Show I PLAN FORS RIVER 1 PROJECT ww Fl theau Dev Development I sed at Hearing 1 r f- f at Washington S l V J-V r rASHI S 1 ASHI GroN Oct Oat 29 9 AP AP- AP o federal e e power commission today Closely I selY qu questioned W Walter H. H I- I cr tor or r V 8 a preliminary per- per nt to d develop vet p Fl Flathead river Montana Mon Mon- tOO tana p power poorer s1 sites EIte on how he be cC ox- ox X reimburse the government c t got tor of money noney It had spent in in n tho thoI N Newel reclamation tIon tunnel In Tn Ms MIs application Wheeler eler fad failed l to lo Include el ela a t lor br f Baking t over tho Iho tunnel I. I At Ith the h commissions commission's hel hearing ln Into Wheeler plan o of development IU t that that submitted by tho Rock p fountain Vet Pot company which Already il ha e ve tentative ap 81 Wheeler said saId ho o had not planned to lo ue use t tho tunnel t and that Jio assumed hl his rental for a power pile to Indians Indians- would reimburse rsc them hem he 11 for tor the cost of ot the tunnel Indian affairs officials advised him ho however that the tho ho Indians ala al- al a C eady d had hid been cn reimbursed and nd tho the tre treasury suri now x as bearing the tho whole Cost Ost Th The h Rocky fountain company S tan read Int Into th the record vr provided OO for or completing tIm tho o tunnel u nel for fOt r reimbursing t bur tho E government gay gov and for tor cofferdam U JL V Wheeler Veel eel X had had al allowed l lor tor cofferdams to dl divert the river lv r during work and nd f rUd ld id that It If le e used z ed the tunnel h boS ho bo S would greatly Gi ed co th tha figure Secretary Wilbur who presided at the he h hearing asked Wheeler If how ho he would w be bo able t to sell 15 P power powen Wel to tondu industrial concerns if It he n assumed m d t of horsepower for tor or pumping and irrl Irrigation tI 1 Wheeler Wheel rn r. r n indicated that although ho had not lot provided for that charge carge he ho uld be alI able abl to absorb It If tho commis- commis flon l ton n required d. d The Th Witness Uness presented a J. J detailed S estimate f of f c construction idl n costs to to- to totaling faUng Including financing charges hinges and nd other allowances Mountain company fig fg tires Jrp's of ot ho hi saM said w would woud uld iee to tD above his 1118 total If It a a a contingent contin contin- gent t it t fund con contractors tors' tors P profits of s. s fi financing fl- fl ancin charges and ud td allowance ce f for r dr dredging the 1 tf of t the lake lake- all Included Included- 1 i in his plan lan were add added d to 10 o it Presenting financial f r reer references lie fc ld Id the tle U. U H. H R Rollins lUns Be Sons in in in- nt bousa of at Boston Boston- and Chi Chi- li hads lisI d assured d after earn esam- am- am of of his financial n lal up set up that t 1 r j t co could bel be financed l cd r ct related that at careful scrutiny Yd been given his li fIgures urca by con- con Ung en engineers engIneer Ine ts tankers bankers and end con con- action firme S 40 bad an agreement he lie eaid eald a large targe construction comp company I y th the tho project but he rc- rc 1 1 ci to dI disclose Its Us name sa t f company had jad r re- re 1 that It It be kept out cut of t lliel the the llie thela l la 0 financial plan cont contemplated anca of f preferred ed and shares of common n k for financing of or all 1 altea 9 letter from P. P M. M Prince m of b board ard of a. a Mf to tho power com com- I I Ion n assuring US' US It ft of Wheelers le s III fl- fl I Ial ability t to carry out prelim man inary work al alone lOn ne ant and t to complete instruction with Ih aid LId of ot allied UJ d In- In i waa read heeler said that th the ban banks bank as as- were approximately report o of ot M Major jor John S. S Butler r. r t engineer of ot power i on both the Wheeler ler arid aid Rocky company plans which faed fa- fa a.- a. I ed d' d the the latter latter w Was as s presented a and d tracts from irom It were road read by D lel ForbeS attorney for Wheler t to rw tf from th the latter latter- lattera a denial of lof E ler's lers ts ro St tem and conclusions zor slon J r reported rt t th that t neither cl lf r h had d t ad P in In respect to enl i ng features but he 11 Ii reco cd of Wheelers Wheeler's s' s i plan lan beSel be tie Sel he said eald t the o ot other e conce concern i h had hadr d dI r I- rights rights' r ts' ts 1 earlier had I n n. n i JJ S 'S added adde l that Wheelers Wheeler's s maps and specifications were Wro rne me mea mea- and r-and d appeared to be cop copies from front Mountains Mountain's and that he eved d the e latter r through finan l l would bo ho able to bre fun fullest t usa uso of power V cler r denied these contentions n not permitted permUted t to co comment ni 1 nt iwas th matter atter of ot prior rights the theS S I 5 missIon holding holding- that It alone d decide that cl S |