Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-01-30 | Page 11 | Lease of Nitrate Plant Proposed

lEASE OF NITRATE PLANT PROPOSED I Mussel Musser 15 I ISho Sho Shoals ls I Is S Sub Subject of Expenditures oni- oni 1 m Hee WASHINGTON WAS I Jan Tan 30 Operation 30 Operation ot of the Mussel Sh Shoals ls t plant l nt by lease se to to to private prate pr ate owners rs is proposed b by the Graham committee In expenditures expenditures' res lii Iri the war d department depart depart- part part- ment fn In the r report port to the h house use agreed oh on on tod today The government Is to re retain re- re i Lain tain ownership of ot the plant The commIttee committee committee com com- has decided that government Operation of Ot t the e plant lant w would prove too costly An alternative plan n to be presented by bythe the committee should be the private vate rate leasing plan b be rejected ted is ft to close th the plant but provide against dete- dete deter r and hold for tor use in event of ot I cm emergency rg n y