Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1924, Page 10

f——————-— HIS ENGAGEMENTS Forenoon Passes Without Single Conference With Individuals. up considerably in the matter. of @aily audlences in order that he may give his attention to a number of important pending questions and dispose of a quantity of routine busi- ness. Besides meeting With his cablnet and later with the corps of news- paper correspondents He ha.l no other engagements in his office Is murn- tng. He made only two formal er- gagements yesterday, although n the afternoon he gave a few impromptu audiences. This afternoon he is to Tecelve Representative Fitzgerald of Ohlo, who wants to present a friend, and tonight he and Mrs. Coolidge will be the honor guests at a dinner party at the home of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. i Edward F. Colladay, republican na- tional committeeman for the District | of - Columbia, called at the White House today and, through Edward T. Clark, acting secretary to the Presi- dent, arranged to Introduce the offi- cers and members of the republican tate committee of the District to the | Prestdent at noon Friday. At the tame time the President will be pre- sented with a copy of the resolution passed by this organization several days ago Indorsing him for the re- publican nomination next year. ZIHLMAN PRESENTS BILL FOR BIG POWER PLANT ON POTOMAC (Continued from First Page.) President Coolidge has tlzhlele‘i 1 Prompted their co-operation for a completé and authoritative presenta- tion to Congress regarding the feasi- bility of developing water power at Great Falls, Representative. Zilhman and Representative Moore today is- mued the following statement: “Elther the development of the un- sed power of the Potomac river should be now undertaken, or all thought ~of doing what has been dreamed and urged for more than half a century might as well be abandoned. The bill has been offered by those who are just as confident that the government and the public of the District of Columbla would greatly profit by what is proposed as they wWere of the neceseity of con- structing an additional water conduit to supply the needs of the District at the time when that proposition, also set forth in the Tyler report, was antagonized and sought to be dis- oredited. “That Invited the contest and the advocates of the present blll are, of course, perfectly aware of the oppo-’ sition which it is going to encounter. That opposition was indicated at the hearing before the water-power com- mission, when the commission was told by the representatives of the Washington Railway and Electric Company and the Potomac Electric Power Company, which through a subsidiary corporation own the land in Virginia and Maryland adjacent to the Great Falls and also claim some ownership over the waterpower, that & generation of hydro-electric 'power and the distribution thercof in the manner set forth in the Tyler report is not economically practicable. Moves Made in 1905. “Nevertheless, it is not forgotten that the sume interests, in 1905, when the Old Dominion Rallway Company asked access to the Great Falls through the land of the subsidiary corporation, contended before the state corporation commission of Vir- ginla and before the supreme court of appeals of that state that the land at the Great Falls had enormous value for power purposes, and testi- fied as to the ease with which the development of the power could be effected and of the plans that already had been made for its development. ‘The court, passing on the case, id: ‘The evidence tends to show t the land sought to be condemned is wgsential to the appellant (the Great: Falls Power Company) for the development of its water power and thet, if taken, the power company would be compelled to change its plans entirely.’ “Now it has no plan and disap- m". the plans proposed by others. Army engineers, however, after the most elaborate Investigation, had no difficulty in reaching the conclu- sion that the power which is going to waste should and can be made available for use, and with that con- clusion the. views of the power com- mission, made up of three members of the cabinet, coinclded. “The quotation from the letter of the commission,to Congress set forth in the preamble of the bill is an em phatic expression of its opinfon that to refraln from the development ‘:opuufl in the Tyler report would detrimental to the interests of the government and the people. Coupled with that expression, the commission said: ‘Will Demonstrate Values. **“The project when completed. will :u.nd as an {llustration to the coun- ry generally of the immense value of water power development In the For t'he Southland.’ —Flannel Frocks —Flannel Skirts —Flannel Suits High shades of green, henna, blue tans. yellow, White and gray, plain or with colored stripes. . . PAY FOR SCIENTISTS Coolidge and Cabinet Alarm- ‘ed at Number of Resigna- tions of W. S. Employes. Inability of the federal government to retain employes who are engaged in sclentific work, and others who are expert in some particular line, is giv- ing the administration eo fauch con- cern that a better scale of salaries for that class of employes will be con- sidered. A number of scientists and other experts have been attracted to pri- vate employment because of greatly increased salarles during the past few months, and the departmental heads who have lost these men have brought the matter to the President’s attention on more than one occasion Tecently. It is known that the situation was discussed at much length at today's cabinet session at the White House, and President Coolidge was repre- sented afterward as being startled at the losses the government has ex- perienced in this respect, and to have expressed himself as being favorable | to Increase the pay of these employes at least to a point of meeting outside overtures. In making this known at the White House today a spokesman for the President sald that the drain on the government for its trained em- ployes has become so alarming that cablnet officers most seriol af- | fected contend that the government must act guickly to keep those men they still have if the scientific work planned by their respective depart- ments is not to be hampered or if not entirely abandoned. While no speclal department of the government was mentioned in con- nection with this situation it Iis known that the Departments of Com. merce, Agriculture and Interior employ pany eclentists and that the Treas- ry Department and other depart- ments have experts in certain lines of work who are In great demand by outside enterprises. —_— conservation sources.” “The Tyler report, which was sub- mitted to Congress nearly three years ago, in February, 1921, states as a central fact that ‘a comprehensive de- velopment of the Potomac river for power purposes by means of power dams in the main river and storage reservoirs in certain of the larger tributaries, is economically feasible, and continuous power thereby can be guaranteed at a cost per kilowat hour of approximately 50 per cent less than for power generated by steam (even with the price of coal as low as $7 per ton) if the entire output of the hydroelectric plant can be marketed. “It may be noted that in 1905, when the subsidiary corporation owning rights at the Great Galls was litigating in Virginia to be protected from inter- terence with its development plan, the Washington price of contract coal used for generating power by steam was not more than $4 per ton. “According to the Tyler report, the total production of power, should the ct be completely carricd out, would be%7¢,000,000 kilowatt hours per annum, and the question is raised as to whether it could all find a market. The total consumption in the District in 1920 ‘was 308,000,000 kilowatts, of which the government used over 20 per cent. The excess of 367.000,000 kilowatts would have to be sold outside of the District. Transmitted Long Distances. “As is well known, hydroelectric current s transmitted for long dis- tances. For example, in the south, it is understood cotton mills draw cur- rent from plants 200 or more miles distant from the mills, and the proc- esses_are being Improved so that the cost of transmission is being de- creased. “On January 1, 1920, the population of the District was 437.571. On the same day within a radlus of fifty miles of what would be the distribut- ing point there was a population of 1,228,600, exclusive of the District. Within that circle are seven Maryland towns having a population of more than 2,600, including Baltimore, with a population of more than 730,000. and smaller towns, such as Annapolis and Frederick, and three Virginia towns and one West Virginia town with a population of more than 2,500. “Within a radlus of 100 miles there is a population of 2,767,000 exclu- | sive of the District, the whole em- bracing portions -of the states of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia and a large additional number of towns and cities. “The population, of course, great- 1y increases and the prospective mar- ket greatly expands when a radlus of 160 or 200 miles is taken instead of a more limited radius. Quotes Power Commission. i “In, view of the statistics given,| which apply to the year prior tol the submission of the Tyler report to Congress, and of .the many and multiplying uses to which electric powerin a new put—the operation of raflways, manufacturing, lighting and heating in farm and home act'vi- ties, etc,—the waterpower commis- sion was justified in saying: “‘Oyr