The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-19

contingencies which arise in practice for
utilizing conditions to the wants of ad-
vanced civilized life.
Therefore. in these particulars and for
other reasons presented by the fast grow
ing needs Of these people and Industrial
progress throughout the State, | wish to
correct, in a measure, the misrepresentation
regarding the sufticiency of water in
| Texas and the latent power yet undevel-
oped along the Colorado river for indus
trial purposes without let or hindrance at
ali seasons far more than the present ne
cessities of this State demands for manu-
facturing the raw material growing and
being developed within the confines of
Texas. Her timber. her mineral, her UNI
developed mines and for her sanitary and
domestic uses in advanced civilized COM
munities. Nature. through the channels
OF the Colorado river and tributal water
sheds and surface and suoterranean
drainage area is known to supply Austin
over the present crest of the Austin dam
which flows unchecked and unutiiized to
the sea, sufficient water for every one
inch of water rise above the crest 1000
horse power at least calculation, thus there
has been known to flow past Austin 120
horse power at the time and 1t has been
estimated that 10000 horse power can be
stored for uninterrupted and constant use,
between the floods and the drouth seasons
You think that's too muchl | think That
is too little! Thus ten feet above the
present level OF the crest of Austins dam
at that estimated quantity would con-
serve 10000 horse power at that time
and there is no reason that the storage
water level should ever reach below the
present crest level at any time. The re-
cent difficulties and experiences have
demonstrated that TO De a fact and sets
at rest all doubt, and consequently there
can be no reasonable demand for a steam
plant otherwise than to augment Austn's
already lavish supply of pumping and cleo
tr!c producing machinery All that Is
needed is to Increase the water power by
increased storage capacity of the slack
water lake or tall waters to operate that
machinery.
such is not all Austin needs. She ought
TO set better example in assisting TO
upnuild our Texas home Industries to keen
IN line with the rapid developments and
march Of industrial progress in the South
ana Southern ports located as Austin is in
the very center of this great State. Every.
BODY S interest is subseryed by success
OF the States public institutions and every
citizen is proportionately at loss when
any OF her public work or improvements
iails TO perform its functions Nature has
laVishly done her part in and about Aus
TN and the forecast of her founders reai-
lzed her beauties and advantages which
nave in my opinion never been over
rated. The difficulties complained OF are
not natural or engineering ones, but may
readily be traced TO the blind leaders of
The blind and those so blind they will
not see how these difficulties have been
and could now be stopped.
Austin never has nor never can suffer
from natures lack OF a sufficient supply
OF pure water for domestic uses which.
II properly conserved distributed and
utilized, would make her site the most
desirable for Industrial works Not Aus
Tin alone, but along the entire banks o.
the Colorado river. II is practical to be
bcnefited by the Colorado rivers immense
watershed. drainage and discharge waters.
Consequently there can be no pressing de-
mand for steam plant either 10 augment
or to supersede the water power which, OF
al forces Is the most economic for hydro
electric generation and in place OF steam
Tor manufacturing purposes when uninter-
rnpted by frozen winter conditions and
orouthy summer supply and limited nor
NAL intake
In the North steam Is adapted to supple
ment water power only during the frozen
periods. We have simply the reverse con-
dition TO meet and must supplement the
quantity Of water TO be developed In our
lakes and stogaro basins to provide