New-York tribune., 1882-08-13
AMERICAN ENERGY IN EUROPE.
Eroli Aniiatatli.

From 6aiignont
As an illustration OF American enterOrise and
energy i'm Europe call the attention Of our
readers 10 what ha, been accomplished by an
American at Bellegar,ie ana the Perte du ihone.
About an hour by rail from Geneva tho Rhone,
after having mingled its blue waters with the
gray waters of the Arye, enters marrow, deep
corge From the railway which follows the river,
Won can hear the waters groln and in the bed
they have made for themselves. Suddenly the
stream disappears TO reappcar some hundreds of
yards further on-hcnce the name, Perte du Rhone
n osS of the khnnel The village where the return
occurs is called Bel!esarde. It place OF indifferent
ASPECT but promising 20 become an industrial
centre and probably large city. strangely enough,
the transformation Will be as nuch the OutgfoNth
of American ingenuity the result OF that rcaKlsh
turn OF the river Ehone. An American tourist
visited the Perte du Rnone. lie. perhaps Yankee
like shrugged his shoulders at first, Is he thought
Of and cOmpufcd the scene before him with his own
glorious Niagata. but when his quick wit rlpcned
pioblcrl. 1houghtfnlly he walked back to Belle
rarIo, and going straight to the notary SAID TO
" Sir. vour locality pcases me. Is any of the
building Il sort OF laundry establishment these
beautiful shores. find mo ono or moro choice
spots and Vii purchase DO YOU understand" "
Perfectly replied the notaty.
And the American departed, promising to return
Snrc cnonch. a week later the Yankee entered
the uotafy's Ciice again. and asked whether his
application had brought favorable replies
yes" said The notary, siuihueiJ, and laying hrs
a
ma he your selection Ol sites for here is AL the land
of the vicinity placed at your disposal, almost al
Your or price. iOr the people about here are only
too glad to sell. and, as yon see. nave eagerly
graspcd this, the INST and only opportunity they
nave had to do SD. | tell yOn frankly these iacts,
tnat you may feel tempted 20 make larger pU-
chase than / maylnod you thought OF DONG wheh
you first spoke Of tho matter 10 NO. lhc Amcrl-
can listened quietly, looked over tho papers
learned the various prices, aud ended by contract
ing to buy all the land offered lcr sale The notary;
as well ~ the inhabitants. WAS almost StuPehrd
with astouishment some vent 50 lar ~ 10 say
the stranger was MAD, but Mhtu th'A lOHhn lH"t
Ills word and his bond were equally good they were
too glad of the results to question the motive Ihus
an American Lecame the proprietor OF almost the
whole plain 0t Bcllccarde. Soon he began to show
these uucnlightrncd people Why hc had appeared
so mad to them. lie drmunst stratod that between
that point whore the Rhone disappears ana where
II returns again there Is cousldcfaDlo ulh'itlco
of level, aud that Just there was an enormous i0ss
Of water pOwer-a power which III was possible 10
gather up and utilize, and, IN order TO accomplish
this he proposed TO open new channel Tor tho
RhOne, aud conduct 10 tc the place whore ne wlshcu
10 transform its fan into motive power The ldGa
was practicable, and was put INTO execution WIN
out much delay. company has been formed. y
su6terTauean channel OF more than 400 yards IN
length has been uug, ana a part OF those waters
which had been cngu.fcd without profit to anybody,
follow peaceably their new road, to pour Them
selves into enormous turbines, and commuuicate to
them power valued at that OF loOOO horse
power. Ten thousand horses, hOW ever, at the
bottom of hole would, even with all their
strength be useless power without the ingenuity OF
man. And the question now was. how to transport
said power 10 the summit of the steep banks OF the
Rhone and distribute it over all the extent of the
plain OF Belegarde This was accomplished by
means of iron wire cables, which transmitted move
ment and force 10 great puleyB, around which they
were rolled. Power can thus he sent several miles
easily water or gas is sent through pipe or
conduit, and the Yankee from America carried
out bis plans through this means Now the lands
are TO be re sold tho 10000 horse power will be
rented the American will realize fortune, and
Bellegarde will become the asylum of the exiled
Of AlSage. and where
invest their little capital SO much for one Ameri-
can abroad!