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SPECIAL NUMBER Augusta Growing Fast and on Solid Foundation A Record of One Hundred and Seventy- Nine Years of Steady Growth and Prog ress-Second to No City in the U. S. A City and Section Whose Production , Progress , Expansion and Riches Should Interest All Within a Short Time Many Improvements Now Under Way Will Offer Unsurpassed Advantages For Manufacturers, Home Seekers and Capital. Fort Augusta in 1736: Greater Au gusta in 1914. Between these two lines lies the whole story of Augusta, as we know it, scarcely realizing the growth that has been attained. The. contrast is mar vellous. Just a little fort, a few white men and a- constant inflow and out flow of Indians a log cabin or two, and that is all that there was of Augusta in 1735. Today we have a city of nearly 60,- 000 persons, with finely paved, wide streets, an excellent lighting system, great manufactories, railroads, fine business houses, and the thousand and one improvements that go to make up a modern, progressive city. And it has all come through steady growth. Never has there been any of that sudden, ephemeral advance ment. so characteristic of later found ed towns. With no backsets other than tho»e that were nation or section wide, Augusta ltas gone steadily tor ward, ever growing, ever improving, but sometimes so steadily that some of its citizenship have hardly been been aware of the growth and for ward movement. Today the result is that Augusta is one of the most solid cities in the country. What it has it keeps. None of its have been attained hurriedly, but once here they have remained to add their share toward the general improvement. It is wise for readers of this special edition that some attention be paid to the past that a correct idea of the present may be arrived at. Th Census Figures, Prior to 1810, few' accurate figures are obtainable regarding the popula tion of Augusta, but after that date we have an accurate idea how the city has advanced in ten year periods. Prior to 1880, all the growth was with in the legal limits of the city, so that u greater percentage is shown than in the last thirty years, when Augusta’s noted suburbs began to thrive, dratv ing their strength from Augusta city proper, yet not showing up in the cen liuures. The territory now within tlie city limits, since the annexation of January first, according to the 1010 census, is actually 47,766. Of course when North Augusta and its territory are taken into consideration the amount is really over 60,000. The census figures for .100 years foV -1810 261 1830 6993 1840 8133 1860 11056 1860 12493 1870 15389 1880 21891 ' 5890 33300 1900 39331 1910 41040 1914, City Directory' 55530 Named After a Princess. In 1735, when Savannah Town, in South Carolina, a few miles below Au gusta, on the river, was drawing.the trade from Georgia into her sister state, an order W'as given for the set tlement of Augusta. Realizing the importance of dircflng 1 . In behalf of the Province of Georgia, the rich and extensive Creek and Cherokee Indian trade, which hud been monopolized by South Carolina. Mr. Oglethorpe ordered that a town should be marked out at the head of navigation, and just below' the falls. In honor of the wife of the then Prince of Wales, but after King George TIT, he probably called it Augusta; and within the next twelve months a small garrison was concentrated for the pro tection of the post. Warehouses were constructed, and in them w’ere placed goods suitable for barter with the na tives. Regulations were promulgated and enforced, looking to fair dealing be tween seller and purchaser and the red men, soon perceiving that the pur pose of the distinguished founder was to permit no commercial interconrse save by licensed and responsible tra ders, quickly transferred, in large measure, to Augusta the extensive traffic hitherto conducted at Savannah Town, subsequently known as Fort Moore, and situated a few miles be low the present village of Hamburg, in South Carolina. In the establishment and develop ment of Augusta, Kennedy O’Brien, a merchant of the place, and Roger de l.acey, a noted Indian trader, were chiefly instrumental. Their energy and enterprising, as displayed in this connection, were conspicuous. To O'Brien was the town largely indebted for the funds requisite for its found ing. and by him was the first commo dious storehouse there erected. A City in 1798. The curtain rose upon a feeble trad ing post, quiet, isolated and located upon the extreme verge of European colonization in Georgia. Progress, becked now and then by Indian wars, pestilence and storm, went doggedly forward. Suddenly the trading post took itself the name of a village. Ra ter it was known as a town, and in 1798 it was formally chartered by the General Assembly of the state as “The City of Augusta, Georgia." Scattered records