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Waterpower (continued) 



Oswego, basis of original develop- 

 ment at, 235; mill power at, 

 834; price at, 834. 



Oswego river, waterpower, 218. 



Rochester, basis of original de- 

 velopment at, 235 ; price at, 837 ; 

 dams, G05. 



Saranac river, 249. 



Schoharie creek, 663. 



Schroon river, 635. 



Seneca river, 345. 



Watertown, basis of development 

 at, 235. 



Water supply, based on gagings, 

 114; economy not desirable in 

 canals, 829; estimates for 

 canals, 831 ; no specific rule for 

 estimating, 831 ; necessity for 

 filtration, 712 ; municipal sup- 

 plies should be drawn from 

 forested areas, 187. 

 Buffalo, 858. 

 Champlain canal, 752. 

 Oswego canal, 762. 

 Rochester, 841, 842, 858. 

 Staten Island, 712. 

 Syracuse, 547, 551. 

 western New York, 841. 

 Water supply of Brooklyn borough, 

 area, minimum flow and eleva- 

 tion of original ponds, 687 ; how 

 collected, 683; driven wells, 690; 

 historical,* 681 ; private companies, 

 682; Ridgewood system, 681; 

 sources, 683 ; statistics of original, 

 686; theory, 685-86. 

 Water supply of Greater New York, 

 advantages of, from Hudson river, 

 696; Borough of Brooklyn, 678; 

 Borough of Queens, 678 ; Borough 

 of Richmond, 678; Bronx and 

 Byram rivers, 677; cost from 

 Hudson river, 696; daily con- 

 sumption, 375 ; gravity and pump- 

 ing, 678; historical, 676; Hudson 

 river, 696; not available from 



New Jersey, 695; number of 

 municipal and private plants, 

 679 ; private companies, quantity 

 j furnished, 679; quantity by 

 | gravity, by municipal works, 680; 

 i quantity, 679; quantity pumped 

 by municipal works, 680; relative 

 quantity of surface and ground 

 water, 679; report of commis- 

 sion, 707 ; sources, 400 ; sources 

 enumerated, 694. 



Water yield, Honeoye lake, 574; 

 Lake George, 250; relation to 

 changes in agriculture, 34, 37 ; 

 Schoharie creek in comparison 

 with Canada creeks, East and 

 West, 511. 



Watertown, erected a city, 225; 

 origin of name, 225. 



Watson, Elkanah, 721, 723, 728. 



Weed, Smith M., 741. 



Weir, Charles G., 717. 



West Troy Motor Co., 403. 



Westerman and Co., 672. 



Western Inland Lock Navigation 

 Co., 582, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 

 729. 



Westinghouse Electrical and Manu- 

 facturing Co., 654, 657. 

 Weston, Theodore, 687. 

 Weston, William, 725. 

 Wheeler, W. H., 427. 

 Whipple, George C, 844. 

 White, Canvass, 729. 

 Whitridge, F. W., 652. 

 Whitney, George J., 443. 

 Wickes, Edward A., 652, 655. 

 Williams, Elisha, 536, 537. 

 Wisner, George Y., 777. 

 Witherbee, Frank S., 796. 

 Witmer, John, 646. 

 Woodhaven Water Supply Co., 679. 

 Woodhull, Caleb S., 647, 648. 

 Wright, Benjamin, 729. 



Young, Samuel, 728. 



