. Cutler's guide to Niagara Falls, and adjacent points of interest. --. nu-facturing center to be built by a utilization of Niagaraspower remaiued but a dream. In 1885, Thomas Evershed, an old, experienced engineerengaged in the service of the .State, came to a conference with Mr. Evershed, several prominentcitizens obtained a charter from the Legislature of NewVork, passed March 31. 1886, which by subsequent acts hasbeen amended and enlarged. Mr. Evershed issued his firstformal plan and estimate, which was described and discussedin ? .Appletons Cyclopedia for 1S87, calling foith
. Cutler's guide to Niagara Falls, and adjacent points of interest. --. nu-facturing center to be built by a utilization of Niagaraspower remaiued but a dream. In 1885, Thomas Evershed, an old, experienced engineerengaged in the service of the .State, came to a conference with Mr. Evershed, several prominentcitizens obtained a charter from the Legislature of NewVork, passed March 31. 1886, which by subsequent acts hasbeen amended and enlarged. Mr. Evershed issued his firstformal plan and estimate, which was described and discussedin ? .Appletons Cyclopedia for 1S87, calling foith most ad-verse criticism and objections almost innumerable, which, inthe light of subsequent successful achievements, have beenfully answered. To convince capitalists that it would becommercially profitable to complete the development of plans, required three years. It was demon-strated that the capacity of the proposed tunnel would beabout 120,000 horse-power, exceeding the theoretical horse-power of Lawrence, Lowell, Holyoke, Turners Falls, Man- (5o). Photo by KOONZ. Interior Power House, Showing a Nearby View of the Eight 5,000 Horse-Power Dynamos. (bi\ Chester, Windsor Locks, Bellows Falls and Cohoes; thatit would largely exceed the actual developed power ofall of these places, and Augusta, Paterson and Minne-apolis in addition, representing more than a third ofthe power of all the water-wheels in use in the UnitedStates in 1880. The advantages of Niagara Falls as a locality were fullyshown, and the question whether w-ater-power could be usedin competition with steam was then discussed. After care-ful consideration the Niagara Falls Power company con-cluded that twenty-four hour steam horse-power is not pro-duced anywhere in the world for less than §24 per annum,and that the cost of fuel represents but one-half the totalcost. These considerations led to the organization of theCataract Construction Company in iS8g, which was the out-growth of the zealous intere
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