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not prohibitive. In other words, the availability of a 

 water power depends entirely on the economic situation 

 at the point considered, and ever}' 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 num- 

 bers of points, while the low-water flow is fairly large on 

 account of the large annual rainfall and the storage efi'ect 

 of the great forests. Furthermore, at many points, the 

 conditions favorable for eas}' 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 



,. 1 1 • 1 • J? " 1 Ti 1 available and 



more favorable, since such information can be readily ob-that aireadvde- 



. , 1 • ■ £ iu J " veloped on these 



tamed 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 ])uilt. 



On the James River the amount of available power is 

 estimated as 45,000 horsepower, the amount actuall}^ used 

 being li,000. On the Roanoke River the available horse- 

 power is estimated as about 50,000, of which not more than 

 17,000 is actuall}'^ in use. On the Yadkin River the availa- 

 ble horsepower is estimated at 60,000, the amount actually 

 used being about 2,500. The available power on the Ca- 

 tawba River is estimated at 57,000 horsepower, the amount 

 in use being 4,000 horsepower. 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 River is 

 estimated to be about 77,000 horsepower, the amount used 

 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 esti- 

 mated by Mr. B. M. Hall to be 115,000 horsepower, the 



