The Washington times., 1920-10-07
.RAPS WASTE0F.
| WATER POWER.
League Delegates Say Great
Falls Could Save Millions
Annually for D. c.

Millions Of dollars are going TO
waste annually in the District of
Columbia as result Of failure to
develop the Great Falls water power
project, according to Frederick l..
Long, secretary Of the Water Power
League of America, which opened
it's convention at the Hotel Wash
ngton today.
URGES IMMEDIATE USAGE.
at would save the people OF Wash
ington millions Of dollars every year
IL this vast amount OF water power
which Is going to waste every day.
would be developed" declared Mr..
Long" and II should be developed mt
the earliest possible moment"
OtAer water p~wer experts from
all sections Of the eesstry. who are
attending the esnvestie., express~d
stsstisr opsnions, and urged speedy
action In deveiepiaG she water power
Of Great faIis. which would meas
cheaper electricity for residents Of
the National Capital.
WOULD SAVE COAL.
The convention was opened by DIR.
George j.. Swain, president OF the
Water Power League, who declared
development of the water power OF
the United States. an inexhausttble
resource, would result in the saving
Of other natural resources. such as
coal. which lis rapidly diminishing.
lie also said IT would result in
cheaper coal as well as releasing a
large number OF laborers In mines,
the railroads and other industries for
other purposes.
The Federal water power act and
it's administration was explained by
.. c. Merrill, executive secretary OF
the Federal Water Power Commits
sion.
MANY APPLICATIONS.
More than sixty applications involv-
ing from two to three million horse
power. greater in amount than all the
projects acted upon heretofore. have
already been filed with the commits
sion. he told the convention. Scores
OF other projects for which applica-
tions were filed with other depart
ments before the Federal Commission
was established, are expected to be
received shortly.
Some OF these projects said Mer-
rill, involve Developments of a mag
nitude beyond anything hitherto at
tempted in this country and will pre-
sent technical and economic prob
lens of a character which will require
the Federal Water Power Commission
to secure q personnel Of the highest
training and proved experience. II 1t
Is to redeem the responsibilities placed
upon II by the Federal water power
act
ASKS WATER INVENTORY.
Merrill urged that an inventory be
made to ascertain what the water
power resources of the United States
are.
"Other nations have realized the inn
portance OF such information" he said.
Great Britain has made a general
study of the entire British empire and
is conducting intensive studies in the
British Isles and in parts of India
Our next-door neighbor. Canada, has
been carrying on this work for years.
France. Spain. Italy. Switzerland, Nor
way. Sweden. and even Finland, are
far ahead of us in the knowledge Of
their power Resources. Japan 10 max
ing an intensive survey of its entire
territory. All nations are seeking
definite Information for which to plan
for future Industrial expansion. We,
alone. seem to be content with mere
conjecture
The league will give a banquet at
the Washington tonight and will close
it's convention tomorrow afternoon.
Officers OF the league are George r.
Swain. president; Charles T. Root. vice
president; Frederick l.. Long, secre-
tary. and George NJ. Burns, treasurer.