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KfitU lle de- power end navigation velopment In process of construe tlon by the United States government on the Tennessee river In northern Alabama, la a aubjeet of dlacoaalon by the nationwide ITEM 1nlW T JIB American people, Various circumstances have combined to fix popu- ntk UK lar attention upon theae am Uoxn ft umg !H zirilj H, government- properties, the world's largest hydraulic development. America'a entrance into the found ua dependent upon Chile 1917 la nr itua with which to manufacture explosives. can be taken from the nitrogen in the air. nr and the facllltiea for the manufacture Agnate aupply were not available. Hence Ini government decided to construct a al-owned lot of ita own. Muscle Shoals was arlected rite because It bad ample water power, waa lot to the raw material!, coal and Ume-uwaa aecura from a military viewpoint tvu begun at Muscle Shoala in July of it the signing of the armistice In November d tax flnall MitWL iiitaam-powe- nitrate plant bad been r prte-mplete- Wilson Dam, however, bad been begun. Congress decided to complete WU-- a and It will be ready to deliver Its power LAT In 1925. Shoals did Bma not become useless at tha On the contrary It ri the armistice. peace-tim- T w BiHA possibilities. e It can be onne of two of the moat Important factors hdustrtul development electricity and bHH EL poa-pc- The usee of electrical power ait limitless. Nitrogen compounds can ba hu either explosives or fertiliser, the pro-risges of manufacture being the same. of the Muscle Shoals project will also herease the navigability of the Tennessee ESI ootta a. MfftfeSI 1 the last two years several offers to the War department for part or tie Shoals The have all of properties. secretary of nd these offers to congress with tha refer legislation covering the situation. Muacle Shoals Projoct In Detail. hg tat Coolidgc, in a message to congress De-- f IKS, recommended that the properties object to the right of the government to tan In time of war and with a covenant taimentutlon for the manufacture of fer-b- e carried on to success. He recommended taw consider offers, conduct negotiations W definite recommendations, wide, however, la solely for the purpose A Alffl aw Fob In a CSSS -- ta outstanding wr. UTAl facts In connection with of the Muscle Shoals of the complicated situation ideal aspects develop-Othet-phaif- Wdy ignored. ZE1 works at Muscle Shoals representing all of the present under-existing and proponed. If present plans fed Krtctly horn uIMM UTAH -- nitM n0y I war-tim- e b out, the complete as following; Ho. 1 This is development com- small navigation dam to be Florence, two miles below the Wilson estimated cost Is $1.4 0,000. Its con-- . n,t yt npproved. It Is to contain n 1 lock and will Vinpl provide sufficient depth of lva,h to the Wilson Dam. From Flor-Ohio, a distance of 237 miles, there Is 1 di-fo- PfM ltH00 cliiinne, Jm 2Tllls 1 lhe Wilson Dam, elsewhere 'hHnll. it win j? develop power and Is wlth niivignilon locks Its final cost Is w Kl.iMygvi. ll l" a proposed power and located is miles above Wilson Pam. Kructlon is It would yt-- t approved. Kalw in the river 40 feet and permit ut ihftlier (lisiunce up stream for nhoiit ft'ouM aupply power to a maximum of n,u would be even longer rMrnM,Wtr' Itiim, but not so high. Its estlumt- .. to X2S.0U0.fSK). Flsut N. Tills Is n relatively small Mat built In for cxiierimental pur- liny 1 cost of f 10.01 if), 000. l ctf bit! Fl'l Ul" tat!?' iw "WOlMVifj. t i cunnoctlon r T Xoa. "H consisting of 2100 acres of six separate plants for the pnce-sfand there ore in in, uses, with electric lights, tami,,".,r "tipply; one hotel with v,fh nil modern Improvements i Jfoved rouds ; 87 jnilan of standaid- C0Vw5 It s Sf. joo.ooO-horwpow- llu,,stone quarry at Waco, was !lnbl'ie vlllii;(8 with Nitrate llants tor workera wrre built. 1 t large nitrate plant explosives during the crti inr.udng a Svf.vni IlH ! af West Coast Life INSURANCE COMPANY E railroad; 20 miles ut sewers; 18 miles of KOc and fixe water supply; a 60,000,000-gallo- n with pumping plant and filter, and an lea plant ! lyjOHN DICKINSON 8HERMAN CSCLE SHOALS, an enormouz I WiJjonDam Muscle Shoals Dam No. 2, built by War Department. The largest dam in the work as it will appear when completed in 1923. Inserts A lap shows relative location of Jl ml Wk- - . infflEc fevdopmeni taw Util "A Service That Endures ,ci$M)oufch& u i o Ourgaa Steam Power Plant In order to obtain power for construction work and for operation of e nitrate plant while Its main waa power still unavailable, a 40,000-- h orsepow er aupply generating plant waa erected on tha property of the Alabama Power company at Gorges, Ala, 88 miles away, and connected with Muscle Shoala n by a long line. This plant la not an Integral portion of the Muscle Shoala development It was, tliere-forSold to the Alabama Power under company an agreement made