Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-10
CANADA HAS HUGE
POWER PROGRAM
Billion and Third to Be Spent
in Next 20 Years in
Land to North.
by J. G. ROYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
MONTREAL. Quebec, September
10.-Nithin the next 90 years sum
kapproximating $1,000 100000 will be
spent in developing the water power
of Canada.
DEVELOPMENT on such a scale Will be
required to keep pace with the lndus-
trial needs of the country ana the IN
creasing demand for the manufacture
of material for export to the United
States. 1t in certain that the greater
portion of this vast sum VIII be con-
tributed by American ca'~>alists. who
are engaged in exploiting the re-
sources of the Dominion to meet
world needs for pulp and paper,
aluminium products. asbestos fabflca'
lions and other materials.
When Niagara was harnessed 1t was
felt that the needs of the North Tor
power had been provided for years TO
come. Now Niagara appears but
puny stream compared with the com
bined tons of water which are turning
turbines in Canada
Chat Falls Development.
Experts here feel that it is prop :
able Ontario will have harnessed
most Of her available streams by
Z.
for auxiliary supplies. Progress TO
this end is already in evidence, the
sister provinces having reached an
agreement whereby the Chat Fails
on the ottawa River, are to be de-
welcomed. The river at this point
forms the inter provincial boundary
Under terms of the agreement power
not needed by Quebec may De eA-
ported to Ontario on equable terms.
The agreement between the United
States and the maritime provinces
rega riding the utilization or the
tremendous rise and fall of the tides
in the Bay of Fundy promises 10
insert new factor into the power
situation in the Northeast, Win
systems inferlocking into giant power
lines running in network over ootn
Eastern Cana da and Eastern United
States. But apart from quebec
Ontario and the maritime provinces
mower development Of the remainder
of Walatka presents limited netn'
British C0lumbia's Possibility.
IN British Colunl bia. of course,
there are millions of horsepower vet
| to be utilized. but apart from the
F.! coa stall streams entering the Paclnc
| after supplying power for mills. fac
| tories and public utilities OF tne
| British Columbia cities. the Wes'
| Coast province is not expected mere
| to develop sufficient current 1or eA-
| port purposes for years.
The growth of hydro-electrlc deVei-
opment in Canada and the ooiiies 50, !,
cnnsumption of current gives strtk
~, evidence of the industrial activity
| Of the Dominion. A greater poruof
Of electric power per inhabitant Is
used in this country for lndustrE'
PURPOSES than in most more 1hicKiN
| nop,,lated TERRITORIES. The amount
n current generated in Canada mas
beer at least Z per cent greater ma
| in the corresponding period or ~
and 80 per cent higher than Tor the
corresponding period OF 1873.
Canada is just beginning TO sh'ih'
her shoulders free from the tremeha
| o,Is burdens she lifted during the wa
and to recover from the slump "naet
followed the postwar boom OIL ~.
and 1920. One factor in the deVei
a am,,,ant of electric current has beer
the -~fiecessitv of compromising pi
| 80 tremendous loss OF man p0Wel
suffered by the Dominion curing inc
war.
Americans Investing.
The plans regarding Canadlah ny
dro.electric plants seem 10 iolii
sound basis for industrial develop
ment Each unit of water power oe
veloped means also the employment II,
of additional man power. 1t means
an increase of manufactured predu ,,c,'
for export and the founding of nj new y
| settlements. with corresponding.
erowth in agricultural population. IL
also means that Canada will become
an increa singly powerful competltoi
Of the United States in Wofio ma
kets for manufa ctured ana SEM III
ished products, as well as Ill gram
and agrienl'n nani r lists are no, un-
,;.,sf,,1 Of these facts and are plac
inr themselves in position through
heavy investments 10 participate 1T