Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-16
GanoAwardedC Contract
GRAND COULEE DAM
SOON AT CRISIS

missioner of Reclamation John c..
Page, Monday told the Columbia
basin committee of the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce and the clty's
business men He made decided
impression.
r. A. Banks, bureau engineer, in
Stou meyer, Portland, bureau coun-
sci, were present.
Mr.. Warne declared the bureau
was for the Grand Coulee high dam
not to complete it would be a
shame-but he warned struggle
vas coming and it was imperative
for the Pacific northwest and west
to get into action now.
There probably is more mlsun-
outstanding concerning the Grand
any other project" he added, land
one task is to get clearer publ
conception in the east of what tn
high dam means"
In addition to the most Difficult
engineering phases coming up a
the dam, MI. Warne said, there ais
was coming up a difficult political
phase.
There will have to be another ap
preparation in December with auth
GRITTY to let new contract for tht
nigh dam, when hearings will b,
started by congress, it was pointed
out, and this means the whole situa
ton will be aired by congress.
The big task Of showing congress
why the government must build
completed project is ahead, it wa
indicated. The west has got to ge
organized and get going withou
loss of time, it further was init
mated
Mr.. Warne spoke of the 'intens
interest in states where there ar,
interest in others, but it would b.
invaluable to crystalline reclama
ton sentiment in the west"
Reclamation projects in 1881
were the salvation OF certain part
of the drought area, and in western
Nebraska and eastern Wyoming rec
lamation projects no doubt thi
year will save a large part of thu
/ live stock, as they did before" HI
said.
me bul eau, he minated, vi obaD
| iy will ask less for next year to car
ry on at the Grand Coulee than thi
Year. But enough will be asked,
was added, to push the MWAK con
tract to completion and for the neN
contract. 1t was brought out it wi
be necessary to appropriate fror
100000 to $4,000, 900 to enabl
the MWAK company to complete it
contract which probably will be
December, 1887, about Is month
ahead of schedule.
Mr.. Warne pointed out that Pre-
viously funds for the reclamatio
service came from public land reve
nues, but that source Of revenue ma
dried up and it had been suggeste
new sources of revenue be found
put the recJape tior fund back ON q
operating basis.
1t was a matter for the countr
and the west to think about, he sug
gested, as funds for the Grand Coz
lee now must come from the gener;
funds of the United States treasur.
That meant convincing the countr
of the big part the dam will play i
the economics of the Pacific nortl
west and the country generally.
He praised Spokane persons Il
their ''unstinted cooperation VII
the reclamation bureau" and adde'
"you have had tough time-anotl
er is coming up. The Grand Coult
project is in good shape. The rei
crisis is when the transfer is mad
: from low to high dam at the end I
the year, when, it appears, 1t will
the determination of house leader
to have a review of government pol
cies.''
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dam at Coulee is now out or the pi
ture. The foundation is for the hie
dam, and the high dam only is b.
t fore us" The government will ha'
l invested in the Grand Coulee pro
ect, when the MWAk Is finished 9