Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-01

company viii be able 10 furnish 1900
| horse power to the city o. Bnum9, ahd w
] timatply To- serve more distant cllts WIN
sufficient power to light streets and run
! manufacturing establishments. Ihc deNei
| Opmeut Of electricity as motNe power
made Che completion OF me Niagsi,H tuii iba
! great volume Of water passing through
| the tunnel viii furnish vs. 20 be c0ihmuni
| cnted through electric dy-nmos, ihus hlnk
/ Ing 1t possible 10 distribute this mouFe
! force over n great territory on the cana
! dian side OF the river another tunnel Is pa
/ be constructed speedily, which y To pro.
/ vide for separate electric plant, serving
| some OF the Canadian cities, but chiefy to
! be used rs o sort Of duplicate for the Amerl-
can system, Both the plants VIII. Snsneeis
/ suy. be able TO furnish power sufnclent To
/ turn the wheels OF MS many manuinctnrlnE
establishments as can be built between the
/ Niagara river nud the city " Buhnlo, ana
already propositions have been received
I from some grent manufacturing estabish-
| mputs In different parts ~ the United states
| looking towards the abandunment OF theli
| present s,tcs and location here. II the exc
! pectatiDns W The engineers and the company
] are realized, there Will be built IN TINS VIC
I Unity the greatest electric manufacturing
| city IN the world. Col Albert y. shaw
| who was one Of the most conspicuous con-
! sular representatives. Of the United states
some years ago. believes thut city OF
/ more than l,OOO,OOO people With q mngnih-
cent yearly output viii bc established In
/ this region,
J Private advices received In New York city
I Indicate that the engineers aud surveyors
/ sent Out by the government of the United
/ States and those Of the South American
continent have progressed much further IA
/ their work than the public realizes. Ihc
| district iu which they now are ~ the south
crn portion " Ecuador They have sur.
| mounted the difficult mountain regions on
that country, and although they are not
| permitted 10 write much about their work.
| yet reports have been received In New
| York suggesting that they have found an
/ entirely feasible pathway over thcse noun
| talns. firm ~ New York bankers y able
I 90 keep pretty close track Of the engineers,
| since this iirn has issued exchange for
| them which have been cuslcd in some Of
| the Ecuador towns. Each monthly mail
/ brings "a new set Of these obligations Rom
towns considerably farther south than those
from which the bills Of the month before
were received The engineers are likely TO
get into the region OF the upper waters
N possible that they may nnd greater DIFF
hculties there than they did IN the noun
tulns. The country is 80 cut up with the af-
nucnts OF the Amazon that very frequent
bridging VIII be necessary IN tile fall the
engineers are likely 10 rench the mountains
Of Peru aud thence sOuthward their work
VIII be comparatively easy. When they
have made their reports. tie project then
becomes u matter FOR intcrCOntiucutnl cuu-
slderation. Mr.. Gould Il reported TO have
doubted the commercial eNpCdipucy OF this
railway along the huckbOues of the two
American continents lie believed that as
nm engineering feat II WAS entirely possible,
lNN w WIS INintI tNNNNINl NNNNI lllf re
curing OF an ainodnt Of traillcwhlCh would
make these roads pay. The South American
nations WHO are Interested In tie scheme
confessed that they dd moi consider tie
matter VI traffic us one of ~ mucli cJu-
sequence as the political effect of the build
Ing NJ this road They thought that 70
would absolutely binh the United states
md the South American republics together
! There might be period OF q good many
years heturc tho rOud would pay, but jhCy
suid that it was a read built for the III
Z rHfH for La lima
always been pn enthusiastic supporter OF
the Idea, believing that 10 would be- wisdom
on the part of the government 60 give the
project sufficient subycutlOu To assure the
completion ~ a. lie argued that the Pacific
railroad was q cheap investment for the
government Notwithstanding the enormous
obligations FOR which the government f.
responsible There Is strong political Gle
| mcut, however. which VIII oppose amy pro-
! position to Involve the government finnu-
| Cally In this enterprise. on the ground that
| u ~ unwsc for the government of the INT
| ted states tu become the partner of any
country In such commercial Developments
| as private capital would undertake W there
| were promises OF profit.
