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Show DANGER TO BIGFALLS Kiarara May Lose Its , Water Supply, Declares D. F. Welsh. ' BUFFALO. N. T., April 15. Before the Westminster- club here last night D. T. Welsh, who was the father of the Niagara Falls reservation and the original promoter of the Niagara Falls Power company, said that the Chicago drainage canal, In connection with the power companies now being formed, were fast relegating Niagara to the past. He said: "Enough applications are In Albany now for permission to build and operate power plants to take water from Niagara Nia-gara rtvef to reduce the flow over the " falls at least one-fifth. , " "The Chicago drainage canal is carry- X . inr a great volume of water downward 'TEward the Mississippi, diverting it . from the falls. The Canadian Government Govern-ment is granting franchises to companies compa-nies to use the water as fast as we are on this' side. - "Steps should be taken to restrict the number of concerns allowed to use the water of the river, or It will not be long before our grand cataract will be gone." |