Niagara Falls 



1906 of the capitalist for further wealth, nor is it the evidence of the 

 granting by legislatures of monopolistic privileges to the few. 

 Broadly speaking, it is solely the physical expression of the law 

 of supply and demand. 



The water is being diverted for power purposes solely because, 

 in the economic and industrial development of the country, the 

 power is needed. This demand, like all commercial demands, is 

 the net result of the actions and desires of all the individuals of 

 the country. 



The author goes on to state that the capitalists are not the only ones 

 benefited by the development of the Niagara power, but that the real 

 benefit goes to the manufacturer and purchaser of the products cheapened 

 by the use of electricity. 



The economic side of the Niagara problem is a serious one, 

 and it cannot be set aside as secondary to that of the scenic 

 interests. It must be cleared of the prejudices which now dis- 

 credit it, and its importance to the country at large must be recog- 

 nized. Niagara Falls is a great continental asset, not only as a 

 scene, but also as a source of power, and any fair adjustment 

 between the two interests must be made upon the basis of a rea- 

 sonable compromise. The wave of exaggerated sentimentalism 

 now passing should not be allowed to sweep aside all reason, nor 

 be the only thing considered. 



1906 DUNLAP, ORRIN E. The crime against Niagara. (Harp, w., April 



Dunlap 7> , 906 50:pt | 474_476.) 



" It has been estimated," says Mr. Dunlap, " That should all the 

 power companies which have authority to use water from the Niagara 

 river, carry out their undertakings upon anything like the scale adopted 

 by the companies whose works are now under construction, the falls of 

 Niagara, considered as a scenic spectacle, would be most grievously 

 impaired, if not entirely destroyed." 



Dunlap, Orrin E. A great concrete retaining wall. (Sci. Am., 

 May 12, 1906. 94:395-396.) 



This wall, supposed to be the highest concrete wall in existence, was 

 built by the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Com- 

 pany to face the cliff and protect its power station. 



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