TABLE No. 1.-Installations, peak capacities, and output existing system of Kentucky Utilities Co. and Interstate Public Service Co. south of Indianapolis, and of proposed hydro plants on the Kentucky and Cumberland Rivers (8) North Fork Kentucky (604). (1) Existing steam, Kentucky Utilities. (2) Existing steam, interstate Public Service. (3) Existing hydro. (4) Cumberland Falls (389). (5) Kentucky River Navigation Dams (539, 540). (6) South Fork, Kentucky (566).. (7) Addition to Kentucky River dams. (9) Addition to Kentucky River dams. (10) Wolf Creek, Cumberland (700) (11) Wolf Creek, enlarged (700). (12) Dam No. 9, Cumberland (728). (13) Dam No. 12, Cumberland (728). (14) Dam No. 15, Cumberland (729). (15) Dam No. 9, Cumberland (728). (16) Dam No. 12, Cumberland (728). (17) Dam No. 15, Cumberland (729) 1 Wolf Creek omitted. ? On assumption that 90 per cent of installation will be always available to carry peak load. In cases where storage is available for regulating in any degree desired, peak carrying capacity is taken on assumption of operation during 4 hours of low-water days. Such regulation is assumed for Dix Dam, Cumberland Falls, Wolf Creek, and North Fork and South Fork projects. Other projects are assumed to have sufficient pondage to regulate to 46 per cent load factor in periods of low water. With Cumberland Falls and Wolf Creek Reservoirs in service. Without Wolf Creek and Cumberland Falls. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, Hon. DWIGHT F. DAVIS, Secretary of War, Constituting the Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C. GENTLEMEN: After making a careful study and survey of the situation, I am of opinion that the great majority of the people of Kentucky, interested in its immediate development, are anxious that you issue a license pursuant to the application on file in your offices for hydro project in Cumberland River, near Cumberland Falls, Ky., so that this proposed quasi-public improvement may be constructed in the immediate future. Hence I recommend and urge that the license be granted with these provisos: (1) In order that the scenic beauty of the falls and the lands adjacent thereto be forever preserved, the dam be built at least 3,000 feet upstream from the falls and the power plant be located at least 4,000 feet downstream from the falls, both out of sight of one standing at the falls, and the plan and construction be such that a large quantity of water shall at all times be allowed to freely flow over the falls, and at no time, day or night, shall the flow of water over the falls, even in dry weather, be less than 10,000 gallons per minute, if the river afford that amount of water. (2) All land at and near the falls acquired by the power company, including the land and lake above the dam, shall be and remain open and free to the public for State or National park purposes, and the public shall have free access thereto, and to all parts of same, except during the construction period of the dam and other improvements, and this exception shall apply only to the lands occupied in construction and those lands immediately adjacent thereto, and never to the falls or the land immediately surrounding the same. (3) In order that the people of Kentucky shall have easy and ready access to the falls and the park area at all times, the power company shall build and construct, at its exclusive expense, a standard width highway from a paved State highway to the falls, which highway so built shall be turned over and transferred to the highway department of Kentucky, without charge or price, at the completion of the construction of the hydro project, and this highway shall become a part of the State highway system and under the control of the State highway department, and said highway when and as turned over to the State shall conform to the requirements of the State highway commission with respect to width, material, and nature of construction, and shall be of the same or similar material and type of road and as good as the highway constructed, contemporaneously, by the State of Kentucky to Cumberland Falls from one of its near-by paved thoroughfares. (4) That the dam in Cumberland River be constructed with a highway bridge on its crest and with approaches thereto, all of standard width and of such material and strength as may be approved by the State highway department of Kentucky, and when so constructed said bridge and approaches shall be open and free to the public as a highway bridge across Cumberland River at the dam, all at the expense of the hydro company. For and on behalf of the State government of Kentucky and for the purpose of aiding in bringing about the industrial development of our State, I earnestly urge you to forthwith grant a license to improve Cumberland River near Cumberland Falls, in Kentucky, as in the application for license set forth, upon and subject to the terms and conditions above suggested. Respectfully submitted. FLEM D. SAMPSON, Governor Commonwealth of Kentucky. KENTUCKY STATE PARK COMMISSION, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Hon. DWIGHT F. DAVIS, Secretary of War, Constituting the Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C. GENTLEMEN: The State Park Commission of Kentucky respectfully states that it has given careful consideration to the proposed power project in Cumberland River near Cumberland Falls, in Kentucky, and is of opinion that the construction of a power dam there, according to plans proposed and subject to the conditions contained in a request filed by Governor Sampson with the Federal Power Commission, April, 1928, would be to the great advantage of the people of Kentucky, in that (1) All of the lands (45,000 acres) acquired by the power development company will be turned over to the State for public park purposes under the control of the Kentucky State Park Commission. (2) That at least 10,000 gallons of water per minute shall be allowed to pass over the falls at all times, even in the dry seasons, thus perpetuating the beauty and magnificence of the cataract. (3) That the dam is to be built in the Cumberland River 3,500 feet upstream from the falls. (4) That the power plant shall be located 4,000 feet downstream. (5) That by reason of a decided curve in the course of the river at the falls, both the dam and the power plant shall be so located that neither will be observable by visitors at the falls. (6) That this development will in nowise change the present appearance or physical condition of the falls, the natural wonder and entrancing beauty thereof. (7) That a highway, approximately 15 miles in length, shall be built by the power-development company to the falls entirely at its own expense and donated to the State. (8) That an artificial lake 30 miles in length-greater by far in size than any body of water in that section-will result and become a public place of recreation, fishing, and boating. (9) That sufficient electric power will be developed to meet the needs of the large coal-mining enterprises now operating in Kentucky as well as prospective manufacturing industries which would locate in Kentucky if adequate horsepower were available at reasonable cost. (10) That these and other results will materially aid the program of the Kentucky Progress Commission (recently created by the legislature) which is endeavoring to attract more population and more industries to the State. (11) That the wage outlay in this section for two or more years of construction work will materially contribute to reducing the condition of unemployment. (12) That increased opportunities for gainful employment will result, in consequence of the great power-development project. For these and other reasons unnecessary here to mention, the State Park Commission of Kentucky respectfully requests the National Power Commission to grant a license for the construction of a hydroelectric plant in the Cumberland River near Cumberland Falls. Sincerely yours, KENTUCKY STATE PARK COMMISSION, By Mrs. JAMES DARNELL, Secretary. O |