Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-06-10

Excerpt From Deneen Report, No. 672
Sixty-Ninth Congress
your committee invited the Hon. Dwight r
Davis Secretary Of War: the Hon. Hubert
Work. Secretary of the Interior: the Hon. Will
liaan N. Jardins Secretary Of Agriculture mem
hers of the Federal Power Commlssion--and
ths Hon. Herbert Hoover. Secretary OF COM
EnerSe.44o confer with 1t and raqBeAted tneT aN
in nee.rina the services Of technical experts
and advisers to assist the committee In iH
work They suggested the organization OF an
advisory board and recommended the following
personG, who have assisted the commrtes ]"
its investing gAtions and negotiations:
Il Brig Gen Edgar Jadwin. Assistant Chief
Of Englneers United States Army.
e. Mr. Paul 5. Clapp, representative De-
pArtment of Commerce.
Nitrogen Research Laboratory Department ot
Agriculture. (Dr. +. g. Cottrell. director OF
the ueparlment Vt Agriculture. was the repre-
tentative Tor the Department OF Asfe0''nFs
unlil he left for Eafops On ApRM lS)
a. Mr. Z. A. Basseli. Bureau Il RselarnAtaeA
Department OF The Interior.
in addition to the foregoing, thA following
,ant1a,nen assisted materially in the studies:
Lieut. Col. George r.. 1pAldin9 Ccfph OF
Engineers; Mai. MAJ C. Tyler Corps OF Nm
xir.eers; Mai. Philip B. Fleming Corps cs Dn-
ginesrs; Mr.. F. A. Ernst, Department Oh AT
j..
partnent United STATES Army: MAJ Glen e.
Edserton Chief Engineer, Federal Power Com
miss ion; DR. p e Howard. Ordnance Depa'-
mem United States Army"
Renox4 of Government Advisory Board
The result. of an analysis by the GovernmHnt
kdvisnrv Con- mittee were summarized IN We
fcllcwing letter: =. ,ass
Hon ChArlNe q. DAH"en. ~
mtn
leasing Muscle shoals, United Slater sss-
ate. Washington D. G.
Dear Senator Deneen: In Anoo@daacS VIE
your verbal request, your advisory eoMms 49,
has sayan consideration 10 two revised ssas
ONE from the Air NitFates CornoTatson ana
American Cysnarnids Company, ans the s'h~
from, the associated power com paniee.
W. have FeBdeA vored TO make comNAHatNs
analysie Of these two bids FROM the followtns
main standpcjnts:
Ia National defense.
tb, Fertilizer benefits ia agriculture
(c) nistribution of power not reauirsa fW
natione defense or n feFtiiissr niAnu1AcfHTs
td) Monetary retmTn to the URitsd Statsa.
te) Additional expaadituraa required - tsS
United states ethsr SohsidsFRtfoAa 70 -
given BY the United SseteA.
a. Guaranty Of parfermaAea.
Ia Situation a1 sRd Of lease psfts4
= TIE outstanding psists under sAsA
head WRy be sUMmsrIS%d AZ ishowa
.a) NATIONAL DBFRNsE - EstA Aiaaess
,rsvide in y aAtfssaetory maHAer for naRtate-
rssc. Of properties in O state Of readiness asf
nstiorel defanse, The Afr NttFatsg cerpsre-
tsn suAti SCensraAs shall decide eaAt te1s ~
80 longer pecessary The Associated Power
rnmranjea wntil the SECRETARY u War shall 10
decide.
n.y. FERTILIZER ANe BENEFITS TO AeRi.
ciu TURE--It appears from this Study, - far
-. the production Of fertilizer 10 eeneeFHed
that. because Of the seemingly better assurances
- r..ehino the 10000 tons Of nitrogen pFoe1e.
4ien and through . process OF present anS
.nnarentiv future greater possibilities Tor Tea
.srins costa and also because Of the larger
invested capital which will In Itself be a~ W..
eentjve TO keep up production. the proposal o.
the Associated Power Companies 10 more ad-
van+.oeous II is believed, however. that the
feature OF dis continuance Of production be-
canse of a storage of fertilizer containing 5,OOo
tons of nitrogen would ne lmproNeu oy Al
amendment requiring one years production In
storage.
r., DISTRIBUTION OF POWER NOT RE
QUIRED FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE Oh IN
FERTII. .IZER MANUFACTURE.-Th bid OF
the Air Nitrates Corporation provides that sur
Mus power will be available to the lessee tne
American Cyanamide Company, and lts SUD
ajdjaries for Use in their own local industries
at Mus Gle Shoals for other local industries. and
for distribution in Alabama and other states
The Power Company bid provides for distr1bu-
transmission lines already constructed and In
operation covering = large territory in -Mlssls-
GiDpi Alabama Tennessee, Georgia, South
Carolina, and North Carolina. These lines are
tied in with auxiliary plants operated by inter
The above Advertisement 10 published BY th'
thirteen power companies asSoelated IN sueEn'tbi