In this little volume an effort has been made to acquaint the reader
with the splendid present and the glorious future of Buffalo.
Among the great events in the history of industrial enterprises the
turning of Niagara’s water power into electric force is one of the most
portentious.
A vast field, teeming with wealth, lies open to our view, and the
tremendous possibilities--nay, the certainties--for Buffalo are sharply
defined. If one tunnel can be constructed, so can two, or a dozen, or a
score. Power will keep pace with the demand for it--power cheaper than
any other on the face of the earth--and, as it can be easily
transmitted, it will be chiefly used where it can be best used, and that
is, where the acme of shipping facilities is found and must always
concentrate, in Buffalo.
The thunder of the Niagara will remain where the waters leap, but its
swift lightning is Buffalo’s.
[Illustration:
_NIAGARA FALLS_
160 FEET HIGH]
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● Transcriber’s note:
○ Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected.
○ Typographical errors were silently corrected.
○ Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only
when a predominant form was found in this book.