Show SENTIMENT SENTIENT WILL NOT SAVE NIAGARA Commercial Necessities to Govern Govern Gov Gov- em ern Permits for Utilization of Power SECRETARY TAFT DECIDES Equal Amount o of Water to Be lie Taken From I Koch Ench Side Not to Certain mount Amount Washington ton Nov 26 CommercIal Commercial necessities and not sentiment will govern in the granting o of permits for forthe or ortho tho the utilization of the waters of Niagara Falls for Cor the cr creation of power and for the tho transmission of or power for Cor Industrial industria Indus indus- trial tria pursuits This was waR the HIP decision reached by the secretary of ol war this afternoon after aCter devoting an entire da- da day dato to hearing healing ar arguments for and against against- the further u diversion erslon of oC the waters o of Niagara Falls The American Civic H association o of ot I Philadelphia In th the main opposed tho the Issuance of or any further permits holding holding hold hold- ing that recent legislation on the subJect sub sub- subject was not mandatory but that lint it merely vested in the secretary of or war discretionary discretional powers to accept or re reject reject rp- rp applications for 01 permits Its plea pla was as the Uw preservation of Niagara Commercial bodies from rom upper tipper New NewYork NewYork York state and corporations having large lalle Interests on the American and Canadian SilO side of the falls fails presented pre pre- seated facts acts in support of their contention that the waters of Niagara could b be further diverted dl without injuring lie tho falls ani anti and I that the refusal to Issue permits would would cause caus heavy heay financial lo loss s directly to toa toa n na a number Of t c corporations und and Indirectly indirectly indi Indi- to th the p people o of New Nw York state tate Secretary H Taft TaCt In announcing that the hearing would begin at 10 o'clock said ald that the question would be bp discussed discussed dis dis- cU cussed Nl on the basis that the permit would 1 h be granted II and anti that the matter matt to be In determined would be solely as to the amount o of water to be allowed e to tobe tobe be bc taken by 13 each company Great fit Plants to lie He Erected At this afternoons afternoon's session W. W C C. EI Ely of speaking for the thC chamber chamber cham chain ber of if commerce and commercial In Interests Interests In- In generally of the entire frontier along the Niagara and also 10 F F. L. L Stet Stetson on counsel rO for the Niagara la l Ia Falls Power company compan- and for fOl the Canadian Niagara company contended for or the I issuance of further pel permits mils General Francis V. V Iw Gret Insisted that th the purpose of the law Jaw was to insure that an equal amount of water he be taken from each side and that the former Cormer plan provided for the erection of or plants that would produce hor horsepower on each side Ide and that it was wa this thi status tatus quo which should now be maintained The American Civic association a through it Its president J J. J II H. McFarland declared that If he could be satisfied that the depletion of the wa water er passing over o the falls would not exceed that amount and that there would wO be no further inroads than those thos l by the tho pIe present exl existing ti g com coin l t h nA not snot rR e a Word 1 or protest This concluded tolay's ses acs- cs- cs sion slon |