The Pensacola journal., 1906-04-15
Some Of the Words Great Sources Of electrical energy;
Recent Progress In tbe Oevelopment Of tbe force

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C[SH&N o harness the water
NnN falls, transmute their
&c power to electric ener-
IA Wi gy and transport this
N Ia TO turn the B1achinery
I'm * OF man is now an old
N3(Gl story. But the extent
SS TO which the work is
being carried and the
won6eEn1l devices Il employs are new
enough % challenge attention. That
ms process may destroy the loveliness
e sours - ne eaFt1's most famous falls
is possible. Even Niagara has been
thre9aened. Against the power COM
psuies. VIM are wreaRng this havoc has
gone ID a storm Of protest. Thus is
being fought over the old battle be-
tween yche unitarian and the lever Of
nature. In the case Of Niagara it is
probable that some ground OF compro-
mise maybe found between beauty and
use, but other celebrated waterfalls.
notably cne lovely cascade at Tivoli,
Italy, arc already ruined
An over the earth hydro electric pow
er houses are being established. Even
n the heart Of Africa a tumbling cata-
act is soon 70 be changed into motor
force. The Italian government has
taken this work out OF private hands.
Just as X has taken the railT avs and
ftEslf is Transforming the waters flow
ing fnom the Alps and Apennines into
measured ampere and volt All Europe
t being furnished power from the
rreams and mountain cascades. Soon
gravity viii beturning the dynamos Of
the world.
Nowhere Is this work bringing forth
more marvellous results than in the
United States. The power houses al
Hady completed or under process OF
construction az Niagara, IL is estimated,
VIII IN time turn out 100000 horse
power. This would run all the street
cars, surface. elevated and subway in
me entire country. True, much Of this
power is being utilized in Canada, but
commercially and industrially the Do
minlon and the republic are not so far
apart even II they are divided by a po-
hricsl line.
In many other OF the western states.
tha IN pct in all parts OF the country.
Afnliar power houses are in existence or
Ie being constructed. The energy
luoalculable. Much OF il can be trans
torneo into electric force. Let those
Nno nave been worrying about q possi- |
e exhaustion OF the coal supply turn
me streams and be comforted. And
Nc" much cleaner and more quiet is
S'is electric power than that generated
- oosI and steam! Ii takes no great
Se1ch OF the imagination to picture
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-Nufe' whose motor force, light and
- VIZ be furnished by distant cas-
tnergy.
eelence in its highest form becomes |
L--aooe The great savants are poets
-, write their epics Of power and
. Cs OF light all over the cities Of the
-" Modern inventions appeal more
- me imagination OF man than did the |
-, - myths and tales OF warrior heroes !
- human gods. in the scientific won /
80 80 OF today the artistic and utilitarian /
- y et we are but babes in prog /
-, We are only on the edge Of the |
s,e--eF world that science is still TO
-soO'er. Thus the beauties Of the cas-
- VIII only be lost that they may 4
oOFn again IN more marvellous and |
Aszzhng forms.
,0'nlng ever accomplished in the his
49,. o. electrical development is more
a. ,Le'es1ing 70 the American public than 4
- supply scheme which has the great 4
AURA force Of Niagara as its power 4
'eFis On the western border Of the 4
o'e oi New York an army is being as
Inoleo IN line. and IL has already be-
-. -. us march toward New York city, 4
-, - most reliable OF all the worlds
lAe1 Tor the sale Of power. IL is an [