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amount utilized being only about 10,000, while the availa- 

 ble power on the Coosa River is about 140,000 horsepower, 

 the amount in use being approximately 13,000. 



On the Tennessee River, in Alabama, there is available 

 100,000 horsepower, while on the tributaries of the Ten- 

 nessee, in North Carolina and Tennessee, large amounts of 

 power are available, as shown in the following pai'agraphs: 



On the Hiwassee and its tributai"ies the available power 

 is estimated to be 76,000 horsepower, though the amount 

 used is very small, the only users of power in the basin 

 being some small plants. 



On the Little Tennessee system, including the Little 

 Tennessee, Cheoah, Tuckasegee, Nantahala, Oconalufty, 

 Tellico, EUijay, and Little Pigeon rivers, 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 Appalachian 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 future 

 when some developments which are now under way are 

 completed. Others in this basin are projected. 



In the Nolichucky Basin about 700 horsepower is in use, 

 and 35,000 is available. 



On the Watauga the amount of power available is 20,000, 

 while only a few small powers have been developed, aggre- 

 gating 450 horsepower. In the Holston Basin 4,700 horse- 

 power has been utilized, and 40,000 remain undeveloped. 



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 horsepower, 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. 



