WATER POWER 



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RANK OF THE TEN LEADING STATES IN DEVELOPED 

 WATER POWER, 1921-1928 



power produced at the mouths of mines so as to 

 eliminate coal transportation charges. Imagine it 

 twinned with water power and the two handled as 

 super-power. 



A people which dramatizes achievement is re- 

 joicing, at last, in water power. Before the Act of 

 1920, it was popularly regarded as the instrument 

 with which money barons were seeking enrichment 

 in the destruction of natural beauty. Hetch Hetchy 

 and Niagara will never be forgotten. They have 

 become and will remain synonyms of greed. Their 

 conspicuousness in great centres of visitation keeps 

 alive the public suspicion which attaches not only 

 to every large water power proposition but to every 

 proposed storage of water for any purpose. Because 



