Scope and Content Note
This document is a report on the profitability of the Battle Island Paper Company, Fulton, prepared by an examiner from the office of the State Comptroller.
The company argued before the Board of Claims that it had received inadequate compensation from the state for the appropriation of its water power rights during construction of the Barge Canal, pursuant to legislation of 1903. The examiner's report includes: balance sheet dated March 12, 1914; tables showing yearly balances 1903-1914; monthly summaries of accounts for manufacture and sale of sulphate, 1902-1914; and a very detailed examination of the company's assets and liabilities and its profit/loss accounts to determining the company's profitability. The report concludes that the concern had never been profitable and that loss of its water power made no difference in this regard. The document consists of typewritten pages numbered 25-174 plus six blueprint tables. Pages 1-24 are lacking.
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