INDEX.

Arch street bridge, Paterson, destruction of; 27 Beattie's dam, flood flow at; 16-17 flood period at; 9 view of; 16 Bridges, destruction of; 26-27 Capacity of streams, increase in; 28 Central Basin, damage in; 24 flood in, descent of; 14-15 Charlotteburg, rainfall at;11, 12 Chatham, flood period at; 10 Chester, rainfall at; 11 Cranberry Pond, dam at, failure of; 24 Damages, discussion of; 23-28 Darlington, reservoir site at; 33 Dixons Pond, reservoir site at; 37 Dover, rainfall at; 11, 12 Drought, relation of rainfall to; 12 Dundee dam, flood flow over; 17-22 flood flow over, diagram showing; 20 flood period at; 9 floods at, comparison of, figure showing; 18 East Jersey Water Company, damage at pumping station of; 25-26 Elizabeth, rainfall at; 11 Essex Fells, rainfall at; 11, 12 Flood, descent of; 14-22 period of; 9-10 prevention of; 28-44 Flood damage, plates showing; 26, 28 Floods, general conclusions concerning; 44-45 Great Passaic Swamp, reservoir site at; 38-39 Great Piece reservoir, cost of, estimate of; 42 Greenwood Lake, use of; 34 Hanover, rainfall at; 11 Hebrew quarter, Paterson, devastation in, plate showing; 28 Highland tributaries, damages along; 23-25 descent of flood in; 14-15 Hotel, wreck of, plate showing; 26 Little Falls, dam at, view of; 16 damage at; 25-26 flood flow at; 16-17 flood period at; 9 rainfall at; 12 Longwood Valley, reservoir site in; 37 Lower Longwood, reservoir site near; 38 Lower Valley, damage in; 25-28 improvements in, discussion of; 29-31 Ludlum Steel and Iron Company, water front of; 24 Macopin dam, flood flow at; 15-16 flood period at; 10 Main street bridge, Paterson, destruction of; 27 Midvale, proposed reservoir near; 34 Mill district, Paterson, effects of flood in, plate showing; 26 Millington, reservoir site near; 38-39, 40 Mountain View, reservoir site at; 31-33, 40 Mountain View reservoir, cost of, estimate of; 43 New York City, rainfall at; 11, 13 Newark, rainfall at; 11, 12, 13 Newark water department, information furnished by; 16 Newell, F. H., letter of transmittal by; 7 Newfoundland, reservoir site near; 36, 40 Nigger Pond, dam at, failure of; 24 Oakland, reservoir site near; 34 Obstructions to flow of Passaic River, discussion of; 29-30 Old Boonton, flood period at; 10 Passaic, damage at; 27-28 inundated lands at, plate showing; 28 Passaic Basin, reservoir sites in upper; 38-39 storage facilities in, effect of; 11 Passaic River, bridge over, plate showing; 28 flood flow of; 17-22 diagram showing; 20 flood period on; 10 floods on, comparison of, diagram showing; 18 flow of, obstructions to; 29-30 Passaic Valley, rainfall in; 11, 12 Paterson, damage at; 26-27 flood district of, plate showing; 24 flood-water lines in residence district of, plate showing; 16 Hebrew quarter in, devastation in, plate showing; 28 mill district, effects of flood in, plate showing; 26 rainfall at; 11, 12 residence district, flood-water lines in, plate showing; 16 views in; 16, 24, 26, 28 Pequanac Basin, reservoir sites in; 35-36, 40, 41 Pequanac River, damage along; 24 flood flow of; 16 flood period on; 10 Petersburg, reservoir site near; 37 Plainfield, rainfall at; 11 Pompton Lake, dry bed of, plate showing; 24 reservoir site at; 33-35 Pompton Lakes, damage at; 24 Pompton Lakes dam, plate showing; 24 Pompton Plains, damage at; 24 highest water at; 10 Pompton reservoir, discussion of; 31-33 Powerville, reservoir site near; 37 Precipitation, amount of; 11-14 Prevention of floods, discussion of; 28-45 Rainfall, amount of; 11-14 relation of drought to; 12 Ramapo River, damages along; 23-24 flood on, time of; 9 Ramapo Valley, reservoir sites in; 33-34, 40, 41 Reservoir sites, comparison of; 40-44 Reservoirs for preventing floods, discussion of; 28, 31-40 Residence district, Paterson, flood-water lines in, plate showing; 16 Ringwood, rainfall at; 11, 12 Ringwood Creek, reservoir site on; 35 River street, Paterson, view of; 26 River Vale, rainfall at; 11, 12 Rockaway Basin, reservoir sites on; 37-38, 40, 41 Rockaway River, flood period on; 10 Saddle River, reservoir sites on; 39-40 Sherrerd, M. R., aid by; 15 Smith, G. W., quoted on changes in channel at Little Falls; 25 South Orange, rainfall at; 11, 12 Splitrock Pond, reservoir site on; 38 Spruce street, Paterson, washout at, plate showing; 26 Stickle Pond, proposed reservoir at; 36 Stony Brook, reservoir site on; 37 Storage reservoirs for preventing floods, discussion of; 28, 31-40 Streams, capacity of, increase in; 28 Vermeule, C. C., quoted on Pompton reservoir; 31-32 Wanaque Basin, reservoir sites in; 34-35, 40, 41 West Street Bridge, Paterson, destruction of; 26 West Brook, reservoir site on; 35