New-York tribune., 1900-04-15
NEW HARNESS FOR NIAGARA.
THE WAY CLEAR FOR GENERATING
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND HORSE
POWER ON THE CANADA SIDE.

The signing Of agreement between the Conn
.rissioners OF Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park
and the directors OF the Ontario Power Company
briefly mentioned in Fridays Tribune removed
the final obstacle 10 the execution of a plan for
utilizing Niagara Falls for generating electricity
Tor power purposes the Canadian side For sew
ersl years the company has been trying TO secure
this concession. BY the terms of the agreement
rhe company IS permitted TO take water from the
Wellan6 River near its junction with the Niagara
River and carry Il b. means OF open canal to
the blun between Dufferin Islands and Cedar ISL
and. where power house will be erected The
agreement further provides that when a greater
amount OF power than be had at this noint
e called for the company is have the right 20
construct a second canal from the first power sta
tion along the side OF the river through the park
70 a point Just below Table Rock where a second
plant may be established These canals and mower
stations are 70 be constructed plans approved
ny the Park Commissioners in order that the park
ard falls may be kept free as possible from any
uasightly objects The company is 10 have the
srst canal and first power house completed within
SIX years
ANNUAL PAYMENTS
For this concession the power company Is to nav
& nxec annual rental Of Sl5 600 for the first ten
thousand horse power $4,000 additional for the
next ten thousand horse power and & 800 for +.e
third ten thousand horse power developed ~ rba
upper power house and 10000 more for whatever
may be developed below the falls The cornnar,-
deposited two years rental when the agreement
signed. Il expects begin work i,rne1ia taI1,
and 70 have the first plant in operation vvitbtn
eighteen months OF two years an initial cost Of
about 2ee0.o0 It is estimated that from +bir+v
thousand 70 sixty thousand horse power viii be de-
veoped al the first power station The cost Of the
entire scheme, which includes the development OF
-+'"" morse power additional at the base Of Table
Rock II Is figured. viii not exceed S0O0o000
The plan Of the company Is to place the intake of
The canal on the Weland River about . o,,a-+ar
o. mile from its junction with Niagara River
A this point the Welland and Niagara rivers are
ooln slusgish streams. The canal WITH thus be
enabled 10 draw from both for its s1IppIv of va+er
Ihe ilTst canal when fully completed will be $50
feet wide and 15 feet deep Its length m +ba
nrst power station will be 5000 feet It will
broaden out at its terminus into fore bav from
which the turbines VIII take their water direct
after passing through the turbines the water will
ne alschaTged INTO the Niagara River at the head
OF - me [aIs' The second canal viii receive its
wafer rom tne Tore bay. and will be about two
thousand feet long. The water win be Conducted
the cliff the first station the connan viii M
t obtain head Of forty-1ve feet. which represents
ineeaa Which VIII be had ar the second station is
AN EASY TASK.
In the development Of the project there will be no
engineering problems 10 be solved as standard
machinery can be used and the excavation for the
canals VIII be through soft, level ground Part of
the excavation, IN fact, has been done ns rllre
raTine extends along the route Of the canal for
one-half the distance. The earth excavated is +o
Dc deposited IN a cribwork along the river bank
company owns 2S5 Sa acres GffTisRfy Of isRd along the
Neland River and around the village OF ChinT1aJva
Ihs IS 10 De used for factory and residence sites
i man connected with the company told a T-ib
une reporter That the company had received annlf-
taileIls lor hoJU9 horse power within the last two
q! lhTee years. The company, he said expected
70 Iurnlsh electritcty 70 Toronto for lighting and
pumping purposes and for operating the street rail-
WAYS Il would also furnish industries in Hamil-
ton with power. " ~
here VII be- large steel plant and other IN
C5iSlres using the cOnpanys power Chippewa
Negotiation ara already under way for the estab-
!shuent of these The directorate of the company
s fhrgo-
president; General George s. Field Of Buffalo vice
president, P c Broad Of Buffalo secretary and
measure. Edmund HAYES. OF Buffalo: FRANKLIN y
Locke. i Bunal3; " n German. Of Welland: H.
= Sylnnes OF Niagara Falls: Joseph G. Cadhan
OF Niagara Falls; Banker r Paine Of Niarara,
E7is. and Arthur @. Denniston. of PhiIadeI1his
lae COMPANY VIII operate under charter eyrar+e1
by the Dominion Of Canada N