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nectady, Glens Falls, Troy and Albany. The company states 

 that at times of low water the minimum power development will 

 be 20,000 horsepower. 



It is understood the company has in contemplation the con- 

 struction of a large storage reservoir at Conklinville and at 

 other points on Hudson river. 



The power-house is divided into three sections — the wheel 

 room, generator room, and transformer and switchboard room. 

 In the wheel room there are ten pairs of turbines, each with 

 capacity of 5000 horsepower under 80 feet head. These wheels 

 are set 12 feet above the level of tail-water, each pair outletting 

 to one draft-tube. The generator room contains ten 3350-horse- 

 power 3-phase 2000-volt, 40 cycle, direct connected General 

 Electric Company's generators, running at 240 revolutions per 

 minute. There will also be three 265-horsepower exciters, each 

 direct connected to its own water wheel. In the transformer 

 room there will be thirty 1000-horsepower high potential trans- 

 formers, besides motors and blowers, and high and low potential 

 switchboards. 



On the pole line five feeder circuits have a capacity of 50,000 

 horsepower, the longest one being 42 miles. 



The following statement of the financial resources of the 

 Hudson River Water Power Company is taken from the com- 

 pany's prospectus: 



Contracts with General Electric Co.: 



No. 1 (5000 horsepower) $112,500 00 



No. 2 (5000 horsepower) ' 134,375 00 



$246,875 00 



Contract with Glens Falls Portland Cement Co.: 



1000 horsepower guaranteed 22,500 00 



Contract with United Traction Co., 

 Albany (through the Hudson 

 River Electric Co. and the 

 Hudson River Power Trans- 

 mission Co.) minimum estimate : 



No. 1 (4000 horsepower) $72,500 00 



No. 2 (2000 horsepower) 90,000 00 



162,500 00 



