Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-09-02
MAINE POSSESSES
NIAGARA OF EAST"
IN QUODDY PROJECT
Four Times Greater Than Muscle Shoals. May
Produce Wonderful Industrial Development
In Eastern Maine
Project Be Voted On In Septnb Eecon-s Stoagly E
dorssd BY Many Maine Men Of Pronine.es

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Immediately useshae vstefpower In
the United States nes In the State Of
Maine. Even Muscle Shoals. the
much advertised ''rJiagAxa Of the
South" y small h comparison with
the poss1bAllGies that Maine has 70
ofeer.
Though Names E1vess aye capable
Of supplying Q large amount Of pow
er. this niagara Of the East" Il not
river poweY-it b gift Of the sea-
Owing to the unique features Of
Names eastern coast, 4 = eeon0mk
caliy practical 70 put 70 work TIE
high tides that rush twtee daily IN
Passamaquoddy Bay. Careful en-
cheering surveys. which have been
h progress for yeass, indicate that
BY means Of huge dams and other
works. costing len per Urinary
Horsepower than tho Muscle Shoals
installation. 500 SEQ Horsepower can
be generated here continuously and.
daring the two weeks Of eaeh month
when there are unusually high tides.
this total vnl reach nearly 700, 900
Horsepower.
Nov compare this with Muscle
Shoals.
Passaqnsddy bay Has Hea1 Times
Tie Primary Power q Muscle GAnAb
Muscle Shoeh lSss on Tie Tenne-
ssee River. which shares tie Deeu-
liarfties Of most rivers IN that its
dow varies tn accordance with the
season. Thus It b estimated By
goveTnDent engineers that over co.,
900 Horsepower can be generated 1t
Muscle Shoals during the very high
spring nood, but On he other hand
during the dry season less than 1o0,-
900 Horsepower can Be obtained.
It Is. however. continuous or
"prfmary'' power power that can
be obtained twenty-8our hours . day
every day IN the yea1-thst II Of fi1st
importance. Secondary" power
power that EN- be obtained only part
Of the time-has indeed some value,
but very much leD than primary
power.
To obtain a direct comparison be-
tween the power ut Passamaquoddy
Bay and that At Muscle Shoals, XII
ovatt hours per year must be taken.
According to Colonel Hugh Cooper.
consulting engineer for Muscle
Shoals. the primary power 1t Wilson
Dam. Muscle Shoals Il 7o0, 900, 900
kilowatt hours per annum.
For Passamaquoddy Bay, however,
the amount of continuous dependable
primary power is 3,76S. 900. 900 XII
owatt hours.
In other words, from the stand
point of primary power the Passama-
quoddy Bay development has power
possibilities that are four times
greater than the power that can be
developed at Wilson Dam. Muscle
Shoals.
But even giving Muscle Shoals
credit for all the power that can
economically be developed there, in
Guiding the secondary power avail
able only during seasons of high
water, it can supply, according to
Colonel Cooper, 100000. 900 kill
owatt hours per annum. On the
same basis, however, Passamaquoddy
Bay can develop $500, 100000 Kill
owatt hours, or nearly twice the to-
tai of Muscle Shoals.
Cheap Fertilizer
But the advantage possessed by
Passamaquoddy Bay as compared
with Muscle Shoals does not end with
its mere size. Muscle Shoals has
been conspicuous in the public eye
not merely because it is large water
power, but particularly because IT is
a potential source of cheap fertilizer
for the American farmer.
One of the essential elements In
fertilizer is PHOSPHORUS. The chief
source of phosphoric rock in the
United States is Florida. although
some is also obtainable in Tennessee.
To ship phosphoric rock to Muscle
Shoals from Florida means long,
expensive freight haul. Shipments
to Passamaquoddy Bay can be made
by sea. So cheap is sea transporta-
ton that Florida's phosphorus de-
posits are almost next door to Pass
amaquoddy Bay. Even the Tenne-
ssee phosphoric rock cannot be
shipped to Muscle Shoals as cheap
as the Florida rock can be shipped
to Maine.
AS far as the other important ele-
ment in fertilizer Is concerned, name
" nitrogen, Muscle Shoals enjoys no
over PassamaquOddy Bay,
because this element is derived from
the air.
Thus Passamaquoddy Bay has en-
ormous possibilities from the stand
point Of fertilizer alone.
But in addition to fertilizer many
other products require electric pow
er; among these are aluminium, car
chlorine, and wide var
iety of alloys and chemicals. Indus
tries manufacturing such products
uco olnct rio power in vast OuaDtit1eS