Preservation of the Falls 



1894 



GREEN. ANDREW H. Letter to Walter Q. Gresham, secretary of 1894 

 state, Washington, concerning the diversion of water at Niagara Falls, Green 

 under date of October 1 7, 1 894. (Ann. rep'ts of the com'rs of the state 

 reserv. at Niagara, 12:49-50.) 



An appeal for international action. 



GREEN, ANDREW H. Letter to J. W. Langmuir, chairman of the 

 commissioners of Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park, under date of 

 October 1 9, 1 894, concerning the diversion of water at Niagara Falls. 

 (Ann. rep'ts of the com'rs of the state reserv. at Niagara. 12:51.) 



An appeal for cooperation to secure international action for the protec- 

 tion of the Falls. 



GREEN, Andrew H. Letter to Theodore E. Hancock, attorney gen- 

 eral of the state of New York, under date of July 1 7 and 1 8, 1 894, 

 concerning the diversion of water at Niagara Falls. (Ann. rep'ts of the 

 com'rs of the state reserv. at Niagara. 12:52—53.) 



Request for an opinion on the right of the Niagara Falls Hydraulic 

 Power and Manufacturing Company to enlarge its canal. 



New York (State) Constitutional Convention, 1894. 1894 

 Revised record of the constitutional convention of . . . New York, New X 01 * . 

 May 8, 1 894, to September 29, 1 894. Rev. by W. H. Steele. Albany, Conve^on"* 

 N. Y. : The Argus Printing Co. 1 890. 



For the debates on the constitutional provision to limit the diversion of 

 water from the Niagara river, see especially vol. 3, pp. 808-873; vol. 4, 

 pp. 164-173, 612-615. 627-641, and vol. 5, PP . 727-728. 



New York (State) Legislature. An act to amend chapter 707 1894 

 of the laws of 1 893 entitled "An act to incorporate the Model town New York 

 company, to define its rights, powers and privileges and for other pur- 

 poses." (Laws of 1894, 117th sess., chap. 605, p. 1370.) 



This amendment changes the Model Town Company to the Niagara 

 Power and Development Company and grants power to " purchase or lease 

 the franchise, improvements and all rights of the Niagara County Irrigation 

 and Water Supply Company " which was incorporated in the laws of 

 1891, 1 14th sess.. chap. 259, p. 483. 



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