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By PHILIP A. ORME, s..
The issue of cheap hydroelectrie
power for Washington versus
costly steam-produced current is ss
to be fought to q finish on thee q
floor of Congress at the coming
session, it became definitely
known today. e .sa
In response to 8 query by The
Washington Times, Senator George
w. Norris Of Nebraska, the fore /.
most advocate Of the Tyler plan es
for establishment Of giant tur.
bine plant in the region Of Great
Falls, declared he would introduce
q bill asking appropriation Of all
sums necessary for the develops
merlt.
Sees Bill Successful.
Furthermore. Senator Norris be.
neves that when the facts in the
case are understood by members off,
the House of Representatives mis- 4
measure will secure all the votes .
necessary. He believes there Is
strong probability that the project
will have the authorization of the
legislators before ADJOURNMENT nexi 4ssa
year. sss ss.s
In May, 1921, during the first ses-
sion Of the Sixty-seventh Congress-.
Senator Norris drew an amendment.
to the Army appropriation bill CALI ID
ing for necessary funds for two
dams, three storage reservoirs and
all necessary construction cOntem-
plated in the Tyler plan. It scored 4
q victory in the Senate. While the
conferees OF the two houses were
celebrating on the measure, Secre.
tary Of War Weeks, who's though
ex-officio chairman of the Federal z
Water Power Commission, feared
the effect OF the Norris rider on
the needed appropriations for sup Il
port Of the military, requested that
It be stricken out. This was ac-
cordingly done. @ 4
Riders Forbidden. &
The provisions of the budget act q
forbids tacxing riders to appropri- q
alton bills. Hence, Senator Norris &
in the present instance win intro
duce a separate measure. a /.
A campaign of education Of House
members will be undertaken In the
interests Of the great project. II 81
will be demonstrated to the con- 4
gressmen that the construction OF
the hydroelectric plant outlined by
Major w. c. TYLER former engi-
neer officer for the Washington dis.
trict will mean that the Federal
Government need pay no more than
one-half the sums at present locally IS
expended for electric light, heat and
power. The appeal Of economy viii
find an especially ready response In
the coming Congress.
Adoption of the Tyler plan win
mean the greatest forward move
ment to date for public ownership
and operation, of water power
projects. Monopolizing Of such
was checkmated by constitution Of
the Power Commission. Establish.
ment of the Great Falls plant win
be a step further. It will show
that the people,, through govern
ment administration, are able to
produce abundant power at bed
rock prices for their own use
Near Success In 1921.
Only the lack .ofe knowledge ot
what the Tyler plan means pre-.
vented it's passage in 1921, DESPITE
Weeks Senator Norris believes.
"If the chairman or few mem
bers of the Military Affairs Com
mittee of the House had grasped
the significance and feasibility of
the Great Falls development, 1t
would have won out" he declared
today.
1T will be a great thing for the
city and the Government. 1t will
cut electric costs in two; 1t will
pay for itself in thirty years, and
it will save hundreds OF thousands
of tons of coal annually"
Senator Norris has been an
ardent supporter of the falls har-
Messing project sinceett became an
issue in the first Of several guises-
the Langfitt -Herschel project Of
1913. At that time. he introduced
measure similar to his amend
ment of 1921, which also passed
the. Senate but was lost In the
House. The Tyler plan is a modi- +
fication Of and addition to its early
predecessor. It has the full sap
port of the Power Commission,
which wakes enthusiastic over the
possibilities of the scheme, as
quoted in yesterdays Washington
Times.
Two Dams Planned.
Major Tyler submitted several
plans, all entirely workable. His ma.
Tor plan, however, calls for building
of two great DAMS one above Great
Falls and the other at the District
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