study of the situation satis- fies us that all of the power so de- veloped will find a ready market in the District and certain adjacent ter- ritories, to which it can be tran: of our natural re- and Flannel is beingl highly fea- / THE ColLecTor OF INTERNAL REVENUE WANT § “To KNow HOW YoU FIGURED A DEDUCTIOM cr‘qg,(,-lz ForR TRAVELING EXPENSES INTHE YEAR 1921, HE ALSO WANTS To Know ABoUT Your DEDUCTIOM oF ¥63,904 DEPRECIATION ON YOUR STEAM YACHT, AS YOUR ATTORNEY 1 ADVISE You To COME CLEAN WiITH THE ACTUAL FIGURES T | “THE CHILD MOVIE ACTRESS GETS A COME-BACK OM HER 1921 INCOME TAX RETURM —— TOPR. 1974 (N. ¥. WORLD). PRESS FUB. GO mitted without disproportionate line | Washington along the lines suggest- loss or transmission system lose’ | % 5 ys- “It s confdently balleved thet dn| o the DEYDORAL: 8GREE-DOWEE AYS analyzing and passing on the matter, tem between Washington and Bos- which is confessedly of grave impor- | ton, would not scrap existing plants, tance, the commitiee to which this| but existing utility plants iu the cit: | the upper Potomac or its tributaries, bill is referred and the House will | les along the Atlantic seaboard would | he said, under present plans. The reach the same conclusions as those | be hooked up with the greater power | upper Potomac, howev he added, arrived at by the water-power com- | 4gencies to be constructed as part of | from his present knowledge, offers mission and the Army engineer. the super-power system, Secretary [comparatively small opportunity for Hoover flgllred today. great power development as proposed Utilization of existing water- t power resources in the territory about The Pofbmac Electric Power Com-'In the superpower plan. Construc- pany would be used as a part of the proposed superpower project and would be “hooked in” with the sug- gested wer development plant on These furs are all good furs—they come from particular furriers and every one of them is our own very careful selec- tion. Added to this assurrance is the great satisfaction of secur- ing these coats at such rare savings! . $95.00 to $12500 Fur Jacquettes—smart beige and plati- s ¢ num caracul, with chin collars of kit fox or Viatka dyed squir- rel, also white French coney, with monkey fur trimming....... 165.00 to $185.00 Bay Seal (dyed coney) Coats and (?apef——fine, lusfrous skins; reversed band borders. Full 50-inch length ... 500 Hudson Seal (dyed muskrat) Coats—skunk or seif trimmed and beautitully lined: - $285.00 sian Lamb Coat—skunk collars and cuffs. 350.00 to $395.00 Fur Wraps of high character and indi- Nd\ln’llly. cllfdlnx 46-inch Hudson Seal (dyed muskrat) Coat with :lgulrrel or skunk collars and cuffs; Mole Cape with platinum wolf collar; Jap Mink (dyed weasel) Coat, tail- | tion of great electric power plants along the Atlantio sesboard to form a chaln of power development proj- ccta ‘from Washiagton. to. Boston, limited, Becretary Hoover said, by the available water for condensing pur- poses. As an example, he suggested the Busquehgnna river {n Pennsyl- vania, with a flow of 1,200 second feet, all of which would be used by & plant with a power development of 400,000 horsepower as proposed under the superpower plai Electric powgr plants located on water would ve a periphery or circle of power consumers bounded by the need for power in the terri- tory. Outslde the periphery of the circle of transmission and use of the hydro-electric plants, would come the steam power plants, hooked up with the hydro-electric plants for power development and transmission. Potomac Power Limited. Although Secretary Hoover has not gone extensively into the local sitnation with regard to power de- velopment, he sald the flow of the Potomac river does not lend itself to great power development on ac- count of the limited amount of water available. The super-power scheme proposed partial construction of the first hydro-electric plant in the develop- ment of the Potomac river as soon as the power demands of the Baltimore and Washington load centers require additional plant capacity. Such a plant, according to the plans outlined by the survey, would necessitate an investment of '$22,000.000, and would produce 950,000,000 kilowatt hours, at @ cost of 3.36 mills per kilowatt hour. “There are sites avallable for stor- age reservoirs on Great Cacapon river, a tributary stream, where the capacity is 15.6 billion cubic feet,” the superpower report says. “On north fork —of ~Shenandoah river, near Brocks Gap, where the capacity is 4.8 bllllon cubic feet; farther down- siream on Shenandoah river, where the capacity is 11.2 billion feet, and on the south branch of the Potomac, near its junction with the main river, where the capacity is 20.2 billion bic feet. Furthermore, the dam at Great Falls will provide a