Congressional edition Volume Ñ. 4719

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...plants to be abandoned. The old-school millers are dying off and the younger men, failing to find the operation of a small isolated mill remunerative enough, abandon it and seek other fields for employment. The water power is employed in both these drainage areas for a much greater variety of work than in the other drainage areas. The isolated powers are still mainly used in flour, feed, and saw mills, but the power developed by the "hydraulics" in Dayton, Middletown, and Hamilton is used in a nnmlior of different industries. The large paper mills of the two last-named places derive at least some of their power from this source. In a few cases where the water power is not sufficient, steam has been substituted and the water of the privilege used for boiler supply, washing purposes, etc. The Hamilton "hydraulic" supplies some 12 mills and factories with 434 horsepower. The water is brought from the river by a race 5 miles long and is distributed to the various powers in such a way that some have the full head of 26 feet from race direct to the river, a few have a 13-foot head between the race and a tailrace, emptying into the old river bed, the remainder having 18 feet head from a second level to the river. The full head of this last group is not used at present, there being 7£ feet fall between the first and second levels." The next important power is found at Middle town, where the State dam sends a part of the flow of the river to a "hydraulic" or waterway, which now supplies 658 horsepower to (3 plants, including the city waterworks. The fall is obtained directly between the waterway and the river, and varies from 17 to 18 feet, according to the location of the power. This power is good for from ten to twelve month...