A curious thing has been discovered by
| n company In New York city I'm some re-
! cent correspondence which II has had with
| persons ull over the United States. In this
| correspondence the question was asked
| whether Chicago or New York would be the
largest city In The twentieth century. The
replies Indicated that everywhere excepting
/ upon the Atlantic sea cOnst north OF nalt.
/ more the opinion prevails that Chicago ~
/ TO become, and speedily, tue American
! metropolis A population Of ns many rs
! 1u.OOO,OUO n predicted FOR Chicago ana lts
| suburbs before the first half OF the next
! century has passed. IL IL generally believed
! that Chicago VIII become a shipping port
! letters Indicate that the probabilities are
! tlnt snip cnnnl VIII connect Chicago with
| deep water ON the mississippi, nnd also am
| other ship canal VIII cut across the lower
| peninsula OF Michigan. perhaps IN the near
| future senator I'm OF New York believes
| that before twenty-five years have passed
| vii connect the waters uf Lake Eric with
| deep water ON the Hudson, capable OF Huat-
! Ing steamer. II that ls done. it win be
! possible 20 ship direct from Chicago 10 the
| European continent without taking udvan.
] tagc ~ lhe Canadian waterways The inn,
/ portuuce ~ this pto1ecl VIZ suggested 10
! York, uud it was one of the few commercial
| wuiccta which Interested him quite 0R much
! a. did partisan politics Moreover, Nr.
/ ship canal would be- necessary N New York
was to maintain It's commercial supremacy.
Andrew II. Green who rs the executor
/ Of Governor Illdens estate believes that
] : mcago may pass New York " the sea-
/ board city does not take Into consolidation
! with 10 what lR called the Metropolitan din .
! trict II that should be done, Mr. Greco
| To pass New York Ia the race FOR wealth
ana population. n That consolidation should
] llkt plWt neat year II would give the muui-
/ clpalliy population OF 100000
! Eastern engncerA ana capitalists are Civ
| Ing much discussion To q PROPOSE.
| ton 10 dam the liousatonic river IN
] Connecticut 80 thnt the groat water D0wpr
/ u furnishes may no longer go Ia waste
| The project would require an expenditure
| OF more thun Si,uo0WO, and some difficult
/ engineering problems wtud have 10 be
| solved Two OF The greatest wuter power
| plants In the United StRtosi now exist ln
! New England, one at Lowell aud the other
/ nc ilolyOke, Mass This pronnspl
/ Furnish the largest water power within
/ easy reach Of New York and make the
| ule vicinity practically within New York
| suburbs. But a greater dam thnn flIs
| ana one which Is being discussed hy engl,
ncers ln tliia country aud ln 1urODe with
| great interest is thar which the CITY of
| New York proposes 10 build IN tho Cfoto1
/ watershed. IL win be the largest niece
/ OF masonry I'm the world IL will rival
some of the structures built In Favpt md
| In Italy m ancient times. Its foundotion
! goes seventy feet below the surface OF the
earth. u VIII he nearly tWO-thirds OF n mil.
| Ia length. IL VIII cost probably S0OOo mn
| hut when 10 y completed " will Furnish
! Sew YORK with a reservoir Containing
and q sum lieut. amount TO provide ali tbe
| supply that may be needed FOR 100 venus
| ElectrictOns are talking "a great deal ohnut
/ the development Of the trolley system NJ
| street RAILWAYS j. ]. Carly, who Is n lend.
! lhS electrician In New York SAYS that the
| luniic Hoes not seem 10 understand how
| great the revolution may be- ia the now
| ten years. The trolley system extendins
| hrst from the heart Of city 10 one OF ihe
| SUBURBAN Towns, ana then stlll further ex.
| tended, VIII ultimately, he thinks, bring Inc
g i,ir districts within nifty miles 81 the