*2 THROUGH CANADA 



working to the full every railway and factory in Great 

 Britain and Ireland. At such a moment one feels 

 kinship with the simple-minded red Indian, and 

 uncovers his head and worships. 



When the power of Niagara is drafted into service, 

 and fulfils a public utility, instead of fostering a 

 superstition, there is no need to quarrel with the new 

 point of view. The project, happily, has not been 

 allowed to become a vested interest and the mono- 

 poly of a private company. The Ontario Govern- 

 ment has guarded against that by taking the matter 

 into their own hands. The effect has been to cheapen 

 the national cost of electricity, house-lighting has 

 been reduced 50 per cent, street lighting 3 1 per cent, 

 and motor-power 37 i^ per cent 



The incidental advantages of the water-power of 

 Niagara are summarized in the Board of Trade report : 



"The employment of electricity carries with it 

 other advantages in addition to that of cheaper power, 

 and these are, in some cases, of greater importance. 



" The use of electric, power for street railways and 

 the consequent cheapness and increased rapidity of 

 transport has, by widening out the living radius, 

 contributed greatly to the comfort of the population, 

 and diminished to a considerable extent unhealthy 

 crowding in city tenements. 



" In the factories themselves, the use of electric 

 motors for driving electric machinery, by doing away 

 to a large extent with pulleys and counter shafts, 



