Evening star., 1946-06-02

transmission systems and their output
has been sold during the war entirely to
the neighboring private utility COM
panies, Arkansas Power g. Light Co.,
Texas Power g. Light Co. and Oklahoma
Gas g. Electric Co. The Arkansas and
Oklahoma concerns were among the II
utilities that recently offered to purchase
at the dam site all the power these dams
and others to be built by the War De-
partment will produce.
The offer was rejected unceremonious-
ly by Wright, who pointed out that the
design of the utilities obviously was to
gain permanent control of all the power
resources in the area, which would Ger
tainly defeat the intent and purpose of
the Congress"
Oklahoma to Get Dam.
A third dam in the area, Pensacola,
has been operated during the war by
the Federal Government and is in proc
ess of being returned to the State of
Oklahoma, which built it with a Gov
ernment grant of $25, 900, 900, some $14,-
100000 of which is to be repaid out of
revenues. This dam, in the northeastern
part of the State, will be tied into the
system in some manner.
The Pensacola Dam has its own trans
mission system and maintains inter-
change agreements with the Public Serv-
ice Co. of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma
Gas & Electric Co. During the war, the
dam supplied power for the Jones Mills
plant and other industries and work has
been started on project to introduce
the low-cost power into the Northeast
ern Oklahoma lead and zinc field. 1t
has been estimated that this power will
prolong the life of the field some 20
years.
Multiple e-purpose projects which the
War Department has been authorized
to construct and the estimated cost,
where available, are as follows:
Fort Gibson Dam on the lower Grand
River in Oklahoma, $21 ,00O, 900; Mark
ham Ferry project on the Grand River
above Fort Gibson, $15,000,000; Table
Rock on the White River in Missouri,
$44,000,000; Bull Shoals on the White
River in Missouri, $3S S,00O, 900; The Mar
rows on the Little Missouri River above
Camden, Ark, $1,000, 900; Blakely Noun
tain on the Ouachita River near Hot
Springs, Ark, $1O,OOO,OOO; Canyon Dam
on the Guadalupe River north of San
Antonio. Tex, $4,sO0,ooo: Whitney on
the Brazos River near Whitney, Tex;
Rockland Dam on the Neches River and
Mc(1ee Pend Da,,o m tt,o Apool},,e D;yor
above their junction in Eastern Texas,
and power dams "a" and "B" on the
Neches River below Rockland.
Proposed Dams Costly.
Proposed dams and cost where avail
able are:
Tenkiller Ferry, on the Illinois River,
ir Oklahoma, s14000,O00; Oologah, on
the Verdigris River, in Oklahoma, $14,-
100000; Webbers Falls, on the Arkansas
River, in Oklahoma, $25, ,0O0, 900; Eufala,
on the Canadian River, in Oklahoma.
$51 100000; Short Mountain, on the Ar
kansas River, in Oklahoma, s37 ,O00, 900;
Ozark, on the Arkansas River, in Ar
kansas, $23,OO0,0 900; Dardanelle, on the
Arkansas River, in Arkansas, $38, ,0O0, 900.
Wolf Bayou, on the White River, in
Arkansas; Greers Ferry, on the Little
Red River, in Arkansas Blair Creek, on
the Current River, in Missouri; Lone
Rock, on the Buffalo River, in Arkansas;
Doniphan, on the Current River, in
Missouri; Gilbert, on the Buffalo River,
in Arkansas; Antlers, on the Kiamichi
River, in Oklahoma; Broken Bow, on
the Mountain Fork River. in Oklahoma,
and Pine Greek ,aon the Little River, in
Oklahoma.
The system proposed by SPA would
provide high-voltage transmission lines
OF large capacities to integrate the
hydro-electric developments with each
other, connect them with major load
centers, connect them with existing
utility systems and connect the hydro
electric developments with proposed
fuel-burning generating plants; COM
prehensive transmission line system ad-
equate to take the power from the high
voltage transmission grid to the whole
sale customers, and the necessary sub
station facilities.
Stream Flows Vary.
The fuel-burning plants are needed
because of the geographical nature of
the area. The stream flows are subject
to tremendous fluctuations, from small
flows to floods of great magnitude.
Flood control is the primary objective
OF most of the dams, and hydro-electric
Developments have been found to be
most practical when designed to oper-
ate as plants carrying peak loads on an
integrated basis.
AS comparison, the Tennessee Valley
Authority is in region in which stream
flows can be almost entirely regulated
for power production. Nevertheless, it
has been found advantageous to inte-
CRATE iva hydro-electric developments
with fuel-burning generation.
The SPA has estimated that the steam
capacity it will need to control by pur-
cnase or installation, is about 20 per
cent of the total steam generating ca
pacity of the area.
In report on its plan, the SPA stated
it is difficult to estimate all the advan-
tages that will accrue from balanced.
Integrated operation and comprehen-
sive power utilization plan.
"1ntegrated operation has been kept
at minimum in the utility field, by
difference in ownership and arbitrary
ALLEGATION of territories, the report said.
Proper integrated operation will in
crease the power that can be produced
and marketed from any of the proposed
hydroelectric developments to a mate
rial degree"
Wartime operations OF the Grand