THE UTILIZATION OF NIAGARA POWER 245 



It is hoped that this brief oiithne will give an idea of the 

 present status of the Niagara Falls Power company system. 

 It represents, however, merely the beginning. In this 

 country great cities have grown up in localities for reasons 

 far less important commercially than the conditions which 

 exist on the Niagara frontier to-day. It is the center of popu- 

 lation of the continent, approximately a focus of all the great 

 trunk line railroads, and unlimited cheap power for manu- 

 facturing is available. It is also the eastern terminus of the 

 great lakes commerce. This latter, if the Niagara river is 

 deepened, will be extended almost to the brink of the falls 

 themselves, affording twenty miles of sheltered dock front. 



The day will come when we shall see a steamless city 

 reaching unbroken from Buffalo to the falls, the industrial 

 triumph of Niagara's power. 