show the growth of the town, both residentlally and commercially. Two warehouses for the harboring of corn, gave way to more and larger warehouses for the storing of tobacco, and as the cotton industry grew and Augusta became the center of the greatest trading in the world, the to bacco warehouse gave way to the im mense warehouses for cotton and barges, poleboats and river boats, and wagon trains plied between Au gusta and the outer world. Early in tlie history of the cotton Industry ex ported to European countries. As trade Increased the city grew. From a village of a half dozen houses at the river’s edge, she has grown into a city of 53,000 inhabitants, enjoying, in one line only, the trade and reputation of the largest inland cotton market in the world. In 1767 the town consisted of eighty houses, one church and two forts. The outbreak of Hie Revolution sus pended progress. In January, 1779, Augusta was captured by the British, and after hard fighting and brutali ties of the worst sort, was re-captured or evacuated, on the fifth of June, 1781. From that time on Augusta was a most loyal child of the Revolution. A Noted School. The famous Richmond Academy, one of the most celebrated institutions of learning in the country, was es tablished in Augusta in 1783. In 1780 Commodore Oliver Bowen, tlie hero of the American Revolution, died and was buried in the church yard of St. Paul church. The city was Ihen connected with the outside world by stages, which left Augusta several times weekly. The First Steamboat. Having delivered to the world that greatest of inventions, the cotton gin, in 1808, Augusta presented the first boat operated by steam. On the first of February, 1788, the general assem bly of Georgia granted William Hong street tiie privilege of using a neewdy constructed steam engine. A Georgia histirian, in speaking of Ropgstreqts boat as against Fulton’s being the first navigated, says: “This of course, is hut inference; but, however it may lie, one thing is that in 1788 William Doings tree t, of Georgia, had conceived the idea of the Clermont, had, by the mighty agency pf steam, made a ves sel wtilk on the water like a thing of life." It Is well believed that Rong streel's first boat was put on the wa ter in 1806, a year before that of Ful ton’s. On March 19. 1825, the Marquis de Lafayette' visited Augusta and was elaborately, entertained. The First Railroad. In 1833 the first railroad ever con structed connected Augusta with the the'outside' world, linking her W’ith Charleston, S. C., by way of Hamburg. The suecess of this enterprise stimu lated Augusta. A publio meeting was held to consider a railroad between Augusta and Athens, and it was from this meeting that the Georgia Rail road extended from Augusta to Greensboro, Ga. in 1837 Augusta’s cotton receipts were 190-.000 bales. The first survey for the celebrated Augusta canal was made in the fall of 1844, and in May. 3845, the work of construction Was begun. The plan of tlie canal provided for a depth of five feet, twenty feet in width at bottom, and forty feet at the water surface. At this time Augusta’s population was 7.502 and its trade was immense. The First Cotton Mill. In 1546-47 the Augusta Cotton Mills were organized. It was the pioneer of the city’s now numerous cotton factories. In 1854 the Augusta and Savannah Railroad, better known now as the Central of Georgia Railroad, entered the city. in 1859 and 1860 the city’s water works were installed. The source of supply, which bad been Turknett Springs, -was changed to the Savan nah River. Tlie Civil War was a heavy drain cm the resources of Augusta. Out of a white population of 10,000 over 2,000 soldiers were railsed. The Confederate Monument on Broad stret, erected by the Radies’ Memorial Association, stands as a monument to the memory of those men. In front of St. James Methodist church on Greene stret is another monument to the Confederate dead, erected in 1873 and the high chimney in front of the Sibley Mills, the rem nant of the powder factory of those days, is a third. A Military Police. In 1869, under Mayor Allen, Augus ta's polioe force was put on a military footing, in 1871. under Mayor Estes, the Augusta canal was enlarged. At that time the canal was seven miles in length, contained three levels and was turning the wheels of several large factories. The actual work of en largement was begun in March, 1872, and completed July, 1875. at a cost of 8972,883.15. The present length is seven miles; including second and third levels, nine miles. The result of the enlargement has been to give a tremendous impetus to the cotton in dustry in Augusta, to largely stimulate other industries and to add wonder fully to the waltli and poplation of! the city. In 1873 the Macon and Augusta, and the Port Royal and Augusta Railroads entered Augusta. In 1876 the Hoard of Health of tlie