Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-17

SN@s-NS to which the work Is
being carried and the
wonderful devices It employs are new
enough 10 challenge attention That
this process may destroy the loyelness
OF some Of the earth's most famous falls
is possible. Even Niagara has been
threatened. Against the power COM
panies who are wreaklng this havoc has
gone up a storm of protest. Thus Is
being fought over the Old battle be-
tween the unitarian and the lover Of
nature. In the case Of Niagara 1t Is
probable that some ground Of compro-
mise may be found between beauty and
use, but other celebrated waterfalls
notably the lovely cascade at Tiyoli,
Italy, are already ruined,
All over the earth hydro electric pow
er houses are being established Even
IN the heart Of Africa "A ulnbilng cata-
ract is soon to be changed into motor
force The Italian government has
taken this work out OF private hands,
Just as II has taken tho railways. and
itself Is transforming the waters flow
ing from the Alps and Apennlnes into
measured ampere and volt. All Europe
is being furnished power from the
streams and mountain cascades. Soon
gravity will be turning the dynamos OF
the world.
Nowhere is this work bringing forth
more marvellous results than in the
United States. The power houses al
ready completed or under process Of
construction AZ Niagara. Il is estimated,
will In time turn out 100000 horse
power This would run an the street
cars, surface, elevated and subway IN
the entire country. True, much of this
power Is being utilized In Canada, but
commercially and indQstrially the Do
nnion and the republic are not so far
apart, even If they are divided by a po-
litical line,
In many other Of the western states,
and I'm fact In all parts of the country,
similar power houses are IN existence or
arc being constructed The energy
locked up IN the streams OF America Is
inralcuable. Much Of II can be trans
formed into electric force Let those
who have been worrying about a possi-
BILE exhaustion OF the coal supply turn
10 the streams and be comfortcd And
how much cleaner and more quiet Is
this electric power than that generated
by coal and steaml II takes no great
stretch Of the imagination TO picture
silent, white and beautiful cities OF the
future, whose motor force light and
heat will be furnished by distant cas-
cades In the form Of hydro electric
energy.
Science in its highest form becomes
romance. The great sayants are poets
who write their epics Of power and
lyrics OF Hight all over the cities of the
earth. Modern Inventions appeal more
to the Imagination of man than did the
old myths and tales Of warrior heroes
and human gods. In the scientific Won
ders of today the artistic and unitarian
meet Yet "wo are but babes in prog
ress." We are only on the edge of the
wonder world that science Is sim to
discover. Thus the beauties Of the cas-
cadcs will only be lost that they may
he born again In more marvellous and
dazzling forms.
Nothing ever accomplished in the his
tory of electrical development Is more
interesting 10 the American public. than
the supply schcne which has the great
natural force OF Niagara as its power
center. ON the western border of the
state of New York an army is being as
sembled IN line. and 1t has already be-
gun it's march toward New York city,
that most reliable Of all the worlds
markets for the sale Of power. 1t is an