with that company at the it wu erected. traaa-mlndo- Largest Dam In tha World. The Illustration given herewith suggests out standing features of Wilson Dam. The Inserted map shows the relative positions of the three damn The navigation part of the Muscle Shoals project la too extensive and complicated to be described In detail here. In general It may be said that tha Tennessee river rises In northeastern Tennessee, flows southwest, makes an asst to west loop through northern Alabama and then flows north through Tennessee and Kentucky, Joining the Ohio near Its Juncture with the Mississippi at Cairo, HL The Tennessee la 632 miles long from Knoxville, Tenn, to Paducah, Ky. At Muscle Bhoala, In northern Alabama, tha river fella ISA fleet In 87 miles. Here la the main obstruction to the through navigation of the river. With tha three dams and tha supplemental locks In operation, the Muacle Shoals obstacle would be removed. The Wilson Dam, aa the Illustration suggests, is an Impressive structure and pleasing to the eye. There are longer dams and dams that are higher, bnt none that Is larger. Ministerial golfers In moments of strew requiring adequate expression will soon be exjweted to change over from Gatnn or Assuan to Wilson, or at leut to cap the climax with Wilson. It should be remembered that the stream here runs from east to west and that In tha Illustration the north bonk la at the left of the picture. Wilson Dam waa built primarily for the purpose of furnishing electric power, but the navigation phase had to be considered. This accounts for the lock on the north bank. Then comes the main dam and next the power house extending from the muln dnm to the south shore. The awltch and control buildings will be located on the bluff on the south abn re. if a drydock la needed In the future. It will Hugh L be located upstream from the lock. of the and engineer supervising designing Cooper, Wilson Dam, says the entire structure will contain cover 30,500,000 solid cubic feet of masonry and mass of this visualizes lie 20 acres of ground. to a concrete is it equivalent saying by masonry mad from New York to Chicago. 18 feet wide and six Inches thick. The project Is being constructed U. S. of by the War department, con H. engineers, Ileach, chief of A under MaJ. Gen. Lansing Taylor, assiatont engineers, and Brig. Gen. Harry Tlie construction chief, immediately in charge. Col. George Lieut. of direction the under force are dnm the of proper: R. Spalding. Mr. Cooper says 117 feet above of a to height rl The dam proper to a depth of ,arks up the weter water founds tin eurfaco. tdrock to tho now M sectlonof the dam Is of the overfall orsvUy'typ of dsm Normal pool l.v.l above the normal tallwater Is at 501 normal head . .VU avail-rrrSroA- h, spillway Is at feet wide each spillway opening Is Supplor between. m th. cic"r wh an ( foot rch'in ov,r ch f an ss ported on bridge- - serving wsy ving "fr,''no control listen and proacross me tra-- k bridge end roadway ylding a double ,11, aie 6S spillway openings. there In the river. 0f structural steel. IS test rn,-!- i with a contra high and 40 foet long. end The lust five section of the dam, adjoining to the pwr hnse fonny rtnirtore. ln sections" Buys Mr. iv nut spillway thirteen loruted re lire tin these II'. din., icier Knelt s'iiIcm is simply lhe M. Ilvidt through concrete hy s mnsslvo u. or by downstream the t 1 valve. These valves ure opit lr Vne- m,mted V.Vv'a Miiail traveli on a track nlmve valve. ?im of the alult-e- 1 opened under full head Wher or m,,re ,n dl" liiri-meight f nd 43 feet per at about conm-il- ng 12 Wt ll !'' dto-bnr- he .nn-Ile- sU 1 , n JnXT.'i "n ,l0ur or thirty mlb Ba Generated. Enormous Power to can be divided Into structure -Inmse The ower and tlie power tw0 l',,- fifreliay structure la that buUdluR- - xji por-hmi- - water and larrier. It 1. d of tE r wnt-pressure wtth- ! J ithsmnd the enOre The arch building. house outthea.don e power Unu without change of br" -- 'rurture 10 the smith shore. feet long. pra,le la approximately U'30 , when The power wo aux- mil feet Wide and t, of ' tiTSiy j iL 1 i Illary apparatus sections and a shore section. Ultimate Installation calla for eighteen twain power units, four of which are 30,000 horsepower each, and fourteen of 35,000 horsepower each. Four of the latter fourteen and tha four 80,000 horsepower units are being Installed at the present time, making an Initial Installation of 200,000 horsepower. Each power unit consists of a water turbine of the Francis type. In a vertical setting, with electrical generator above on the same aha ft. The four 80,000 horsepower turbines were manufactured by the William Cramp A Sons Ship A Engine Building company, and tha generators for same were made by the Wesllnghouee Electric A Manufacturing company. Five thousand men are employed on tha construction of tills project They work In three shifts, each shift working eight hours. This