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Show I .WATER POWER FOR NATIONAL I . CAPITAL I Senator George W. Norris of Nebras-I Nebras-I ka ha succeeded in having incorporated I in tlje water, power development bill an 1 item, for developing the project known as I Great Falls in the Potomac river near I "Washington. Practically ever since Mr. I (Norris has been in the Senate he has l urged th.it the national capital should II get thej benefit of the- cheaper power and ii additional water f acilitiea. that the build-ypfing build-ypfing of ahighl'dam across theT river-would W make p.ossible. Many surveys have been made and the entire feasibility of the ( project id "assured. The scheme contemplates contem-plates a dam 115 feet high, impounding the! water in a lake about nine miles long and covering 3,000 acres. The power to he generated when the whole project is developed would approximate 100,000 i horse power. Duing the war, which brought a tremendous increase in the population of Washington, the water sup-I sup-I ply was taxed to the utmost. With the creation of the artificial lake that ques-I ques-I tion would be solved for all time to come. U The ultimate cost of the improvement I would be about $25,000,000 according to 1 Senator Norris's estimate. |