combined storage reservoir and forebay with a capacity of 13.1 billion cublc feet. making a total storage capacity of €5 billfon cubic feet. “The most favorable locations for power development are at Great Falls apd Chain Bridge, where by the construction of two dams a head of 215 feet may be utilized.” FAVOR NEW HOLIDAY. The Commissioners today indorsed the bill pending in Congress to make Abraham Lincoin’s birthday anniver- fary, February 12, a legal holiday in the Distri Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the board, was directed to draft a favor- ble report and transmit it to the enate District committee. Lustrosa and glossy black fox collars, $89.50 TRAFFIC CRASHES HAVE MANY VICTIMS More Than Score of Accidents in . D.C. in Single Day. NO FATALITIES REPORTED Auto Driver Held on Charge of Violating Law. More than a ecore of traffic accl- dents were recorded by the police vesterday. Several pedestrians were injured, but there was not a fatality. Jesse Coleman, colored, 2320 Cham- plain street northwest, was driver of & machine that figured in an acci- dent at Pennsylvania avenue and 9th street’ northwest, where P Naughton, seventy-seven, 955 11th street northeast, was ‘knocked down, the automobile iater striking a street car at Pennsylvania avenue and 14th strect northwest. Charged With Speeding. Crossing Policeman Mulkey boarded the automobile after Naughton had been knocked down and was on his way to the traffic bureau when the accident with the street car took place. He finally reached the first precinct police station, where charges of speeding at for! eight miles at street intersections, failing to obey gnal and driving while und the influence of liquor « pref Unable to give bond for his {ance, Coleman was locked | riek ' Naughton taken to geney Hospital and treated for juries he received as a result of be struck by the machine. Physicia said he was not dangerously hurt. " Woman Knocked Down. Mre. Laura B. Simpson, forty-five, 273 Carroll avenue, Takoma Park, last night was knocked down in front of 331 Cedar street northwest by the a tomobile of Walter R. Fuller, 1884 “olumbia road northwest and suffered from shock. She was given first aid and taken hom William C. Robertson, fifty-five, 1307 Fairmont street northw. knocked down by the autemobile of Erngst H. Abt, 2230 Q street nort in- PROPOSES T0 KEEP SHIP BOARD INTACT President Would Have Emergency Fleet Corporation as Subordinate. The administration shipping pro- gram as worked out and approved by President Coolidge is regarded by him as contemplating maintenance of the inlczrlty of the Shipping Board with the Emergency Fleet Corporation as a subordinate agency, The resolution now befors the board looking to d divoree. ment of fleet operation from the bourd and the placing of it under the Fleet Corporation does In the opinion of the President, divest the board of any of its final authority, WORK APPROVES CONTEST The approval has been given of Huntington, W. V., as for the seventh international ald and mine-rescue contest in tember, the exact date to be deter- mined later. These are held under the AUSD s of the bureau of mines, with the co-operation of the American Na- tional Red Cross, the national safety council and various mine operators' associations and . miners’ organiza- tions. Bre northeast, was driver of a motor collided with an automo- nd Euclid streets north 1 and landed he post wa Wise, colored street, Gartield, truck, sustained an in- back. was taken to en's Hospital. Ball, sixty-eight, Marl- afternoon was motor truck of Md., at Penn- treet north- She refused sylvania ave west, and s hospital treat Charles D. Hunter, forty-four, 113 Pensylvania avenue southeast, suf- fered an injury to his left ankle yes- terday afternoon as a sult of a col- lision between his utomobile at 2d and eets nort west. Surgeons at Casualty Hospital rendered first aid. ie La Salle, Grace Dodge Hote suffered a cut on h arm last night and Tth ¢ hurt. west, near 14th and Falrmont streets northwest early last nig! He was treated at Garfleld Hospital for in- juries to his body. Charles Green, 61st and Clay streets when her automobile collided with the automobile of William Coleman 12, Burr pl northeast, at Rhode Island avenue and 12th street north- S d‘ 1216 F St. Up to Sizes 50Y2 Straightline Coats, side- tied — soft-pile Velverette and Lucette with beautiful collars ‘of squirrel or fox : r Newest Spring Silk Dresses THE FIRST ADVANCE “THE LARGER WOMAN” SALE FOR Left—Black or navy blue crepe— pleated panels, bead outlined, $39.50. Center—Black lace with vestee front and crush girdle of black georgette, $39.50. Right—Satin cane ton, black with tan or navy with old blue— stunning fringed girdle, $39. 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