| Show A A fALLS President of Am Civic Crit Criticizes Criticizes CrIticizes International Waterways Commissions Report WILL PROTEST TO ROOSEVELT of 41 rholo Vl im ml o Country gui I t 1 of fir t I in lui ii ions Ia Lt a May III 9 1 Horace McFarland l ot oC IbIs oily city president pro of oC the tho American Civic association 11 Which organization has hal ha led t o effort for tor thin thu preservation of Niagara Falls a u statement today thin report o C the International waterways 11 coot com n lon transmitted to 10 gres on out l by hy President Ho Ito lIl This ThIM report merely merel tin the I of tho see pec Will thou of tf II the tho waterways commission as liS to 10 27 which wo we 0 1 to 10 Mr MI MIlto April 1111 4 The Th repot t recent the tho of a n total di dl diversion diversion version of ot Niagara Falls water of lit Gt 64 too cubic feet per III r second 8 cond which Is 10 1 0 per cent cont of oC tho Iho th minimum low flow of oC the tho falls fall and would In III hue tho opinion of nil all but hUI the tI power companies I und the thu water ways wars commission serIously dam Ilum tIe ci age lilli the thiC great greal cataract us as a II scenic fell fea feature out ture tute After A careful cordill study elud and titter afier eon colt with Mr Ir Roosevelt this re to 1 pmt lOLL was litIS lI by br ii Mr M lII r i il chairman l of ot till tho rivers harbor commission of the house bouse of lit representatives 1 who ilio framed the II NIagara pies pres tI I act 1111 ltd now known kite rui as time the lid it tn Lodge bill hili This ibis hIll bill upon which many mil II hearings R have been lied Imd stops Mop the Niagara destruction at Rt the present point id ft and by hy prohibiting P ri hi iii the lie t Importation I at tion ot of Nl power would restrain Canadian division It would bo ho for 01 three years giving time for or dl 1 mu action without the of ot Niagara to 10 continue meanwhile in sit U wit Ii e eThe The he report of oC the Iho International wu ira e commission Is 18 hard to under the tile commissioners I believe what they the the assert ns ert that It tt would be n II sacrilege to tt the scenic effect of oh Niagara fulls Saying Baying la this they yet el propose to juIced bleed 40 per ert 1 troll from toni the tite fulls falls giving lull vitality y to all alt ejecting franchise jox one Ohio on and that Ih t one Ie an ulc e t l a It If proposed proponed to 10 allow as iiA a teeny many to 10 stIng u mt IId d n man n his they thought he could coo hi eta nut without in thou t tumbling Id I mug over 01 Wo Ve will renew our iii 1111 r protest 1 to Ims nt al thin thus vicious PO so favorable to Pu the NI Nl grabbers minI and so In ue loll to ti the hue lhota falls ails ta II I We S e have ounces advice from room nil all tOO over America that hunt load lead us Ims to believe lint thol the want tin the tails fulls preserved un unharmed harmed harmell alit not hot tapped for tOI private gain linin to 10 tile the danger point 01 or beyond bt on Mr lr staled that letter letters In Imi lube po lon lS strong atonal support to th tilt 1111 bIlls I |
