DEVELOPMENT OF POWER AT NIAGARA.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 104, 15 April 1911, Page 4 (Supplement)

DEVELOPMENT OF POWER AT NIAGARA.

The development of Niagara’s energy for light and power purposes proceeds apace. It is estimated that at the close of the p’,es»nt years the manufacturing centres of Western Ontario will be taking current supplied by the Hydro-Electric Commission, the Electrical Development Company and the Dominion Power Company, which will displace a consumption of something like two million tons of coal a year. That is to say, if water produced electricity were not available, public and private corporation in the region would have to import that quantity of coal yearly, paying duty thereon at the rate of 45 cents per ton, or 12 cents petton for slack coal. It follows, therefore. that the consumers served by Niagara power have been placed in a position to save not less than GOO.OOO dollars yearly i n the form of taxes on coal formerly paid into the Dominion Treasury It is no doubt partly due to this cheap untaxed power that the manufacturing enterprises show such remarkable development of late in the cities and towns served by Niagara power Considerable portions of Ontario. however, are still outside the reach of w >t* r-- ro Im e 1 p w"r. and they suffer in contrast with their favoured rivals an inequality which cannot be allowed to continue. The result, it is stated, will be to bring about a demand and with every’ right that such towns should be relieved of coal duties in order to place them on something like equality with their competitors.

THE OLDEST FLAG

Die flag of Denniark. a plain red banner bearing on it a white cross, is the oldest flag now in existence. Fot -»G0 years both Nwway and Sweden were unit ’ll with Denmark under this flag. In the veai 121!). King WaH e . mar. of Denmark, when loading his troops tn battle against the Livonians, saw or thought he saw a bright Imht in the form of a cross in the skv. He huld this appearance to he a jiromise of Divine a*d. an l presser] forward to victory. From this time he had the cross pinend on ti:e flag of his country, and r.-il’ed it the Dannebrog, that is, the strength of Denmark.

Man is never too old, nor is it ever too to try to mend fortunes habits, and characters.