Niagara Falls 



1908 



1908 American Civic Association. Niagara again. [1908.] 



Civic Ano- A letter to association members urging opposition to power grants at the 



ciation Whirlpool rapids. 



American Civic Association. [Preservation of Niagara Falls.] 

 (Clipping sheet, 2d ser., no. 6, Apr. 18, 1908.) 



A second campaign to save the cataract. Esthetic considerations and 

 other arguments for preservation presented by President McFarland of the 

 association and Frederick Law Olmsted. Opposition urged to a projected 

 bridge between the Falls and the upper steel arch. 



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International 

 Waterways 

 Commission 



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New York 

 Legislature 



1908 



Randolph 



The beauty of Niagara and its power. (Elec. rev., June 27, 1903. 

 41:1098.) 



A quotation from the 1 7th Annual Report of the Commissioners of 

 Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park defending power development in the 

 park. 



Canadian-Niagara power. (Elec. wld. & eng., Apr. 11, 1908. 

 51:756.) 



A review of the report of the Canadian park commissioners favoring 

 cancellation of power franchises not yet developed. 



International Waterways Commission. Report of the Ameri- 

 can section to the secretary of war, December 1 , 1 908. (Ann. rep'ts of 

 the com'rs of the state reserv. at Niagara. 25:1 7-24.) 



Extended extracts from the report. 



New York (State) Legislature. An act to amend the public 

 lands law, in relation to sewer through lands of the state reservation at 

 Niagara. (Laws of 1908, 131st sess., chap. 243, p. 702.) 



This amendment to the Laws of 1894, 117th sess., chap 317, sec. 

 92, adds to the previous powers of the commissioners of the state reserva- 

 tion at Niagara by granting them authority to permit the construction of a 

 sewer in, through, under and along the lands of the state reservation, upon 

 such conditions as the commissioners may prescribe. 



RANDOLPH, IsHAN. Review of the report of William Spencer, M. A. 

 Ph. D., F. G. S., on the physics of the Niagara river. (Ann. rep't of 

 the com'rs for Queen Victoria Niagara Falls park. 1908. 23:5059.) 



A very technical discussion. 



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