Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-08-01
Third Annual Report Of the
Water Storage Conn.
Letters Of Commentator as TO
The Gettysburg Trip.
Candidates Must File Expense Ac.
counts Of Cost During Primaries.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Regular Meeting of Governor and
Council, Friday, Aug. %, 1918, 10 A. M.


Regular Meeting of Governor and
Council, Friday, Aug. %, 1918, 10 A. M.
The third annual report of the
Water Storage Commission contains
| the following:
Topographic Surveys.
The annual report of the State
Water Storage Commission has the
following to say as to the topography
Iof Maine: The commission has con-
tinued it's usual cooperat ton with the
lunit of publica ton is an atlas sheet
showing a tract of about 215 square
miles.
Fifty sheets have been issued for
| the State of Maine, named as fol-
lows: Eastport, Petit Manan, Cher
ryfield, Bar Harbor, Swan Island,
Nj. Desert, Ellsworth, Deer Isle.
Bmehill, OAand, Orono, Mantieus.
lVinalhaven, Castine, Penobscot Bay.
Bucksport, Bangor. Tenants Harbor,
Rockland, Monhegan. Boothbay, Wis
casset, Nassalboro. Waterviile, Small
Point, Bath, Gardiner, Augusta, Nor
lridgewoek, Anson, Bingham, The
/ III 1dSCo L, LEV iS-
ton, Livermore, Buckfieii, Biddeford.
Portland, Gray, Poland, York, Ken
lnebunk. Buxton. Sebago, Norway,
Dover, Berwick, Newfield. Fryeburg,
Kezar Falls, North Conway, N. H.,
and Gorham. n. Fl.
| The Bryant Pond and Skowhegan
quadrangles have been completed and
preliminary photographic copies have
! been issued. During 1912 field work
was completed on the Bethel quad
rangle. This sheet completes the tier
of quadrangles in this section of the
State to the western boundary join
ling Gorham, n. II. quadrangle.
| River and Lake Surveys.
! Special river and lake surveys of
many of the more important rivers
and lakes in the State have been
made. The resulting riyermaps gen.
orally on scale of l inch to 1000
feet. show, not only the plan of the
rivers with a 5-foot contours along
the banks, but also the profiles of the
rivers as well. These maps are of
great value in studying both develop
ed water powers and undeveloped
water power possibilities. From these
maps can be obtained a close estimate
of the total horsepower that can be
. developed at the various unutiliZed
falls and rips. when studied i'm con-
neetion with the stream gaging work.
These lake maps are especially valu-
able in computing the capacity of the
various lakes in cubic feet, when
their use as storage reservoirs is con-
templated.
Owing to the reductions in the ap-
preparation and allotments the special
River and Lake surveys had to be
discontinued for the current year.
However, the sheets noted in the
End Annual Report as unpublished
have been issued and the entire edi
ton is now available for distribution
except those sheets where the edition
is exhausted.
photographic Surveys.
Stream Gagings. special branch of
such surveys, are only considered in
this section. This is one of the most
, important branches of work in con-
, nection with the Investigations of
water storage and the development of
, waterpowers. The run-off of a
stream, like the rainfall in it's basin,
varies from day to day. month to
month, year to year. For the cor
rect determination of the value of any
stream for a storage development a
continuous record of its discharge
should be available in order to deter
mine the maximum, the minimum, and
the dependable run-off from season to
sea son.
Stream gagings has been continued
during the year but with decreased
allotment from what it was during
the previous two years.
! Geological Surveys.
Cooperative work has been contin-
ued throughout the year between the
U. S. Geological Survey and the State
commission in systematic investi-
cation of the geologic resources of
the State. Field work has been con-
fined to the Portland Casco Bay quad
rangle.
Two geologic folios have been issued
fer the State, the Rockland folio and
the Penobscot bay folio. The field
work and descriptive text for the
Eastport folio are completed and the
maps have been engraved
Toward the end of the report will
be found a report on the geology of
the Eastport quadrangle by Messrs
Edison S, Bastin and Henry S. Will
liams and preliminary report of the
geology of the Portland and Caseo
Bay quadrangles by F. j. Katz The
last word is preliminary and subject
to modification if need be. as the re-
suit of further field work.
A photography of Maine geology
has been compiled in the office of the
Commission and is published at the
end of the report. The greater por-
ton of the information has been OBJ |
tanned from the various reports of
the L. S. Geological survey on the |
photography of the United States.
During the progress of the coop |
erative field work, in connection with |
the study of the geology of the Rock |
land, Penobscot Bay and Passport TO- |
los, as well as in the field work of the |
Crarites Of Maine and Road Mate |