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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



November 



er is estimated to be about 77,000 horse 

 power, the amount used being about 

 1,000 horse power. Near the fall line 

 the city of Augusta has developed 

 about 11,000 horsepower. 



On the Chattahoochee River the 

 available power is estimated by Mr. B. 

 M. Hall to be 115,000 horse power, the 

 amount utilized being only about 10,- 

 ooo, while the available power on the 

 Coosa River is about 140,000 horse 

 power, the amount in use being ap- 

 proximately 13,000. 



On the Tennessee River, in Alaba- 

 ma, there is available 100,000 horse 

 power; while on the tributaries of the 

 Tennessee, in North Carolina and Ten- 

 nessee, large amounts of power are 

 available, as shown in the following 

 paragraphs : 



On the Hiwassee and its tributaries 

 the available power is estimated to be 

 75,000 horse power, though the amount 

 used is very small, the only users of 

 power in the basin being some small 

 plants. 



On the Little Tennessee system, in- 

 cluding the Little Tennessee, Cheoah, 

 Tuckasegee, Nantahala. Oconalufty, 

 Tellico, Ellijay, and Little Pigeon riv- 

 ers, the available power is 100,000, 

 while the amount utilized is only 1,700. 



On the French Broad River and 

 tributaries, rising" in the southern Appa- 

 lachian Mountains, the aggregate horse 

 power available is 50,000, while that 

 used is about 3,500, though more than 

 this will come into use in the near fu- 

 ture when some developments which 

 are now under way are completed. 

 Others in this basin are projected. 



In the Nolichucky Basin about 700 

 horse power is in use, and 35,000 avail- 

 able. 



On the Watauga the amount of 

 power available is 20,000, while only a 

 few small powers have been developed, 

 aggregating 450 horse power. In the 

 Holston Basin 4,700 horse power has 

 been utilized, and 40,000 remain unde- 

 veloped. 



It would be entirely safe to estimate 

 the available but undeveloped water 

 power on the streams rising among the 

 southern Appalachian Mountains as 

 equivalent to not less than 1,067,000 

 horse power, and the developed power 

 is 117,750. It would also be entirely 

 correct to state that the future value 

 of these water powers, as, indeed, the 

 future value of almost everything of 

 value about these mountains, depends 

 largely upon the future preservation 

 of the forests. 





A FOREST RESERVE IN THE WHITE 



MOUNTAINS 



Reasons Why the East as Well as the 

 West Should have Forest Reservations 



BY 

 HON. FRANKLIN W. ROLLINS 



Former Governor of New Hampshire: President of Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. 



D ESERVATION of forest lands in 

 ^ the West under four presidents- 

 Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley, and 

 Roosevelt has met wide approval. 

 K early 100,000,000 acres are now set 

 apart. These are government lands 



reserved by proclamation, and all are 

 located west of the Mississippi River, 

 except that in Minnesota at the head- 

 waters of that river. This reservation 

 was established by a recent act of Con- 

 gress, and purchased in part from the 



