Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-17
MILLIONS
ARE WASTED IN
GEORGIA
Engineer Declares City Could
Build Plant to Furnish Electric
ity to All for 100000.

Warren E Hall district engineer
of the United States Geological sur
vey. located in the Federal Building
Tuesday declared that approximate
" 5000, 000-horsepower Of water pow
er IS going to waste per minute with
in a radius Of ESQ miles Of Atlanta.
THE water power available 20 At
lanta Is worth more than all the coal
we can get" declared MI Hall, DE
cause the water viii be here when
the coal Is gone.
None of this water is too far away
20 bring TO Atlanta" continued Mr.
Hall For approximately $10O0.000
a power plant could be built by this
city which would furnish lights for
the entire community for all pur-
poses
Enough power can be developed
10 run all cotton mills. mines and
manufacturing plants that locate here.
] estimate that within the next nifty
years the bulk Of this great amount
Of wasted power will be taken up,
harneSsed and put IN practical use.
Tremendous Profits.
Already are the great power com
panieS Of this state reaping an enor-
NOUS profit from their investment In
water power plants The Central
Georgia Power Company has large
power plant. Columbus has three
large ones The Southern Power
Company in North and South Caro-
lima has five plants The Alabama
Power Company is now preparing TO
build several tremendous power sta
tons. The Tennessee Power Com
pany In Chattanooga has two mann
moth plants and Is preparing TO build
a third Of greater proportions than
the other two combined on the Ten
nessee River
Tine consumption Of these plants l
name does not include the amount OF
power that IS being used by the hun
dreds Of small corporations which
have their own plants to supply their
own properties.
THE total power consumed by all
OF the power companies in this state
does not total 100000 horsepower.
Think what that means and how
much power yet remains undevelopeG.
Enough power could in a short time
be brought to Atlanta 10 furnish cleo
trio current for a score Of electric
railways which could network the en-
tire State"
Even then there would be an album
dance Of power left for the people who
want II. The water power rights are
by no means all bought up by the big
companies, and this is something that
can not be said of the coal lands or OF
any other sources Of power"
Survey Measures Power.
The United States Government Ge-
illogical Survey prepares data free for
all who are interested In promoting
power plants Charts showing the
average rainfall. the fall OF water per
second to every stream, the exact per
Centage Of power obtainable and the
horsepower per second from any given
area. together with many other i'm
portant facts and extensive data, are
furnished 10 power companies.
MI Hall explained that at present
his appropriation is limited to a total
of 1000 per year, which Is INSULT
Client fully to demonstrate to the pub
nc in general just what our natural
resources in water power really
amount 20. Mr. Hall thinks that $40
600 would be more in proportion TO
what other States which have not
the resources that Georgia has are
spending along this line.
"The Western States, California
more particularly subscribe to the
Governments appropriation for the
geological survey These States have
not nearly as much 10 boast Of as
has Georgia The great pity is we
are little slower to see 1t here, +"
said Mr. Hall
Mr. Hall was born in Atlanta and
is a graduate Of Georgia Tech He
IS a young man and has had charge
Of this department for about year
He is much enthused over his work
in fact, so much so that 1t aggravates
him TO see a natural resource OF such
great Importance as the water power
of this State lying dormant