Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1940 — Page 6

completion, it is indicated here.

5. Lee SEAWAY FOES DISPUTE VALUE

‘Can We Afford It in Time Of Costly Defense?’ Is Leading - Question.

. By CHARLES T. LUCEY 3 Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—The Value of -the St. Lawrence Seaway and power project to the national defense program will be challenged because of the years required for its

Following are some of the questions raised since President Roosevelt announced last week that he would press for early approval of the seaway: How can the current defense expansion be benefited when five years must elapse before the first 1,000,000. horsepower of St. Lawrence current can be made available? What defense value would protected Great Lakes harbors and shipYards have if the seaway would not ‘carry its first oceangoing. cargoes for some time — perhaps several YVears—after completion of the elec-tric-power phase?

Can We Afford It? Can the United States afford, in

[ this time of rearmament, to divert I

energy and money to a development that, whatever its merit otherwise, cannot be of early help in the dedense ‘program? “ If there is to be a time when Atlantic shipyards will be unsafe from gir raids, can it be supposed that hydroelectric works en the St. Lawrence would be safe? Would it not be better to get the power by scattering new steam gen-|i erating plants over the country? ‘To the contention that the development could not be completed soon enough to aid defense, Administration officials have one chief answer: Defense planning must be on a longterm basis. Army engineers believe that delivery of electric power four years after start of construction is about the best that could be hoped for. Thus, even if both Canada and the United States ratified an agreement in time for construction to begin in 1941, really sizable power production would hardly come before 1945.

Priorities Necessary?

Even this presumes that priorities would be granted for certain necessary machinery. The navigation phase, engineers say, could move along with the hydroelectric part of the development, but there are factors which might delay it. Some of the necessary canals, for instance, are wholly in

Canadian waters, and the speed witis the ent of Schools Wilbur Shirey, continugd a campaign to abolish the Sch] Board and institute a township

which these are finished would depend on Canada. There are some who question whether Canada, fighting a war, would divert energy end money fo these canals after getting needed electric power from the new dams.

students, parents and citizens.

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DLETOWN, Ind., Dec. 12 (U. The Middletown High School le in which students aban-

doned i one and parents sought to oust.t day after most pupils returned yesterddy and State Troopers were withdrawn from the grounds.

School Board, was calm to-

Embittered citizens who protested explusion of City Superintend-

system, Meetings will continue among _ interested

TACOMA BRIDGE DESIGN FAULTY, DESIGNER SAYS,

But There's S stil a 3- Way Probe Into Collapse of ‘Galloping Gertie.’

By THOMAS L. STOKES . Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—What caused the collapse into Puget Sound of “Galloping Gertie,” that edifice known officially as the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, and who was at fault? This is the subject of speculation and controversy among engineers, including those in 'PWA and RFC, the Government agencies which financed it. It is also the subject of three investigations—by the 26 insurance ‘companies involved, by the State of Weashington, and by a Commission (two engineers and a aerodynamics expert) appointed by Joltn Carmody, Federal Works Administrator.

The Bridge cost $6,400,000, of

Claim Plans Altered

The inquiry has been driven back into thé Government agencies involved because of charges and insinuations by local engineers of the Washington Toll Bridge Authority, which directed construction of the bridge, :about changes in plans which it. is alleged were forced upon them, ' For a reporter to try to find out what the PWA files show has proved an adventure in frustration, though permission finally wes given to submit a list of questions to officials, Immediately after the collapse, Clark’ H. Eldridge, bridge engineer for the Washington Toll Bridge Authority, charged - that the Government agencies were “the whipcrackers in the ° entire project;” . [that the local engineers had & tried-and-true conventional bridge design, but that they were told they couldn’t have the money unless they used plans furnished by an eastern firm: that the Washington State Highway Department, had protested the design as fundamentally unsound. The bridge was designed by Leon S. Mossieff of New York, one of the outstanding suspension-bridge authorities in the world.

Cheapness In Design The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was designed along the lines of the Whitestone Bridge which is now

being reinforced. Mr. Eldridge said the fundamental

tion in the Whitestone Bridge was exaggerated in the Narrows Bridge “in the interest of economy and cheapness.” He said he wished to “correct the impression” that the Federal money-

fending agencies were to blame for collapse of the bridge. .

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