The New York herald., 1922-10-13
extent at least. delayed the consumma-

extent at least. delayed the consumma-
ton OF that attempt.
but there is another ground OF op-
position OF particular and peculiar In
] terest to this community. Northern
New York has a million horsepower at
| its door. That / take IL, is the CHIEF
reason for the opinion in this part Of
the State in favor of the canal project
that it would develop hydro-electrical
power-though in passing perhaps
ought to observe that IL an oceangoing
ship canal should be constructed and
should prove to be practical the port
of Ogdensburg would disappear from
the map and all that Ogdensburg would
! benefit from the ship canal would be
possibly in enjoying the smoke OF the
steamers as they 80 by.
Coming to the water power phase OF
| the question. l objected to the project
as II has been advanced for the reason
that IL was proposed first TO sacrifice
water power for the navigation project !:
and, second. to saddle the water power
with a debt for the navigation project.
which future generations would have TO
meet. II Is proposed to develop the
navigation project and on the stream
along the international boundary to de-
velop 1900, 900 horsepower that is, $50,
600 horse power on each side. and it Is
proposed TO make the water-power bear
the entire load.
"Our altruistic friends OF the Middle
West. who claim that New York Is
standing in the way OF extending the
! Atlantic Ocean 2.O00 miles inland, have
a project which they propose to finance
by compelling the power users OF New
York and New England to foot the bill
Their bald proposition is that the en-
tire cost can be met out OF bonds to be
smortzed and the interest paid from
revenues derived from the sale of water
power. On its face. for the navigation
project. they have made the water pow
er project impracticable. because no
water power project could stand that
| load.
Secs Real Blessings.
"NoY we have insisted that n feas-
ible water power project shall not be
| destroyed by an impract!cable naviga-
| ton project. If water power is made
an incident of the navigation project
1t means that the consumers of the
hydro electric energy in the State OF
New York will foot the bills. Undoubt-
| edly navigation and water power de-
velopment on a stream like the st. Law
renee are inter-related. II the st. Law
renee were to be improved for naviga-
| ton necessarily water power Wouiu De
| developed. II the water power were to
he developed, necessarily as an incident.
navigation would be improved, because
you must construct dams and must
create pools which may be navigated.
This development must come, but II
will be much better when IL does come
to start 1t upon a sound business basis,
so that future generations may get the
benefit OF these great natural resources,
than 1t would be to start 1t upon an un-
sound basis and subject it to a burden
which it cannot well carry.
Now, while opposing the navigation
project. I have been as strenuously en-
gagged in undertaking to lay the foun-
dation for the development of our great
natural resource of water power for the
benefit of all of the people of this State.
1t Is possible to develop the water power
on our interior streams whose develop
ment is not thus impeded by national
and International complications"
BY this sort of development, the Gov
ernor said. real blessings could be
achieved--real relief from burdens that
now make life hard for many.
The Governor will speak tomorrow
night in Syracuse, his home city.