VICTORIA FALLS-THE WONDERFUL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 24 January 1907, Page 4

VICTORIA FALLS-THE WONDERFUL.

Tee Victoria Falls represent an en o-rmt-us horsepower. The Daily Tee. graph draws the following pen picture of their size: Niagara -.-., :.mail bv comparison I'.reel a wall ,:s hhrli as the dome oi St. Pair's and re-n-hin-- from Ton-.■::-nam Court nad to' Kdgware ;•■-.-;<■!. which is ,ibi-m llllltl vanls.. . .Uv.-r l lit: the water tumbles during e.-rtai-, and ;.t the period of lowest' wa'e'i- , is still a s reat fall, wei'e al all i im. ■- 'here i- al.s„| m , frecbnn from (In- ic - blocks and anehor ice wliich ,- : i „.„■ llii'dcultv at ,\i;,":i,r,i.. Tln-iu-i- liewater rirslu-s lln-oimdi a zi-za- uoi-e '■r iv.iiiy miles. 'There 'is l'm'sucii concentration tif water auywb.-re c-'c in the explored world. Hydraulic power is to be developed by means of a canal which will lake valer fr a point on a northern bank of tee Zambesi above (lie Fa Is. and deliver it at a convenient spoi ii.-.-v the top of the gorge to the lir.-t or M-Coiul below the Falls. .', , ~.,,. of 211.000 horsepower cap-ieil,- is {■: 'i:l erected at the Kami mil,.'--: a: a centra! modern turbine -..(e.u,, F i .;]:,■■ >t:iml-l.y. Tle-re is soinelliiu-/ ius,,ii- »;: in the ilionebl thai bcf,n':. |, M ., (■ ;;re--:i e'ectrie arterv will be a' work th:i! may .-.limit its' brancie-s i„ ,•;. :,( ar-l l-l't and help to ,-v.iable.!, m-'mv indusirits in the heart of i:l;od\ia. Up near l.iiingsloue industries !rs"va I as tioise |o be found to-dav on the banks of the Niagara. The' only un satisfactory feature about, the" aiilio.nieement is that (|, e la re est part of the material will be supplied by the Allgeiiieinc. Kleetrieitats (iesellsehaft, of licriin—the largest electrical firm' in the world. tint although the major part of the equipment will be mv,--chased in Germany, British trade will also benefit to a great extent.