The New York herald., 1922-06-04
PLANNING TO BRING
FALLS POWER HERE
Corporation Asks L. S. to Per-
nit Additional Diversion
From Niagara.
pecial Dispatch to THE New Yonk HrnALp.

Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. C., June 3.
Application was filed to-day with the
Federal Power Commission by the
American Superior Power Corporation
for preliminary permit to develop adj
ditional water diversion from Niagara
Falls to supply a ship canal on the
American side and of furnishing power
to New York city and other points in
southeastern New York. A similar ap-
rlication has been filed at Albany.
The application is based on the as
sumption that an amended treaty is
under consideration. authorizing the
diversion of $4,000 instead of $1,000 cubic
feet second. as now allowed from thu
Niagara River for power. The outstand
ing features of the application are:
A proposal to- build a transporta-
titn lines from Lewiston, Niagara
county. to Yonkers. there to connect
with lines supplying New York city.
The estimated cost is $27, Asst 900, and
the company purposes to supply the
base load for the electric companies
distributing power in New York city
and to supply communities in the
south, central and southeastern por-
ton of New York State where cleo
trio current cannot now be obtained.
To make the power canal from
La Sale to Lewiston available for
local water transportation and in
addition to permit construction of a
public waterway from the Upper
Niagara River to the Lower Niagara
River, the State of New York having
granted this route to the applicant In
order that private interests might be
induced to accomplish the construc-
tion of a ship canal on the American
side around Niagara Falls, for which
both State and Federal governments
have made frequent surveys but
without undertaking such project"
If the plan goes through 1t will b'
the first time power developed a
Niagara has been distributed outside th'
immediate neighborhood of the falls
In Canada the power now is discharged
into the hydroelectric system for dis
tribution to points far to the east ant
west of Niagara Falls.
The proposal to make the power
canal available for ship canal purpose:
attracted attention in Washington to-
day because of the ST. Lawrence water
American route connecting Lake Erie
and Lake Ontario in place of the Wei
land Canal, which the ship canal advo
Gates propose to make part of the st
Lawrence e-lakes to ocean route. 1t pro
vides a shorter route to connect the
two lakes than the Bowen plan EN-
bodied in the Reed bill, which propose.
the creation of sanitary canal arount
the outskirts of Buffalo for power ant
ship canal purposes.
The length of the power canal would
be SO miles. That portion which would
have to be widened for ship cana
would be 575 miles.
The application is for 1900 cubic
second-feet Of water. one-half the addi
tional diversion which the board o.
engineers found could be made with
out impairing the scenic beauty of tn,
falls.
The officers of the power compan,
and Edward C. Randall, Buffalo. presi
dent; Paul Il. Brady, Westinghouse
Electric Manufacturing Company. New
York. vice-president; Floyd c. Furlow
president of Otis Elevator Company
New York; Richard w. Gardner vice
president Otis Elevator Company. New
York: j. Boardman Scovell. Lewiston
A. NJ. Layton, Buffalo.