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Appropriation:

Unexpended balance made by Burton Act (Ladue)
Would make unexpended, available (Ladue).

Army engineers (See also Engineers.)

Reports of authority on diversion (Watrous)...

Auburn, public utilities operated by Niagara power (Sawyer).
Average diversion. (See Diversion.)

Barge canal, Conservation Commission's jurisdiction of (Carmody).

Barden, Capt. W. J., letter of Francis L. Stetson to......

Barton, Philip B., testimony of....

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Efficiency

Electric Light Co., Niagara & Cataracts Co. no controlling interest in.

"Gentlemen's agreement,' none with Buffalo Co..

Horsepower, cost of...

Hydraulic Power Co.-

Competition with..

Where and to whom it sells power..

Hydro-Electric Commission, pays cost to point of delivery

International Railway, Niagara Co. sells power to....

Investment, total of, Niagara Co....

Lockport, who sells power to.

Mackenzie-Mann Co., why they refuse to import power....

Measurements, how made...

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Taxes paid by..

Why it does not distribute in Buffalo.

Ontario Power Co., relationship to Niagara & Lockport Co.

Peak of the load....

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Summary by, of official documents (Brown).

Biggar, Leander A., v. Empire Water and Power Co., decision United States

court, district of Colorado in case of..

Bill proposed by New York (Carmody).

Bixby, Gen. Wm. H., testimony of...

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Additional water, nobody has a right to say who shall get it.

Advice technical without regard to scenic beauty (Brown).
American Falls-

East of Goat Island, effect of diversion on..
Effect of diversion..

Boundary line, no effect on

Burton Act, power developments preceded
Canada will use power not exported...
Canadian-Niagara Co. has drop of 140 feet..

Canadians using about 11,000 cubic feet.

Chicago Drainage Canal, amount of allowance.

Chicago, figures at Niagara nothing to do with..

Congress must say how additional allowance be divided..

Conservation power companies should utilize the greatest power in inter-
est of..

Diversion-

Canada and United States will use all the water they can take.......
Effect of

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Not materially affected.

The lower down water is taken the less injury to.

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Niagara Falls-

Cause of rapid and slow flow, effect on Lake Erie.
Effect of diversion on scenic beauty..

Difference in American and Canadian levels explained.

Diverted water does not go over.......

Hydraulic & Manufacturing Co. utilizes its water drop..
Maximum diversion under treaty would not be noticeable..
Pictorial difference due both to low water and diversion..
Plan to make fall of water uniform....

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Scenic beauty, effect on, if maximum diversion allowed.
Where will line be drawn as to amount of water to be taken.

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Niagara Falls Power Co., lack of development.....

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Bixby, Gen. Wm. H.-Continued.

Niagara River (above Falls), effect of diversion on.

Dam at lower end..

Diverted above Falls.

Photographs, Horseshoe Falls show three contrasts..

Power importation of no interest from engineering viewpoint.
Price, utilization of water at the greater head would cheapen.
Summary of statement by (Greene).

Water waste, no control over...

Would not urge preference of any other company to (Brown).

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Blackstock, George H., testimony of...

Canadian Power Co., among what companies distribute.

Hydro-Electric Co., no connection with.

Efficiency of...

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Bogart, John, State engineer and surveyor, letter of (Stetson).

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Canadian power, transmission of......

Niagara Falls Electric Transmission Co.--

Future operations...

Permit, fullest interest in maintaining.

Statement in behalf of Niagara Falls & Electric Transmission Co.

Board of Trade, Niagara Falls, resolutions of..

Boundary line:

At Terrapin Point (Greene)..

Boundary stream:

Boundary waters between the United States and Canada, treaty concerning. 393-398

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Additional, for power and for sanitation, etc., discussed...

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Want grant similar to that of Mississippi River Power Co..
Flood abatement.....

Horsepower, how greater development may be obtained..

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Keokuk & Hamilton Water Power Co., act granting rights to.

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Is water "at head" taken from..

Pollution, will stop...

Objections to abstracting water from Lake Erie and from Niagara River

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Petition in behalf of Erie & Ontario Sanitary Canal Co....

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Statement of..

Riparian rights..

Sanitation and navigation, objects of canal (Bowen).

Sanitation, suggested amendment in interest of....
Securities, statistics of local and miscellaneous..
Senate Document No. 105 quoted....

Sewage disposal......

Comprehensive scheme for.
Proposition...

Simmons bill-

No objections to, amended...

Proposed amendments to.....

Smith bill, proposed amendments to..

Tawney, Hon. James A., question as to construction of treaty.

Treaty, article 8 prescribes uses for water..

Uses, article 8, treaty 1909, prescribes.

Water, amount necessary.

Bridgeburg, Canadian price at (Barton)

Brief for Erie & Ontario Sanitary Canal Co. (Bowen).

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British anecdote (Spencer).

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American and Canadian power companies, equitable position of both (sum-
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Bixby, his advice technical without regard to scenic beauty.

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Fixed limit of consumption based on Niagara Co.'s figures.
Passed on basis of preserving scenic beauty.
Status of companies before enactment.

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Temporary, to get information upon which to base treaty.

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Campaign of scare.

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Canada, reservation of power for use in.

Canadian companies, restriction of importation would encourage.
Canadian Niagara Power Co.-

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Brown, Rome G.-Continued.
Canadian power-Continued.

Restriction of importation repugnant to treaty.

Right of United States to prevent importation, discussed.
Importation can not be restricted-agrees with Scovell...
Importation of, to prohibit will not protect scenic beauty.
Chandler-Dunbar case cited ...

Colorado decision does not here apply..

Congress-

Has right to legislate within certain limits..
Impracticable for, to determine exact limits, etc., in advance.
Constitutionality of proposed legislation discussed..

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Dissents from view that flow of Niagara River public property (Scovell).. 163, 164
Diversion-

Act should be elastic enough to permit proper division...
Additional, companies will have market for.

How determined by Burton Act and treaty.

Legal rights as to use of, discussed

Amount of, how and why fixed..

Per second and per day, difference in..

Effect on American side..

Right to make, acquired by name..

Riparian owners a legal right to make..

Without return to river; right to interfere with, discussed
Division-

Congress can determine general policy of, not details..
Elastic act would permit proper (Brown)..

Of additional diversion, methods discussed.
Egbert, C. C., notes by, from official documents.

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Electrical Development Co., horsepower transmitted by.
Epidemic of agitation unjust..

Equities-

What, if any, should be considered..

Will Congress refuse to consider?..

Extra diversion would not appreciably affect navigation.
Federal control, limitations of..

General conclusions....

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Interests of, and of Niagara Co., similar..

Industrial grandeur, scenic beauty plus (summary).

International boundary streams, laws and decisions cited hold as to..

Lake Erie-

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Limitations of new law should be same as those in treaty..

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