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L'exemplaire fiim^ fut reproduit grice L la gdn^rositA de: Archives of Ontario Toronto Las imsg6S suivantes ont Ati reproduites avec le plus grand soin. compte tenu de la condition et de la nettet OkFICK. NiAUAUA FaLLS. OsT. Niagara Power Situation in Canada. THE Canadian Niagara Power League beg to present the following facts for the con- sideration of the Legislature of Ontario and the public generally, feeling assured that a careful perusal will result in some action being taken that will evidence an opinion in favor of immediate develop- ment, and that such immediate development is possible notwithstanding the contract already entered into with the Canadian Niagara Power Company. The Power of the Canadian Falls is variously estimated by authorities at from seven to ten mil- lions horse power. The largest development on the American side of the River is, at present. 57,200 h. p. with a total capacity of 120,000 h. p. which limit is fixed by the size of the tunnel constructed to carry away the water after it has passed through the generating machinery. This power is being developed by the Niagara Falls Power Company, of which the Canadian Niagara Power Company is an adjunct, and work was commenced on Oct. 4th, i8go. The second large development of power on the American side is that of the Hydraulic Power & Manufacturing Company, which will have when completed a canal capacity of 200,000 h.p. The Company are now furnishing and have ready for use 35,000 h.p. It will thus he seen that the Americans have now in use about v)o,ooo h.p. and in sight 320,000 h.p. On the Canadian side of the River there is no power developed properly, so called, except accord- ing to the terms of a recent agreement, which will be mentioned later. It is shown by reports of eminent engineers that power can be developed more cheaply on the Canadian side of the River than on the American side. There are two charters in existence which provide for development in Canada. The Canadian Niagara Power Company procures its rights to develop power within the Park by an agreement with the Park Commissioners, approved by an Act of the Legislature of Ontario passed in i8qo (55 Vic. Chap. 8). The Canadian Power Company was incorporated on the 23rd of June, 1887, by the Dominion Govern- ment, and the Act of incorporation was amended in the years 1891 and 1894. The Canadian Niagara Power Company is owned and controlled by the Niagara Falls Power Company, and under their agreement with the Commissioners the price charged by them for power may be as high as the prices charged by them on the American side of the River, where the cost of development is much greater. Although the Canadian Niagara Power Company had, according to their agreement, five years within Ell W w o which to commence their work, notliinj,' has been clone. The Company were hound by their agreement to commence work on the ist day of May, 1897, hut nothing more than a mere technical commencement was attempted, and nothing has been done since that time. Prior to the ist of May last, an application was made by the Company for an extension of time within which to complete their work, which is fixed by the agreement at November ist, 1898. This extension was refused by the Government. The plan adopted by the Canadian Niagara Power Company is to ^ake the waters of the Niagara from the Rapids at the head of Cedar Island to their shaft and power house, and thence by tunnel to the River below the Falls. The plan adopted by the Canadian Power Com- pany is to take the waters of the Welland River near Chippawa by an open canal about nine thousand feet long, through lands owned by the Company, to their proposed power house at the edge of the bluff above the head of Cedar Island, and after a fall of fifty feet thence through the Park to the Niagara River above the head of Cedar Island. The Canadian Power Company commenced work on the loth July, 1897, on their canal and continued for some time, and all surveys and engineering plans are completed. The Company professes to be ready to proceed with their proposed development at once upon receiving from the Lieutenant-Governor in Council permission to discharge the waters of their canal across or under the Park lands. Owing to the opposition of the Canadian Niagara Power Company, the permission asked for has not yet been obtained. It is claimed by tbe Canadian Niagara Power Company that their "contract with the Park Commissioners creates a monopoly. By this contract, the Company are gfiven the cj-rlii,sir(' rif/ht fo use flir iratrr.s of the Xiat/ara irilhin l/ic linnf.s of thr Park for power parposrH e and the Whirlpool eould be leased from the (iovernment by the Town, but no eonelusive action has been taken. IJetween these two points there is a fall of 48 feet, and a large amount of power eould be developed at a low cost. The Niagara Power League contend and urge that the Canadian Power Company should be granted the permission applied for ; that the Canadian Niagara Power Company be refused any extension and com- pelled to pioceed with their work as set forth in their agreement ; and that the privilege to use the waters of the Niagara lliver below the Falls be granted to the town of Niagara Falls, or such parties as may wish to develop same, with the most liberal conditions possible in order to l)ring about more than one development of Niagara Power. ^ Amount of Power Used lor Manufacturliijt and lndus< trial i*urposes. IN NEW YORK STATE. II. I'. NiM^vir'i Falls Paper Co 7 goO l'ittslmr-l,t .st Power Co. (local li<;'litin^') 500 Walter Fer^-uson (cliloratc^ of })otash) 500 Nia<;-ara Flecti-o-Ciieuiical Co. iperoxideof sodium) 800 H. .t N, F. Electric Kail way (local railway) . 500 N. F. i't S. IJ. Pailway Co. (local railway) 250 Acetylene I.i,i>'h(, Fleat and Power Co 6,000 Matheson Alkali Works (soda ash. Increasiii00 Cieor^-(! Electric Railway ,^qq Kellv McMiian o- Jo Tr(Mnen's Manufacturing-Co o;^ Carter-Crume Manufacturing- Co 5q Cliff Paper Co ^ -qq Cataract-Petiboue Co. (pajierl ] qqq Niag-ara Falls Brewing- Co \r,Q Barber Asphalt Co Iqq Oneida Comnumity, (saddler\- hardware i. Cataract Mill- ing- Co. (Hour). Schoelkopf & Mathews (flour) .... 5,000 And several others using- smiller (piantities of power. AmuuiK <»f Power Used loi MaiiufacturinK and lniliiA< ti iai Purposes. t!^ g«> • ^rrj t 0tfBfu)i IN ONTARIO. 'i it r I s I i .. ■ >»dtt»ai ■" •*«l# ■^.1*,-, - JK ■?- . '^^"^1%!^ i*-^ :»s^^ r.\' '■'■-^ •' ■r :i^ QUEENSTON OM THE NIAGARA FRONTIER FROM OuEENSTON TO oHlPPAWA SCALF-OF MlUt-S -1897- OFFICERS OF THE I [R PRESIDRNT. James F. Macklem. VICE-PRESIDENTS, Robert P. Slateii, . . . Niagara Falls. C. C. Cole, F. E. Dalton, . . . Niagara Falls South. H. G. A. Cook, ... J. Harrison Pew, . .- . . Stamford. E. MORDEN, " James D. Hazlett, .... Chippawa. A. Herbold, " Alex. Griffith, Welland. S. J. SiDEY, .... '' • • SECRETARY. Fred. W. Hill, . . . Niagara Falls, Ont.