Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-25
NOW TIME TO ACT JURY BLAMES RIxEY
w. c. Dodge Opposes Delay in Holds Him Responsible for
Securing Great Falls Power. Trust Company Failure.
WRITES CHAIRMAN TAWNEY REPORT MADE TO JUDGE
Commend Committee for Striking Eight Are
Out $4,000 for Investigation. Against President
REPORTS AT HAND, HE SAYS SAYS HE OvERDREw ACCOUNT
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Engineers in asst Virginia Safe Deposit
Gives Trust Corporation
W. c. Dodge Opposes Delay in
Securing Great Falls Power.
WRITES CHAIRMAN TANNEY
Commends Committee for Striking
Out $50, 900 for Investigation.
REPORTS AT HAND, HE SAYS
Lays Particular Stress on Work of
Engineers in Past-Judson
Gives Explanation.


prfations committee today received let
ter from W. c. Dodge, a local patent
attorney. commencing the action of the
appropriations committee in declining to
include in the District Of Columbia ap-
preparation bill. taken up in the House
Yesterday, an item Of $4,000 for inyes-
tigation of the Crate Falls power site.
Mr.. Dodge announces himself as entirely
In favor Of the construction Of a munich
pal power plant at the falls, but insists
that enough investigations have been
made and that the time has come to take
some action.
Seeing in The Evening STAR says Mr.
Dodge in his letter to the appropriations
chairman. your remarks with reference
to the Great Falls water power PROPOSE
ton, and that you had not seen the for
mer reports thereon, as an old resident
of Winona and now Of this city, l would
say for your information that very full
reports were made by Col. Elliott and
Capt. King. by order OF the Secretary of
War in 1894. both as to the power and the
title to the property.
You will find this in Senate document
154. second session, Fifty-thir Congress;
House report 1898. second session, Fifty
session. Fifty-third Congress. In 1894
Senator Proctor favorably reported Sem
ate bill 1859 with report 800. but 1t was
not acted upon. and in 1895 he again re-
ported on Senate bill 1893 in Senate report
66S. This bill contained some amend
nents suggested by Col. Elliott. 1t was
unanimously reported, strongly favoring
the proposed acquisition. and think. al
though I am not certain on this point,
that 1t passed the Senate.
One Report Not Published.
'In addition to the above the geological
survey, at the request of the District
Commissioners. has recently completed a
survey, not yet published, as far as l
know.
1T is pity it was not done years ago,
ready made. l cannot see why $4,000 or
100000 more should be spent for the
same purpose.
Il also have the elaborate report of an
engineer made for the Great Falls Power
Company, but l think II is extrayaRant-
made to sell the property
Baltimore has just brought electric
current into the city from q water power
site on the SusQuehanna river. forty miles
distant, more than twice the distance
and there can be no doubt that IL proper
~ managed it's introduction here would
be q great saving Of expense and pay for
itself in a few years.
Maj. Judson. who was at tho Capitol to-
day, told q Star reporter that the Com
missiOners were not only aware that va
rious investiga tons had been made of the
Great Falls power site and various reports
introduced in Congress. but that they
were familiar with the contents Of these
various reports.
Maj. Judson Explains.
But. Maj. Judson explained. the So, 600
proposed to be appropriated in the Dis
trict bill which was favored by the sub
committee but cut out at an executive
session of the entire membership Of the
appropriations committee, was not for the
purpose of making an investigation pure
| and simple. 1t was for the preparation
of plans for power site, 80 that, should
Congress care to authorize the Inaugural
ton Of the project, there would be moth
ing more to do than appropriate the nee
essary money.
Mai. Judson, while he thinks it would
be good thing il Congress should appro-
pirate this $4,000 at the present session.
does not claim that there is necessity for
great haste in undertaking the Great
Falls power project.
Inasmuch as 1t is planned to construct
the power plant at the same time that
the local water supply is augmented
something that will not be absolutely
necessary for a dozen or fifteen years-it
can be seen that the Commissioners are
not working themselves into perspira-
ton in their efforts to get the power
project Endorsed at this session Of Con-
sress.