The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-07
Recommended By Engineers

'eThe board of engineers say in their re- port: The board considers this plan for power development to be the most faVor- able one that has been proposed and to be very desirable of accomplishment If 1t is found to be practicable to carry 1t out in such a manner as to reduce the ulti- mate cost to the United States of the im- provement in the interests of navigation
 And the acting chief engineer says: It 1 is deemed proper to add that early con- sideration of the bill by Congress is inn portant. as in the absence of congression- al sanction of the proposition the depart ment would not be justified in suspeno- | Ing or delaying for any considerable pe- riod the prosecution of the work already Icontracted for at dam No. IT. And unless the necessary legislation is enacted within reasonably short time the work must proceed in accordance with the rlans here tore adopted.
 l "This plan also saves the cost of main talning and operating four additional locks and dams which will be olimin- ated by 1t, which amounts to approxi- mately s2o.OOO per annum.
 "This plan of improvement completes a stretch of river 56 miles in length on the Warrior and Mulberry prong, about 20 miles up the Locust fork, another prong of the Black Warrior river This reaches
 
 critics in the state of Alabama. It should be a great factor in the transportation of coal to cities and towns bordering the Gulf of Mexico and for government coal ling stations near Mobile, Dauphin island. New Orleans and the Panama canal be- sides aiding in the creating of electrical power, which will be distributed among private individuals and manufacturing plants of the Birmingham district, con serving vast amount of coal
 Engineers recommend the massage of this bill at this extra session as they do not want to jncnr any delay in 1he i'm provement of the Warrior river or any financial inconvenience that might incur to the contractor through an unreasonable delay"
 Friel Discusses Project
 T. H. Friel of North Birmingham. who has been behind the Warrior river power project has just returned from New York and Washington. He said yesterday tha, . New York capitalists and several prom. inent men of Birmingham are interested in the project and that details of the } plan would soon be announced to the peo pie of the Birmingham district ."The amendment to the Senate bill ha. delay ed the passage said MT. F'riel yes [ terday. "and but for that 1 believe W, would have already secured action upol the lock proposition. lhe plan met witl favor among all those interested, bu some western senators objected to par wherein we agreed to pay fee for thu power generated. It was suggested tha such would be precedent which migh have to be followed by western wate | consumers.
 , That feature was stricken out and tn bill will be adopted soon. If the Senat adjourns until Monday without gettin to that bill, then 1t will beApassed Mon day. l am of the opinion that an electri plant will be erected and the power fror the dam utilized for Bessemer, Birmine , ham and other cities. An untold suppl , can be generated there from the power l am perfectly willing to announce all tn l details of the proposition. as soon as tn bill passes the Senate. do not uhnd say ing that the financial arrangements hay been negotiated and the proposition hs virtually been underwritten by Nc, Tor capitalists.'