Show III Utah tah p Power S Supplying I ravaged Flood-ravaged Area coal is generating electricity at ata ata ata a rapid rate to help relieve the power Columbia shortage in the ravaged Hood river basin It was reported today by T. T TA Purton chief engineer Utah Power and Light comp company v. v I I I. I stab mal Tower Power has been operating Its steam steam generating plants and is sending up to kilowatts of or power dally daily to the Northwest over Its oo- oo I Volt Toll transmission line between Grace Orace Idaho and ond Anaconda Montana Montana he said I Mr pointed out that damage damage- of f succeeding crests down the Columbia river been augmented by the fact that floodwaters rush unimpeded over o overfull overfull full lull reservoirs of the Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams and on down the tho Channel to tu flood the areas below Rett Re's Res Re Re- Retarding s 's tt effect of the original river banks r and meandering channel are thus lost be toe pointed out I High Highwater W water avater ter has filled the channels below and Grand Orand Coulee dam 1 thus slashing the electric generating i 1 capacity at the two dams by an amount greater than the normal capacity of the entire entire Bonneville plant he said Mr ton Proton explained that Bonneville and C Coulee ulee power plants are unable to supply the demand for electricity although that demand has hall been greatly reduced became became be be- came floodwaters have closed many manufacturing plants normally supplied with I That Bonn Bonneville sad r 1 Coulee Conies dams were a not mot ot designed for Hood alood control purposes purposes pur pur- poses and certain certainly ly have not been operated operated op op- as such hr hf is tiers been n wen well known to competent engineers he hit saId Raid adding that In such purpose multi-purpose projects effectiveness ef effectiveness effectiveness ef- ef for one purpose O must always I be compromised to the advantage of another nother |