Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-07-17

/ clared that Iron should be manufactured
| for q. 80 less per ton at Model City than
In the Smoky City, and steel for ~ less
per ton. IL has been experimentally dem
onstrated that the Niagara water Is well
suited for use In paper mills, though not
suitable, IL Is said, for the more exacting
needs Of the cotton industry. The wood
pulp industry Is especially favored here,
being In easy communication with Tona-
wanda and Toronto.
A strong spirit of cooperative interest
between labor and capital seems TO possess
the incorporators. They have beon laughed
at as disciples of Bellamy. Tho charge Is
hardly just, however. They do plan 20
keep their laborers rs far as possible out
of the control Of the labor organizations
and to exclude the saloons. To what OK
tent these efforts will interfere with i'm
mediate financial success IL Is hard To say.
They are likely to be drawback ut first,
though undoubtedly great advantage
In the end.
So far the Model City has been spoken
of simply as plan. 1t has already ad-
vanced beyond that stage, however. AS
has been said, some 200 acres Of land
have been purchased or optioned, tho
streets of the town proper have been laid
out by survey, contracts for the canal
have been filed, and two large factories
have already been erected on the ground.
1t now remains to place the bonds cover
ing the cost Of the canal, and negotiations
are pending which are expected within &c
days to place the necessary funds In the
hands of the company. The contracts stip-
ulate that the canal shall be finished In
Is months from the resumption OF work,
so that manufacturers can feel sure that
there will be no unnecessary delay. After
ten years Of thought and labor the Model
City of the Niagara Power and Improve
ment company, as 1t Is now called, seems
to stand on the threshold Of wonderful
future.
Failure now appears impossible, for
should IL be found for time Impractical
BILE to complete the proposed canal few
months will SO far advance the other two
independent power supplies less than ten
miles above the location, that the factories
and residents of the town can obtain all
the power they desire, and 1t cannot take
long to place the bonds for an enterprise
which guarantees by exceptional resources,
such unlimited profits within few years.
Considering, then, the past usefulness
of the Hydraulic canal and the improve
ments now being introduced; considering
also the capabilities of the Cataract Con-
struction company, with its electrical
power already developed and to be devel-
oped, and, in addition to these the pro-
posed development of power of lao, 600
horsepower at Model City, we have within
the boundaries of q single large city pos
sible power development OF 340,0 900 horse
power at cost so low as to revolutionize
the industries for which il is available |
No paper or flour mill burdened with the
and other cost of its fuel |
and care Of its own engines and in most |
cases, also, with the cost of transportation |
Tor its raw materials, seems likely to be |
sble to compete with the mills Of this |
great manufacturing CENTER where power |
S to be had for the asking, where cost of
hosting in most cases Is eliminated, and
where transportation from the east, the
vest and the south Is more convenient
han at any other location In the country. |
The future of Niagara Falls is indeed
lard to prophesy, but it may be said with
perfect safety that before many years have
Elapsed this will be one of the largest mill
ng and iron manufacturing cities Of the
world New York Tribune.