The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-01

French debt to Great Britain. It
added that MacDanold 'tin his
anxiety for q settlement NAV
cancel the debt"
The newspaper warned that
the public must act TO prevent
such action.
1is $50 much waste IN real n,ona,,
InrlIt ~ the order Of the day.
Lnus. tne congress reasons, why be
proolgaf with our own resource?
Money Spent Yearly.
Every year the United states
Government pays into the coffere
OF the local power company 4 a,irn,
OF. money nearly sufficient TO cover
the interest on the total estinnated
cost OF an hydroelectric power az.
velopmentS Of the Potomac RIVER.
Every year the. Government uavs
out an enormous sum for coal %
support the operation Of the
Capitol power plant, and that at
the Washington Navy Yard. And
such sums in both instances arc
gone forever, once paid out. They
are not an investment.
II has been proven, without the
shadow OF doubt, that the United
states Government can make an
investment of a sum of money on
the enterprise Of developing the
Botomac's resources to give q net
return every year Of mora than
what it now pays out In the two In
stances cit0d.> The Great Falls
power prQject would make both ex.
penditures unnecessary. 4.
Hence 1t is that the real saving
would be represented by q sum
equal to twice the amount It now
pays out annually. And ae9fM the
Congress has reasoned, why not
save these sums and credit same
to the peoples account in the ef.
fort to cut down the immense
taxes with which they are now
burdened?"
Considerations other than those
OF the economic order have also
had their influence felt In bringing
about the present attitude toward
the proposed undertaking OF de-
seloping the Great Falls. These
chiefly are In response to the desire
OF those who wish to make If Wash.
ington the city beautiful. How
ever. the economic factor ruled,
but being settled as Of sound worth,
other considerations served 20
strengthen the movement.
Auxiliary 70 Be Included.
In carrying through the com.
plete plan Of development; the
auxiliary steam central plant at the
head of the Washington channel
will be included. This plant, ss
designed, IL to have a dual function,
an auxiliary to the waterpoWer
plants Of the upper river. and as =
central steam heating. lighting and
power plant for some thirty Gov.
eminent office buildings. In the lat.
ter case, merely carrying out ar.
original plan, and continuing a
construction, authorized by act Of
Congress.
This construction was interrupted
some years ago for reason that
would not bear water, II investigat-
ed The authorities at the Capitol
are looking into this matter to
learn the real reasons for the nom
continuance Of the construction,
and proper action IL looked for.
The central plant being construct
ed and in operation, a great element
OF objection, the smoke from dozens
Of heating plants in the Mall section
Of the city. will be eliminated. The
Potomac Electric Company could
then be relieved of the burden Of
supplying heat from les old plant
at Fourteenth and B streets north
west to, the Navy and War build.
ings. and the hideous spectacle Of
the belchlng clouds Of black smoke
from its stacks would be q thing
Of the past. It IL obvious that the
beauty Of the city would be greatly
improved by the operations Of COM
pleting the central plant.
Much Coal Is Saved.
IL Is interesting to note what
enormous amounts Of coal are to be
saved with the starting Of the water
power development and Its auxiliary
plant. The estimated output Of the
upper river plant represents. ON
the average basis Of two pounds Of
coal per kilowatt hour, an annual
saving in fuel OF some $4,000 tons.
of coal.
One needs but use his imaRfna.
ton to realize what such a huge
amount means in the scheme Of
conservation Of our natural fuel
resources. Apart from the fuel Il.
OOAAp SAAC 80 NAAA6. 0VCC 6lAA1 1UEJH0I
in the matter Of the great number
OF railroad cars necessary to haul
the coal from the mines.
A fair. estimate Of twenty tons
for transportation to every thou.
san. tons hauled over the railroad
from the mines. shows an add.
tional saving in fuel Of seven thou.
sand tons annually. Added to this
Is the labor item to mine and han
die this enormous tonnage. In &C
tual money this enormous saving Of
labor and fuel, on the basis or
eight dollars per ton, amounts TO
sum in excess OF two and one-half
millions Of dollars annually, This
sum is more than enough to nav
the interest charges ON the invest.
ment for waferpower plant com.
plete. , y ~
There are numerous other advan.
taSes to, follow the construction OF
the Great Falls project as deairned.
The water supply Of the Distriot
OF Columbia is to be made tio,IbIv
secure. Regulation OF the rivers
discharge By means Of the. upstream
storage basin will secure the lower
river regions against heavy damage
from floods, which of later wears
have been SO frequent and destrtlc.
tive. =
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