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It is questionable as to wnctncr the government will pay full value for your property. They won’t pay your moving expenses or compensate for the damage done in breaking up your community. 1 suggest you take a look at the Buggs Island Dam. Clarksville, I understand, had to go through a number of lawsuits to obtain use of water from'the reservoir for their city water supply. I have been told that, last summer if was several hundred feet from the shoreline to the water. There are stumps in the reservoir which make boating risky in certain areas. , '.. n On January^, this year, Representative Howard Smith introduced a bill in the House to remove the 220 ft. limitation on the Salem Church Dam. The estimated cost of this dam ranges from 46 to 80 million dollars! Taxpayers’ money - needed more for other purposes. .
It is estimated that the peak production of this power plant will be 57,000 kilowatts, and occasionally will drop to only 11,000 k.w. Then I guc»s they would have to call on dear old Virginia Electric and Power Co. to supplement them with steam electricity. An Army Engineer stated at Lignum, Va., March 10, that if a bomb were dropped on the dam, all those not killed by the explosion would be drowned 1This dam will permanently ' destroy approximately 35,000 acres of land, much of which is classified as excellent by the Soil Conservation Service. Thousands' of acres of valuable timber land are also included.
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