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  take 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  lower 
  level 
  and 
  discharge 
  its 
  tail-water 
  into 
  

   the 
  creek. 
  Finally 
  the 
  Jackson 
  Lumber 
  Company 
  was 
  permitted 
  

   to 
  construct 
  a 
  sluiceway 
  on 
  the 
  tow-path 
  side, 
  through 
  which 
  it 
  

   drew 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  about 
  600 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  and 
  which 
  

   was 
  all 
  discharged 
  into 
  Eighteenmile 
  creek. 
  Complaints 
  having 
  

   frequently 
  been 
  made 
  that 
  boats 
  were 
  drawn 
  against 
  this 
  sluice 
  

   on 
  the 
  tow-path 
  side, 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Public 
  Works, 
  in 
  1892, 
  

   granted 
  a 
  formal 
  permit 
  to 
  the 
  Jackson 
  Lumber 
  Company 
  to 
  

   construct 
  a 
  sluice 
  and 
  subway 
  under 
  the 
  canal 
  bottom, 
  by 
  which 
  

   this 
  water 
  is 
  now 
  drawn 
  from 
  the 
  berme 
  side. 
  Under 
  this 
  permit 
  

   a 
  substantial 
  masonry 
  sluice 
  was 
  constructed 
  in 
  1893. 
  In 
  the 
  

   meantime 
  the 
  Jackson 
  Lumber 
  Company 
  has 
  gone 
  out 
  of 
  exist- 
  

   ence 
  and 
  this 
  waterpower 
  has 
  passed 
  into 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  

   Traders' 
  Paper 
  Company, 
  which 
  now 
  occupies 
  the 
  site 
  with 
  its 
  

   pulp-mill 
  No. 
  1. 
  

  

  The 
  west 
  branch 
  of 
  Eighteenmile 
  creek 
  descends 
  about 
  175 
  

   feet 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Lockport, 
  of 
  which 
  148 
  feet 
  

   have 
  been 
  utilized 
  for 
  power 
  during 
  recent 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  companies; 
  now 
  using 
  power 
  on 
  this 
  creek 
  

   and 
  the 
  horsepower 
  used 
  by 
  each 
  : 
  

  

  Horsepower 
  

  

  Traders' 
  Paper 
  Company 
  1,060 
  

  

  Lockport 
  Paper 
  Company 
  230 
  

  

  Niagara 
  Paper 
  Company 
  115 
  

  

  Westerman 
  & 
  Company 
  320 
  

  

  Cascade 
  Pulp 
  Company 
  925 
  

  

  Cowles 
  Smelting 
  Company 
  1,185 
  

  

  Total 
  3,835 
  

  

  The 
  output 
  of 
  the 
  establishments 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  branch 
  of 
  Eighteen- 
  

   mile 
  creek 
  is 
  about 
  f 
  2,000,000 
  a 
  year; 
  but 
  this 
  sum 
  includes 
  the 
  

   output 
  of 
  the 
  Indurated 
  Fibre 
  Company, 
  which, 
  while 
  operating 
  

   by 
  steampower, 
  depends 
  largely 
  for 
  a 
  supply 
  of 
  pulp 
  on 
  the 
  

   Cascade 
  Pulp 
  Company. 
  In 
  any 
  case 
  the 
  figures: 
  show 
  the 
  magni- 
  

   tude 
  of 
  the 
  manufacturing 
  interests 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  fostered 
  in 
  

   the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  west 
  branch 
  of 
  Eighteenmile 
  creek 
  by 
  discharging 
  

   into 
  that 
  stream 
  about 
  300 
  second-feet 
  of 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  Erie 
  

   canal. 
  

  

  