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POWER GRANTED
From the Welland Canal to the Cataract Power Co.
[Welland Tribune, 30 April 1897]
The Cataract Power company of Hamilton have obtained the privilege of taking water from the Welland canal to the Welland canal to the amount of 100 cubic feet per second. The water will be taken from the feed race at the lock at Allanburgh. The race will be raised so that the water will be taken from the high level.
The company have applied to Thorold township council for right to cross the township roads. As soon as this is obtained the work will be gone on with.
The company will have a reservoir of their own at or near DeCew falls, for which purpose they will purchase the Campbell farm, which will be converted into a lake, varying in depth from 0 to 15 feet. The pond will back up to the bank of the Swayze quarry.
The company claim that their operations will be the means of giving St. Catharines waterworks pure water instead of the wash of flats as at present.
During the construction of the works a large amount of money will be spent in theh neighborhood of Allanburgh and Decew falls.
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