Preservation of the Falls 



uncovered, leaving a narrow strip of rock between Goat Island 1908 

 and the great cataract. If the full franchise be used, the 

 American Falls, which are 1 ,000 feet across, will have their 

 southern half drained, and will be further broken up into narrow 

 sheets or strings of water." The preservation of the falls, it is 

 added, now depends entirely upon the governments of Washing- 

 ton and Ottawa ; it is sincerely to be hoped that they will so regu- 

 late matters as to retain the world-renowned falls for all time. 



Scenic Niagara Falls. (Elec. wld. & eng., Feb. 22, 1908. 51 :1908.) 1908 

 Suggestions made by Frederick Law Olmsted to Chairman Burton of 

 the House rivers and harbors committee. 



Spencer, Joseph William Winthrop. Spoliation of the Falls of 1908 

 Niagara. (Pop. sci. mo., Oct., 1908. 73:289-305.) Spencer 



An address before the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, June 30, 1 908, dealing with the physics of the river and empha- 

 sizing the importance of the " rim." According to Dr. Spencer, " the 

 preservation of the Falls is now a question of inches," and dependent upon 

 the action of the governments at Washington and Ottawa. 



United States. — Rivers and Harbors Committee (House). 1904 

 Preservation of Niagara Falls (H. R. 16086 and H. R. 1 6748). United States 

 Hearings . . . [Feb. 17, 1908, and appendixj Wash. Gov't Print. Congre " 



Off., 1908. 1 p. 1., 19-50 p. 8°. 



1909 



American Civic Association. A Niagara emergency message for 1909 



instant consideration by every member of the American civic association. Amencan 

 (Harrisburg, 1909.) Stil^"' 



A circular letter under date of February 25, 1909, urging the extension 

 of the Burton bill. 



BROADHURST, WILLIAM G. A dry Niagara — February 14, 15, 1909 

 16, 1909. (Eng. news, Mar. 4, 1909. 61 :227.) IWdhur.t 



A discussion of the effect on the power companies. 



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