Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-05-20

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E.. U...J is to generate nj the start 2loooc
~ horsepower and, later en- 4129U
horsepower Recognizing the prospective greater
seinands for electricity in the course Of the next
few years the projects discussed In the current
issue are Of timely interest. In the order of their
preference they are first, dam few miles be-
low the Fails which will make use OF the fun flow
NJ the river. and second, an installation AZ Goat
Island which OF necessity, would have TO absorb
waters that might diminish the impressyeness OF
the present Falls.
so says the editor of the Scientific American IN
editorial note on an article III Tie scientific
American with the title Making tile Most of NJ
agara" Robert &. Skerrett turn she, hv;h the
text and The diagrams herewith reproduced
As everybody knows, Niagara FAN, is natural
wonder of beauty and power over which the ma.
ture lovers ana tile commercial interests have
been fighting for years. The article follows:
The Niagara river WEI inevitably Be- utilized
more extensively than now for the development
Of hydroelectrc energy The rush of those de.
scendiug waters must be put 10 greater practical
service wherever feasible without seriously lmpair.
ing the scenic beauty of the Falls Upon both
Of the governments concerned the people are max
ing insstent demands for bigger blocks Of power
and the authorities are listening Sympathptically
Because Of the logical promise Of vast savings
through the corresponding uon-uSe of coal No
fewer than ten projects for water rights on tba
Niagara river have been filed With the Inited
Staics federal power commission ana among them
are two that are sufficiently maturcl to warran.
discussion
Both Of these contemplated hvroeectric nrone
sitious may we'll be considered ms a siprln 20
oriinated system for they have been conceived
and espouSed by the same men /. e. I Kennard
Thomson C. E. of New York CITY and pe,ar \
Porter, of Niagara Fails The anal urafart en,.
braces first the BORN. of tunnels through tie
massive foundation of Goat Island Ss tbgr water
nay he led through them - large tarbogcuer.
stors located near tie river Level on Tie down.
stream end Of the island and raXt, The rearing
Of dam squarely athwart tie river ~ 4 point
% miles below the Fails thus SuhHerglug the
present Rapids The Goat island tunnels would
lie wholly on American terriiory, but the dam
woulu stretch from shore To shore In the Gorge
Rnd be International IN character However the
citizens Of this country would benefit by both Of
these engineering undertakings.
According 10 Inc existing treaty Advancement
be,wecp mo net.bborinr countries. it is no, now
ncrmissibla to- divert for mower purposes above
Niu-aru Fails more than $1,000 cubic feet Of VA.
Ter second: and for certain reasons the Ameri.
ean allotment of this is 10000 cubic feet. Il has
been proposed that the combined total De raisea
TO 10000 cubic feet, and that each Of the nations
Ehare equally In other words Canada Wouiu
have 1000 cubic feet more than Is the case touay
while our volume of water would be doubled II
the suggestion be adopted, the problem VIII re-
solve itself into governmental selection OF sucn
Of the proposed installations as would be app
least to mar the great natural spectacle WINE
giving the largest yields in energy ana ihVoN!ns
the fewest engineering difficulties OF ueoa'aDle
sort. The Cont island scheme meets these uesiu
Gratis In many particulars and makes instant ap
peal to US inasmuch as It would De iocaleu oN
our side Of the river.
Goat Island would not have endured for ages
in the erosive sweep of the Niagara but for the
fact that 1t is an integral part Of the massive