. Annual report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York . of $ a single reservoir may be constructed, storing on Schroon and Brant Lakes a totalof 15,925,000,000 cubic feet, at an approximate cost of $840,000, or at $ permillion cubic feet stored. At Piseco Lake it was estimated that a storage of1,725,000,000 cubic feet could be made for $70,000, or for $40 per million cubic feetstored. At Indian Lake it was estimated that a storage of 4,468,000,000 cubic feetcould be made for $120,000, or at the rate of $ per million cubic feet

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. Annual report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York . of $ a single reservoir may be constructed, storing on Schroon and Brant Lakes a totalof 15,925,000,000 cubic feet, at an approximate cost of $840,000, or at $ permillion cubic feet stored. At Piseco Lake it was estimated that a storage of1,725,000,000 cubic feet could be made for $70,000, or for $40 per million cubic feetstored. At Indian Lake it was estimated that a storage of 4,468,000,000 cubic feetcould be made for $120,000, or at the rate of $ per million cubic feet will be shown farther on, the actual construction just completed at Indian Lakehas abundantly justified the original estimate, although it is believed from additionalinformation gained by the surveys of 1896 that some of the other reservoirs wereunderestimated and that moderate corrections in the figures should be made. Evenwhen such corrections are made, it still remains true that water storage in Adirondackregion can be made much cheaper than in any other portion of the State ofNew

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