. The Niagara book : a complete souvenir of Niagara Falls : containing sketches, stories and essays--descriptive, humorous, historical and scientific. stributionof this power being entirely by electricity and theuse of motors scattered about the establishmentwherever required. Every great manufacturing es-tablishment that has attempted this mode of operationhas not only continued it, but from a small beginninghas inc;eased the electrical plant, as offering great ad-vantages and convenience, as well as economy. A junction railroad six miles in length has beenconstructed through the companys lan
. The Niagara book : a complete souvenir of Niagara Falls : containing sketches, stories and essays--descriptive, humorous, historical and scientific. stributionof this power being entirely by electricity and theuse of motors scattered about the establishmentwherever required. Every great manufacturing es-tablishment that has attempted this mode of operationhas not only continued it, but from a small beginninghas inc;eased the electrical plant, as offering great ad-vantages and convenience, as well as economy. A junction railroad six miles in length has beenconstructed through the companys lands to enable allthe main railroad lines passing Niagara Falls to deliverfreight or to take goods from the factories to beestablished there. At present steam locomotives areused on the Junction road, but in the near future it isexpected that it will be operated by electricity fromthe central power station. The municipal water works that supply the City of THE UTILIZATION OF NIAGARA S POWER. 215 Niagara Falls, including the lands to be improved bythe Niagara Falls Power Co., and also by a develop-ment company, have been removed from their old lo-. DISCHARGE PORTAL, cation at the basin of the hydraulic canal to a pointnearer to the new canal above the rapids and willeventually be transferred to a point still higher up theriver where the best water can be obtained. Thepumping is at present done by steam and will be untilelectricity can be furnished from the Power station. A very complete trolley road has been establishedto carry passengers to and from the Falls and to all 2l6 THL UTILIZATION OF NIAGARAS POWER. points of the City of Niagara Falls. Many convenientdwelling houses have been erected by the land im-provement companies, and factories are to be built ofconvenient size, each capable of extension as the de-mands of the tenants call for additional room. Thisfeature of the enterprise will make Niagara Fallsattractive to manufacturers on account of the cheappower and reasonable
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