The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-22

partment of the war department on cost of construction of Nitrate Plants Nos. l and 2, the Gorgas plant addi- ton and transmission lines connect ing 1t with the Sheffield steam plant Icost of permanent and temporary vil- lages built at Sheffield, together with revenues derived from property leases and cost of maintenace, pre- isents the following summarizes:
 Nitrate Plant No. cost approxi. mately $75.000,00
 Nitrate Plant No. cost s13,6S2, 900
 Gorgas addition, transmission lines etc, cost s4,97s,000
 Revenues for year 1920 were SIPS, 1000.
 Estimated revenues for year 1921 are S217,510
 The steam power plant at Muscle Shoals cost s12.326.0Oo
 The report covers the main expen- ditures and their details as follows:
 Nitrate Plant No.
 Cost of nitrate Plant No. 2 Is given as follows:
 Chemical plant. ss5.sS4Os; items in detail including nitric acid group al 1 s12,627,000; carbide group at s5,76S,- 1 900, cyanamid group at S4,9S7, 900 | AAHuid dtu BIOup dA ftVVosVVut Id " l material and storage group at $2,S09,- 900, mammonia gas group at S3,710,- 1 900, etc, l Shops, s2,696,o00, including ware houses, foundry, blacksmithing shop machine shop, woodworking shop, etc
 Power house, s12,s26,s9S. Land, $237,721.
 Village, s3,121 .Oo0, including per. manent dwellings costing S1,sS4, GOO l first quarters hotel costing $5S6.924 1 hospital costing s142,s77, ice plani costing $166,312, soldier barracks costing s240.957. etc. 1 Public works, $S.S43.0 900. including sewer system at s1,132.00O. watel system at s2,265,ooo. railways al s2,025, ,000, trolley lines at $173,ooo Ifencing at $l67, ,ooO. roads and walks at s5S3,201, electrical distribution al Is2.5S2,0 900, etc.
 Inventories (half disposed of) ls3,043,o00.
 Waco quarry. s1,25o,oOo for con. I struction. and land at s52,00o.
 Total cost, $67,555,355. l Redwood quarry, s985, 900: Muscle Shoals. s1,s4O,O00; ordnance main tainance to July 1, 1920, s597.000.
 Grand total, s7o,979,S51.
 Maintainance to July l, 1921 Is201. .674.
 Temporary buildings, cost of which l was $5,174,000. have been allotted to II the cost of the permanent plant as II overhead. I Gorgas Plant, Etc. Cost of warrior-Sheffield power station and transmission lines is I given as follows:
 Warrior generating plant, s3.417,- l ocO
 Warrior substation, s3s3,73s.
 Transmission line, S93S,057.
 Muscle Shoals substation. $15s,s45 l Drifton railroad, s50,421. l Total, s4,979,702. l Maintenance to July 1, 1920, s25,S04 Maintenance to July 1, 1921, s7,05S I Nitrate Plant No. l 1 Cost of Nitrate Plant No. Is given as follows: | Chemical plant, s71S4,000, includ- l ing process plant at $4,216,000, gas plant at $551 ,000, oxidation plant al sl,706.0OO, ammonium nitrate plan at s21s,000, etc. 1 Shops, S314,076, including machine shop at s97,0O0, storenouse at s14o,- GOO, etc. Power house. s1,271 .ooo. l Land, s615,127.
 Village, s2.526.O 900, including per l manent village at s1.597,000; tenn porary village at s92S,000, etc.
 Public works, s1.026.Ooo, including sewer system at s212.00o, water sys- tenn at s496.000, railways at sl7s,ooo, electric distribution system at $101 ,000, etc. 1 Operations and maintenance to July l, 1920, s794,0o0
 Grand total. s13,eS2,3o1. | &A Trfl Ih.- 5s6.
 Revenues for calendar year 1921 were as follows: Plant No. 2, rental of dwellings miscellaneous buildings, water ana light service. $32,9sS. 1 Plant No. l, rental of dwellings l land leases, water and light service s9,959.
 1 Warrior extension, contract T-ss 1 s76.S15.
 Waco quarry, land leases, s4so. l Total. s129,122. | Estimated revenues for calendar year 1922 are as follows: 1 Plant No. 2. rental on dwellings other buildings. light and water ser | vice, s15,000. 1 Lease of 60,000 kilowatt steam l generating plant, s120.000. | Plant No 1, rental of dwellings land leases, light and water service s2,0Oo.
 1 Waco quarry, lease of lands. $510.
 Total, $217,510.
 Cost of Maintenance Estimated cost of maintenance for fiscal year 1923 Is as follows:
 Plant No. 2. s125,000. Plant No. l, s2s,000.
 Total, s154.00O. Plant Operations
 Summary of plants located at Mus i cle Shoals is as follows: 1 No. 1, United States nitrate plant No. l. A plant for the manufacture of ammonium nitrate by the so-callc 1 synthetic process of nitrogen fixation 1 Nc. 2, United States nitrate plant No. 9 A plant for manufacture oi l ammonium nitrate by the cyanamit 1 process of nitfogon fixation. No 8, Wilson dam. l Plant No. has a capacity of 39t 1 tons of ammonium nitrate per diem or 10000 tons year. The reser- vation has an area of, 2.3o6 acres Production Capacity Of the process the report says "The raw materials are limestone coke and atmospheric nitrogen. The process requires a large supply oi electric power, approximately s0,oot kilowatts when operating at full ca