Show v GREAT ELECTRIC PROJECT STARTED ROME ROE May B 6 An An artificial lako 1 15 S miles mills long by two miles aIde Ide Is being constructed In Sar- Sar Sardinia Sardinia Sar Sardinia dinia to harness the water po ater-po r of the swift flowing River Tirso I It i Is proposed to develop millions I or of power horse and the tho proJect Is said to be one ona of the tho largest eer e attempted In Europe Di Ba sides tho the de development of power th tho lake thu Will ser nn 0 a n double o in Irrigating a II vast area rea which up to the present has been nothing but a barren waste easto upI I The production of grain In the thelow thelow low plains through which bleh the ris- ris riser riv rl river er run rum Is expected to be augment augment- augmented ed ed ad three fold Hitherto augment the these o plains have hae been nothing but marshy lands cult atlon has been undertaken only under the most difficult circumstances With the Tirso harnessed tho the dig dis- distribution dis distribution of ot eater wa er will III be ba main maln- maintained tUned and controlled to suit the needs of the 10 lowlands lands and the hole 81 a ea transformed Into a product e plain |