Preservation of the Falls 



The regulation of Niagara Falls approved. (Elec. wld. & eng., Feb. 8, 1913 

 1913. 61:281.) 



Editorial notice of federal action. 



Status of the Niagara Falls bill. (Elec. wld., Feb. 15, 1913. 61: 1913 

 336.) 



Editorial comment on the power of the government to set a standard 

 of efficiency in terms of horsepower per cubic foot. 



Use vs. beauty at Niagara. (Lit. dig., Jan. 11, 1913. 46:71.) 1913 



An editorial quoting from the New York Sun. 



1914 



CaPARN, HaROLD A. Present status of Niagara Falls. (Landscape 1914 

 architecture. April, 1914. 4: No. 3, 81.) Capam 



An argument for the preservation of the Niagara Falls both as a great 

 scenic wonder 'and a factor in the commercial development of Lake Erie. 

 " Nowhere, accessible to ordinary men, does so much water descend so far, 

 producing a sight, a sound, and a splashing whose effect on normal and 

 properly constituted people is beyond description and superior to adjectives." 



Dow, CHARLES M. The State Reservation at Niagara: a history. 

 Albany. J. B. Lyon Co. 1914 Dow 



Contents 



PAGE 



Dedication 3 



A Word of Introduction 7 



A History: 



Chap. I. The History of the Establishment of the State 



Reservation at Niagara 9 



Chap. II. The Policy of the Commissioners of the State 



Reservation at Niagara 39 



Chap. III. The Administration of the Reservation in its 



Physical and Financial Straits 52 



Chap. IV. The Reservation Past and Present 62 



Chap. V. Some Legal Questions Which Have Arisen in Con- 

 nection With the Establishment and Management 

 of the Reservation 74 



Chap. VI. Saving Niagara Falls 102 



Chap. VII. The Existing Power Situation — Effects of Diversion 136 



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