Niagara Falls 



1885 until some of the present generation may see the prophecy of Sir 

 William Thomson literally fulfilled and the power of Niagara 

 used in all the large cities of this country. 



1885 Trowbridge, John. Niagara Falls considered as a source of elec- 



Trowbridgc trical energy. (Sci., May 15, 1885. 5:401-403.) 



The author comes to the conclusion that the facility with which energy 

 in the shape of coal can be transported from place to place counterbalances 

 at present the cheapness of a very remote source of energy in the shape of 

 a waterfall. 



The reasons for and against the utilization of the energy of 

 Niagara Falls as a source of light apply also to the question of 

 the electrical transmission of power, with this exception, that the 

 electrical transmission of power has not reached even the per- 

 fection which systems of electric lighting have attained. 



1887 



1887 Utilizing Niagara. . . . (Industries of Buffalo. Buffalo: Elstner 



Pub. Co. 1887. Pp. 66-71.) 



A review of the prospectus of the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Tunnel 

 Power and Sewer Co. together with the report of Thomas Evershed on 

 the undertaking and a letter of Elnathan Sweet, State Engineer and Sur- 

 veyor, endorsing Mr. Evershed's views. The review calls the project " one 

 of the most daring and colossal, yet practical, of modern enterprises." 



1889 



1889 Long, Elias A. An acre in the city. A brief treatise on land, 



Long millionaires, fortunes in real estate, Buffalo, Niagara power. No. pub. 



N.d. Pp. 24-30. 



A brief, crisp exposition of " Niagara power, electric power as revolu- 

 tionizers in the industrial world." The author's message is summed up in 

 the following: "Let but the (1) vastness and (2) cheapness of the 

 power, coupled with the (3) limitless raw materials of the lake regions, 

 attainable here at (4) a saving of millions of dollars yearly on freight, and 

 then the (5) cheap distribution to the world's markets be considered, and 

 who can fail to be startled at the aggregate advantages presented by 

 Niagara." 



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