The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-30

streams by building reservoirs which
would flood a given area of territory
only in the event OF unusual foods
which come only once in several years.
In the intervening period the lands
thus overflowed at long intervals
would be used for grazing and for
timber production.
II
/ Can Regulate All Streams.
/ There is not river or stream fow
| ing into the Ohio river, the flow OF
which could not be regulated by pre-
serving the forests and woodland Gov
er on the watersheds, preventing de-
tnudation and erosion, storing the ex-
cess food flow in artificial lakes, and
thereby regulating, and, SO far as pos
sible, equalizing and standardizing the
] flow throughout the year. This system
Iof control would develop power for
industrial purposes that would more
than justify the state and national
governments in carrying out the pro-
lject solely for power for industrial
uses, and in aid of navigation and In
lterstate commerce, with supplement
al excess storage provided for unusual
foods.
The government IL already com
mitted to plan for the Improvement
of navigation on the Ohio river by the
canalization of the Ohio from Pitts
:. burgh to Cairo, by q system OF locks
and dams which will cost total OF
I 100000, 900 when completed.
] It Is necessary for the continuous
and satisfactory operation Of this sys-
& tenn of locks and dams when COM
! pleted, that the natural low water
summer flow of the Ohio river should
I be supplemented by an adequate reser-
voir system. from which water may be
drawn whenever needed to fill the
pools, prevent stagnation, replenish
|, losses by seepage and evaporation and
y furnish the necessary river flow when
r the natural supply Is inadequate.
e If the Ohio river were continuously
o lnavigable the year round as it might
be made ii the lock and dam system
II were supplemented by an adequate
h RESERVOIR system, the commerce that
e would be developed on that river and
d its beneficial effect upon the CONNER
: |cial and manufacturing industries in
i that section of the country would alone
n Justify the construction of the neces-
Z Isary reservoir system.
vi Power Development.
ID Referring again to the question OF
W Ipower development, the possibility Of
1.-THE creation Of values by such devel
opment Is shown by the plans adopted
by the city of Los Angeles for bring
n ing a municipal water supply from the
:. Owens river, Inyo county, to the city
i. Iof Los Angeles The value of the wat
Il er supply would have justified the cosl
of constructing the aqueduct which
n will bring pure mountain water dis
ii lance Of $50 miles in sufficient guam
ar THY to supply a city of 100000 in
s, habitants.
vi The system will deliver 25OO00, 0OC
q gallons metz every twenty-four hours
into reservoirs located nearly 1,00i
g. feet above the city. 1t consists OF 9s
= miles of covered conduit, 40 miles un
r. covered, Fl miles of open canal, Il
o. ~ '1NeffNH synhonS, 43 miles OF
"a tunnels 10 to 10 feet In diameter, 4
Of reservoirs along the line holding three
d p.onths' supply.
ct The total cost will approximate
IS $25, 100000. and the water power In
cidentally created will be utilized II
producing 10000 H. p. peak load O
electrical energy, the sale OF which
will provide a fund large enough tt
- cover the interest and create sink
ing fund that will eventually paw al
the bonds issued to cover the cost o
=. both the aqueduct and the electrical
n. power.
The people OF the city OF Los An
ol geles will, therefore, eventually be
70 come the absolute owners, withou
- cost to them, of one Of the larges
~ municipal water systems of the world
~ together with the electrical powe
and the income from the sale thereof
~ after the payment of the bonds.
Every tributary of the Ohio rive
ot should be separately studied and
to plan made for it's complete develoI
iii Iment for electrical power and to reg,
mt late its flow so as to prevent food