The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-10

/. 10, 1922.
 uable power sites not now known. II the winter of 1922-2S all the intor- nation obtained in these surveys ani explorations. the results of stream gazing work. meteorological records obtained by the Weather Bureau and any other related data will b. brought together aud published.
 The sites covered by surveys ia 1921 are as follows:
 "Karta River, east side of Prince If Wales Island "Mahoney Lake. George Inlet, nedr kc kan.
 "F.sh Creek. Thorne Arm. near KetcIikan.
 "Lske Reflection, Short Bay, roar Kett' kan.
 "huan Creek. Bradfield Canal.
 White River, Bradfield Canal.
 "i-a' ding River Bradfield Canal
 "4Nill Creek. near Wrangell.
 Cascade Creek, Thomas Bay near Petersburg
 "Sw eetheart Falls. Port SnettishAm near Juneau.
 Cascade Bay I.1kes, Cascade Bay, <ol baranof Island.
 "Pattorson Blv Lake, Patterson Bay on R r7nof Island
 Green Lake. Silver Bay, near sitka.
 Other Sites Examined i ''I. addition 10 the above, much engineering infornat.3n is available on cther rower s'tn7. This has been obt3.n7d hy field surveys in years 1 past hy the Forest Service and by pr.vate cbNcerAs. It is not so com taiGed by the surveys of 1921, but 's sufficient to show the value of the power sites in a general way The sites that have been covered are as follows:
 Beaver Falls, George Inlet, near Ketohikan.
 "s,wan Lake, Carol Inlet, near Ketcbikan.
 lake Shelockm, Bailey Bay. near Kptchikan.
 "Tyee Lake. Bradfield Canal Crater Lake, Port SnettIsham near Juneau.
 Long Lake, Port Snettisham, near 1 Juneau.
 lake Baranof, Warm Springs Bay, on Baranof Island Range of Capacity
 These sites range in power ca pacity from 5000 to 300O0 horse 1 power All except one have lakes for water storage for winter use and i this one can be used for summer l power in connection with another nearby site which has unusually good winter storage The lakes range in elevation from 100 to 1400 feet The l shortest length of conduit required is one-fourth mile and the longest i two and One-half miles. In a num- ! bcr of cases the power from two or more sites can be combined either | by bringing the water into one pow CT house or by transmitting electric l ally oyer short transmission lines l Some Of the sites can be very cheap | lv developed by tapping the lakes far below the surface and drawing ] down the lake level for winter use instead of providing storage by dam. For evample. one lake at 1,400 feet elevation is 800 feet deep. Another lake at 1900 feet elevation is 300 'eet deep. Tn practically every case thp power plant site is on tidewater and on a suitable harbor for an in fris'rial plant
 ''The range in capacity of these power sites gives chance for the establishment of pulp and paper 1 plant of almost any practical size that an operator might wish to build and many lend themselves to very economical development
 Accompanied by Timber Study
 "In close coordination with the | securing of accurate information re- garding water power, the Forest Sery ice is carrying on similar investiga- tions of the vast stores of timber suitable for the manufacture of pulp and paper found within the Tongass and the Chugach National Forests, located along the coast of Alaska.
 These two National Forests con tain 100000 acres and 75,00O,000,0 900 feet of timber of quality suitable for general consumption. This is equivalent to nearly 6 per cent Of all the timber in the continental United States It includes 00000,000 cords of pulpwood. whose serviceabil- ity for the manufacture of paper is fully esta blshed by existing commer. cial practice.
 "'For the first time in our his tory states Colonel Greeley, chief forester of the United States in his recent annual report to the Secretary of Agriculture. we have an oDpor unity, in Alaska, to guide the de- velopment of an immense forest re. zion from the standpoint of perman ent national interests. This does not mean putting the forests of Alaska under lock and key. It means the | aXnanSiOn Of her forest ministries a s