The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-26
Will Take All Week
to Settle Matter of
Muscle Shoals Lease
Ford Hearing Will Close
on Tuesday; Others to
Be Given a Chance

WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-Cousid-
Grafton OF the three offers made the
government for lease and operation
OF the Muscle Shoals. Ala, waterpow-
er project should be finished by the
house military affairs committee by
the end OF next week. Representative
Kahn OF California, the committee
chairman. declared tonight
Definite decision not to send the
house committee to Muscle Shoals
With Ethe Senate Agriculture commit
tee ~as also made tonight II ia pos
sibse. according to Chairman Kahn.
that some OF the members may In
spect the project This. however. will
be discouraged 40 every effort will be
made to expedite the work cf the
committee in ending hearings as soon
as possible.
Tuesday should see conclusion OF
the hearings ON the hid of Henry
Ford. it was said tonight
The committee then will immediate
ly take up the rival bid OF the Ala
hama Power company and follow that
With consideration Of the offer Of
Frederick Engstrum. which vas today
referred to the military affairs com
mittee. It may take two or three ad-
ditional weeks for the committee to
frame its report to the house after
hearings on the three offers have
been concluded. it was announced
Hubert Dent former chairman OF
the House Military Affairs committee.
now attorney Tor the Alabama Power
company. will appear before the CON-
uitfee on Monday to combat congres-
sonal acceptance OF the Ford bid
He will acouaint the committee
definitely with the company-s deter
mination to ask the courts to protect
its contractural rights which give II
an option to purchase the property.
plant and equipment it is now oper-
ating at Muscle Shoals.
Decision of the Alabama Power
company to institute these legal pro
cCedlngs is based on a provision In
the contract made during war time.
alleged to have been insisted upon by
the government Thomas w Martin.
president of the company. has told
the committee.
In opposing acceptance of the Ford
bid. representative of the power cor
roration are laying the foundation for
this court action
tudsI!ldu NiiH Hetifteu tpDiknt
that W b. Maze. chief of Ford's en-
gipeers. will also he heard again by
the committee before the hearing on
the Ford pr0osal is clear. Mayo has
publicly announced Ford's intention
to meet demands of several members
of the committee that notifications
he made in the proposed contract In
sistence is made that this intention
he made a part of the committee +
record and Mayo will he recalled for
that purpose The EHgstrum Offer
sent 70 the committee today proposes
lease and operation Of the Muscle
Shoals project for fifty years Eng
strum informed Congress that he pro
posed "a devote the Whole Muscle
shoals project 70 extract nitrogen
from the ait rhv +be best known pro
cess for making the best kind Of nj
trates needed for fertilizers api Il
keen in readiness The hest knoUr
process Of making the kind Of nitrate:
needed for explosives and also To op
crate a research plant for the deyel
opment Of better processes for the Tx
afson of nitrats
I.ngstrum ; bid also pros ides 70
development Of navigation At n.
shoals IS fast IS the dams are com
pletea
Cheaper fertilizer than is aoN mar
keted xiii he proaueesi and the los
made UP b. sale cf water power &c
,elopad Il = prise below present nor
NAL price Engstrum promised Con
gTess