UTILIZATION OF WATER POWER AT NIAGARA FALLS. I 9 



vision will be made for three pipes, one of which will supply the 

 first installation. Upon the completion of the head works it is the 

 intention of the Co. to remove the coffer dam and to restore the 

 natural features at the Dufferin Islands to practically their original 

 condition. None of the works of the Ontario Co. will appear 

 above the surface of the ground in the Park proper. The total 

 contemplated installation with water from the upper Niagara is 

 150,000 H. P. of which 50,000 H. P. will comprise the first installa- 

 tion. One 18 foot penstock will supply water for each installation 

 of 50,000 H. P. Such penstocks will enter a huge brick shaft built 

 below the ground. From this a separate penstock will lead to 

 each of the 10,000 H. P. turbines located in a power house built 

 of native stone in the lower gorge. This power house is planned 

 to have an ultimate length of 1050 feet and a width of 90 feet. 

 The head on the wheels will be 174 feet. Plans still continue for 

 the utilization of power from water to be brought from the Welland 

 River, but these plans will probably not be carried out until the 

 first project is completed. Considerable work has already -been 

 done in blasting away the rock for the power house and prepara- 

 tions are completed for active work at the entrance. 



A third company has recently entered the field of power develop- 

 ment on the Canadian side. This Company, composed of Toronto 

 capitalists and known as the Toronto and Niagara Falls Power Co., 

 have obtained rights for the development of 125,000 H. P. Their 

 plans are not yet worked out in detail but they include in general 

 a power house on the upper river shore supplied with water from 

 a forebay created by building a wing dam into the upper rapids. 

 The wheels will be situated in a wheelpit and water will be dis- 

 charged b) 7 a tunnel at a point beneath the horse shoe falls. 



Power development at Niagara Falls, present and proposed, 

 may be summarized as follows : 



The Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Co. have 38,000 H. P. 

 developed, are commencing a power house for 50,000 H. P. addi- 

 tional and can make a total development of 125,000 H. P. The 

 Niagara Falls Power Company have 80,000 H. P. ready for service, 

 are installing 25,000 H. P. additional, which will be completed 

 next fall, and have rights for an additional 125,000 H. P. The 

 Ontario Power Company contemplate using 300,000 H. P. and are 

 at work on the installation of 50,000 H. P. The Toronto and 

 Niagara Falls Power Co. have obtained rights for developing 

 125,000 H. P. and are commencing the installation of 50,000 H. P. 

 The following are the totals; now developed, 118,000 H. P. ; in pro- 

 cess of development, 225,000 H. P ; rights secured for 1,150,000 

 H. P. Please remember that the total water power developed in 

 the United States in 1900 was less than 2,000,000 H. P. 



Such is the history of water power utilization at Niagara in the 

 past and its condition at present. But what of the future and of 

 the influence of that future on the prosperity of Buffalo? And by 

 Buffalo we mean the greater Buffalo. Must we leave to our real 

 estate friends all the roseate views of Buffalo future greatness? I 



