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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1923. Commission, Reports Cost Boulder Dam High Over bstimate VV A W M W " I1 - f , VA Boulder Dam's Location as Proposed in Board's Report south ofl Boulder canyon and about fifty miles n southeast of Las Vegas Nev. The bill, due for revival in congress, proposes the Boulder canyon site. The special board considers Black canyon more feasible from an engineering ' 'point. This map shows Black canyon, selected as the site for Boulder dam as set out by the special Swing-Johnso- engineers' council appointed by President CooU idge, whose report was submitted to congress Mon-daBlack canyon is approximately twenty miles y. Roard of Five Claims RpzrhpA hv J Power Generated Could Not , Repay for Enterprise,. ttas " By HARRY (Staff Corespondent) WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec 3 Boulder dam cannot be built for anything like the price fixed by the bill, nor can it safely or sanely be built according to the Weymouth plan, sponsored by the reclamation bureau. Nor can power, 4Avlnrwl at a mtrrnnunt rjlant at Boulder dam, epay the cost of the enterprise, as promised by the tors of this legislation. But dam can be safely built if the government wants to squander a large part of the Initial cost, and trust to power to Just bout repay the cost of the power plant, and charge all else to flood control and to profit and loss. This, to brief, sums up the conclusions reached bv the board of five, appointed by President Coolidge last summer, to pass on the engineering and economic feasibility of the Boulder or Black Canyon dam. Their re port was sent to congress today. In addition to these findings, the board siatea. points out that if a dam Is built and Electric Plant Would the flow of the Colorado regulated before the United States has a treaty Produce Largo Power. "A agreement with Mexico, a large part horsepower hydro of the regulated flow will waste Into electric plant fully loaded and oper Mexico, there be applied to beneficial a ting continuously on a 55 per cent use, and the rights of the basin states load factor, would generate annually adcorrespondingly diminished. In 600.000,000 kilowatt hours of current. dition to all of which, the board finds In actual practice this theoretical that the Colorado river compact unbe reduced by approxidertakes to allocate more water than output might mately 10 per cent With the uncer probably will be available, and raises tainties of the flow at Boulder dam the novel contention that, under this it is Impossible to estimate closely compact, the upper states would In the average annual output of power the long run get more than a fair wnicn would obtain during a fifty-yeshare of the water. period. "The time available for the Inveslleport Ehows Project tigation in preparation of the report Not Thoroughly Engineered. has not been sufficient to permit the The report shows clearly that the board to go Into all phases of this board, consisting of Major General subject In the detail necessary to William L. Sibert, Charles P. Berkey, fix its with the degree of Daniel W. Mead. Warren J. Mead exactnessfindings which might otherwise be and Robert Rldgway, finds the proj- practicable. ect has not been thoroughly engi"The board believes, however, that neered, and that much engineering it has been able to review the avail-- 1 remains to be done before even an able data with sufficient thoroughaccurate estimate of cost can be ness to warrant the conclusions exmade, before the economic feasibil- pressed in this report. In considerity of the project can be determined, ing the economics of this project, and safe plan of construction ar- the board recognizes the importance, rived at The vital parts of the board among others, of the following facreport are the discussion of pow- tors: er, and the question of economic "1. While much land has already feasibility of the project as a whole. been brought under irrigation on the Those sections of the report, in the Colorado river delta in Mexico, it is nature of conclusions, follow: evident that 'uch development has! "Based on the foregoing estimates been retarded by the lack of water of the variation of the flow of the available from the river during low Colorado river. It is believed that water periods. under present conditions of Irrigation a continuous output of 650,000 horse- Storage Flood Waters power, or one million horsepower on Invitation to Mexico. 