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Ulysses

The utilisation of waste paper, fells of sewer rodents,
human excrement possessing chemical properties, in view
of the vast production of the first, vast number of the
second and immense quantity of the third, every normal

human being of average vitality and appetite producing
annually, cancelling byproducts of water, a sum total of 80
lbs. (mixed animal and vegetable diet), to be multiplied by
4,386,035, the total population of Ireland according to
census returns of 1901.
Were there schemes of wider scope?
A scheme to be formulated and submitted for approval
to the harbour commissioners for the exploitation of white
coal (hydraulic power), obtained by hydroelectric plant at
peak of tide at Dublin bar or at head of water at
Poulaphouca or Powerscourt or catchment basins of main
streams for the economic production of 500,000 W. H. P.
of electricity. A scheme to enclose the peninsular delta of
the North Bull at Dollymount and erect on the space of
the foreland, used for golf links and rifle ranges, an
asphalted esplanade with casinos, booths, shooting
galleries, hotels, boardinghouses, readingrooms,
establishments for mixed bathing. A scheme for the use of
dogvans and goatvans for the delivery of early morning
milk. A scheme for the development of Irish tourist traffic

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