Show millions of water power available but undeveloped represent Rep resea absolute waste by UNITED STATES SENATOR JOHN K SHIELDS 0 of tennesee Tenne Tenn aee mee the importance of effectually utilizing the wafer water powers of the country is obvious the power now required io to operate enterprises and public service utilities of the country excluding steam railroads and vessels can be safely estimated at not hotl less ess than thant thirty birty million horse power approximately six million horse power is is now generated by water the rest is generated I 1 from fuel mainly coal the quantity of coal required to pr produce aduce a horsepower horse power hour in steam varies according to the quality of the coal and the size and efficiency of the engines it is ih claim claimed ed that under the most pound of coal can be made to produce one h horse orso power per par hour ri from tom this minimum the antim estimated abed quantity ran ranges gesas as high as even six or seven pounds assuming I 1 h however however that on the average power hour in steam can be produced by three pounds of coal and this quantity probably understates the average quantity of coal required and the corresponding saving by the substitution of water power the power now produced by water saves at least thirty three million tons of coal per year by reason of dist distance Mice from markets cost of development and other causes it will doubtless bo be many years before a quantity equal to even the minimum potential water power of the country horse power powe can be advantageously developed it is certain however that under favorable conditions several additional millions of of horse power can ban now profitably be developed from w water th thus effecting a still further conservation n 0 of f our fuel the millions of water power economically I 1 available but auder eloped represent absolute waste |