TABLE NO. 5.-Projects for which licenses have been authorized, etc.-Continued The following table gives a résumé of the commission's action and the status of major projects for each of the eight fiscal years, 1921 to 1928, inclusive: TABLE NO. 6.-Résumé of the commission's work; major projects only The table following gives information in regard to the withdrawal of public lands and reservations affected by proposed power projects, applications for which were filed with the commission during the year. TABLE NO. 7.-Lands withdrawn under section 24 of the act in connection with applications for permits and licenses up to July 1, 1928 The following table summarizes the action of the commission on applications for restoration to entry of lands in power-site reserves in accordance with section 24 of the act, which provides that lands of the United States in such reserves may be opened to location, entry, or selection whenever the commission determines that such action will not result in injury or destruction of the value of the lands for power purposes: TABLE NO. 8.-Applications for location, entry, or selection Under provision of an act of Congress (Public, No. 100. 70th Cong.) approved March 7, 1928, the commission was directed to report to Congress within 60 days what compensation, if any, in addition to that already provided for should be paid to the Apache Indians by reason of the generation of hydroelectric power at Coolidge Dam, the compensation to be determined in the manner provided in section 10 (e) of the Federal water power act and section 5 of regulation 14 of the commission. The dam, about 220 feet high across the Gila River, in Arizona, was designed to create the San Carlos Reservoir. The dam and the entire reservoir lie within the San Carlos Indian Reservation. Certain payments for property damages had already been approved and made, and the commission's investigation was consequently directed to the calculation of the additional compensation, if any, that should be made to the San Carlos Indians for the use of their lands for irrigation or power development, or a combined irrigation and power development, as proposed in the San Carlos irrigation and power project. The studies made showed that the appraised value of the Indian lands for which compensation had already been provided equaled or exceeded the value of the lands for either irrigation use or power development alone, but that under the principle recognized in the law and regulations mentioned above, the lands had an additional value for a combined power and irrigation development over and above their appraisal prices. It was determined, however, that the value of certain power to be furnished to the Indians at reduced rates exceeded all such additional values that could properly be credited to the Indian lands. Consequently, it was reported that no compensation in addition to that already provided should be paid to the Apache Indians by reason of the generation of hydroelectric energy at the Coolidge Dam. The report was printed as Senate Document No. 93, Seventieth Congress, first session, under date of May 3, 1928. Investigations of the effects on stream flow of variations in the discharge of water-power plants, to determine the extent and magnitude of the persistence of such effects downstream, have been undertaken on the Klamath, Pit, New, and Savannah Rivers. It is not expected that the results of all of these investigations will be available for publication for at least a year on account of the number of observations that will be required under varying conditions of stream flow. Declarations of Intention. Six declarations of intention were filed during the year, making the total of 110 to June 30, 1928. Findings in eight cases were reached during the year and four cases were pending at its close. The table following contains a list of the declarations of intention acted upon during this year with the findings in each case. TABLE NO. 9.-Declarations of intention passed upon by the commission during the year ended June 30, 1928 105 Fields Manufacturing Co. Dam in New River, Va....... (Inc.) 106 107 108 Kennedy, James C. Dixie Power & Light Co..... Dam in Devils River, Tex.. 2 dams in Powell River, Tenn. Project abandoned and case Storage would affect navigable capacities of Congaree and Santee Rivers. No effect on navigation. Do. ACCOUNTING DIVISION Projects Requiring Supervision of Accounts. Table No. 10, page 36 of the commission's seventh annual report. shows that on June 30, 1927, licenses were outstanding for 85 major projects the accounts for which were subject to supervision. During the following fiscal year three of these licenses were canceled or surrendered and new licenses were issued for 14 projects, so that on June 30, 1928, there were outstanding licenses for 96 major projects, the accounts for which require supervision. Of these 96 projects 71 are classed as public utilities, 8 as municipal, and 17 as industrial. A number of these licenses and projects embrace more than one plant, and certain licensees hold more than one license. On June 30, 1928, there were 77 licensees holding licenses for 123 separate plants. The power plant and other project works of 120 of these projects are located wholly within a single State. The remaining three projects are each located, in part, in two separate States. In all, 26 States and the Territory of Alaska are involved. Completed Projects and Status of Accounts. Of the 123 plants under license on June 30, 1928, 74 were, for purposes of accounting, completed and in operation. The following statement shows the general status of the accounting work so far as the determination of investment in projects is concerned: |