Show DEBUNKING THE TAVIn In recent testimony at a trail in Chattanooga Major Rufus V Put Put- Putnam nam chief engineer of the Harbor Plan of Chicago since 1926 declared declared ed that a system of lo low d ms for floods control and navIgation on the the- Tennessee River be much more effective and econom- econom ical economical i al than the high dams being built by the Tennessee Valley The dam system Would cost only about 75 million dollars while the high dam system of the TA V dillars will vilI cost more than dil- dil lars according to Major Major- Putnam's But Dut while the less expensive ser ser- ies series of low dams would best serve the needs of flood control and there would b be little el tr c p w f prod c t Th according g to his testimony the will will TA V spend about million d dollars facilities rs for pOwer production fa- fa facilities o or seven times as money y yas as would be needed if the did not in intend end the de- de to be primarily ap project I As power can be ted ov over r only a limited area the rest of the country m n st s be taxed benuit benfit of Major Putnam Puth m is one of the I outstanding civel engineers if the country and served in the regular I Army as district engineer in change change of river and harbor im- im for five years before leaving th time milita military y se service vice to en- en engage n- n I gag gage in privet engineering practice |