Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-16
NIAGARA N HARSEss.
Gigantic sczerue 10 Unrz3 the Water pow
er Going TO wSs,s-23S Mills to be Pro
videh uitt, Fore

Gigantic scVerue 40 Unrz3 the Water pow
err Going TO ySs,s-23S Mills to be Pro
vided with Fore.
NEW YORK, AprI Ill the plans @
the Niagsra K yer Hydraulic Tun
mel Power aed Sewer Com
pany ore csrried out as arranged
st the present time, tie powsr Of the islls
OF Niagara will be u;il'z for toe general
oene d; q msukIud sud for he fia.ucIsl en-
richmeDt q the st, OK aoldars in toe enter
prize. Tie company was inc Irp0Tpted
~ an set OF The lie isl7tu:e IN Msrch.
1885, and since thsr time the t T r. 1t the
projectors rave been directed towsld
securing the czpitsI nee sssry 20
enable hem TO execute their designs. Il
Is now estimsred that enough money has
been secured end tuat the work # con-
struction wlllsDs gin in JAY. The pros
pectus issued by the company to-day
states tbst the cCmosuy was orgsn'z d
for the parpOse Cf II lizing tie power Of
the Niagara river by constructing sub
terrsneau tunnel from the water level be-
low the falls about 200 feet under tie
nigh bank Ct the river, extending
fhrcugh the OK to the upper Nj
agsra river ~ paint ab ut one
mile above the falls, Were head OF 20
feet i. octsined. Tne tunnel is then u
extend p4rslisl with the shore Ct the
river one and g hsH miles, at Sn avers sc
depth OF 100 feet below the surface Of Inc
earth, AID st d distance Cf s1out 400 feet
from the nsvlga5le Wate Ct The river with
which il is 10 be cOuneC'e ed oy means of
conduits or lateral tunnels. The scheme
is one Of gigantic proportions, end in
cludes the establish 6nt CT inDumer-
able mills ct the point where the power
is obtained, IS ii will distribute the power
through electric wires to other centers
where 1t can be used in lieu Of steam and
local power. The power is to be OBJ
tanned from the conduits leading to the
main tunnel, aud not from the tunnel IT.
self or from the falls. Tle conGuits will,
it is contemplated, lead to wells SUNK to
the tunnel 100 feet below the esrth's sur
face. In these wells will be placed
wheels, which are turned By the weight
OF the water in the wells. Thus, il is
said, the power will be uniform,
because the wells will always
be kept full, and as the wells
are supplied from the river, they will be
all Of the same power. The liver itself
being fed from the five great lakes, will
always have a uniform quantity from
which TO supply the condui;s
1t IS Gained that the drain from the
river by the c0rduits and tunnel will not
take l per cent. of the water In the
stream; that is, the depth CT the river
would not oe reduced one inch. The
prospectus states that since the incor-
2oration Of the company sufficient lsud
along the river hiss been secure survey
ed and apporlioned into mill
sites fronting on the river and on
the line of the proposed tunnel,
with ample streets and docksge, sfJrd-
ing approach by rail or water to accom-
modate f38 mills OF 500 horse power
each, which is the estimate of the engi-
neers of the capacity OF the tunnel pro-
posed 10 be built. This power would he
greater than all her wafer power Of the
country combined. The land secured by
the company is two miles and a haif
above the fa Is, and beyond the limits If
the government park land surrounding
them. The 'uuneI is 20 run under the
streets Of Niagara village.i Bnd ell II
the condulIs will be located On the
company's land. The estimated cost Of
construction is 100000, end enough
patronage mas already been secured, it is
said, TO pay dividend on the invest
ment. The city # Buffalo has agreed to
pay S10O,O coo per annum for power for
electric lignts, and en- electric smelling
company in Cleveland has made spplics
ton for 20, 000-horse power to be carried
through mains. The mills ere 10 be To-
Gated SO far above the falls that
vessels OF any draught can come
to the wharVes, thus insuriDg
water freights from the mills
to tide wster. I: is claimed that the
volume of water over the falls will not
be lessened by the construction OF the
tunnel; that the beauty Of the landscape
will not De impaired in any respect since
tue mills will give forth no smoke, and
that the drain from the river will be less
than half the amounts tsken from the
lskes by evaporation. II the project
proves to be a success, it is slso intended
to use the power in lighting many cities
in that LEGALITY by elec riciIY.