city was created. Many Manufactories. Augusta today stands the third largest city in tlie state. Her popula tion is conservatively, put at 55,530. Within her limits the hum and whirl of life and trade brand her what she is. The city is, perhaps, one of the most prominent tourist restorts in the South. From December to May three large and fashionable hostelrics ;we alive with those who seek the soft, warm air of the Queen City of the Savannah. Augusta's manufactories have been her life, as manufactories are the life of any town. To speak of the manu factories of Augusta is to speak of cotton. As early as 1800 cotton had become the Htaple article of com merce. In 1834 factories having been made possible by the invention of Ell Officers and Directors of the Albion Kaolin Co. Col. Cal Lamar, llephzibah, Ga., President Albion Kaolin Company r ■ i ■•I IS,#';. ■ ■ -.■ ■ 7 ■ ■ Whitney, began to spring into light. The first of these was the old Rich mond factory, on Spirit Creek, which up to a few years ago was operated since that date. In 1850 the Mcßean Manufacturing Company was char tered. In 1854 Bellvtlle factory on Butler's Creek, was chartered. A Great Power Canal. Silk manufacturing apeared as ear ly as 1839, and it was believed with as great faith then as now, that Augusta was admirable situated for silk cul ture. Accordingly a company with a capital of $500,00 was organized for such an industry. In the same year a company with a capital of $450,000 was organized for the manufacture of beet sugar. As has been said, the construction and enlargement of the Augusta Ca nal gave an impetus to trade in Au gusta which few believed could he. The city has forty churches, five hospitals and sanitariums; five ho tels in the city and three tourist ho tels which represent an outlay of hundreds of dollars, and accommodate R2OO guests two commercial city clubs, tlie Country Club; nine hanks. Seven railroads enter the city. It is estimated that the population from which Augusta draws, that is within a radius of 100 miles, is 1.850,- 274, and that he annual commerce is $100,000,000. A Shopping Center for Two Great States. Augusta is tlie cheapest shopping city in tlie south: she is the center of the largest asparagus growing indus try in the world; she is the largest shipping point for domestic and ex port use of all type of American grown cotton seed! she is the largest distributing point in tlie south for southern forage seeds, such as cow peas; velvet beans, soja beans sov ghum, millets, etc.; Augusta has close to her limits several springs of drink ing water, which is shipped all over the south. These springs are abso lutely chemically pure and contain ing less mineral matters than the fa mous Poland waters. Augusta is the center of a tremendous peach, melon and eantalope industry; and she is one of the very largest hay growing and shipping centers of native hay in tlie south. Augusta Known All Over the World as A Great Cotton Market. In no line of business has Augusta grown more steadily than in its cot ton handling. More than a half mil lion bales of the fleecy staple have been received during tlie year while the average of twelve years is more than 350,000. In this regard the su premacy of Augusta began long ago. As soon as the cotton gin was in vented near Augusta by Eli Whitney, the industry of cotton cloth making took on a new impetus all over the world, and the local merchints of that day soon established a wide spread reputation l’or fairness and progressiveness. Tlie business has grown until today in all the inland cities of the world only one out ranks Augusta, and that ity has a natural advantage In its location on tlie coun try's greatest river, navigable all tlie year around, ttiat is suprmaey mili tates against Augusta's claim to great ness in the cotton world. Here is located next to the largest cotton warehouse in tlie world, with u capacity of 80.000 bales, and so con structed that their insurance rates are of the very lowest, being excelled, it is stated, only at Bremen, on the other side of the Atlantic. In 1791 the entire export of cotton from the United States was hut 189,- 000 pounds, all told, or about 379 bales; but at this time an inventive THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA. genius was at work on a machine des tined to revolutionize the textile in dustries of the world. Eli Whitney, who was born in Westborough, Mass., l>ee. 8, 1765. after completing his ed ucation at Yale, came to Augusta. Young Whitney worked out the idea of a machine for preparing cotton for the market, and in 1793 received a patent for his famous gin. His ax perments were made in and near Au gusta. and about two miles south of the city is still to be seen the dam used by him to run his works. A tab let on the walls of the Richmond county court house commemorates his memory and invention. In 