Show FEAR FOR NIAGARA rk IMMENSE VOLUME OF WATER DIVERTED FROM FALLS commercial enterprises are re making heavy drains drain othis on famous show pie its it tremendous electrical electric power the inducement niagara falls august 7 the th volume of water being diverted irom from the historic niagara falls is I 1 reaching ng such ucb proportions that tho the people 0 of the state are trying to page paa lam jams which will prevent the pos sibil out of 0 this ity of a practical wiping sublime natural spectacle water sufficient clOnt to develop nearly five hundred thousand horsepower horse power continuously twenty tour four hours hour per dy day for or industrial purposes Is now being taken from rom the river above the tha falls fall and further developments develop meota re more loore mater ater are contemplated probably the large urgent st user ot of tho the electricity produced by tho the waters or the mighty river la is the concern aich by the live or six thousand degree heat beat of 0 the electric furnace arnace brings lime and coo coke into unwilling union thereby producing what Is known as aa calcium carbide dry calcium carbide Is lifeless as so 0 o much broken rock but in ill contact with ith water it springs into activity and an begets abundantly the gat gas acetylene the light resulting from rom the ignition ot of acetylene Is the nearest approach to a sunlight kanom 0 these facts though ot of campara com para i lively recent discovery discover were soon boon seized by men with an eye to the commercial 1 possibilities and today calcium carbide Is 13 being shipped everywhere find and used tor for dispelling darkness in buildings of 0 all descriptions from the ordinary larn barn ot at the farmer to the country villa of 0 the wealthy as a wel as aa tor for lighting the streets of 0 a larte number of towns acetylene can be easily a and cheaply eagly installed and the manufacture and sale of 0 acetylene generators has become a business ot of recognized standing has haa assumed large proportions aad it Is steadily growing |