The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-22
POWER SOURCE IS
ARKANSAS STATE
White River Is Now Being
Harnessed to Provide
More Electricity
TO COST IS MILLIONS
Two Years VIII BE Required
in Building Gigantic Hy-
dro Electric Plant

F..-ni 10 Tho wori
WILLIE. Ark, Og' 2i-A
project to dam the white river md
convert l.s latent a.rausth iu'o cleo
trlc power fur 900 0f ArtnDaps. poris
ot Missouri and Oklahoma, aHl h'
citloe of si Louis and Memphis. con.
oolyod 20 years ago. should bo nu
accomplished TACT within two years
work ou th.s program, estimated
10 cost gib.OU1uJu VIII bDEIu .u JHN-
uary. 1898. ana thn system nf dams
and power ppun whom completed
will be- ono uf The largest 100 ihr
country supplying hydro electric
forco mfgU.cut 90 run countless
mills. factories and power Tor all
domestic purposes.
While first steps toward thls epe-
riflc project wCgD taken iu 1917 by
tho Dixie Power company, IT was me
Missouri Pacific 20 years ago ihat
made an Investigation or the water
power possibilities in thA part OF
tho state 20 learn tho full bcneiii
such power would give tu The torii-
tory owned by Tho railroad. ln 1919
in behalf OF tho b.Nlo company q
bIll was introduced IN congress and
passed. but vetoed by President
TAFT Sothlug moro was douc uutl
in 1922, whom tho present federal
power commission was enacted.
A survey ahuwcd that there IL a
drainage area above the proposed
Dixie dam site OF G,200 equare miles
with an average annual rainfall OF
a6 inches A lake 100 miles long
with an area of 90 quaro miles could
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100000 primary or ccntnuuus
horsepower from a dam $50 fcot
hlgh,
The plan Of tho company now in
charge of the development ls 10 build
three dams, the largest ono across
tho white river near Cottcr 60 be
known az the Dixie dam: another
across the Buffalo river ~ miles he
low Cottor and third on uig North
Fork 20 miles below Cotlcr There
will be five low-hend dams between
Cotter ana Batcsyillc.
Power To ST. Louis and Memphis.
The Dixie dam win be OF the nom
over flow type with a Hpillway FOR
Eurplus water two miles below tho
dam whore II viii then flow back
into tho White river. This dam VIII
DO located IN II rich mining section
OF tho state where the best grades
OF zinc and lead are deposited.
when completed the series Of
dams and electrical power plants
forming the system will 10 capable
OF supplying 2i-hour service to
81, Louis, Memphis. all OF Arkansas
and parts Of Missouri ana Okla
homn. In the vast undertaking ~
building this dam system there Will
be development OF one OF the best
agricultural territories IN Arkhuaas
The drainage OF the Dixie dam vii
bc OF great value 20 the country ira
versed by the white river and ~
tributaries. The stage Of the river
at flood-tlde will bo IL feet lower al
its confluence with tho Black river
thnn Is now tho case and this VII
result In practically an avoidance OF
an overflow at any time at New
port. 30 miles south OF Batesville.
Greatly increased water transpor-
tatinn facilities also will he afforded
transportation on the Buffalo river
north OF Batesvllie viii be possible
aud the entire length OF the White
river from Cottcr To Batesvillc aut
farther south viii be naviguble al
the year,