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Show w sj s ROADS TO BE ELECTRIFIED All Transcontinental Lines Included In F .her's Forecast Washington, .Inn T. -What Secretary Secre-tary Fisher believes to be beginning of the eleetrllleatlon of all transcon tlnentul railroads wub marked today by a giant to the Creat Falls Mont.. Power company to transmit over public pub-lic domain, under strict government regulations, power for the electrifica tion of -ITiO miles of tracks of main lino of the Chlcngo, Milwaukee and Puget Sound railroad, between liar-lowtown, liar-lowtown, Mont., nnd Avery, Ida. The fact that the (Ireat Falls com puny was willing to accept the full est piovlslons for the protection of public Interests, even where all It wob asking was for a transmission line," Is of even greater Importance from tho public benefit point of view asserted Secretary Fisher today, than the further great eleetrllleatlon of rnllrondB which must follow Water Power Development "It demonstrates," he continued, "not only that tho provisions for pro tectlon of the public Interest upon which tho department of tho Interior Inter-ior Insists, do not prohibit water power development ns hns been claimed by its oppononts; but thnt the greatest development which has yet taken place In the practical np plication of electricity can be nnd is being taken under those' ery proi sIonB. Tho power n i.ipnny :'nd tl department found that thej could co-operate cordially nnd effectively !. Axing the terms of n grnnt so ns to recognize effectively both pnblh mi1 private IntereHts nnd rights." Tho grant, which Ik for llft vein wns worked out under the act o! Mn.ch I, l'JII, relating to eleetriu. transmissions telephone nnd tell graph lines Sccretnry Fisher said It should be a "precedent which will h.ive a far reaching effect." Tho grnnt is subject to readjustment readjust-ment every ten years, provides for regulation of rates nnd services, tho power to tho United Stntes tho stato and cities ot ns low rato as Is given any other buyer and prohibits tho transfer of tho permit without tho np provnl of the secretary of the inter lor. |