180,0 Augusta was considered finite a cotton emporium. For the year 1791 the entire export from the Unit ed States, it has ben said, was only 879 bales. For the year ending Octob er 1, 1800, the export from Georgia alone was 3,444,420 pounds, or 6,859 bales. In 1802 a Liverpool price cur rent quotes Georgia Sea Island cotton, 20 and 35d; upland 14 1-2 and loc. In 1806 the Augusta quotation was 15 and 15 3-4 c.; in 1808, It was 12 and 13c; in 1810 10 and 11 1 -4c; figures in dicating a rapid increase in acreage onpetus to Augusta. Huge warehouses were erected and foundations, broad and deep, were laid for the immense cotton business the city now pos seses. In 1845 there were twelve ware warehouses. capable of holding 70,000 bales of cotton, and three new ones were begun. The wharfage front was 2,500 feet and had cost $150,000. In 1845 the cotton receipts were 202,019 bales. Postal Receipts and Bank Clearings. The steady growth of the city in recent years is shown in figures more accurately than in any other way. Elsewhere in this issue may be found tlie bank clearings, which ran from a little over $48,000,000 in 1899 to more than $127,000,000 in recent years, a startling fact indicative of great ad vancement in every walk of business life. Scarcely less Important are the annual receipts of the United States post office at this point. Year by year they have advanced in almost regular ratio, with the exception of the panic year, when a small decrease was shown. The figures for the past dozen years, taken seriatim, are: 1899- . .$ 62,47i.54 1900- 63,634.88 1901- 67,7X4.44 1902- 74,227.13 1903- 81,443.62 1904- 88,759.87 1905- 101,887.39 1906- 111.529.83 1909- 124,221.95 1910- 135,556.81 1911- 143.494.11 1912- . 152,128.90 1913- 156,159.91 A Flourishing City With Unsurpassed Facilities. Augusta is one of the most solid cities In the south. The occasional periods of depression that sweep the country find the “Queen City of the Savannah Valley” little disturbed. Its credit is at the highest, and its mer chants and manufacturers of the best rating. Situated at tile head of nav igation on the Savannah river, it en joys a water transportation that brings low freight rates and makes it a noted distributing point for the two states on which it borders. Just now it faces a period of progress that is only half credited by those who have always considered It a city noted for its conservatism. During the past two years there has been a rejuvenes cence that has aroused admiration everywhere. A great water-power J. CAREY LAMAR HjjjiL *> M -Sfly. V — ■ “Shenandoah,” North Augusta, S. C., Secretary and Treasurer • f Hs. H. H. CLAUSSEN Director Albion Kaolin Co. development on the river above the city furnishes hydro-electric pow er at an extremely low' rate, which means the removal of one of the hin drances to the city’s growth in recent years. Its.suburbs have been annext ed. not only increasing the population within the corporate limits, but ad ding greatly to its taxable wealth. A Noted Winter Resort.—The Most Successful in the South. Few places in the south have a wi der fine reputation as winter resorts than Augusta. With a mean temper ature of forty-eight degrees for the three winter months, it unites a sa lubrity that has made it famous over tlie entire continent. Mr. John D. Rockefeller annually spends a period of rest at the noted Hon Air Hotel on the hilltop. Here also comes Presi dent Taft when he can slip away from his duties. The Armours, the McCor micks, Henry C. Frick, ,T. S. Kuhn, Robert Lincoln, and many others, whose names are familiar throughout the nation, spend a part of the cold season here and are yearly more and more pleased. Thousands of those who go to Florida at the height of the season return by way of Augusta, which serves as an excellent medium between the warmth of that noted land and their homes farther north. Scores of those who came to Augus ta for a few weeks *ere so charmed that they have become landholders and builded themselves pretentious residences in w’hat is known as the cottage colony on the hilltops that surround the city proper The Haipp ton Terrace and the Partridge Inn are two other winter hotel resorts with a deservedly good reputaation for ex cellence of cuisine, service and ap pointments. Golf is played all .the year round, the number of sunshiny days adding much to the city's attrac tiveness as a winter resort. The dou ble course of the Country Club is known wherever golf is played in American. while the course of eighteen holes at the Terrace is scarcely less famous. Remarkable Climate. Augusta's lame us a winter resort is largely due to its excellent climate, especially the relatively large number of days on which the sun shines. No better proof of these statements can be obtained than is found in tlie re sume of a meteorological year pre pared by Local Forecaster E. D. Emigh, of the United States Weathr Bureau, who says: Th mean temperature for the year was 66.0 degrees, or 2.4 degrees above the normal. The highest temperature rcorded during the year was 99 de grees on June 4. and the lowest was 21 degres on January 4th. Seasonal temperature normals: Spring, 64 degrees; Summer, 64 de grees: Autumn. 