Marble Hill press., 1921-05-19

that required luT clearing oui the iorrhay To-
s,r,"u tie tunnel Intakes from losS lcr. etc there
would he built hu l.shHped reinforced c1ncreic
vail. rising from the ledge ~ the river h~j 20 a
,4flcicu' height abu,c the surfac, To divert foat.
lnc objects into the currspts sar,plng onward
and over the two Fails. According 20 the engineer.
ins estimates iwo tunnels can ur cut and iurhU.
s"u"rutur. p.arrd aud made ready frr service
within an interval ~ two and a halt t'ars
To-Day. IN tie vicinity ~ Niagara Falls It costs
aryR here from $50 60 Siuu 10 generate p, steam
horsepower yrar. II ue strike IN average. and
call ne outlay So per Annun u should he mani.
fest t'a' an economy ~ Sl.ueaU1 In coal ,uu.
sumption may be Effected Shile adding trrm"n.
dousy 10 the power available fdr Industrial and
other purposes n u BE- assumed that q horse
power year In the run ~ steam plants calls fur
the burning ~ tons u coal. thrn the suhs'ltu.
non ~ hyirrrlcctr'c energy will save each iwei,e
months quite i-wHupI tons uf fuel which. other.
wise. would have 10 Dee mined and Transported
from tie nearest fields those IN rrunsy ,au.a
II = p'rtlurut 10 emphasis, here thai IN nurala
oniy about - miles distant from N.usan Fails
a big public service electric company develops
iwo-'hirds ~ It, current at present by means O;
steam. aud i l. eb. z,d 'n do this htsuu>. II can.
not obtain all u IT. energy from the cunpara.
lively nearby hydrnc.cctrIr plants Think u H.
there within 3 stones throw. 80 10 sp,uA Of the
I" rely Upon coal 10 generate Spnn uut ~ the
10000 horsepower needed by its customers Thlr.
~ years ago the population 81 Buffalo Was -.
'n and : now .ni.s5a an Increase of 1875 pcr
cent IN three dcCndes The city og NiHsarp Fails
when Incorporated in lNg2, had n population ot
about loo"o and IN the Interval II las grown BU
per cent owing principally to the ufiucncr Of the
availability % hundreds ~ thou.ar,ls of lorsr.
power IN the form ~ electrical eurrsy
Indeed al,.,fr.gFfv is pr,t,t. L. ,..., 49,.
"Id" zone. lying around Niagara fAls-the
prtmnry source ~ power. Syracuse Is draw ng
current from that point lGD miles away aud the
'"ss 10 trahSiniss!cu Is less than 10 per cent at
voltage Of ConU Using a potential OF iiuOu
volts the Canadians are distributing current near.
~ -" miles and by raising this pressure To ~.
90 volts. the radius OF distribution could b~
heightened Ia SJ miles Under existing cundi.
lions. the five pioneer companies located 81 the
Falls are developing GD.OcJ horsepower: and It
Is matter of COMMON knowledge what this has
Drought about In the realm OF electrochemicnl In
dustries Visualize. then what momentous eyolu.
tons in our productive capacity would be made
possible II million and a half more OF motive
current were AT hand
-Four years ago. In the State OF New York alone.
the power requirements totaIed something more
than 3Ou0Uo0 horsepower. and the demand was
then increasing under normal circumstances a;
the rate Of 10000 horsepower each twelve vemon,h,
Therefore. II the Goat island project were pushed
to completion and equipped 10 provide n maxi
mum OF I,5u0,opo horsepower. there would he
market for every kilowatt.hour OF Its output with
in the span Of comparatively short while II
should be recognized. however that this scheme
would. OF necessity. divert water from the Falls
and according to the measure Of this diversion
affect the volume and possibly the scenic grandeur
of the cntaracts. For this reason the proponents
Of this enterprise do not urge its adoption hrs
hut advocate, instead the construction Of the dam
farther down the river.
As an engineering undertaking. the dam pro
posed nt Fosters Flats a little less than fve
miles below the Falls would be a much more am
bilious enterprise, and would permit OF the deve
opment Of 2.U0OO0 horsepower OF electrical en-
ergy. The plan is to take advantage Of the drop
Of 102 feet In the river level between the foot
of the Falls and the site chosen by rearing a mass
i've structure from the base line TO the crest Of the
spilway This barrier would raise the water level
within the lmpounding area high enough to sub
merge the existing rapids and modify. at the same
time the character OF the whirlpool by making
It larger and more impressive. But the scenic