Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-03-11 | Page 12 | Pyrenees' Water

PYRENEES' WATEE JOTO Flan to Regenerate France'lW Manufactures. A remarkable plan Is froiwii the I'lgnto for tho utilizations' nlnfall of the P)renees lo reiw the waning manufacturing Inl of Prance. The proposal, Mil Westminster Gazette, Is to if Milliyn nil along the chain, hell tho mountain torrents In KfJ artllltlal lakes, repulate lh " run II through turbines and ur rale electric power, Thla l r miiclt what In now done onl scale, In Swlt7er!and, nnd n" f.eneva. hut It Is calculated W terprlslng nnd compreheniin ' peering might unlock no J"' lOOein'Ofl horse.power or almi horse power employed In all u torlen of r.urope- from the "r range, and supply It at aboiitM" the cost of Ihn power r"""j uleam 'Ihe successful adopll scheme would, nf coarse mil' nt the foot ot the Pyreneei " grestesl Industrial centres criw" and It will be .interesting t"'' r practical men take It P VJ cent trouble with the miner! tempt them to consider It.