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  . 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  to 
  it 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  develop 
  on 
  the 
  Canadian 
  side 
  at 
  least 
  250,000 
  

   horsepower, 
  but 
  this 
  has 
  been 
  modified 
  and 
  in 
  1904 
  additional 
  

   developments 
  are 
  in 
  process 
  on 
  the 
  Canadian 
  side 
  by 
  the 
  Ontario 
  

   Power 
  Company 
  and 
  the 
  Electrical 
  Development 
  Company 
  of 
  

   Ontario. 
  The 
  Canadian 
  Niagara 
  Power 
  Company 
  proposes 
  to 
  

   limit 
  its 
  development 
  to 
  110,000 
  horsepower 
  while 
  the 
  Ontario 
  

   Power 
  Company 
  will 
  develop 
  180,000 
  horsepower. 
  The 
  Develop- 
  

   ment 
  Company 
  of 
  Ontario 
  has 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  125,000 
  horsepower. 
  

   The 
  total 
  possible 
  power 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  developed 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  

   at 
  Niagara 
  Falls 
  is 
  about 
  as 
  follows: 
  1 
  

  

  Horsepower 
  

  

  Niagara 
  Falls 
  Power 
  Company's 
  present 
  tunnel 
  100,000 
  

  

  Niagara 
  Fall® 
  Power 
  Company's 
  second 
  tunnel 
  100,000 
  

  

  Niagara 
  Falls 
  Hydraulic 
  Power 
  & 
  Manufacturing 
  Com- 
  

   pany's 
  canal 
  150,000 
  

  

  Canadian 
  Niagara 
  Power 
  Company's 
  tunnels 
  110,000 
  

  

  Ontario 
  Power 
  Company 
  180,000 
  

  

  Development 
  Company 
  of 
  Ontario 
  125,000 
  

  

  Total 
  765,000 
  

  

  The 
  developments 
  in 
  progress 
  at 
  Niagara 
  Falls 
  are 
  being 
  car- 
  

   ried 
  out 
  on 
  very 
  broad 
  lines 
  and 
  probably 
  furnish 
  the 
  best 
  exam- 
  

   ples 
  of 
  modern 
  hydraulic 
  work. 
  They 
  certainly 
  lead 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  and 
  Canada 
  are 
  concerned. 
  A 
  complete 
  account 
  

   of 
  the 
  works, 
  giving 
  details 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  engineering 
  features, 
  

   would 
  make 
  a 
  large-sized 
  monograph. 
  2 
  

  

  1 
  For 
  an 
  interesting 
  discussion 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  diverting 
  large 
  quantities 
  

   of 
  water 
  from 
  Niagara 
  river 
  for 
  power 
  purposes, 
  see 
  report 
  of 
  Clemens 
  

   Herschel, 
  made 
  December 
  12, 
  1895, 
  on 
  the 
  Diversion 
  of 
  Water 
  from 
  the 
  

   Niagara 
  River 
  for 
  Power 
  Purposes 
  by 
  the 
  Niagara 
  Falls 
  Hydraulic 
  Power 
  

   and 
  Manufacturing 
  Company 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  Niagara 
  Falls 
  Power 
  Company, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Unimportant 
  Effect 
  of 
  such 
  Diversion 
  upon 
  the 
  River. 
  Mr. 
  Her- 
  

   schel 
  bases 
  his 
  discussion 
  on 
  the 
  data 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  survey 
  of 
  an 
  ordinary 
  and 
  

   usual 
  flow 
  of 
  265,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second. 
  Reasoning 
  from 
  this 
  premise 
  

   he 
  concludes 
  that 
  even 
  when 
  30O,0C0 
  or 
  400,000 
  horsepower 
  are 
  in 
  use 
  the 
  

   effect 
  upon 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  will 
  be 
  insignificant. 
  It 
  seems 
  clear 
  

   enough 
  that 
  this 
  proposition 
  is 
  open 
  to 
  discussion. 
  

  

  2 
  The 
  main 
  facts 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  plant 
  of 
  Niagara 
  Falls 
  Power 
  Company 
  

   have 
  been 
  furnished 
  by 
  L. 
  PI. 
  Groat, 
  former 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  company. 
  For 
  

   more 
  extended 
  information 
  the 
  reader 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  1) 
  Cassier's 
  Magazine, 
  

  

  