55 per cent load factor, could be "The storage of flood waters in the maintained even during the years of Black Canyon reservoir and their re normal low flow, A fairly rapid Ir- lease during low water seasons will rigation development lr, however, to make more water available In Mexbe expected in the entire Colorado ico and will invite immediate expanriver basin, provided the seven states sion in acreage in that compact is consummated, and, if the country, Irrigated the limited water With Boulder Canyon project Is underavailable from the Colorado supply taken, preparations for such develriver, every acre permanently Irriopment may be expected both in the gated in Mexico will mean that an upper and lower basins during the acre in the United States cannot be construction of such project "As the use of water for irrigation irrigated. Such a limitation of lands would result in a corresponding Urn increases, the amount of water avail ltation on possible income. It is the able lor power will decrease and a of the board that it Is of time will arrive when, during periods opinion importance in this of low water, the full estimated much economic that an agreement limiting" amount of power cannot be main- project the amount of water assignable to tained. Within a thirty or forty-yeMexico snouia be made prior to the period, even with a reregulatlng res- completion of the Boulder Canyon ervoir, the power output may be re- protect. duced to or of "2. The board believes that the the capacity of the proposed plant growing demand for power in southduring a long dry period. ern California, when considered on a conservative basis, will be sufficient Another Complication to absorb the probable Dower niitnnf la Seven 6 tat Compact of the proposed hydroelectric plant. "The whole matter is further com"3. As a sound basis for estimatplicated by the proposed seven states ing the probable power output of a Is It that compact quite probable it is necessary to know the the compact attempts to apportion stream, ' (Continued oo Paae Elf lit.) more water than the actual average (Column On.) Swine-Johns- SPECIAL MEN'S SUITS AND O'COATS, LADIES' DARK PLAIN WOOL -- DRESSES AND MYERS' ECONOMY SPECIAL PLAIN WOOL COATS CALL AND DELIVER TO CHARGE EXTRA NO Mm! Now, as Alwtyi. Myer' Standard gerrk at Rf titer tho Brst Money Can Buy! CLEANERS MYERS COLORADO RIVER BASIN ff- -J et ten-ye- ECONOMY CLEANING PHONE WAS. 60 undepleted flow of the river. The situation Is still further complicated by the fact that the upper states are authorized to take more than an equitable proportion of the flow of we river, lor any one or more oi a aeries of dry years, provided they permit a total of 75.000,000 acre-feto flow down the river ln'a period of ten consecutive years. "In any event, the Upper basin has, by virtue of its location, first call on the water of the river, and withdraw al of the cllotted share of the annual flow during any series of years of low flow may make it impossible to carry out the terms of the compact during the latter part of a low period. If the low flow continued for a considerable term of years, the proposed storage at Boulder dam would be Inadequate to provide suf ficient water f the lower valley through such a period. The power output would also be seriously af fee ted. and might be reduced below the estimated, minimum previously J. BROWN. IT'S ON AGAIN!!: YES, MYERS SERVICE UNITED STATES RECLAMATION ar BOUNDARY R rp-..-.,- 'OW.' Y vsr 0.N ' & DYERS, East Broadway 114-11- 6 I ' ' a. . OF BASIN j .1 jEAPrrO WEhR&MJLUNEfiZ JT 239 MAM one-milli- If ar iI 4 IkX!!' camvaa u v jl i Art. a . . , y . STORE-WID- E IHIAILIF I f y v. IcvwmwX 1J CONTINUING THEIR AT j CPN J r SALE EVERY DRESS EVERY COAT ALL FURS santafso In This Big, New E' W. Higli-CIas- s Stock II JUST THINK OF IT! LADIES! You Get Two Dresses or One Dress and One Coat FOR THE PRICE OF ONE! Or Any One at HALF PRICE! HUNDREDS TO CHOOSE FROM 239 MAIN AMERICAN THEATER BLDG. ar five-tent- hs hs wmud trom Owa ., Instead of being, as heretofore repre of the sented, the 'burden-bearproject, Is n6w found to be able to bear no more than the burden of Ita own cost, and that only conditionally. 