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Show 'Miscellany Canada's 'Water Power. The demand for more hydro power at Niagara raises once again in concrete form the problem of water-power development devel-opment in" .Canada. Among the important impor-tant questions tliat will engage the attention at-tention of goernments after the war, the utilization of Canada's water resources is one of the most urgent and practical. A comparison shows that the development per capita of hydro-electric power is 4S7 horsepower per loOU of population. In comparison with fuel power the hydroelectric hydro-electric is very cheap. In Canada this is important, where fuel has to be imported. im-ported. The industrial growth of the dominion will depend largely on the cheapness of power. The dependence of this country on coal mines of the United States will some day prove of serious concern to Canadians, unless steps are taken to utilize availa.ble water power for healing as well as lighting and driving driv-ing power. It no longer baffles engineering engi-neering skill to heat widely scattered buildings from a central plant. As professor pro-fessor .1. C McLennan ic-cent!y pointed out, this is now done at the University Univer-sity of Toronto. The heating of a citv or town from central plants is as feasible an engineering prn;..osit ion as the lighting light-ing of a city. Were the United States at war and all exports stopped, or railway rail-way communication interrupted, the consequences con-sequences for Canada would be serious. One of the "key" industries of Canada is cheap and uninterrupted power. Xo great strides can be made by the dominion do-minion in any of her national industries and undertakings until statesmen realize the importance of mobilizing the water power of the country and of harnessing it to the manifold needs of the nation. na-tion. Toronto Globe. |