Sessional papers of the Dominion of Canada 1911 . s at the cityof Ottawa. IjThe Chaudiere falls were developed on the Quebec side first by Mr. Wriglit in1800, and after that, the development was added to. but the Ontario side was a moredifficult problem, and it may be said that no general use of the falls was made till1855, when the Eddy, Booth, Bronson, Baldwin and other companies had large lumberfactories in operation. The power required was comparatively small, and was usedmostly in summer time when the river was high, so that a large amount of water couldrun to waste without being noticed.
Sessional papers of the Dominion of Canada 1911 . s at the cityof Ottawa. IjThe Chaudiere falls were developed on the Quebec side first by Mr. Wriglit in1800, and after that, the development was added to. but the Ontario side was a moredifficult problem, and it may be said that no general use of the falls was made till1855, when the Eddy, Booth, Bronson, Baldwin and other companies had large lumberfactories in operation. The power required was comparatively small, and was usedmostly in summer time when the river was high, so that a large amount of water couldrun to waste without being noticed. The development, too. was done in a piece-mealfashion to suit the capital and experience of those early days. After the fire nf 1900. however, new industries took the place of the simple linnber-mills, and these new industries required more power than the old development couldfurnish at low w-ater period. The manufacture of electric energy, for example, wasconstantly increasing and also the power required for pulp grinding. Finally, the 19a—1. V?<^^^^ .JWiMWikl(pii ^? •» % --^^ ??^BIC-
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