Word: free
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...yard Free Style--Time Trials...
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...yard Free Style Relay--Time Trials...
...yard Free Style--Final...
...against governmental power projects, private power companies realize the vast potentialities of the St. Lawrence. In 1921, Alcoa, General Electric, and Du Pont wanted to buy the rights for power development on the river from Ogdensburg, New York, to Montreal. They were willing to throw the navigation in for free, but were turned down. Although spokesmen for private power claim that the supply is adequate, New York and New England are paying rates that are unusually high for such a highly industrialized section of the country. The Seaway means cheap, plentiful--and public--power...