HYDROLOGY OF NEW YORK 



663 



Annual receipts from sales of 6297 



additional horsepower actually 

 applied for in the following 

 cities : 



Saratoga 



Glens Falls 

 JBallston Springs 



Sandy Hill 



Fori Edward . . 



158,250 00 



45,717 00 



20,000 00 



25,000 00 



15,000 00 



$163,967 00 



Net surplus earnings after meeting operating 

 expenses and interest charges 



$1,049,316 00 



This statement shows a net surplus of over $1,000,000 for 

 annual dividends on the stock and for further operations of the 

 company. On the foregoing showing this is a good project and 

 worthy of consideration by anybody desiring to invest in water 

 power. 



In addition to the Hudson River Water Power Company, asso- 

 ciated companies are the Hudson River Electric Company, the 

 Hudson River Power Transmisision Company, the Saratoga Gas, 

 Electric Light and Power Company, and the Ballston Springs 

 Light and Power Company. 



The Empire State Power Company. In 1899 the Empire State 

 Power Company began the development of an extensive plant 

 on Schoharie creek. The original project included the develop- 

 ment of power plants at 1) Burtonville; 2) two miles below 

 Burtonville; 3) Schoharie falls; 4) Mill Point, and 5) a short 

 distance above Fort Hunter. 



Site No. 1. The plant at Burtonville, as originally proposed, 

 was to have 85 feet fall. In order to create this power a 

 masonry dam 47 feet high was to be constructed, with a power 

 canal on the east side leading 6000 feet down the stream. As 

 an alternative proposition, it has been proposed to make this 

 development with only a short canal, placing the power station 



Power Development on Schoharie Creek 



