runoff of the Salmon river is 

 somewhat larger than that of the Hudsou river. On the head- 

 waters of Salmon river and Fish creek, there is a body stated 

 at about 150,000 acres (234 square miles) of unbroken forest, 

 and while aside from some irregular gagings, nothing is known 

 as to the flow of these streams, the indications are that it is 



♦Full. 