'The cost of the project as authorized In the Swing bill, which passed the house of representatives, is found to be 151,000,000 greater .'than the estimate'; I. e.. It has bren Increased from $125,000,000 to $178,000,000. The old plan of construction proposed Is found unsafe and infeaslble. The economic performance qX he project as planned and represpnted is found Infeaslble and Impossible. Problem on Facts. t'oncresa lias New "The problem now before congress is what shall be done with this legislation In the light of the new set of facts and conditions upon which we must proceed. Unfortunately. the board which has reported did not have the authority to, and hence did not. examine alternative plans of develppment which would, accord- In to Information already available, provide flood control, river regula- nun unit oioiuge ui nuici lui bu guv- emmental purposes at a fraction of me cosi, in a mucn snorter period of time, and without the enormous risks of this project. In view of the facts now before us. It seems to me that we must give most serious con-- I siderailon to a new plan of develop- -' (C er We place on sale 96 Dresses for One Day Only These Dresses have been sold as high as $16. All Sizes ' ' Beautiful Metallic, Felts, Velvets and Satins. Compare these Hats with $5 and $6 values 44 Emi Bdwny. 7ft$H yC,j . 7L JID 1 Home f Style Swing-Johnso- n fully warned, legislation." King Worried Aboot Water Available for Slates. Senator King Is very much dis turbed by what the engineers say in Antheir report about the inadequacy of the water of the Colorado rtver, and fears that under the bill Utah and other upper basin states will be signing away "The- - report ijears out what we their to a large part of the claimed all along, that Boulder dam water right which had been led to would be an economic and engineer- suppose wouldthey be theirs for power It also makes It development and irrigation. The ing monstrosity. plain that if tills dam is built in ad- senator had a conference this aftervance of the consummation of an noon with Governor Dern of Utah, agreement with Mexico, vast quantl W P WalWo nf Rult T.olre r.iiv onH ues 01 rcguiaieo. now win De turned several upper state senators, and Mexico and can be applied to!ranRed another conference for irrigation of hundreds of thou-- ; morrow to be attended by aU senators sands of Mexican acres, without the rrom Utah. Wyoming, Colorado and for storage. All that water, once ap propriated in Mexico, will be lost forever to the United States. The board finds, as we have contended that Boulder dam cannot be built for anything like $125,000,000; shows up the economic unsoundness of thr project, and shows that unless the canal is eliminated, a large and unnamed sum charged off for flood control and other deduc- tions made, power cannot begin to repay the cost. In other words, thrboard finds that Boulder ,4am will be a costly venture, to.be paid for largely by the taxpayers of the en- Armstrong-Engber- g tire country, to afford a supposedly f WIST FIRST SOUTH cheap power sirpply and some water to California. If congress passes the Smoot Says Report of Engineering Board Confirms His Conclusions, nounced Earlier. - SIPHKaiAL bill, having been I risk the prediction of the board will mathat the report terially affect the prospects of this Utah Representatives Claim Boulder Dam Bill Impossible menu "The board also finds that the estimate of the flow oi the Colorado rive upon which this project has been based are exceedingly uncer-- ; tain and. In the opinion of the board, are too high. This raises a serious question as to the protection of the irrigation rights of the interested states, which must be given further consideration.. The board also recommends that an agreement limit- -, ing the amount of water assignable to Mexico should be made prior to the completion of such a project. These and other points found by the board emphasize the importance and necessity of further study of the entire project." Representative Iatherwood. after 3)'reading the board s report, said: Swing-Johns- - ar-In- to to-t- New Mexico to consider this new phase of the Boulder dam problem. He thinks it more essential than ever that the bill be amended before passage to fully protect the interests of the upper states In the waters of the Colorado. Governor Dern and Mr. Wallace share Senator King's apprehension and will remain over another day to Senator attend the conference. Johnson, it is learned, is disposed, to meet the board report by merely amending his bill increasing the appropriation .from $120,000,000 to $176,000,000, substituting the house bill for bis own, and then attempting to force the bill through the senate. 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