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Seite 172 - Fourth. That said plans are just and equitable to the other municipalities and civil divisions of the State affected thereby and to the inhabitants thereof, particular consideration being given to their present and future necessities for sources of water supply.
Seite 248 - OF DATA The base data collected at gaging stations consist of records of stage and measurements of discharge.
Seite 248 - ... 1 cubic foot of water weighs 62.5 pounds. 1 cubic meter per minute equals 0.5886 second-foot. 1 horsepower equals 550 foot-pounds per second. • 1 horsepower equals 76.0 kilogram-meters per second. 1 horsepower equals 746 watts. 1 horsepower equals 1 second-foot falling 8.80 feet.
Seite 289 - Clean a wasteway from Cuba reservoir enters the river through Olean creek. This reservoir is on the divide between Oil creek, tributary to Allegheny river, and Genesee river, tributary to Lake Ontario. The stored water is commonly turned into Genesee river through the abandoned summit level of Genesee River canal, or may be diverted into Oil creek through a guard lock at the head of the canal.
Seite 258 - United States Geological Survey for dams of ogee section. Discharge through turbines computed from records of their operation. Discharge at lock and through Barge canal turbines at lock computed from records of the number of lockages per day.
Seite 106 - Taubenheimer as Supervisor of the town of Bellmont, for payment of moneys to the Conservation Commission, being the amount due from the town of Bellmont on account of expenditures made by the Commission for fighting forest fires, the motion was heard before Judge Henry T. Kellogg and order entered directing that a peremptory writ of mandamus issue out of and under the seal of the Court, directing said Taubenheimer, as supervisor, to pay to the Commission the amount due.
Seite 245 - Run-off (depth in inches)" is the depth to which an area would be covered if all the water flowing from it in a given period were uniformly distributed on the surface. It is used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. An "acre-foot," equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, is the quantity required to cover an acre to the depth of 1 foot.
Seite 289 - ALLEGHENY RIVER AT RED HOUSE Location. — At highway bridge in Red House, Cattaraugus county, about 5 miles below Salamanca and 13 miles above the boundary between New York and Pennsylvania. Conewango creek, the outlet of Chautauqua lake, enters the Allegheny in Pennsylvania about 30 miles below the station. Drainage area. — 1.640 square miles. Records available.— September 4, 1903, to June 30, 1918. Gage. — Gurley 7-day water-stage recorder on the left bank just below the highway bridge,...
Seite 24 - State through a commission to be appointed by the Governor and to market the power thus developed under the direction of such commission. " 4. The immediate passage of appropriate legislation authorizing the Superintendent of Public Works, with the approval of the Canal Board, to dispose for proper returns by lease, of surplus water power created as a result of the construction of the Barge Canals.
Seite 249 - In the table of monthly discharge the column headed " Maximum " gives the mean flow for the day when the mean gage height was highest. As the gage height is the mean for the day, it does not indicate correctly the stage when the water surface was at crest height and the corresponding discharge was consequently larger than given in the maximum column.

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