It may be done
without increase of length or detriment to the alignment.
Three and one-fourth miles of the Morris Canal must be rebuilt. No
engineering difficulties are involved.
Of the New York and Greenwood Lake Railway, 9 miles would have to
be rebuilt.
The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad would be slightly
shifted or raised for 3-3/4 miles.
A dam 2,400 feet long and 80 feet in height, with tunnels,
wasteweir, and accessory works would be required at Mountain View.
The situation is such that an ample wasteweir may be built at a
low-side dam on the solid rock of Hook Mountain remote from the
dam, and outlets may be had by tunneling the same ridge. Hence the
dam may be a plain, heavy earthen embankment; built, of course,
with every precaution but subject to less than the usual dangers of
such works. However, a masonry dam might readily be substituted.
There would be 14,000 acres of arable land, swamps, and rough
mountain land flowed.
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