The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-11-28
REVIVAL OF AGITATION THAT IS
USELESS AND DESTRUCTIVE

The Tirnes-News is absolutely satisfied
that one of the gravest mistakes that mas
been made in recent months is the attempt
TO revive the IVA dam fight; but, IN order
to keep the record straight this newspaper
is putting down here in black and white
that the agitation was not resumed on the
initiative of citizens who are opposed to
the project. The effort to resussitate the
corpse was initiated by friends of dam
building. Opponents of the destruction CT
Hendersonville and Henderson county TOR
the purpose of affording the IVA site
for storage dam have accepted at full
face value statements made and published
over the signatures of DIR. A. E. Morgan,
IVA chairman, c. A. Book, IVA engineer.
Senator ]. w. Bailey, and others in position
to know all that is to be known about the
purposes and plans of IVA, to the effect
that the proposed Bent Creek dam would
be economically unsound' THAT is, the
cost would be eXorbitant and not justified
by the results to be obtained) and that,
abandoned. Chairman Morgan went so far
as to say that the dam would never be
erected, unless IVA is ordered by Congress
to do this job. That is a possibility so re-
mo- il need not be considered.
Having accepted these statements at full
face value, dam agitation had ceased in
Henderson and Pennsylvania counties, as
far as opponents of dam building were con-
cerned. This territory was rapidly being
restored to normal and was recovering
from the effects of the problems and diff
culties and division of opinion and obstruc-
ton of development which naturally and
inevitably resulted from the entrance of
IVA on the scene here with the announced
intention of turning large part of two or
three counties into water storage lake,
However, the present furry will prob
ably not go far. According to the wording
of the call signed by six prominent citizens
for the meeting Wednesday evening at the
city hall, those gentlemen may now grace.
fully retire from the stage. The call stated
that the meeting was to consider the cues
ton Of whether we shall press for the con
struction Of this proposition or let it drop. ,
We believe that the majority opinion
OF those citizens attending the meeting
whether favorable to Or opposed to- dan
building) is that the proposition dropped
far and hard in that assemblage, Th.
corpse was not galvanized into sem
blance of activity. No plan or purpose o.
information or details We're presented Il
the meeting by its sponsors. Nothing wa:
presented except shadowy promise from
South Carolina politician that he, alone
and unaided, among around five hundred
Congressman and United States Senators
would step out and get fifty million dollars
instanter or quicker, and deliver. it over fo
the purpose of building dam in Buncomb
PROVIDED-make note of tn
PROYIS0-a safe majority of the voter
of this area favor the proposition.
This would be done in the face of tn
statement of IVA that the proposal i
economically unsound", that it is a rotte1
business proposition, that it would be
waste Of millions of the money of the taS
payers; because that is what DIR. Morgan
statement analyses when tits tested b
economic and business standards. ~.
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