HYDROLOGY OF NEW YORK 



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In Martinsburg township the best flat lands are assessed at 

 from $30 to $35 per acre; swamps at $1 per acre. The equalized 

 value per acre in this township, as per supervisors' equalization 

 table for 1898, is $22.65. 



In Lowville township river flats and all lands between the New 

 York Central & Hudson river railway and the river are assessed 

 at $50 per acre. The equalized value in this township is $66.50. 



In the town of Turin flats are assessed at $40 per acre, and 

 lands on the first bench above the flats at $30 per acre. 



Referring to the supervisors' equalization table in the Proceed- 

 ings of the Board of Supervisors of Lewis county it is learned 

 that the total assessed area in Lewis county is 751,488 acres, on 

 which the assessors place a total value of $8,831,204. At this 

 rate the average price per acre for the whole county becomes 

 $11.71. 



The total value of the 50,000 acres of land to be taken for 

 the Black river reservoir is estimated at $1,876,000. By way of 

 showing that this is an ample estimate we may consider that 

 while 50,000 acres is only about one-fifteenth of the total area 

 of Lewis county, the estimated value of $1,876,000 is about one- 

 fifth of the total valuation of the county; that is to say, the 

 estimated value of the lands to be taken is nearly three times 

 the average value of the lands of the whole county. The lands 

 to be taken include, however, some of the best in the county, as 

 well as a large proportion of the poorest lands. 



Probably as serious a consequence as any to result from the 

 construction of the Black river reservoir is the considerable inter- 

 ference with the waterpower at Beaver Falls. Lyon Falls. Xew 

 Bremen, Lowville, Fenton's Mill and Deer River village. At 

 Beaver Falls on Beaver river there are now four establishments 

 ordinarily using 3071 horsepower and with a total valuation of 

 $425,000, the total value of the annual product being $448,600. 

 There are forty-two hands employed. 



At Lyon Falls there is a custom feedmill as well as a small 

 electric plant for lighting the village of Lyon Falls. These estab- 

 lishments are situated on the Black river canal, just above where 

 said canal enters Black river, and will be entirely submerged. 

 The value, however, is small, not exceeding $5000. The principal 

 establishment at Lyon Falls is the newspaper mill of the Gould 



