058 WATKH I'OWKKS OX MEKSKV UlVEll, X. S. — VOliSTOX. 



be seen that there is still left ■nndovel()])e(l on this river a total 

 fall of a|)])r()xiniatel_v lOO feet, extenidini;- over a leiiiiith of river 

 of ahout l."5 miles. In this length of i:> miles there are at least 

 three possible ])()\ver sites, 'iiamelv. Lower Great IJrook Falls, 

 Big Falls and J^ake Falls. All of these are good powers, a>nd 

 the site at ]^ig Falls is ))i'()l)ahl\' the largest \vater-])c)\ver on 

 the river. T\\v falls ha\'e hc'n named in their (ir<ler going n]) 

 the river, and tlie distances frdm I^iverpool are respectively 

 S miles, 1^ miles and IS miles. 



Power ai Prescitf Dcrcloped. 



A snmniarv of the power devcdoped on the ^lersev river at 

 the present time is given below: — 



Milton Falls 4()() horse-power. 



Potan(H- •• 450 " 



Cowie's '' 1,500 



Ptapid " 2,.S27 



Gnzzle '• 750 " 



By theae figures is meant that wheels to devtdop the power 

 enumerated here have been installed, or, as in the case of the 

 Liverpool plant that Humes, etc., of ca])acity large enough for 

 that amount of ])ower have been constructed. What 1 do not 

 wish, howevei', to convey is the idea that these l)lants are 

 developiMg the amount of powei* mentioned every day in the 

 year, for they are doing that for prnhablv duly nine months (oi 

 the average in each year, and the minimum power in the dry 

 period is very likely only !?r> ])ei' cent., or less, of the quantity 

 mentioiied. I want to show. howe\er. that each of the ])ower 

 plants at present in ojH'ration is ca])alile of much further 

 development when advantage is taken of the innnense natural 

 storage that nature has so liberally ])rovided. The question of 

 storage is so intimately coMnectcd with the Mersev Hydraulic 

 (^)nq)any tlial I must tivst attenq)t ;i description of that com- 

 V)any and its ])iiwer3. 



