Evening star., 1924-02-21
CITES BIG SAVING
IN POWER PROJECT
Senator Norris Declares
Electricity Charges Could
Be Cut Sharply.

The expenditure of s4i 100000 for
the construction of the proposed
Great Falls power plant. under the
Tyler plan would cut the wholesale
price of electric power in two. The
sale of the electricity would bring
return of per cent. keep the plant
in repair. save 100000 tons of coal
annually and. if sinking fund was
set aside, would pay off the entire
original cost in thirty years." declar-
ed Senator Norris of Nebraska. ia
her of the Great Falls power plant
Iill. in an address before the mem
l'ers of the Connecticut Avenue Cit
liens Association last night at All
souls Church, Connecticut avenue
and Cathedral avenue.
1t would require no expert to see
that immense power is being wasted"
senator Norris asserted. He told of
the appropriation of $4,000 twenty
Years ago for the investi tigation of the
possibilities of Great Falls.
Senator Norris said many opposed
the project because they did not un-
derstand il. and some opposed it for
Congress was helped along. accord
ing to Senator Norris. by letter from
Secretary OF War Weeks to the COM
mittee asking that the Great Falls
appropriation be left out of the War
Department estimates. Former See
retary of War Newton ID. Baker. he
stated, at first approved the plan.
then suddenly had Il change of mind
and diSapproved it.
Senator Norris. who has been fight
ing for the bill for twenty years. de
clared that il would not cut to half
tho cost to the household consumer.
but that it would reduce it some
street car power costs would be cut
in two. he said, i'll turn reducing
fares.
Senator Norris stressed the in
creased use of electrical appliances
that would come about in the reduc-
1ion Of the cost of electricity. lie
told the association that he sent an
engineer to Canada to Investigate
typical home there that was using the
electricity created at Niagara frliS.
The senator said that this home hau
twice as many lights in it as his. used
electric range. electric heater tor ali
water, vacuum cleaner. electric WASH
ing machine. electric toaster and cleo
tric fans even in the kitchen. and the
entire electric bills for the year
amounted to $45.
INSTEAD of spelling the natural
beauty of the Potomac. there Will he
created two beautiful lakes, where
surroundings could be made bcaut iful
pleasure parks" Senator Norris point
ed out.
After lengthy parliamentary fight
the association adopted a resolution
asking President Coolidge, in the
event he does not renominate the
present District of Columbia Com
miSSioncrs. to consider the names of
Charles a. Baker and Ellwood +.
Morey.
Marshall Morgan. chairman of the
associations school committee. de-
clared the school situation here as
critical" He pointed to the John
Eaton School as already overcrowded.
with 1900 new houses and apart
lnents being built in the immediate
locality, which means school popu
lation increase of over 1900. 1t was
also pointed out that the 5B grade of
the John Eaton School had only thir-
teen geography books for forty-two
children.
The strengthening and widening of
Woodley road also was asked by the
association. Removal OF the street
car croSs-over switch at Porter street
and Connecticut avenue to another
intersection because of the develop
ment of traffic at that point was ad-
yocated.
The organization will urge that
Congress pass the pending Great
Falls power plant bill.