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Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in relation to the forests, rivers, and mountains of the southern Appalachian region

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  • SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. 141 not prohibitive. In other words, the availability of a water power depends entirely on the economic situation at the point considered, and every location must be viewed by itself in such determination. It is, however, certain that on all of these streams large amounts of power can be easily and cheaply developed when the demand for it is sufficient, for the average fall in the streams is great, and is noticeably high at great numbers of points, while the low-water flow is fairly large on account of the large annual rainfall and the storage effect of the great forests. Furthermore, at many points, the conditions favorable for easy and cheap development are present; and on some of the streams surveys have been made which render approximate estimates easy. The more important of these are given below. In regard to the power actually utilized conditions are water power .. i_ i . i • ,. ,. i t, , available and more favorable, since such information can be readily ob-that aireadi ,i, tained by letter and inquiry from the owners and users streams. thereof, and such has been obtained and is presented below. The aggregate amount is very small, for the reasons that the entire region is largely agricultural in its pursuits and that manufacturing is only beginning. On the New (Kanawha) River and its tributaries, where the available horsepower amounts to 60,000, the amount actually reported as used is 8,700 horsepower, of which amount 2,500 is used by a single plant recently built. On the .lames River the amount of available power is estimated as 45,000 horsepower, the amount actually used being 14,000. On the Roanoke River the available horsepower is estimated as about 50,000, of which not more than 17,00ii is actually in use. On the Yadkin River the available horsepower is estimated at 60,000, (he amount actually used being about 2,500. The available power on the Catawba River is estimated at 57,000 horsepower, the amount in use being 1.000 horsepower. On Broad and Saluda rivers the available power is estimated at 43,000 horsepower, tin- amount actually used being about '25.000 horsepower. The available power on the Savannah River it estimated to be about 77,000 horsepower, the amount u<^<\ being about 1,000 horsepower. Near the fall line the city of Augusta has developed about 11,000 horsepower. On the Chattahoochee River the available power is est. mated bv Mr. B. M. Hall to be 115.000 horsepower, the
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