The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-17

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NlAGARE FALLS;
PROFESS or cLlA IKE All
PIE no SAVE sTla E MOST IA
i,psE.INs Rim s EcTAcLs HI
IN THE orr Q; ii
b us .s FeIss III
There ia ln at;rsss here q mos t8dssS
pegate cont test sliief ( is prucedinSlEl
without tsc II cisst pl, arms; Or wGittl;
4it lStet2 den HE efTess ~ II
jjsh6 scFa.e santly tSe rtiIrsre cfSE the
mighty dollar Tor lie plas non sot
rSslsgafa falIs NJ III ;esns
Is;g CONNER lal aud artist lefsilty
9ts 81 usual he omn,erelai Si,islt
SIS tsIuephing and e tpetIDtt edS tts
IeortinNe sits yotl; OF transf forming M
5@aters 6f AXE Eric into poS shntea
Will enl 10 a OF Se Sibe
fore bnrre1 ocksE7hid eops, a sto gtet,SSl
flsls il meet tile gaze OF tho itRs[
Who're now; itilarges
water yer the saericans and
;s.ioeE Fall Il & \ Az
IN This mighty struggle " the ,ePss \
Imercial3 splrits finds It's strongest slly
here Sins Niagara, K for no t|qWnspe otle
believe that With factories Will come
d prosperity far greater than that
which Isl btonel!i daily BY thousands
IofStoprlsts. n
One man who has SGT himself tiSHiS
lly, immoyably against this commSr5
clal vandalism lsg Prof. John N. Clarke;
State seoloslst and palcontolosiist
4 whom ! smet.in office, in Albany,sN
4 daySorStwoS ango. n n
8is3anS important fact that but
one:fourth Of the entire volume Of,
Sl3water. falls over the American Falls
Y and when one;rourth ofs the waite 9of
Il the river and It's equivalent Ilorsepis,
ers IS distracted the American Falls
Twill cease 10 exist, said mr. Clarke
M Unlimited Water.
New Y rk has chart cred nine com:
!, panies forgthe manufacture and Ssale
) lIofs power Most of these companies
are permitted to take unlimited wat
\ Grs fromsthe river above the cataract
!. and to discharge II intostlte river be
3 low; hut fortunately, THEY arc III
( large part dead One however, !:
i showing signs Of He and orr asten
/ ton may be directed 70 III
: presently. /
s Two american no werS com sille.
j: are permitted TO consume \ Q 900 glfie,ee
! Of water per second takins II sf6u
s above the falls md replacing Il bt
Z low. These companies are now bot
4 enlarging their capacity preparator
Z To- meeting the market demand 80
i theirspower.Ts
e Thossituatlon Isl more 4 serious
il the Canadian side The Province q
e Ontario has found It expedient /
..slneetS the expenses .of the maintenanc
ID Of Queen Victoria Park ny grantln
Il franchises To- three companies tin
Il. will spay a very handsome fetlrn$f e
81 their prlyileges. These three con
"a panies will consume when running [
q their full capacity 81 100 cubic fat
4: ofswaterg per second N
81 Action is Too Late.
20 Ylsitorsi to the Falls during u
Is past year Will have observed them
81 speakable disorder On the Canada
ct side IN the constrlctio Of The wori
y Iof these three great companies 81
le ..Itsmust be borne IN mind that "
Il, water now distracted from the $fGl
si |lsS a comparatively small figure al
can hardly produce any apparent
d feet upon the volume Of the watt
Psi The present and contemp plated CONF
M tons are very different.
s The last Legislature Of New. y d
# passed a concurrent resolution
# quest the President Of the Unit,
States 70 enter into treaty relation
I'D with Great Britain "a; prevent II
ne Their abstraction Of water from d
# falls. fear the resolution has con
70 TOO late unless public sentine
ed makes Vigorous protest against y
f,esI further demolition Of this great nj
ed Inral5 wonder II ~ IN
l,osl ss lore directly to- the point as
protective measure IS the bin nowt
al fore tie gislallir,e 10 Impose
u graded tax upon the pow ef compani
" ceording to their produc don't
4 Wade btll;s Such a measure may be
q to- curtailS Ell trem 81 al actipn9 Oft