Marble Hill press., 1921-05-19

RAT Nc Niagara river Is not yc'
nlfuIslHu. suit, vn' electrical ri"r
III - tu iaryl cN.sUUs requirement.
Is .,IIaugyI by The Vurru,ion
- CuupuNa Development uuW hv.u.
I~u"1 pushed tu completion 80 tbr "a
III hNlIf III nadl.u side us the International
TX - s,rram Ns r.r,uty described 10
nv ihr scientific Amrrlruu. tie plan
lS.sue.aJI = tn -rurrafr 90 the start -luWh
horsepower aud, later uu. a. -
horsepower t,rrnsu E.us The prospective srrni'i
demands lUr electricity .g lhy course uf 'Hr next
frN years. Jhr projects discussed 90 ihr current
ssur are 60 timely Interest. 10 tie order og Iher
,lrc'cr.H,- tIyl are tr,i dam fr~ miir, h'-
low ne Falls which Nlli make u~" ~ The fun no~
~ the river. aud. scruHi, uu Installation At Goat
island which, ~ ursr,>'y, would have tp absorb
Naicr that u.-h, diminish tie ,uprrssscuc~s oi
he pfr>,r.t Fails
80 says thr editor ~ 'n, Scientific American IN
M ri.t"ra. note nn nu article Too fhr Scientific
Americua with tie title Making the Mos, o' NJ.
lgHra" Robert g.. Shsrrrfi isfu,I-, both tie
text aui DE diagram, herewith reproduced
A. everybody knows. Nasaa Falls Is naturs
wonder ~ beauty aud power over which tie ga.
furr lovers and Tie commercial Interests have
becn nshtnE fur years The article foioas:
The Niagara river WlII irpl iuhly b, utilized
'''''' Nt'l''''s .tti t.N" ''I llit iifIFu'
"t hydro electric energy. The rush of thrS. lie.
scrnd.nr waters must De- pgt 20 greater practical
>erN .cr wherever feasible without seriously Impair.
inE the scrulf beauty ~ the Fails rpun ha'h
u the governments concerned the people are max.
INK inslstcut d'muUa, tor bigger blocks ~ power
and The authorities are listening sympaiheflcary
h"cnr>e " The logical prewS" of vast savings
through the eurrr>' Hud.ns nou.u~" - coal Nn
f"w'r 'han '"n projects 'Hr water rights on the
NI8sf lac
States iclorul power commission and anon. chem
are two that are sufficiently ua'urcI 20 Va--an.
discussion.
Both ~ these contemplated hy-ocIe,ir.c mono
st"ns may well De considered ~ = single co
"rdlLa'ed system. fur thrF have been conceived
and erp"uscd by he same men. - T kcunard
Thomson. G. T.. ~ New York city and pr,rr 4
Porter. ~ Magma Falls. The dual project en-
braces first. ~" BORN. " tunnels through Tie
massive founIa'uH ~ Goat Island 80 rnsi water
may be led through them tu large turbo.crncr.
ators located near tie river level On the down
stream end ~ The island and ravt The rearing
Of q dam SgUarely g'hwurt The river M point
20 miles below lie Falls. thus ,uhucr-ins the
present Rapid. The Goat Island tunnel. wuuIi
tie wholly ou American territory but The dam
would stretch from shore 70 shore In the Gorge
and Dee International fu character However the
citizens OF This country would benefit by both o'
According 70 the existing treaty arrangement
bctw cen the ueI-hhornE countries II Is not now
permissible tn divert for poNer purposes above
Nagnru Falls more than IG UpO cubic feet OF Wa
ter second. and for certain reasons the Ameri.
can allotment ~ his * 9Oupn cubic feet II has
been proposed that the combined total be ra sed
to 5000 cubic feet and that each of the nations
share equally In other words Canada would
have 1000 cubic feet more than is the case todny
the suggestion be adoptsd the problem viii r,~
solve ltsef into governmental selection Of such
~ the proposed installations as would be apt
least to mar the great natural spectacle while
giving the largest Yields In energy and involving
the fewest eng .naerlDg dGlculfies OF a debaiablc
sort The Goat island scheme meets these desid.
erot, In many rartcularS and makes lnsinpi ap-
ncel ia ms inasmucb os # would be located Oh
opr side of tho river
Con, Leland ,t.o,Id ,o, b.,a e,,rraa for ,req