. Two days at Niagara Falls. -- . ough which is taken sufficient waterto run a few mills situated along the bank of the river below thereservation, the fall or head at the mill being more or less accord-ing as the provision has been made for discharging the water at ahigher or lower level ; but in no case is more than a fraction of thepower due to the height of the fall utilized. In the case ofNiagara public sentiment demands, and justly so, that the majesticand picturesque grandeur of the Falls shall be left unimpaired bythe proximity of mills, factories and other evidences of a prosaic and u
. Two days at Niagara Falls. -- . ough which is taken sufficient waterto run a few mills situated along the bank of the river below thereservation, the fall or head at the mill being more or less accord-ing as the provision has been made for discharging the water at ahigher or lower level ; but in no case is more than a fraction of thepower due to the height of the fall utilized. In the case ofNiagara public sentiment demands, and justly so, that the majesticand picturesque grandeur of the Falls shall be left unimpaired bythe proximity of mills, factories and other evidences of a prosaic and utilitarian age ; and any scheme for the utilization of Niagara uponany extensive scale must, to obtain public sanction, be one whichshall be capable of accomplishment without detracting from thebeauty and grandeur of the Falls, either by the erection of un-sightly buildings or any form of mechanism in the vicinity of theFalls themselves, or the diversion of any considerable proportionof the water from its leap over the Note. — This represents the mouth of the tunnel, which is a little northof the new Suspension Bridge and about i6o feet below the surface of theground on the American side — it caa be plainly seen from the bridge. The flow of the Niagara River at the Falls equals 12,785,455cubic feet total flow per minute, or about 213,000 cubic feet persecond. Measurements by the Lake Survey Board indicate theaverage flow of the river to be 265,000 cubic feet per second, andfrom records kept, a rise in the height of water of one foot abovethe Falls will by actual measurement raise it 17^ feet below. The scheme proposes to bring the differences in level in a verticalplane not by the construction of a long canal from the river tobelow the Falls and a short tail race to the lower river as is usuallydone, but by the opposite method of a long tail race from a pointbelow the Falls back to a point upon the river above, where thepower can be advantageously utilized, and
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