Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-06-06
GRAND COULEE PROJECT
MAKES GOOD PROGRESS
James O'Su-liyan BASIN -Coinmis-
sion Secretary Lists five Rea-
sons.-Chansle O.'3er For hISh
Dam Expected Soon.

S..ohane, Wasu., June b, (ot eolai)
INC u,..nu OO-ioe r4oJoe.
:. ,ns ye.y satisfactory pio-
.s a., al, 1.unLs, IS the SL~to-
,,n.n A.n uut nefe To-Day at lho
u.4lce Vi ,..e CoiuA4ola Ddsln Co-A-
,.,ssu,n y1llclals a.e 81 e.atly pleas
=, wan lie .elAarK AuAe pPusu esS
beng made at the Gfahu oouieo
h.a.,,site where construction rec
ofus are beng bloAen every week.
and with the favorable outlook III
Washington, D. c. for the cohs1ruc
ton of the Grand Coulee high dam
James O'Sullivan, Secretary OF the
Commission, lists the following facts
in support OF the statement:
/. That up to June 1, 1888, the
total expenditures on the protect
have amounted to nearly $l1, OOO,-
600, and that by the end of the
fiscal year, June 30, 1885, expend-
lures will have amounted to more
than $12,OO0,000.
2. That engineering and con-
struction work on the projects pre-
liminary to the construction, ana
that every provision necessary TO
the construction of the Grand Cou-
lee high dam is being made so that
work on the structure can be under
taken when authorized.
8. That public opinion througout
the Northwest, so necessary to fay
orable action by the Federal Gov
eminent, has rapidly crystallized in
favor of the high dam and recla-
hn
coming better understood, 1T is OBJ
tanning many adherents In the
East; and that support of the pro-
ject throughout the State of Wash
ington is becoming very enthusiast
tic now that the Commission and
or Congressional Delegation are
strongly supporting the Bill In
troduced in Congress by Congress
man Hill to amend the Public
Works Act so that employees on the
PROJECT can be drawn from all sec
tions of the State of Washington
without giving preference, in the
first instant, to residents of the
counties in which the work is being
done.
4. That the project is about to
secure firm, incontestable legal
status through the impending pas
sage by Congress of the Johnson
Ford bill, authorizing the Grand
Coulee dam and other public works
project; that this bill has already
passed the Senate and has been re-
ported out favorably b ythe Flood
Control Committee of the House:
and that the recent decisions OF
Federal courts adverse to the N r.
A. and the Tennessee Valley de-
velopment do not apply to the Ora
nd oulee Coulee project, since it
has long been accepted that the
United States has the constitution
Cal right to develop and sell electric
power incident to the development
of works for navigation, fool con-
troll anil reclamation
That it has been known for
some time that the National Ad
ministration has realized that, be-
cause of sound economic and en-
cheering reasons, the Grand Cou-
lee high dam must be built i none
operation instead of in two units;
end that there is good reason to
believe that the Federal Govern
ment will soon issue change or
Ter directing the contractors to ex-
pend tht amount of their contract
in he construction of the high dam
in the place of the low dam.
That while there seems to be
some question in Washington. D
G.. asto the alvisability of begin
ming the reclamation works this
year, there is still strong hope in
official circles for an ALLEGATION of
funds for this purpose.
"The people of the State ofWash
in ;ton have every reason to be
gratful for the Grand Coulee Pro-
je3t,' said Mr.. O'Sull'van. This
development is now giving employ
ment directly to nearly $1,000 res
idents of this state, and. Indirect
". to another 1900. The construc-
ton of the high dam and the rec
lamation of the Columbia Basin
lands should directly and indirect
lv employ 10000 of our citizens
for number of wears. The pro-
ject, when completed, will double
the population of the Northwest
and create a vast home market
for our people. Every community
in the Northwest will feel the hen
eficial effects of this empire build
ing project"