Arizona republican., 1901-02-01
NIAGARA POWER
Turns the Wheels of Many Buffalo
 Industries.

The contract which the Pan-Amerl- can Exposition company has With the Cataract Power and ConGui. company. distributors of Niagara power in the city -f Buffalo. calls for the delivery of 5.cG0 electric horse power. This Is an immense amount of force, larger by far than most people realize. It IS the cn- tire product of one oi the great genera tors in the central power station at Niagara Falls, and [, d great deal more than many cities or towns have at their command. Only those with a full knowledge of the powcr field can realize how many small consumers 1t requires to use 5000 horse power. In fact. there are numerous power devcl- 0pments the entire output of which does not equal this amount that is to be supplied 10 the Pan-American expo sltion for light, heat and power pur- poses.
 In this conenction 1t Is interesting to review the capacity of the installation of the present users of Niagara power in Buffalo. The largest consumer is the Buffalo Railway company which is down for G.j00 electrical horse power Next comes the Buffalo General Flee tric company, the company that lights the streets In such a magnificent man ner, consuming 4,000 horse power. The third largest consumer Is the Great Northern Elevator company. which gets 1000 horse power. which Is applied to the operation of the great elevator in y,nn x.al tri, evator gets 45O horse power, which is also cleverly handled, anl then comes the Union Dry Dock company taking 200 horse power. Pratt X Letchworth also take POO horse power. and the Charles c. Curtis company gets a sim liar amount. The McKinnon Dash company receive l25 horse power and similar amount of the transmitted cur rent goes into the great establishment; of the Buffalo Express. Barcalo & Ball use 100 horse power, while the estate of J. F. Schoeilkopf receives the same amount. Forty horse power is used in the tannery If 'Schoellkopf & C,., ani go horse power goes to the Mulgrldge Baking company. The Commercial Transportation company finds use for 25 horse power. and 20 horse power is used in the establishment of w. w. Ol- iver, and 10 horse power in the Mallea- ble Iron Works. The total of the amounts of horse power thus enumer- ated Is 13125 horse power. or the total product of nearly three of the big dy- namos at the Falls,
 This amount of power Is large enough to demonstrate that Niagara energy has secured a permanent foothold in the Queen City. but in addition to these customers, the Cataract Power and Conduit company has recently closed contracts with the following companies for these additional amounts ; The Great Eastern elevator is to have 500 horse power and the American Agri- cultural Chemical company 400 horse power. The Standard Plaster compa- ny has a contract for 201 horse power, and 200 horse power goes to the Iron Elevator and Transfer company. The DakC.a elevator is to have S30 horse power. ard the American Bridge com pany l25 horse power. The total of these additional contracts is 2,705 horse power which, added to the the 13125 horse power above referred to, makes the total of lj.S30 horse power. Add to this the j000 horse power to be supplied to the Pan-American exposition. and You have grand total of 20. .s30 horse power that Buffalo will be receiving from Niagara Falls in the immediate future.
 The importance of this to the pros pective visitor to the Pan-American exposition is found in the fact that tn transmitted Niagara electric current has been and is being applied to So many uses in Buffalo that visitors to the exposition will. without doubt. find much to interest them in the various electrical installations. not only in the exposition grounds. but also throughout the city, Thus the industries of the ci- ty of Buffalo will all become exhibits of the wonders that can be accomplish cd by the use of electricity. This fea- ture canot fail to interest everybody. for there Is no telling just when the en- ergy of Niagara will be knocking for admittance to many other places more distant from Niagara Falls than Buff alo. The possibilities of the transmits sion of electric power continues to in- crease. and when the development of the past ten years Is considered. all will agree that there Is no telling what ! the future years are to bring.
 It Is certain that down at Niagara |