64 degrees; Winter. 47 degrees. Annual mean tempera ture. 64 degrees. The highest temper ature ever recorded was 105 degrees, August 2, 1878, and the lowest w r as 3 degrees, February 4, 1899. Range in thirty-six years. 102 degrees. The rainfall for the normals: Spring, 11.59 inches; Summer, 15.39 inches; Autumn, 8.96 inches; Winter 11.96 inches; normal annual railfall, 47.89 inches. The last killing frost occurred in the spring, February 25, and the first killing frost, autumn, November 22. L. C. HAYNE '• : • -v« ?■ "iwMw&’&M,*}-: •A 1 ' ■ <x- ■; '■ Vice President Albion Kaolin Company Average date on which last killing frost occurred in Autumn, November 10. During tne year there were 110 clear days, 139 partly cloudy days, ami 116 cloudy days. The average cloudi ness during the year on a scale of 0 to 10 was 5.4. There were 2,821 hours of sun shine during the year, or 63 per cent of the possible amount. During the year the wind blew an average hourly velocity of 6.1 miles. Tlie maximum velocity reached was 38 miles an hour from the northwest on .March 15. The prevailing wind di rection was from the west. Mean relative humidity for the year 8 a. m., 82 tier cent; 8 p. m., 66 per cent; annual, 74 per cent. A Fine Truck Raising District Around Augusta. Augusta is tlie most excellent point for vegetables, trucking, and our cli mate is such that we can have as large a winter crop as summer crop, and a crop that is far more profitable than summer crops. The following are the garden vege tables that grow to perfection about the city; those marked with cross (x) mark are equally as good for fall and winter crop as for spring or summer crop. For the garden: (x) beets, (x) cabbage, (x) carrots, (x) celery, (x) collards, (x) kale, (x) mustard, (xl lettuce, (x) onions, (x) parsnip, (x> rape, (x) radish, salsify, (x) spin ach, (x) turnips. Augusta is also as good a habitat for the folowing crops as can be found elsewhere, and for some of them the location is absolutely ideal: Heavy forage crops; rye, barley, cat-tail mil let, chufas, cow peas, peanuts, teosinte, German millet velvet beans, kaffir corn, pop corn, beggar weed, milo maize, rape. artichokes, sunflower and soja beans. Miscellaneous Field: Corns, cotton, oats, potatoes. (Irish and sweet), rice (upland), wheat, pumpkins, watermel ons. The Albion Kaolin Company A Successful Enterpris Auqusta As a Clay and Kaolin Center Stands High—lts Rav Materials Shipped All Over the United States and Rani Among the Best in the World A strong Company, Well Officered—Mr. Cal Lamar, Pres dent; Mr. L. C. Hayne, Vice President; Mr. J. C. Lamar Secretary and Treassrer; Mr. H. H. Claussen on the Boari of Directors. In a different section of this paper is a pane advertisement of the Albion Kao lin Company. In this illustration are shown some views of the Kaolin Com pany's mine located near Augusta. From these mines is mined a clay product which is shipped and sold in all parts of North America. It is used primarily in the making of clay pottery, china ware, and newspapers. In making the newspaper product it is necessary to be manufactured in conjunction with a wood pulp and the necessary chemicals. The wood pulp comes from Canada and in no other part of the world can it be secured. The same is true of Albion Kaolin clay. The clay is not mined in any other part of the world except in Oeorgia and South Carolina, and the only ndne in Georgia is that of the Al bion Kaolin Company. Mr. Cal B. La mar. president of this company, and also the founder of same, lives on the place having a beautifully arranged home on a very highly elevated plat above the mines within about one-half mile of them. In the page advertisement is shown an illustration of his residence giving one a general idea of how it looks. Mr. Lamar is a very well-known figure around Augusta, visiting this city at quite often intrvals. His brother, Mr. J. C. Lamar, is the secretary of the com pany and is also president of the North Augusta Fertilizer Company, as well as being interested in the South Carolina Clay Mines. Mr. L. C. Hayne is the vice-president and Mr. H. H. Clausseti, with the three officers, compose the board of directors. Each of these gen tlemen are too well and favorably known to go at length on comment. However, let it be said that anything they at tempt has always been a success. There fore the Albion Kaolin Company is one of the largest enterprises in Augusta's vicinity. While it is true the mines are located outside of Augusta, in fact they are within