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Show : Engineer Raiidall Sees Power Obstacles ; R. E. Randall, assistant engineer in; charge of water power development: within national forests, who will be in ; Ogden during the remainder of the week, has stated that one of the great-1 est obstacles to water power development develop-ment in the west was the uncertain I basis for investment. Under the water 1 power bill now before congress, this i objection will be removed, he staes. Because of the fact that permits for use of water power within national forests and public lands were revok-able revok-able by the secretary of the department depart-ment affected, men have hesitated in investing large sums in water power development. He predicts enormous development of water, power on Utah and Idaho streams, following the passage pas-sage of the bill. The bill will create a federal water power commission, made up of the secretary sec-retary of war, the secretary of agriculture agri-culture and the secretary of the interior. inter-ior. This commission will have authority auth-ority to issue permits, irrevocable unless un-less certain conditions which .will be given are violated. oo |