The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-31
NEEDED iTO.PRESERyE
POWER OF STREAMS )
Congress Urged TO Appropriate
S., 100000 for Vast Forest
Reserves. IL
TO THE SOUTH
Practical Men Point Out H.w
Essential II Is to Regulate
Flows Of Streams.

e WASHINGTON, D. c.. January Cos
Governors and thclrreprcsentative aud
otter State officials, Federal experts,
presidents iof commercial and civic as
and. officers and members
OF a dozen forestry bodies, numbering
In all nearly zoo, and representing all
of the states east or the Mississippi
River except Florida, Illinois. indiana
and Mississippi, appeared as special
forestry delegation before the House.
Comm ittees on "A griculture to-day, and
under the lead ership of Governor Hoke
Smith. Of Georgia. made an exceptions
ally forcefui. showing OF facts and
asuEesYin support OF 1 he Curry bill np-
propriating s5.000000 for the purchase
of about 100000 acres nf mountain
lands In the Appalachian and White
Mountains, TO be held as forest re-
serve for the conservation and COR
troll Of the navlgable and power.pro-
duclng streams of the States affected. /
Retain Their Producing Power.
Sessions were held morning and at.
ternoon In the new House office buiiI-
ing. At each session Chairman Scott,
of the committee, relinqrished control
Of the hearing to Governor SMITH ns
chairman OF the delegation. Though
each State speaker confined himself
w ~ zAiSoSaAS " EliS ktSShIIul IleGuS ia
the section he represented. the major
chord played Upon by all was the vital
necessity OF Federal reclamation Of
the heudwater lands throughout the
White Mountain and Appalachian
chains. and by preservation ana restor-
ttion. conserving and controlling an
nually the stream flows, so that their
vast Notwithstanding capacity shall be
1etnined. Star Ting facts. as to the dirr;-
md yr,,
throughout nearly a score OF States
we're presented bymembers OF the dele
CATION; and in a mast er1y!s up
Governor Smith pleaded. for a favor
ahle report on the bill BY the commit
tee. "NVe did not come here to seek this;
lid OF the next Congress; we want this
ongress to- approp Pirate the money he
mid. ,,s y fls5 &. N A
Governor snitlf said that the esti-
mated area necessary of acauirement
In the Appalachian Mountains for the
conservation and Regulation of the
sire am flows arising there comprises
100000, and in the White Mountains
from, 100000 to 1000. 900 acres.
Chairman Scott, ofsthe comnh ttee, as.
sured the delegation that the case as
presented would receive the most care
ful and earnest consideration.
Grent Vnlnc TO South.
a. NJ. schoen. Of Georgia, represent
Ing the American Institute of Electro
cal Engineers. gave a practical ilus-
{trntion OF the Industrial value OF the.
Appalachian streams and OF the com.
.merctal Importance OF conserving ana
regulating their annual flows He said
that the total estimated horse -powe ar
capacity OF those streams In the South
5ern States should be eaualto the oper-
alton of 1i,ose. 900 spindles. but that til.
constant and increasing .dininutton AM
yearly fluctuations OF the flows hal
necessitated resort 20 auxiliary steatr.
power plants at many OF the Southern
mills.
W. s. Lee. of5charlotte, representing
the State OF North Carolina, chic:
engineer for the Southern Power Cons
pany. discussed the mechanical detail
of the power problem In the South rs
related TO the subject in hand. He
described the sanding up OF gravity
pools as caused directly by deforesta-
ton. and told f.the;s resultant loss OF
electrical force by din1inution OF water
power at the mills. He mentioned onts
instance within his own charge who're
sa,Ooo.oO0 is about to be spent In the
construction of nn auxiliary steam
plant.