The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-09-28
SOUTHERN ENGINEERS
SHOW SOUTH'S CLAIM
Remarkable Map Prepared by Muscle
Shoals Committee Proves the
Merits of the Location

Merits OF the Location
Designing it primarily to prove thu
advantages of Muscle shoals, on tn,
Tennessee river, for the location o
the government nitrate plant, the nj
trate plant committee of the Nashville
section Of the Engineering Associa
ton of he South has completed {
unique may that is expected to be Of
interest to engineers and business
men throughout. the country. By an
ingenious system it shows the natur-
al resources of the country in every
line in which engineers are likley to
be interested, and presents an easy
means of obtaining information along
these lines that ordinarily requires
consider able investigation.
The map is to be part of a booklet
being prepared by the engineers fer
the engineers for the Muscle Shoals
association, which will explain to the
government officials and to scientists
throughout the country what the
claims of Muscle shoals are. This is
intended to be concise, yet COM
plete, presentation of the facts re.
garding this power site and the reg
on around it. In this way it will
prove valuable advertisement for
the entire south, as a showing of its
resources to the men who will be
most likely aid in heir development.
John Howe Peyton, president of the
Nashville, Chattanooga q st. Louis
railway, is chairman of this commit
tee, and Hunter Mcdonald, ex-presi-
dent OF the American Society of Civil
Engineers, is vice-chairman. W. g.
Waldo of Vanderbilt university is ex-
ecutive secretary and is in active
charge of the work of preparing tlle
brief.
The map includes line paralleing
the borders of the country, showing
the region in which, according to the
war college, this plant. which is in
tended to be used in time of war in
making ammunition from nitrates, It's |
primary product, may be located with
safety.
1t shows also the leading undevel-
oped water power sites of the country
according to the records of the con-
servatron congress. 1t is interesting
to note that Muscle shoals. which has
a primary potential power of 10000 +
and ten-months secon-
dary power of 6S0,000 horsepower, is
he only large site coming within the
region of security, with the exception
of one. that is already developed :,
its limit at high price and is lack +
ing in the materials with which Mus
Gle shoals is surrounded. These
places are indicated with the amount
Of power each can develop.
Productive mineral areas of many
kinds are also presented, with graph
c representations of the amount of
according to government
statistics and equally authentic
sources, and the rank of each district.
It is thus seen that Muscle shoals is
IN the center of a region containing
all the minerals needed for the pur-
poses Of the plant, and that these dis
-ricts are among the largest produc-
ers tof the country. This presenta-
Jon is heaped out by descriptions at
he bottoii of the map. The whole
work will be a valuable record for
he large number of scientists and
who are interested in
natural resources.
Engineers throughout.the south are
becoming interested in the Muscle
shoals project, and many inquiries
are being received by the engineers
for information. 1t is *
pected that the brief will go before
The government officials with the in
lorsement of every engineer in the
south.