The Washington times., 1918-04-19
Briefly. here is the story.

thousand tons Of coal
Briefly here is the story.
You know that the power created by waterfall depends
on the HEIGHT of the fail The higher the drop the greater
the power developed by the fall Of water since velocity and
therefore power increase, with every foot Of drop
The water Of Niagara which for power falls
two hundred and ten feet at place. hundred and
thhvs feet at another and creates certain amount Of
power.
the water now used were carried along on the high
bank six miles below the falls it would drop three
hundred and ten feet instead Of two hundred and ten
hundred and feet and because Of the added power
gained in the added hundred feet Of DROP the horse
power obtained would be more than DOUBLED.
By agreement with Canada which owns one side of the
falls the United States agrees to take only twenty thousand
cubic feet second from the Niagara river for the making
Of power Canada and the United States agreed limit
the Of water taken in order to avoid fight deal
Justly, preserve the beauty Of the falls, etc.
AS this newspaper has pointed out there is
Why ALL the water going the falls should not be used
Cor power at night when nobody sees the falls anyhow
And there is reason why ALL the water from the
Niagara should not be used night AND DAY Tor power as
long as the war lasts The governments should use it ALL
Needless to say private enterprise has stepped in and
seized as private property the greater part Of the
Niagara power assigned the United States And United
States private owners make users pay double what Cana
Of the twenty thousand cubic feet per second we are
allowed to take the Niagara Falls Power Company has
eight Thousand six hundred cubic feet which goes through
its turbines and power creators at "head Of hun
dred and thirtyaVe feet.
Seven Thousand five hundred cubic feet are taken by
I'll
This Of the water taken falls two hundred and ten
fest.
Three thousand nine hundred cubic feet that we
MIGHT take still go to waste and could be used by the
War Department In any way it chose.
At present the Government hasn't the machinery ready
for the unused three thousand nine hundred feet Of falling
water second commanders and takes part Of the power
OF the private companies.
The highest drop utilized at the falls as we have said
Is two hundred and ten feet.
twenty thousand cubic feet of water were carried
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ton N r. that water would fall about low the level of
Lake Ontario and would give average drop of three
dred and ten feet instead Of maximum drop of two hun
dred and ten feet.
The building of such canal would not be difficult
enterprise To carry twenty thousand cubic feet Of water
at flow Of three feet second according to competent
gneers would require canal only hundred and eighty
feet wide by forty feet Deep cut in rock lined with
concrete or two hundred and forty feet wide by forty
deep in the dirt Water would flow less freely through
dirt canal.
To dig such canal six miles long would not be
much Of job The power of Niagara could be used to do
the digging and the hauling And that same power could
be used for grinding lime rock into cement on the
the cement being used to line the canal and make semi
permanent against erosion the spot which the great
manufactured cataract would fall It would drop three
hundred and ten feet to the lake level creating five hundred
and fifty thousand electric horsepower it fell adding three
hundred and thousand horsepower to the
now obtained That increased power according to the enp
nee equang the energy that could be derived from two
million one hundred and forty thousand tons of coal
Every would like to leave behind him some big
work.
We suggest to President Wilson, as soon as this war
n wound upor before-that he put the Government
% Wok carrying our twenty thousand cubic feet Of Niagara
water from the place where 1t falls two hundred and
feet now 70 another place where would fall three hun
drod and ten feet
he did this the President would give 70 the people
81 the Unitsd States present from his Administration
perpetual increased power Of three hundred and twenty
ye thousand electric horsepower present Of value meal
y could Be carried oEi a the wars end with men rs
aaa ron the afmy ana looking ior Jobs The wise
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