New Britain herald., 1925-09-18

tho Bay of Fundy power project which will utilize the 4O-feet tidee to produce four times as much electric power as Muscle Shoals and at least half as much as Niagara Falls.
 The voters of Maine, by voting to permit exportation of the power from the state, laid the foundations Tor tho plan. In a sense. however, the Maine law had little bearing upon the subject, as tho power to be generated would come from the Atlantic ocean. despite the fact that the generating apparau would be In Maine. But the promoters of the vast scheme preferred 10 have a definite sanction as 10 tho possibili- ties of selling Juice" throughout the entire New England states so as 10 avoid possible embarrassment later
 The great waterway which separ- ates Nova Scotia from New Bruns- wick will be converted into a won derful provider of prosperity -- in the course of time. It will take at least five years to construct the dams sluices, etc, and 5000 men will be employed. The cost will be in the neighborhood of $1O0,OOO,O0O. In addition to the tides of the Bay of Fundy, those of the neighboring Passamaquoddy Bay likewise will be harnessed.
 The region around Passport -- the northernmost city of Maine - will see the largest dams constructed, and they will eliminate Paksama- quoddy's communication with the sea- The plan Is to impound the water at high tide and as the tide lowers the level of the bay and the dam gate will be opened, and a sort of fall of great strength in the pro duction of hydroelectric power will be opened. It Is rather simple en- gineering feat so far as the basic principle underlying 1t is concerned ; but the matter of constructing the great dams will be something re- quiring the highest type of skill. It isn't the basic plan that startles l the beholder so much-he can easily understand it--but 1t is the magnitude of the effort required to execute it.
 And when 1t is finished, what will happen It will undoubtedly mean that Maine itself will gain much impetus as an industrial state, will cheap power the stimulant. But the remainder of New England likewise will gain. Entire cities may be light ed by electricity from the Bay Of ] Fundy. and the industries in them operated by juice from this natural reservoir. It may be that high pow cred transmission lines will be pushed throughout the greater part of New England and as for Nova Scotia, that province of course also will gain from the power 10 be created.
 It will be the only great power project on earth that will utilize the moons power, for it is the gravita- tional pull of the earth's satellite that creates the tides. Tide power projects might be possible anywhere along the coast, but the fguration of the land at Fundy and "Quoddy' make it an especially good place to start harnessing the tides on a large scale.
 In the course of time. when the desire 10 harness the tides becomes more stimulated through the suC- cess of the Fundy projccts-assum- ing it will be successful-there is the possibility that similar tide power projects may be started al other points along the coast. The possibilities, at least, are great. IT the year A. D. 1915 a large sectiol of the seaboard may be getting its electric power from tide-watel sources. This would be making the moon work for us with a vengeance something that would not be more remarkable than other things tha have come to pass.