WATEIl I'OWEHS OX MKHSEV KIVER, N. S. — YORS'l'OX. 655 



lue^^liaiiioal pnlp. actiuircd rlic i-i^hts df the old coinpanv, and 

 commenced the buildinsi' of a i)\d]» mill at tlu' Rapid Falls site. 

 In the year 1J)00 the same (•(iiii])aiiy exteiide<l their (i])evatii)n- 

 by buildiiiii' a second dam antl mill at Cowie's Falls, immed- 

 iately beloAv the lirst one. 



For the ])nrpose of siipplyinu- power to <i(Mierate electru' 

 eurrent for its liuhtinii' system, and motive i>o\ver for maiuifae- 

 turies, the town of hix'erpod! in 1!J0;> accinired tlic water- 

 power on the rivei- inuiiediately above the Acadia Fidp Com- 

 pany's property at the falls known as " the Gnzzle," and have 

 constrneted an n])-to-(late electric ])lant operated niider a 20 

 foot head. This plant owned by the town was a mneh more 

 costly plant to develop than those below it on the river, as the 

 dam and power-honse are over three-qnarters of a mile apart, 

 still even with the heavy cost of constrnction, the cost of ])ower 

 to the town of Liverpool per horse-power is comparatively light, 

 and the town is operating a successful and ui)-to-(late ]>lant. 



I o-ive below a short (lescri])tion of the water-] rowers at 

 ])resent en the river, beginnino- at the one Inwest, andgoing up 

 the river. 



Wafcr-poircr of flic Mcrsej/ Birrr. 



Milfoil Falls. — Situate in Milton, just above tide-water, 

 2} miles from Liverpool. Two good wharves withivi one mile 

 of the mills. Total height of the fall at low tide i:] feet. Height 

 of dam 7 to S feet. Total head developed, 8 to 10 feet, accord- 

 ing to height of water in the river. Dam is the ordinary style 

 of tind)er dam. built of cress sills and pointers. 



]\rills (in these falls are as fellows: — 



(1), dohii AIilliai'd"s saw mill, two rotaries and one gang, 

 with all the necessary machinery for doing general mill busi- 

 ness. Handles lumbcT, laths, and box stuff of all kinds. Does 

 a large business in dimension timber. ]\Iill cuts from ?>0 to 35 

 thousand per day. 