one mile of Hephzibah, at the same time Augusta claims it as one of Its enterprises. in addition to the “AUGUSTA IN ISI4I Grasses: Johnson, vetches, i u ® bur clover, Bermuda, Japan c ® Herds, crimson clover, white c ® orchards. Awnless broome, rescue® Para grass. Among the larger fruits, snl fruits and nut bearers, the folio® grow well about the city: Che® figs, peaches, some summer and ® winter apples, some pears perm mons, plums, quinces, ra’spbe® strawberries, grapes, muscadines® berts pecans walnuts and chestn® A Poultry Center. An interesting industry about 1 city is that of poultry growing I have a large and lively pet stock® and some good poultry farms. ® more poultry farms are said t® soon started, one with SIO,OOO ca® The principal birds are Wyand® Rhode Island Reds, Plymouth R® Reghorns and Brahmas. In the ® ter of Black Breasted Red Game ® tarns, Augusta bears off Ame® national honors. Recently at ® ison Square Garden, New ® Augusta birds, won the first ® w’here millionaires were comp® with their birds and where practi® the best birds of the world were! exhibition. Peach Raising. The most favorable climate and about this city, too, exist for peae Peaches, in fact, throughout the ni today, are known as Georgia peae Aside from a certain district in so Georgia possibly Augusta is the r largest center in the south for industry. The kind usually grow: the Elberta, though other peai have been put on the market in last five years. If the San Jose s< by spraying, is kept down, there is end to this peach business in this ritory. The soil adapted to it car found on most all of our railroads of the city—namely: a loamy soil \ a good red clay foundation. Georgia railroad alone, in one y has shipped about 325 cars of peae gathered from the orchards along line. Rarge areas given-over to pe culture too, on the railroads that I to Columbia, Greenville and Char ton. As regards labor, farm help is so scarce here as in other portion the United States. Farm labor her in far greater supply than it is in of the Piedmont sections of the so and tlie supply here is far more ea obtained too, and in greater num than it is in the north, middle w or west, and it is far cheaper, sls month and board—rent free—is at the usual price for farm labor. In the matter of farm lands, pr vary here as they do elsewhere, : vary acording as Is the locality desirableness of the land itseif. general, however, land values in country in in the Augusta territ may he said to vary from $25 to $t an acre. The Men Who Made It. But allowing for the advantage! soil and climate and location, Augi could never have reached the post she occupies in the citton world ha not been for the traders—the who buy and sell and manufaci cotton, compress it and ship it abr< for he it known that Augusta annu sends across the ocean, either dire or through some other market tern thousands of bales of cotton wt has first gone to the compress : been rewrapped for its long oc voyage, to Liverpool, to Bremen, Havre, or even to the far dist Orient, Japan being one of the larg buyers of American cotton. From the very beginning Augu 1 merchants showed the right metl in handling the cotton products. It no easy task to overcome the dil dence of the farmer—even his lat hostility toward the city man —ant get him into a friendliness with city folk, and this is exactly whai a certain extent the broker has da. illustration of Mr. Lamar’s home in t page advertisement, are shown tit views,—two of the mines and one of plant. Tills company affords empl ment for from fifty to one hundred borers at various times, some of wh live in Augusta, others living near mine. There are one thousand acres ground occupied by the Albion Ka< Company, and it is said to be the be that there is enough clay in this tr of land to supply the demands for c for the next one hundred and fifty yea comparisons having been made based what has been used In previous times, is a very interesting proposition to through the mine, and Mr. Lamar 1 extended an invitation to any one w wishes to visit this plant, and to sh them just how clay is mined, how it shipped, etc. Niagara’s Level (From the New York Times.) 1 Secretary of War Garrison does in recommending to the House coi mittee on foreign affairs that t power companies at Niagara be hi ited, as in the present regulations, withdrawing but 15,600 cubic feet water per second from the great cs aract on the American side. He do ill, we think, in urging that the r strictions upon importing elect! power from the Canadian side be i moved. Water seeks its level, knows no national boundaries. T American falls would be depleti their grandeur and scenic besu would be Impaired if more of Nil gara's waters were sucked away ( Canada’s side. The companies c* little on whicli bank of the river th( plants are built provided they 'may s ♦heir electricity in the United State