STATE OF NEW YORK. No. 50. IN ASSEMBLY, FEBRUARY 2, 1905. TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., January, 1905. To the Honorable S. FREDERICK NIXON, Speaker of the Assembly, Albany, N. Y.: Sir. I herewith transmit, for presentation to the Legislature of the State of New York, the Twenty-first Annual Report of the Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1904. Yours respectfully, CHARLES M. DOW, President. Biddle stairway... Walks on riverway. Furnace and steam pipes.. Estimated receipts.... Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power Co. Charter. Memorandum concerning the jurisdiction, powers and proceedings of the Commissioners with respect to the preservation of the Falls and scenery.. Opposition to diversion of water..... Efforts to secure international protection.. Cribwork in river, east of Reservation... Extracts from Annual Reports.. From First Annual Report, Feb. 17, 1885.. From Second Annual Report, Feb. 2, 1886. From Third Annual Report, Jan. 31, 1887. From Fourth Annual Report, Feb. 1, 1888.. From Sixth Annual Report, Jan. 22, 1890. From Seventh Annual Report, Jan. 29, 1891. From Eighth Annual Report, Jan. 29, 1892. 92 Extracts From Annual Reports (Continued) From Eleventh Annual Report, Jan. 30, 1895. PAGE. 92 98 103 105 110 111 From Nineteenth Annual Report, Feb. 18, 1903.. 112 Official correspondence and opinions.. 119 A. H. Green to Legislature, April 3, 1889, in re Niagara Hydraulic 119 120 122 A. H. Green to S. F. Nixon, April 4, 1889, in re the same. 126 A. H. Green to J. W. Langmuir, October 19, 1894, in re international 128 A. H. Green to Theo. E. Hancock, July 17, 1895, in re Niagara Falls 129 A. H. Green to Theo. E. Hancock, July 18, 1895, requesting injunction 130 Theo. E. Hancock to A. H. Green, November 16, 1895, in re diversion of water by Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Co..... 131 A. H. Green to Legislature, April 6, 1895, in re diversion of water by various companies........ 140 Report of Sub-Committee of the Constitutional Convention of 1894, proposing a Constitutional amendment to protect Niagara Falls.. Deed, land grants and resolutions... 151 171 Deed from Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Com- 171 Grant of land under water to Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manu Grant of land under water to Niagara Falls Power Company, September 177 Resolution by Senator Guy, April 29, 1896, calling for international action... 179 Resolution by Senator Brown, March 17, 1904, in re the same.. 179 180 Endorsement of same by Niagara Falls Power Company. Permit from United States Government to erect cribwork. Stages of Legislation and votes on charters of Niagara Power Corporations.. 187 Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company. . . . . 182 183 187 |