The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1906-02-22
l, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY %. 1906.
WILL HARNESS WHITE RIVER.
General Standish to Develop Power Along
White and James Rivers.

about the water-pOwers owned by my
self and wife on the James river /
Stone county and on the White rive
in Stone and Taney counties of Mi.
souri,, and what is TO be done to develo
them and when this development is +
commence. These powers are goo,
property to hold and pay taxes on "a
the demand for electrical power is in
creasing, and new inventions are dali,
making water power more valuable
but we have these powers to develol
and desire to do this at the earliest da,
practicable: but all OF these powers
save that on the James above Galen,
| the smallest Of any OF them) lie Oh
government waters which We have n,
right TO tunnel or dam without tn,
consent Of congress. We therefor,
shall do nothing to develop any o
them until congress declares the Jane,
and White rivers throughout Stone ant
Taney counties, Missouri, TO be unnav
igahle, and enables US to tunnel ant
dam, and the people to build wagor
bridges over them throughout the ex
tent OF these two counties. As soon q,
this is done We shall incorporate ant
proceed TO improve and develop this
powe" for commercial use, and to give
the mine owners near by in southwest.
ern Missouri and northern Arkansa.
who will be our greatest patrons) the
manufacturers, capitalists and business
men OF this region the first chance to
become part owners OF these properties.
lini before the people of this region
can see this they must, by petitions.
letter and the use OF their press, pre-
vail on their members of the house and
their senators in congress to have this
suggested legislation made, and this
should be done at once so as to secure
this legislation before this congress
adiourEs.
In this connection we would suggest
That water power electricity is carried
100 miles To Los Angeles and 230 miles
to San Francisco and then beats steam
power IN cheapness, or it would not be
carried that far or be maintained and
operated: and aside from this COM
pany OF $40, 0,O00000 has recently been
Incorporated TO own, develop and op.
crate other water powers on the Pacific
coast; while Edison tells us that i'm
provements in electricity are certain
that will bring into use every water
power in the world in the very near
future. In addition to this il ia said
by one who should know that In the
Joplin mining district, including
Springfield. Aurora, etc, and exclus-
i've OF steam railways, that there Is now
over 100000 steam horse power in use.
The burden which the cost OF this
imposes on the mining, manufacturing
and other industries of this section is
enormous and will be greatly reduced
by the development OF the water powers
which we have, as the capacity Of these
powers is more than sufficient TO sup.
plant all this steam power. In addition
to this these powers are tributary to
the mines being opened in Taney coun.
ty, Missouri, and the counties border.
ing fancy Oh the south and southeast
in Arkansas, nearer TO these water
powers than is much OF the Joplin min
ing district, and electric railways con.
tiguous to this water power can be con.
siructed and operated for both passen.
ger and freight traffic Tor less than
half the cost OF steam railways, and
they can climb sleeper grades and
make shorter curves than steam rail.
ways, and several such electric rail.
ways are projected by the people when
these water powers shall be developed.
All these things must remain In abey-
ance until congress acts In the prem
ises.
AS to the actual nayigability OF the
james and White rivers from Galena,
Mo-, TO Cotter, Ark: Between these
points the river is spanned at Branson
by railway bridge, with not so much
as a draw 10 let vessel or steamboat
through. The only boat known to be
on either Of these rivers between any OF
these points is little gasoline launch
at Galena that cost in al, probability
less than 5000 and is now out of use,
and Balls Ferry, Ark, s. miles below
Cottcr is as far as any steamboat has
come within the last two years. The
descent in the rivers between Galena
and Cotter by government bench or
survey marks is the difference between
927t feet on the railway bridge at Ca
lena, and $50 feet at COtter or 477t feet
gradual descent with no fall ut any
point TO produce water power save by
tunneling across narrow necks Of land
and damming or tunneling without
damming. The fall to be obtained OH
our power site at Cave Rock naar On ne