construction camp Is in reality a fair-alsetown. Tha main concrete mixing plant la located on an Island In the middle of the river. From here tha concrete Is hauled In large buckets on railroad cars to any part of the Job where It may be needed. Railroad tracks serve every available part of the work. In all more than twenty miles of track have been laid for construction purposes. A construction bridge carrying railroad tracks aa well aa tracks for huge traveling derricks had to bo constructed. In order to build the formwork for tho concrete, a lumber yard, sawmill and layout platform had to be erected. The lumber used on tho Job will run to millions of feet board measure." The manufacture of destructive explosives from nitrates taken from Hie air la a fascinating subject, especially in connection with the fact that the same nitrates can easily he turned Into harmless and beneficent fertilizer. As It stands today. Nitrate Plant No. 2 can fix from the atmosphere the nitrates required for the continuous supply of ammunition for an army of 14130,000 men. In war time the cost of ammunition is not an essential feature. But can fertiliser be manufactured at Muscle Shoals at peace-tim- e prices? This seems to be an unsettled question. MaJ. J. K. Crain, ordnance department, U. R. A., says on this much-vexe- d question In connection with the Muscle Shoala momc omca-s- ruictca w L. A. HILLS, Special Agent PRICK, UTAH West Coa-t- t Lux Insurance Col WlM.lwnte Qnigiei (Del h WidlM m mj Addm Punfiiwfc. moss l'V5aami M.MHS iUSVi jasi d The SAFE WAY L Valuable papers, jewelry and keepsakes, if kept lying around the house in various places, are liable to be lost,, misplaced or stolen. A box in our Safe Deposit Vault supplies you with a safe, convenient, fireproof depository for these valuables, and the cost of this protection Is very smalL project Thsrs Is soma doubt that fertlllssr eon bs duced by tha proeoaa for which Muaelo Bhoala properties art now oqulppod at a pries low enough to compote with tho products from other sources. However, this aubjeet is engaging tho attention of dentists In both private and governmental employ. Promising results have been attained at C-the fixed nitrogen laboratory In Washington. D. - which laboratory was established by the War department, but turned over to tbo control of tho Department of Agriculture In 111. The doubtful outcome of experiment! In this Held has caused the War department to oppose rellnqulehment of tho title to these properties without adequate guarantees that the plants must be returned to tho control of tho government In an effective condition to bo utilised In tha manufacture of explosives, should they pass to the control of persona who did not oontlnuo their use of tho manufacture of fertilisers. Taking Nitrogen From Air. Tho raw materials employed In the manufacturing process are nitrogen, obtained from the air, limestone, and coal, which la used In the form "The first step la of coke, says Major Crain. to burn the limestone to lime, which la an oxide of calcium (CaO). This la then mixed with coke (carbon) and the mixture la heated to a very high temperature In electric furnace. The product thus formed la a combination of calcium and carbon, the familiar 'calcium carbide (CaO-2- ) which generates acetylene when placed ln water. The carbide la run out of the furnaces ln a liquid aLata, and after cooling and solidifying, la ground to fine powder. The next step la to add nitrogen to tha carbide. this puriKwe practically pure nitrogen la needed. There are several different inuthoda of separating nitrogen from the oxygon of the air, but the one used at Muscle Shoala because of Its simplicity and rbeHpmw. la first to liquify air and then to separate the two gases by taking advantage of the fact tliut the boiling ilnts of the two liquid gases 182.3 are slightly different. (Oxygen boll at 195.5 dedegrees Centigrade and nitrogenI at very similar to gress Centigrade.) The process that used in separating mixtures of alcohol and wuter. "The actual fixation of the nitrogen Is now accomplished by passing it over the finely ground carhlilo heated to a temperature of about 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit A reaction tukes place under these conditions and a complex compound of calcium, carbon, and nitrogen, called cyanamlde Fr (CaCN-2- ) la the result next step in the production of both explosive! and fertilizer Is to beat the cyanamlde in large steel tanks with steam and water, which in tlie formation of ordinary ammonia. "Ammonia can be readily changed Into nitric and from Gils acid any desired niadd (ITNO-3trogen compound for either agricultural or miliFor fertilizer, amtary purposes eon be made. monium phosphate und ammonium sulphate ore the preferred forms; while for explosives, there is a host of nitrogen products, dynamite, T. N. T and many others." 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