1905 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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ment are present ; and on some of the 

 streams surveys have been made which 

 render approximate estimates easy. 



In regard to the power actually util- 

 ized conditions are more favorable, 

 since such information can be readily 

 obtained by letter and inquiry from 

 the owners and users thereof, and such 

 has been obtained and is presented 



8,700 horse power, of which amount 

 2,500 is used by a single plant recently 

 built. 



On the James River, the amount of 

 available power is estimated as about 

 50,000, of which not more than 17,000 

 is actually in use. On the Yadkin Riv- 

 er the available horse power is esti- 

 mated at 60,000, the amount actually 



Newly Cleared Mountain Field Planted in Corn, Rapidly Washing Away. 

 These steep hills will be ruined and abandoned in less than a decade. 



here below. The aggregate amount is 

 very small, for the reasons that the en- 

 tire region is largely agricultural in its 

 pursuits and that manufacturing is 

 only beginning. 



On the New (Kanawha) River and 

 its tributaries, where the available 

 horse power amounts to 60,000, the 

 amount actually reported as used is 



used being about 2,500. The available 

 power of the Catawba River is esti- 

 mated at 57,000 horse power, the 

 amount in use being 4,000 horse pow- 

 er. On Broad and Saluda rivers, the 

 available power is estimated at 43,000 

 horse power, the amount actually used 

 being about 25,000 horse power. The 

 available power on the Savannah Riv- 



