This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...has not agreed to pay anything, except that by one of the amendments to its charter, namely, chapter 513 of the Laws of 1892, it is provided that the right to take water from the Niagara river is granted upon the express condition that the company's acceptance shall bind it to furnish, free of charge, electricity for ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...has not agreed to pay anything, except that by one of the amendments to its charter, namely, chapter 513 of the Laws of 1892, it is provided that the right to take water from the Niagara river is granted upon the express condition that the company's acceptance shall bind it to furnish, free of charge, electricity for light, and also for power (as soon as said company shall begin to furnish electrical power in Niagara Falls), and also water for use of the State in the State reservation at Niagara, and the public buildings thereon, when requested by the Commissioners of the State Keservation. Your committee understands that the Commissioners of the State Reservation have never called upon this company to furnish either power or light, but have insisted upon paying for whatever the company might furnish them. The company has operated extensively under its charter, and at the present time is the owner of a large and extensive plant, partially in operation. For the accommodation of its turbines it has constructed a wheel pit 186 feet deep and 140 feet long. It has also built through the solid rock a tunnel from the wheel pit to an outlet below the falls0 which tunnel is about 7,300 feet long, twenty-one feet high and eighteen feet broad at its widest part. This tunnel is used as a tail race, through which the water discharged from the wheels flows again into the river. It will, however, only carry sufficient water for the generation of 100,000 horse power; and if the company desires to use the full / amount of power which its charter authorizes the construction of another tunnel of equal capacity will be required. The present tunnel, when working to its full capacity, will draw from the river about 516,000 cubic feet of water per minute, or 3,859,680 gallons. Th...
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