New-York tribune., 1910-01-31
Plan SUBMITTED BY
SUPPLY BOARD.
TouId Stop TASTE of 1900
600 Horsepower, Forth
SIS 900 900 a Year.

state plan Of water supply CONSERVATION
,f large proportions. The commission
eetirastee that st present f,oeoer morse
power Of water energy Is no" running
70 waste in the state, which II uuilzeo'
would have q yearly rental value OF
s15GoaGa0 The plan. as outlined, IN
cludes four great reservoir projects Of
water storage for power development and
food control one reservoir will be as
large as Lake George and would cost
81 $4,000.
New York distances all other states
'n the gross total of hydraulic power in
use. according TO the report, which also
asserts that New York was the first to
undertake a careful estimate Of its water
pover resources with q view TO a COM
p-ehensive public policy for their devel-
opment, and that the statute Of 1907 d.
recting this investigation. together with
the action Of Governor Hughes in estab-
lishing the principle that payment must
he made TO the state for water power
'rsnchises. marked one Of the earliest
Efforts toward state control Of the de-
velopment and use Of water powers for
the public benefit.
HE commission estimates that no less
than million and half horsepower can
Re ultimately developed OF the interior
streams Of New York, without counting
tne Niagara and ST. Lawrence rivers,
ard il says that this great reserve OF
rover. equal to nearly a third OF all
the water power in use in the United
States. sufficient 70 displace all the pow
e. now derived from coal, and 70 provide
the state with all the motive energy it
uiIl need for as many years as any one
can see, may. therefore. be said TO be
On deposit in the splendid natural water
and forest resources Of New York To
reach this great figure Of 100000 horse
power development there would be re-
CURED the most thorough and scientific
control Of these water resources by an
authority no less than that of the state.
RESULT OF FULLER LAW.
IN the endeavor 20 move toward this
deal solution Of great economic prob
lem tire Legislature. by the passage Of
phaf is known as the Fuller law, chap
fer 5sa Laws Of 1907. called upon the
state Water Supply Commission TO make
this study Of the water power resources
of the state and 70 suggest the outlines
70 an administrative plan in the eXecu-
tton of which the state might hope
eventually 10 obtain its ideal This plan
chs commission now presents, and ac-
coulpa MES il bv q draft Of q proposed
biu for z general and systematic devel-
opr1ent Of the water resources Of the
stz1e which when put into operation will
--ield z net revenue and conserve, in the
interests Of the general welfare. a great
-sruraI resource now running TO waste.
The commission estimates that 1900,
nm horsepower Of water energy now
-rrrins 70 waste in New York would
have : yearly rental value of at least
sl5 mo o0o il properly controlled, and
-hzr there is an increasing demand by
re public for such control and a grow
NJ market for its use. as the power 70
transmit electricity and the multiplied
Uses - which il is being put increase
Ire market demand. The commission
believes that sufficient data have now
been gathered 70 warrant the immediate
adoption Of 4 state plan Of water power
conservst ton. and that the economic and
social Welfare Of New York demands
-he early announcement OF some definite
policy under which the Improvement Of
water power can be started and further
tstzHs6 surveys made as rapidly as the
needs q different sections shall de-
rsr6
TIE watersheds Of the Hudson, Gene
see and Rzquette rivers have been thor
o5gnlv examined and their water stor-
sge opportunities Investigated and sur
veged -Four great reservoir projects Of
water storage for power development
and food control have been located, sur
vsre6. mapped and described from the
point NJ proba bic costs and benefits IN
dstzti These are the Sacandaga and
schroc, lake reservoirs on the Hudson
drainage. the Portage reservoir on the
Cenesee and The Tupper Lake reservoir
On ire Raq1ette-
OTHER WATERSHEDS INCLUDED.
Sufficient Investigations have been
made t. establish the right of the os-
Eego Black and Oswegatchie water
Sheds ~ De included with the three
rivers Of New YORK as most important
= polnr of view OF water power devel-
"pments and possibilities In addition TO
'nese, in ssfigations have been made Of
ne Salmon River. IN Oswego County
enc 81 Franklin County. the Grasse, ST.
regis. Chsteaugsy. Chazy, Saranac. Au-
faoie. Boqgette. Susquehanna. including
me Chenango. the Allegany. including
me Canisteo and Chemung, Cattaraugus
'~hfek and minor streams flowing into
'aAes Erie and Ontario.
ne Hudson River. the commission
esls' If the most important internal pow
stream Of the state, and on account
us size, population and developed in
1siFles, should receive the first stten-
'-'n IN any system Of state conservation
ist may be adopted The commission
oraingiy proposes the construction of
Dsn az Conklingville on the Sacan-
hlper, fifty miles north Of Albany
ei2 miles above the confluence OF
saeandaga and Hudson rivers, 10
storage reservoir of twenty-1ine
cubic feet capacity. and convert
unrty miles Of the present river val
"o an artificial lake as large as