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Show j The Electrfo Era. j This Is the electric era. Hack In tho centuries that-aro pqst wohnd the stono ago, tho Ice ago, etc., but the' electrical (ngo In purely tho jutlllzatloni of natural forces by tho genius ot man.' In the 25 years last past probably greater progress haB been mado In electrical power development than in any other sphoro of human activity. This has been dono by selontlflc con-, vcislon of power represented tn tho flow of water to an Invlsiblo current to almost everything that required power, light of heat. Twenty five years ngo there were no trolley cars,, no street cars pVdpelled by electricity. This silent but potent force was known, but little used. In a quarter of a century It has come Into general use. NaturnllyHho first development of electric power,ras at the Bource oft the greatest quantity ot power anywhere any-where to be found on earth, the Falls of Niagara. "Harnessing Niagara and Tunneling Catskllls,"' by Edward. T. Williams, lb' National Magazine. - ' '' . . |