Show I FAllS IN CANADA I IARE ARE From time tm to time plans have b been en n evolved e to h me the sea a s and to central cen zen crate po power r from the th motion molon of the tho waves wave and the action of ot the tides So 80 far these thue plans plan have been bun Impracticable Tho rho chief chIe difficulties have JIMe lain In th the ever ver varying character of he the waves Ve and tho the of storms torm Engineers J have hav found that harn a K river In Is 1 a much easier ealler task talk Today there ar are i many largo large and suc uc- uc ci rul properties located along rivers river which are arc g generating electric electrio power by means mean of turbines turbine propelled t by water fAll falls Th These Then properties are Ire known an as al hydroelectric Vh When once once a a. hydroelectric plant ha has haa be been n properly c constructed its Ita Is operation Is I simple simpie This Thil can be understood when one considers the thC of ot power and the fact foet that only a few tew men ar are required to tend the Mr big bit generators generator Tho The Vater Water and low Tower Power r company com corn pany of 01 Canada well wel Illustrates the tremendous tremendous dous dou steps tep which have bove b been en taken In the development of ot hydroelectric properties This company has ha succeeded In ucc i fully harnessing a a. a comparatively large larce river The company's main plant Is I. located At rails falls al on the St. St Maurice river rive Canada The propel properties 1 have now been developed to such luch an extent that t tile company 10 Is II today serving with Ith light and A population of ot equal to About Aboul 17 per cent of the population of ot Canada The Tho Th population served Includes the cities of ot Montreal and Quebec The company owns on or controls control water water powers power In Inthe Inthe inthe the province of ot Quebec of n a 1 capacity Of ot horsepower or about what Is I now dev developed loped In all al the powers power of 01 Niagara NICAra fall fails tal This water vater power has hae already ady been ben developed developed devel devel- td Id the ext extent nt of horsepower horsepower b being ln undeveloped The fundamental soundness of hydroelectric hydroelectric hydro hydro- electric properties Is I so 0 obvious that their securities ar r are ranked among tho the highest grade KrAde by many of ot our tron strongest ut financial institutions Institution such uch M as A trust companies and nd Insurance comp companies |