| Show utah coal Is helping Ste Aftel lieve flood area utah coal is generating electric ity at a rapid rate to help relieve the power shortage in the hood flood ravaged columbia river basin it was reported today by T A pur ton chief engineer utah power light company utah power has been operating its steam electric generating plants and iso is sending up to kilo watts of power daily to the north west over its volt transmits tran sion son line between grace idaho and anaconda montana he said mr purton pointed out that dam age of succeeding crests down the columbia river has been augment ed by the fact that floodwaters rush unimpeded over full reservoirs of the bonneville and grand coulee dams and on down the channel to flood 1 the areas below retarding effect of the original river banks and meandering channel are thus I 1 lost 0 st he pointed out high water has filled the chan nels below bonneville and grand coulee dams thus slashing the electric generating capacity at the two dams br an amount greater than the normal capacity of the entire bonneville plant he said mr purton explained that bonne ville and coulee power plants are unable to supply the demand for electricity although that demand has been greatly reduced because floodwaters have closed many manufacturing plants normally supplied with electricity that bolleville belleville Bol leville and coulee dams were not designed for flood control purposes must always be compro comero to the advantage of another |
