Show quoddy dream teaches lesson congress frowns on huge works started by president two public works projects the pas dam and tl e florida ship canal have become the present ad ministration a prize wl ite elephants ahe president has dropped both broj acts for the present both were start ed the new deal system of ex allotments substituted for the old fashioned way of approval and ap atlon by congress the Pies president ident already I 1 tad ad tor for the dam of this amount 0 a already I 1 las as been spent bis his been obligated and remains to tide ilde tl 11 ings over until the end of june meanwhile at the upper end of isia isla d near Eist port maine tt tl ere I 1 as blossomed a model community of neav I 1 daland colonial homes built bv by the government at an expense of 1000 ahls 1 his quoddy village of 1 Is now inhabited by 1200 persons the th villagers are united states aimy almy en gillers gim ers and relief workers and tl ti air families this Is the town for willal it was as proposed to have two ther clocks for each home love seats and other last words ord in 1 abundant alt indan alv 11 ing an engineering dream the quoddy dam was to have been composed 0 o of several dams enclosing a ligh 1 tide basin its designers proposed to harness the tides of the bay of fundy creating hydroelectric hydro electric power from th as it rusl ed in and out of the basin this engineering dream 0 of making the moon supply electric power ponner met with the following oblee eions it has twice tivice been rejected by ex pert engineers it has been ua doan N n by board of review it was rejected by the federal power corn com mission have found it would cost more than to complete whereas reas a steam generating of equal capacity at the same P pice would cost only 16 cost of poev er generated would mal e it impossible for quoddy to comi ete with steam generated power rates in the boston area there Is no or prospective birket for the quo idy power at any price power alen wl en needed coil coi 13 be gen elated more cheaply on milne s un developed rivers congress in revolt engineers lad 1 ad planned to use a res to supa ly po i v er at low tl ti ie le wa wit tei tel was to be pumpe 1 li it to tl ti e reset v by power pov er created ty I 1 y ti tie e tt tiles les it has now been found tl it it tl it e of the dam makes tl tits is betl method od too cost iv and the engineers becom ended th it t a diesel power pi p nt be constructed tf to pump some of if tie e water nater in oil otier er words nords the moon needed i i helping I 1 ml in I 1 rahe final obstacle to tie tl e fulfill ent of tl t e spectacular plan was a evolt in coi cot gress wh N h ch eb caused ti tie e I 1 aiesi i esi dent to abandon the set ernes emes ti IN hen congress delegated powei to the I 1 ies ident to use 4 N ork rc lief appropriation as he saw fit it was be libed a cuie for log logrolling rolling in public works projects I 1 ad been beer feild found tl TI e al at location of funds it was hoped would N not be influenced by politics III 11 e pro moter of the Q to idy pi project eject Is defter dexter P cooper cooper an ani I 1 an as oblate and two others were memi ers of a special committee appointed by secre tary ickes to piss on tie tl e practicably abil ity of the scheme the comai atee ap fit P proved roved it and their verdict wi was ac cepter as against tl ti e decision decisions MR ie le by three other groups having spent or tied up on the dam darn tl e president hid asked congress to appropriate an additional dt lonal congress refused harry hopkins has promised that if congress Con giess passes the pen ling ung works relief meas lire tire that none of or it tie e 1500 1 TOO it appropriates will nill be spent on hai fiat nesting alles 11 les the florida canal under sot somewhat sone what similar circum stances tie pi esl lent allocated OW for tl e construction of the rinilda ship linal cinal L inal to complete the giorl it is lb estimated tl ti at as much as would N be ailred I 1 11 I 1 e project had been roved by administrator id let es of tl it e I 1 IN A and by two divisions of in spite of it Is mr air roosevelt again used fun Is delegated to him to use as be he saw fit and preliminary work was as skirted heads of large corporations and of shipping con banies asserted they would not use the canal if completed denying that it would save time and expense residents of florida in the area south of the proposed mile canal vigorously oppose the project on the ground that it will cut off their supply of fresh water congress refused to appropriate an additional sum to carry on the work started by presidential order wash ington observers see in the story of the two engineering dreams a warning to return to the old system whereby ap for public works were contingent upon the result of congles study and reports of expert en eu ginders |