The Oregon System of Water Titles Volume 2-6 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...programs may be induced to unite in solving the water power problem. This, in brief, is to secure our share of the market for hydroelectric power in wholesale quantities. The interstate character of the problem will likewise be emphasized by a study of specific projects. Nor is the water right situation the only interstate complication. For in mar keting this power certain products must be manufactured for world markets, the necessary raw resources for which are likewise interstate. In the mixed fertilizer trade we should have potash, nitrates, phosphates and lime. The necessary potash can be had from kelp, which grows in the ocean along the Oregon and Washington coast. Nitrates can be had from the air by burning in the electric furnace. Phosphates can be secured from the rich deposits of Idaho and Montana, and lime from Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Fig. 3--FROM THE CONTINENTAL, DIVIDE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN IS ABOUT ONE-THIRD THE DISTANCE TO THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS ACCOUNTS FOR OUR GREAT WATER-POWER RESOURCES IN THE NORTHWEST By calling the attention of capital to these projects, it is hoped that sufficient development may result in the future to justify the issuance of this publication. The people of the Northwest should lead in the solution of the water power problem because it is in this district that much of the water power of the United States is located, and we should not allow our Eastern competitors using coal for fuel to dictate the terms of development of our water powers, as they can through predominance of congressional representation. If the figures compiled by the U. S. Geological Survey are taken as correct, approximately one-third of all the water power of the United States is located within the drainage basin of the Columbia River. This po...